Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100

The Secret Garden

Having seen the film and loved it I wasn’t suprised I loved this book!

It’s one of the few classic childrens books I never read as a child. I think if I had owned it when I was young it would now be the worn out, well read, book at the front of the bookshelf!

Is it ok to buy childrens books for yourself over the age of 20?!

Not at all what I expected, and one of my favourites from this list so far.

Finished last night! I didn’t even realise it was on the list until i was well into the 2nd book. I enjoyed the first 2 or 3 books because they had that laugh out loud factor but then when i moved on to the 4th and 5th books i felt they’d begun to flounder. Yes they had some good bits but i didn’t find them as entertaining. I’m sure other people will have different views to me but that’s life!

Determined is what I like to think I am , but many contradict that with stubborn. But either way I persevered through Ulysses and finished it!
Now, I will be the first to admit it was a struggle, and I can’t ever say I read every single page. But, hey, the book is ridiculous and the only way to appreciate the depth of it is to solely study it for many years, and still there would be more to learn. For now I am happy to have closed the back page and hand it back to the librarian with a chuffed, ‘don’t I look smart’ smile on my face!!

Just finished 100 Years of Solitude… on to Persuasion!

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

Matilda by Roald Dahl

This was a good book, very interesting to grasp the idea of a complete new world invented by Frank Herbert. After finishing this list I think I will carry on to read more of the Dune series.

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Persuasion by Jane Austen