New Competition: TEN amazing Back To School Book Bundles.

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Collins is giving away 10 amazing bundles of Back to School books worth over £50 each! The prizes include dictionaries, a thesaurus, an atlas and Revision Guides tailored to the age of your child. What’s more, they come in a durable canvas school bag.

For your chance to win, simply answer the following question:

Tell us a book that you were made to read in school – which you ended up loving (and if it was that bad and there wasn’t one, tell us the one you hated most instead ;) )

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Author: Laura

A 70's child, I’ve been married for a Very Long Time, and appear to have made four children, and collected one large and useless dog along the way. I work, I have four children, I have a dog… ergo, I do not do dusting or ironing. I began LittleStuff back in (gulp) 2004. I like huge mugs of tea. And Coffee. And Cake. And a steaming cone of crispy fresh fluffy chips, smothered in salt and vinegar. #healthyeater When I grow up I am going to be quietly graceful, organised and wear lipstick every day. In the meantime I *may* have a slight butterfly-brain issue.

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  1. I loved reading Anne of Green Gables, could read the books over and over again :)

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  2. The books I remember reading are the Village with 3 Corners, and Stig of the Dump. Also loved all the Roald Dahl books. I read George’s Marvelous Medicine to my kids a couple of months ago, they loved it just as much as I did!

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  3. I remember reading The Famous Five Books at school, I thought they were good so used to borrow them from my local library :)

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  4. Cider With Rosie

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  5. All I can remember is roger red hat and not finding it that interesting either

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  6. Journey to the centre of the Earth

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  7. The Lord of the Flies – I remember being fascinated because it was the first ‘gory’ book I had ever read!

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  8. Rodger red hat, Jennifer yellow hat. Adored them, know mine would now but I’m not loving the vintage price tag they are carrying!!

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  9. The Old Man and the Sea

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  10. Roger Red Hat and Jennifer Yellow Hat

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  11. Tess of the d’Urbervilles – had a massive impact on me! I did my best work on this book too! :) x

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  12. So many to choose from! I know it’s a play rather than a book, but I loved Hamlet :-).

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  13. Mrs Pepperpot by Alf Prøysen. The adventuers of a woman the size of a pepperpot!

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  14. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee.

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  15. Of mice and men. Great book

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  16. To Kill a Mockingbird

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  17. An Inspector Calls, amazing book with an amazing twist.

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  18. To kill a mockingbird & I hated hated hated Lord of the Flies

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  19. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck!

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  20. I remember reading The Red Pony and hating it and I usually love most books!

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  21. To kill a mockingbird, still love that book to this day

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  22. BFG was a favourite but hated how long it was when I was young

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  23. To Kill A Mockingbird, loved it.

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  24. the one i actually enjoyed most was Of Mice And Men , My older two children are currently reading this at school too

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  25. lord of the rings – way before the films came out it was really hard getting into then.

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  26. The Hobbit, our teacher read it out loud doing an amazing voice for Gollum.

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  27. To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee, very moving thought provoking

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  28. something called Empty World about the world ending and there only being a few survivors – I still think about it now!

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  29. in junior school it would be stig of the dump! as a high schooler it would have to be either to kill a mockingbird or cider with rosie!

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  30. I thought I’d hate Jane Eyre…. how wrong I was! I’ve read it about 3 times for pleasure since I first read it at school and it remains one of my favourite ever books.

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  31. Fantastic mr fox was one of the books i mind from primary school. Love reading it now yo my children

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  32. Of mice and men, thought it looked boring but loved it

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  33. Can’t think of a specific one I was made to read & loved, but can clearly remember being made to read & intensely study ‘Of Mice & Men’ & honestly hated it, we had to study it for a whole term!

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  34. To Kill A Mockingbird. I thought it would be awful, but I loved it!

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  35. Cider With Rosie converted me to loving all of Laurie Lee’s books.

