Favourite Books...

[Elina]

Which are yours ... & why? Do they have sentimental attachment? Are they rare?

[Elina]

I bought a book some years ago, I have mislaid it in the house somewhere, but it was a photographer who befriended people who were living on the streets & she would ask them could she take pics of the contents of their pockets .. all they had so to speak, I found that book fascinating & touching at the same time.

[Elina]

I also have two 'Beatles Illustrated lyrics 1 & 2' books from the 70s by Alan Aldridge ... fantastic illustrations in them!

[Elina]

http://a1.smlycdn.com/data/product2/1/ec07d0819dd49577e9c57fe771fab1a7cf589bc0_m.jpg .... & illustrations ... https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+beatles+illustrated+lyrics+edited+by+alan+aldridge&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=xAFnU73WKMaSO7ytgMAL&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=667#q=the%20beatles%20illustrated%20lyrics%201%20by%20alan%20aldridge&tbm=isch&facrc=_&;imgdii=7oSRxsijyA1-7M%3A%3BotDA0TJC3UOMAM%3B7oSRxsijyA1-7M%3A&imgrc=7oSRxsijyA1-7M%253A%3B_VVDrIt8kq2mKM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F1.bp.blogspot.com%252F_jbvawzvRELQ%252FTRuL4dZBrvI%252FAAAAAAAADW8%252FsweGUIp7JSM%252Fs1600%252F2369107682_9fb983c19b.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fteresa-beatlesforever.blogspot.com%252F2010%252F12%252Fbeatles-illustrated-lyrics-vol-1-alan.html%3B500%3B375

[Elina]

Oh so many! A copy of John Evelyn's diary from the 1600's / The life of Samuel Johnson 1 & 2 ... to read about life as it happened from so long ago I find fascinating!

[Elina]

& a little New Testament book signed ... Edmond Maximilian Noble 1a Herd Street March 6th 1901 .... I'd love to know who Edmond was!!

[Peaspeculiars]

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett is a favourite - I really like his writing style in this one. (I know it's not a masterpiece, but it's good) :o}

[Elina]

Great when you find a good book /author Peas!

[lady-janine]

always enjoy reading to kill a mocking bird - harper lee.

[BlueToffee]

Me too l-j, my favourite book of all time.

[emmie]

Lord of the Rings, never fails to entrance me, i find new things in the books every time i read them, which has been many

[lady-janine]

lots packed into a small volume bt.

[horseshoes]

My favourite book (sentimentally speaking) is a lovely leather-bound book of John Masefield's poems. My Dad gave it me for my 11th birthday.

Others are my old Enid Blyton books. Just remind me SO much of childhood.

[inksplotter]

My love of books changes-it used to be Pratchett, but it's starting not to surprise me, been over-reading it, I'm afraid. Started reading Simon Brett-Murder in the Title. Spike Mullins' autobiog Me, To Name But A Few is another favourite.

[Sycamore3House]

To Kill A Mocking Bird was a book I studied at school in the late 70's.
I loved English lessons but was not very good. But the teacher must have been good as she kept my interest & I have since read this more a few more times and understand it much better as an adult.

[whirlyhurly]

Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor, which enlightened me about the Irish famine and it's decimation.

[Frank97]

If going on what I use the most, then it must be my Chambers Crossword Dictionary, every day I have a read of it. Other than that I say Neuromancer by William Gibson and the following two novels, always enjoy giving those a read.

[Graham-W]

Anything by Philip K. Dick, but especially "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich."
It takes sci-fi to a whole new level.

[DaisyNonna]

The Skallagrigg by William Horwood. Out of print and paperback copies horrendously expensive if you can find them online.

[Elina]

Scrivens! it exists ...your Axminster catalogue ... thought you were winding me up!
Horseshoes .. I'd love to see your leather bound volume of poems.
Thanks everyone!