#meliganflyderbottom

Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard - they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends.

1) Harry Potter and the philosophers stone- i re-read it a lot. i guess its pretty common. i still remember the evening my dad brought it to my room and told me he thought i'd like it. i must have been 6 or 7  because the third one hadn't come out yet (i still have that same copy of the book and it doesn't even list azkaban. and it has the wizard with the brown beard on it, not dumbledore, my copy of chamber of secrets doesn't have azkaban either) 

2) Skulduggery Pleasant (Derek Landy) - its funny and interesting. about a living Skeleton who solves crime, who wouldn't want to read that!

3) A Game of Thrones - a recent discovery but fantastic to read

4)The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman - i started reading his books after his doctor who scripts, i watched him reading a bit on confidential and they were so poetic and detailed that i had to read something of his. and its really nostagic and magical 

5) Beyond the Deepwoods - Paul Stewart and Chris Riddel (Who illustrates neil gaiman as it happens) i actually read this way before neil gaiman. my mums nickname for me is twig and thats the name of the main character. i had nothing to read on holiday so i borrowed it from my cousin. a fantastic adventure.

6) the Hobbit - read it as a kid. i was 4 or 5 when i went to school and they began to teach us to read. i asked where the words were. they gave me a book with about 5 words and i handed it back. they asked what i was reading and it was this, and some enid blyton (Whom i must remember to mention) they hated that i could read before school. 7) The Famous Five - the character of George was pretty inspirational to me. she didn't give a shit if people thought she was a boy and had short hair. it was shortly after that that i got my hair cut short and never went back. 

8) of mice and Men - steinbeck - forced to read in secondary school but it was the easiest book to write about because the characters are all so obviously metaphors for everyone like them and every event is so well explained. you know how all the characters feel all the time and the chapters are all perfectly split into themes

9) Midnight for charlie Bone - one of my first forays into more sci-fi and fantasy novels. 

10) H.I.V.E Higher institute of vilanous education. - lent my original copy to someone. never got it back. now only newer covers. that annoyed me. about a kid called otto who is an evil genius and sent to a school of evil geniuses at a young age. the escape attempt is awesome.