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  36. George Orwell Animal farm! I hated it

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  37. I can’t remember ever being made to read anything at School as I loved Books and would sit reading The Dictionary if nothing else was available however I was never a fan of The Bible. My favourites were “Plop The Owl Who was Afraid Of The Dark” Topsy And Tim” “The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe” and “Charlotte’s Web”(names may not be exactly right). So glad my parents encouraged me to read and it became a life long enjoyment.

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  38. The Mayor of Casterbridge, what a bore – and so was the teacher!

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  39. Magicians Nephew was awesome didnt like of Mice and men

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  40. Hated Romeo and Juliet.

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  41. A Kestrel for a knave. I hated it. An incredibly depressing story to make a 13 yr old read

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  42. lord of the rings

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  43. Jane Eyre – hating having to read it, but now one of my favourites.

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    • Stig of the dump was one of my favourites

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  44. i loved the hardy boys books!

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  45. Stig of the Dump! Loved it and then a TV adaptation was made!!

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  46. Jane Eyre really hated it was so boring!

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    • Hated the secret 7 to begin with , then went on to read loads of them

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  47. I didnt like Wuthering Heights at school but do now

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  48. the great gatsby fantstic

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  49. Shakespeare’s – a midsummer night dream – still don’t like it!

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  50. Anne of Green Gables – love it!

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  51. The link to share on facebook leads to the wrong picture. :(

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  52. Wide Sargasso Sea or Lord of the flies, both really fired my imagination.

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  53. I loved of mice and men, then the teachers went on strike and we didn’t finish it

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  54. loved Famous Five by enid Blyton

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  55. I remember loving the Peter and Jane books especially the pictures and style of the books.

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  56. I really enjoyed reading Z for Zachariah.

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  57. I loved The Rivals by Sheridan but best was my history teacher recommending Wilbur Smith to give us a feel of South Africa when we were studying that – still read & reread his books now

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  58. When the Wind Blows – Great book closely followed by the film

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  59. The Famous Five, by Enid Blyton. I couldn’t get enough of her books.

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  60. Charlotte’s web . . . . loved it . . . brought it for my children to read too

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  61. Wilkie Collins – The Moonstone

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  62. We read kestral a knave – turned out to be a really great book

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  63. I remember reading Billy Blue Hat, Jennifer Yellow hat and Roger Red hat!! Does anyone else remember them?

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  64. Little Prince- amazing book :-)

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  65. we love reading the Daisy & The Trouble With…. sets they are amazingly funny and so true to life

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  66. We had to read Macbeth :O( lol

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  67. Pygmalion, I can’t remember if it was for theatre studies or English but I loved it!

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  68. Romeo and Juliet. x

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  69. The lion the witch and the wardrobe

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  70. The Grapes of Wrath. I like John Steinbeck but hated this one. Have tried several times to re-read it but just can’t get on with it.

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  71. To kill a mockingbird

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  72. We read The Canterbury Tales. Still do not like it!

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  73. I LOVED ALL BOOKS. STILL DO

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  74. The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe

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  75. the lord of the floes great book

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  76. Wuthering Heights.. Read it about three times in a row!

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  77. jane eyre and it was good x

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  78. Canterbury Tales – boo! borefest!

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  79. A Midsummer Night’s Dream – a perfect introduction to Shakespeare. My class went to see the play, too, which made it perfect.

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  80. The Great Gatsby all the way!

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  81. Judy blume and Adrian mole books

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  82. To Kill a Mockingbird – it’s still one of my all time favourites

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  83. Pride and Prejudice

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    • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It was so good I read it own my own before I got a chance to read it with my English class!

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  84. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Read this back in the early 70s its amazing how one book sticks in your head for so many years above everything else that you read in school

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  85. were going on a bear hunt was a firm fave of mine when i was little and again with my kids now

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  86. of mice and men

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  87. The meg and mog books

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  88. We read The Inspector calls by J.B Priestley and it was very enjoyable.

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  89. I loved To Kill A Mocking Bird, but hated Far From The Madding Crowd.

