[cressida]

I used to read Enid Blyton's Adventure series, Castle of Adventure, Mountain of Adventure etc.
Loved Sunny Stories, The Faraway Tree then moved on to the Five go ... Secret Seven, The Secret Garden, afterwards I discovered an old copy of Pride and Prejudice which is still one of my favourite books.

I found a set of old red bound books and one of them was a medical dictionary, I had to put this one aside as I seemed to be trying to identify with all sorts of ailments.

I'd be interested to know what people used to read

[Plain Talker]

Noel Streatfield's book, (?) Ballet Shoes was one that was recently filmed,

My Friend Flicka

[Rich]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I have both versions of the movie on DVD, the 70s original and the 2005 remake.

[denlin]

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, bought for me by my auntie when I was about 12 (1963) and I've still got it

[Scozzie]

Where the Wild Things Are and
Red Dog.

Both are now movies.

[Ms Macbeth]

Originally Posted by denlin

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, bought for me by my auntie when I was about 12 (1963) and I've still got it

I think I've still got mine too! I loved the Mary Poppins books, and some Enid Blyton, especially the Magic Faraway Tree ones. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm was another favourite.

I think the Mary Poppins film was probably one of the best of its era. Apart from Dick van Dyke's appalling accent.

[skinz]

Last of the Mohicans.

Dracula

I Claudius

[denlin]

Originally Posted by Ms Macbeth

I think I've still got mine too! I loved the Mary Poppins books, and some Enid Blyton, especially the Magic Faraway Tree ones. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm was another favourite.

I think the Mary Poppins film was probably one of the best of its era. Apart from Dick van Dyke's appalling accent.

I love Dick Van Dyke, he has got to be one of the most versatile entertainers of all time along with Danny Kaye who gave the most amazing performance when he played Loring 'Red' Nicholls in the Five Pennies which was based on true story of the big band era and featured great music including appearance by old satchel mouth himself, Louis Armstrong

[Rich]

HG Wells' War of the Worlds, I have both the 1953 original movie and the 2005 Spielberg remake on DVD, neither of which have much connection to the original book apart from the Martians dying from exposure to Bacteria at the end.

[Goon]

Originally Posted by Rich

HG Wells' War of the Worlds, I have both the 1953 original movie and the 2005 Spielberg remake on DVD, neither of which have much connection to the original book apart from the Martians dying from exposure to Bacteria at the end.

Oh, thanks for that. Was just about to start reading it but I don't need to bother now I know what happens...

[curriechick]

Originally Posted by denlin

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, bought for me by my auntie when I was about 12 (1963) and I've still got it

I have two books I will never give away and that is one and the other is "A Town Called Alice" which has also been filmed I love them both.

Funnily enough this afternoon Black Beauty was on tv, the one with Peter Davison in and correctly narrated by Beauty I caught it about half way through but watched it to the end and cried. Black Beauty was given to me by a friend of my mum when I was in hospital after being run over, I was 7 at the time and I loved it.

I have always loved to lose myself in a book and my mum used to buy me a new Enid Blyton one each Saturday and I read them all, Secret Seven, Famous Five but like Cressida I love the Magic Faraway Tree with Moonface and co.

Did anyone ever read "Shadow The Sheepdog" this was also a much read book but if I mention it to anyone they don't seem to have heard of it?

[cressida]

I also liked the 'Drina' books about her becoming a ballet dancer through to her meeting her future husband, Grant

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Goon

Oh, thanks for that. Was just about to start reading it but I don't need to bother now I know what happens...

You should still read it it's a blast, I downloaded it on my Kindle app for my Android phone last month.

[skinz]

Originally Posted by Rich

You should still read it it's a blast, I downloaded it on my Kindle app for my Android phone last month.

You're quite the materialist are you not.

[janie48]

Like others i read Enid Blyton books and Little Women,I still love the early film of Little Women i went to see as a child,there have been a few versions of the film.The one i like is the one with Elizabeth Taylor playing Amy.
I also liked the, What Katy did classics by Susan Coolidge.The Enid Blyton books such as the Famous Five would seem really amusing now with the posh outdated text "By George"

Later i read Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens,by no means all of them though.I have just bought the Thomas Hardy book ( A pair of blue eyes) which i think i will enjoy.

[cressida]

Originally Posted by janie48

Like others i read Enid Blyton books and Little Women,I still love the early film of Little Women i went to see as a child,there have been a few versions of the film.The one i like is the one with Elizabeth Taylor playing Amy.
I also liked the, What Katy did classics by Susan Coolidge.The Enid Blyton books such as the Famous Five would seem really amusing now with the posh outdated text "By George"

Later i read Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens,by no means all of them though.I have just bought the Thomas Hardy book ( A pair of blue eyes) which i think i will enjoy.

Love 'Little Women' - I have a 'still' of Elizabeth Taylor as 'Amy' - thought June Allyson as 'Jo' was miscast though.
Loved 'What Katy Did' but forgotten most of the stories, remember Clover her sister.

Wasn't keen on the Dickens' books when I was little

[charliewag]

i used to read the 'jennings' books as a child. my grandfather had all the 'biggles' books which i read when i stayed there.

[Shogun]

think I have only read three books the adventures of Tin Tin,Robinson Crusoe,and 2001 a space odyssey,never seem to have the time to sit and read a book I like to read car magazines and manuals mostly.

[lectrolove]

Monica Edwards was my childhood favourite author. Her books were similar to Famous Five type stories, featuring groups of children having adventures, but less stuffy than Enid Blyton and with more realistic and believable characters.

[Rich]

Dark Towers, it was created by the BBC in 1981 and done as a series on Look and Read.