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  90. Loved Kestrel for a Knave

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  91. Danny the champion of the world

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  92. Ohh my absolute FAVOURITE book at school was one called ‘The Mystery Of Room 13″ It was a horror story and the teacher did all the voices, I couldn’t wait for the end of the day for reading time! I now have read it to my children over five times, and its not a small book, but I get so into it because it brings back such wonderful memories! :-) Give it a go! :-)

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  93. I couldn’t bear the Peter and Jane learn to read books in school. I did enjoy Famous Five.

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  94. Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee

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  95. Sunset Song – heart-wrenchingly beautiful novel.

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  96. To Kill a Mockingbird

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  97. Stig of the dump – fantastic book

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  98. Pride and Prejudice – so boring in school but I love it now!

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  99. The only book I can remember reading from school was “Of mice and men”. Used to be a class session where we had to read out loud, never did and to this day have never liked reading out loud or public speaking.

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  100. We had to read a lot of Shakespeare, which I could never really get in to! The other book we were made to read was ‘Animal Farm’..so depressing!

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  101. We had to read a lot of Shakespeare, which I could never really get in to! The other book we were made to read was ‘Animal Farm’..so depressing!

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  102. Spike Milligan’s Silly Verse for kids.

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  103. I loved pretty much everything I read at school but especially Lord of the Flies.

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  104. I adore reading so it was such a shame when I had to read Jane Eyre in school something about the story made me pass out in class and from this day on I still have never and will never read it x

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  105. We read Going solo by Roald Dahl, he’s now one of my favourite authors

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  106. To Kill A Mocking Bird – I loved every word of that book and I have read it both of my kids.

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  107. The BFG by Roald Dahl

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  108. To Kill a Mockingbird.

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  109. To kill a mockingbird and i loved it

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  110. We was made to read War of The Worlds. Scared the hell out of me! I still shiver when I hear the music to this day! I guess it was memorable though!

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  111. Wuthering Heights

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  112. Of mice and men :) i remember falling asleep reading it but it ended up being a sweet story!

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  113. The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy

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  114. Lord of the Flies

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  115. I can remember having to read Macbeth ….. I had NOOO idea what was going on half the time while reading it .. it confused me so much. Not my kind of reading!!!

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  116. The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton.

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  117. We read a lot of Shakespeare and I really didn’t enjoy it much

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  118. Call of the Wild by Jack London and loved it

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  119. Of Mice and Men is the only one i remember

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  120. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath. Loved it!

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  121. to kill a mockingbird

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  122. to kill a mockingbird

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  123. THE LITTLE PRINCESS

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  124. i absulutely hated reading macbeth!! in scared the life out of me!

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  125. My favourite set text was To Kill A Mockingbird as it was such a powerful book which left the whole class in silence after reading it in class.

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  126. loved reading any roald dahl books x

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  127. To Kill A Mockingbird,I loved it

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  128. Would love to win this for my children, they all enjoying reading, I loved Enid Blytons The magic far away tree, best book ever ??????

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  129. Always remember reading Of Mice and Men. (Great book)

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  130. Goodnight, Mr Tom

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  131. Wind in the Willows

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  132. The Twits-i wanted to read about princesses!! but loved it!

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  133. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

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  134. of mice and men, we were all like *groan* when we saw it on our reading list but ended up loving it

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  135. Charlotte’s webb – seemed so loooong to start with but loved it when i read it! x

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  136. To Kill a Mockingbird..still love it to this day!

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  137. flowers in the attic

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  138. Goodnight, Mr Tom (such a great story)

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  139. Roll of thunder hear my cry

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  140. Loved George’s marvellous medicine.
    Still love anything by the genius that is Roald Dahl

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  141. of mice and men

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  142. My English class had to read Animal Farm by George Orwell. I hated it.I was about 16 and discovering Jackie Collins and Daniells Steele; I thought animal farm was a kids book and thought the teacher was treating us like babies.If I knew then what I know now???!!!

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  143. An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley is one I remember and enjoyed.

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  144. shakespeare – the merchant of venice for english exam, bored to tears

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  145. Moll Flanders – I’d been reading Dickens and thought it would be hard for an author to top that! Even today I’m a little apprehensive when approaching books from those eras as I remember half-dreading the old-fashioned use of language. As it turned out I loved the book, and about 25-30 years later studied it as part of an A-level – it seemed like a totally new book, as there were things I noted as an adult that had escaped me completely when reading purely for pleasure as a youngster , but not really thinking about what I read! I loved the sheer storytelling aspect, the way I could be transported across time, across oceans, continents, I was amazed to think what life might’ve been like back then for a character like Moll. Fingers crossed hoping for a little bit of luck to come my way now – I’m thrilled that all the little ones in my life have inherited my love of books/reading so it would be lovely to be able to give them rare treats.

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  146. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

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  147. I had to read Of Mice And Men…. ended up looking forward to that lesson each week.. loved it

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  148. I remember reading Of Mice and Men too…really enjoyed it. Can’t say the same for Macbeth.

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  149. I remember reading Of Mice and Men too…really enjoyed it. Can’t say the same for Macbeth.

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  150. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale by Chaucer…eugh all that middle English

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  151. To Kill a Mocking Bird, is the best book I read at school.

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  152. Lord of the flies.

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  153. David Copperfield, it’s now one of my favourite books!

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  154. A Streetcar Named Desire

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  155. I love reading so never needed to be “made” to read something. However, I would never have picked Lord of the Flies myself but ended up loving it.

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  156. All of Charles Dickens books – l love them all

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  157. I’ve always loved reading but the one that I enjoyed more as I got older was Watership Down.

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  158. romeo and juliet :)

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  159. Romeo and Juliet, hated it

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  160. Great Expendations xx

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  161. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

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  162. Shakespeare- hated it

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  163. remember Romeo and Juliet and thought it was awful

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  164. of mice and men

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  165. I really didn’t want to read The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe which I ended up with my own copies

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  166. We read Kes at school and it was soooo borning

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  167. Hamlet, didn’t like it.

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  168. Anything by R. Dahl, in particular, BFG

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  169. To kill a Mocking Bird- love it

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  170. The three bears, love that story now :)

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  171. It’s terrible, but because of having to read them at school, I’ve ended up hating pretty much all Shakespeare!

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  172. Wasn’t really “made” to read anything in school and can’t think of anything I hated reading. I did (if this counts) read a book for my English teacher (was moved into the next group up after a few weeks) to see if it was suitable for another group to read. Apparently they enjoyed it. :)

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  173. The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

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  174. Lord of the Flies – I hated it

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  175. My fave school book was “The little ghost” from Ottfried Preussler (as well as “the little Water sprite” and “the little witch”)

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  176. of mice and men was a good book and i’d read it again if i had time!

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  177. Cider with Rosie I still have a copy on my bookshelf

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  178. Loved Taming of the Shrew

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  179. Judy Blume it’s not the end of the world (think correct title) had to read it for English and loved it.

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  180. mice of men, wasn’t too keen at 1st but it became my fave book and film x

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  181. oliver twist

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  182. My favourite book at school was Stig of the Dump

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  183. I hated Washington Square. 40 years later I’ve just re-read it and I love it. My son’s pet hates were the Chip, Biff and Kipper books – thank heaven’s he’s now too old for those.

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  184. Ahhh Charlotte’s web!I loved that book and remember choosing it to write a book review!

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  185. Pushkin. I thought it would be horrible!

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  186. Charlie and the Chocolate factory!

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  187. Macbeth – I did enjoy it!

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  188. I used to love the going on a bear hunt book when I was little :) it was just a really fun book that you could almost sing along to :)

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  189. The Secret Garden – hated it then thought it boring but re-read it and love it know and have shared with my kids!!

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  190. I was made to read Wuthering Heights and originally hated it as I deeply disliked all of the main characters. The book is so full of hate and selfishness, I couldn’t understand the fascination and made myself reread it a couple of times. I still can’t say I love the book but I did start to appreciate the style – the brutal honesty and stark portrayal of the characters with all their flaws. It’s certainly compelling (even if it is a bit like watching a train wreck).

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  191. Roald Dahl – The Twits. I loved it so much that at each library lesson, I chose another Roald Dahl book to take home :)

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  192. Roll of thunder hear my cry, still have the book to this day! (im 28 now).

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  193. Whata handy prize, be brilliant for my two – especially with GCSEs starting this year

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  194. We read All Quiet on the Western Front, loved it, watched the film after course work was done, very horrific in some places when ur only 15 :)

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  195. Shakespeare – never enjoyed reading it although I don’t mind watching it in the theatre x

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  196. Treasure Island – now its my time to share a gret book with my children.

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  197. i loved reading (still do) and the best book we had to read at school was Goodnight Mr Tom

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  198. To Kill A Mocking Bird

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  199. We read Z for Zachariah and I’ve never forgotten that book!

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  200. Stig of the dump and funnily I still call my brother Stig to this day ;)

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  201. To Kill A MOckingbird

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  202. Cider with Rosie was such a lovely book. Imagery was incredible

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  203. The Scariest Thing Of All

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  204. to kill a mocking bird

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  205. Hated the Mayor of casterbridge

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  206. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

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  207. of mice and me x

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  208. I loved reading anything & everything & still do, but the one that stands out for me is Jane Eyre, i loved that book i thinki read it 6 times !

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  209. hated of mice and Men too..

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  210. It was at senior school, we were forced to read a really old book called ‘Gregory’s Girl’ that looked really rubbish, but it turned out to be quite good!

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  211. To Kill A Mockingbird

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  212. I love reading but hated everything by Shakespeare when I was in school

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  213. We had to read ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ and I loved it!
    Oscar Wilde… Fabulous!

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  214. The Diary of Anne Frank. It’s one of my favourite books

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  215. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has stuck with me for life.

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  216. To Kill A Mocking Bird

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  217. Of Mice And Men :)

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  218. Room 13 by Robert Swindells, I loved it! and read it time after time after time …… :)

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  219. Rebuilding Coventry by Sue Townsend it was my first real book as in it was not a cartoon, i haven’t stopped reading since something about that book inspired me x

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  220. Kill A Mockingbird

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  221. We read A View From A Bridge

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  222. Of Mice and Men, I love it now but hated it when I was 13!

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  223. We were made to read Goodnight Mr. Tom (hands down,STILL, one of the best books I’ve read). I also loved “typical” school books such as Lord of the Flies and Romeo and Juliet. That being said, when I took A Level Literature, we had to read Hardy’s Tess. I didn’t think I was going to make it through that final A Level year. That book very nearly finished me off. I was also in a book club as a child – 25 books for bronze, another 50 for silver and another 100 for gold – at the local library. My mum MADE me read The Hobbit, much to my disgust. Definitely one of her finest parenting moments. What a book! And the start of a massive fandom for me.

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  224. I was very surprised that I really enjoyed The Hound of The Baskervilles when I was at school.

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  225. Diary of Anne Frank

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  226. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ – The thought of reading Shakespeare filled me with dread, but the comedy of Bottom and the magical stories with fairies beguiled me.

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  227. Matilda was my absolute favourite book-I used to read and reread it!

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  228. I loved reading the choose your own story books at school :)

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  229. Lord of the Flies – awful book !

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  230. To Kill a Mocking Bird

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  231. Tim and the hidden people

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  232. cider with Rosie – hated it

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  233. holes one book i did enjoy reading

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  234. Black Beauty – at primary I absolutely lived this book ?

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  235. Romeo & Juliet – I hated it at first but ended up loving the story

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  236. To Kill A Mocking Bird

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  237. I Don’t really remember reading a bad book at school. I don’t think i was over keen on the books we studied in English Lit class.

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  238. I HATED the Wide Range Readers which we had to read all the way through from beginning to end. I was a slow reader as I am dyslexic, but actually a good reader, and so I was stuck on easy books for ages. I didn’t get to read real books in school until I went to secondary school and then I loved them all. I think we read “I am David” first and I definitely enjoyed that.

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  239. To kill a mockingbird- I learnt so much from this book

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  240. My darling my hamburger

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  241. Northanger Abbey

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  242. All Quiet On The Western Front…

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  243. Of Mice and Men – I never did understand it!!

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  244. War of the worlds

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  245. Cider With Rosie

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  246. The Great Gatsby!

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  247. I have always loved reading but don’t remember a book at school which i loved, what i do remember is we had to read The Hobbit while i was in Junior school and hated it so much that even when Lord of the Rings the film was released i could not watch it as it brought back memories of that time, and still do not like the trilogy now.

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  248. Of Mice and Men

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  249. Kes!We all loved the lad on the front giving the V sign.

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  250. To kill a mocking bird

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  251. I remember reading Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and not really ‘getting it’ when we started – but by the end I loved Shakespeare!

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  252. A view from a bridge – its a play and I thought I would hate it but really liked it in the end it was curious.

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  253. The Crysalids by John Windham, turned out to be really good.

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  254. The Faraway Tree. Still love it and so do my kids :)

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  255. Of Mice and Men.

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  256. I remember reading Romeo and Juliet which was boring at the time but I love now.

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  257. goodnight mr tom

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  258. Where the Red Fern Grows. Can’t find it anywhere nowdays but still brings tears to my eyes remembering the story.

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  259. I remember the teacher reading us the Sheep-Pig in junior school, I loved that book!

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  260. I love Hamlet, love every Shakespeare play I ever read

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  261. Not a particular book… but The lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson has always been a favourite since I read it at school

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  262. Catch 22 by Jospeph Heller

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  263. I loved loads of books when I was at school, especially the Just William books. The one that I hated was Cider with Rosie :)

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  264. gone with the wind

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  265. To kill a mockingbird :)

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  266. cider with rosie we studied in English Literature hated it until we went to watch the play at a local theater

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  267. to sir with love and Kes

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  268. The Lord of The Flies – I remember thinking it was amazing (but having to act bored to avoid looking too nerdy!)

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  269. Of mice and men

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  270. Romeo & Juliet, I just didn’t get Shakespere as a kid but now I love to read them and especially seeing theatre productions.

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  271. Romeo & Juliet for my English GCSE and to this day it is one of my all time favourites : )

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  272. I used to dislike Shakespeare’s novels, but love them now :)

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  273. Far From The Maddening Crowd, I hated it and to this day don’t know what it was about :( I read it on auto pilot I think lol

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  274. I loved Romeo & Juliet and hated The Hobbit

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  275. goodnight mr tom i even watched the film lol

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  276. To Kill a Mockingbird.

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  277. I can’t remember any that I read and really loved because I am a HUGE reader anyway and still read at least a book a day so most of my reading was outside of school but one I do remember reading that I HATED was Lord of The Flies – I think I blocked it out because I cant actually remember the story!!

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  278. Wuthering heights – amazing

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  279. To Kill A Mocking Bird

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  280. Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare!

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  281. The Handmaid’s Tale, it still strikes a chord everytime I read it

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  282. Cider With Rosie

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  283. The lonliness of the long distance runner

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  284. Far from the madding crowd

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  285. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

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  286. Romeo and Juliet, hated it to start with, now I love it!

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  287. I can’t remember, which has made me feel so old. I do remember hating when I finished reading a book in primary school, simply because I’d have to tell the teacher then choose another from the library. I was very shy.

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  288. I can’t remember, which has made me feel so old! I do remember hating when I finished reading a book in primary school, simply because I’d have to tell the teacher then choose another from the library. I was very shy.

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  289. I absolutely loved Holes by Louis Sachar and I hated Wuthering Heights!

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