My top ten books

I have a lot of books. A LOT OF BOOKS. In fact, I have so many that I had to buy a Kindle to put them on as I simply do not have enough space in my room. So, therefore i thought i'd share my top ten in a sort of

MY TOP THE-NIGHTS-ARE-GETTING-DARKER-SO-YOU-MAY-WANT-TO-READ-THESE-BUT-THEY-ARE-ALSO-BRILLIANT-WHENEVER-YOU-WANT-TO-READ BOOKLIST

 (yeah i know- it needs revising) 

Number ten :The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach 
 
Just because you've seen and loved or hated the film PICK UP THIS BOOK. It is NOTHING like film apart from names and, in someways, I'd argue the difference makes it better. I read after the film and the difference just made me appreciate it more as I discovered new things as i read.
 

Number nine: Life and Laughing: My story by Michael McIntyre

Michael McIntyre is Britain's biggest comedy star. He has released two record-breaking DVDs, Live and Laughing and Hello Wembley; hosts his own BAFTA-nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow; and has picked up British Comedy Awards for Best Live Stand-Up and Best Male TV Comic. Last year he became the youngest ever host of the Royal Variety Performance, and now in 2011 he takes the hot seat as a judge in the hit ITV show Britain's Got Talent.

How did he get there?

Michael reveals all in his remarkably honest and hilarious autobiography, Life & Laughing. His showbiz roots, his appalling attempts to attract the opposite sex, his fish-out-of-water move from public to state school and his astonishing journey from selling just one ticket at the Edinburgh Festival to selling half a million tickets on his last tour. Michael's story is riveting, poignant, romantic and above all very, very funny.

It is just beautifully hilarious and is definitely a read for the rain and the cold.

Number eight: Grimm's Fairy stories
I love fairy tales and I presume you are either lying, moronic or come from a different planet if you claim that you don't like fairy tales : the type of people who get bored during disney films *unhappy expression* . Therefore reading the originals was amazing. The stories are so different they may as well be a different story. They are challenging but definitely so if you're stuck i suggest you read them because they are enlightening.

Number seven: The Help by Kathryn Stockett 
Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver...There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared.Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth.

If you're looking for a happy read - avoid like the plague. If you're lookin for a book which will make you cry for humanity and then jump for joy at the glimmer of happiness in it, then this is for you. If you love history and everything about it (even the bad) PICK UP. Generally - THIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL 

Number six:Me before you by Jojo Moyes

Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that.What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.

This book isn't necessarily happy but it is beautiful in every way. 

Number five: The Flambards series: Flambards by K.M. Peyton
This novel is set just before the first world war, when Christina is forced to move into the house of her Uncle Russel and her two cousins, Mark and William. Christina is an orphan and will inherited a huge fortune when she reaches 21. Uncle Russel (who is her mother's half-brother - so its not too icky) plans to marry Christina off to Mark (the eldest) so that her money can be used to restore Flambards, which has sinced detiriated. Christina learns to ride and hunt, falling for both William and Dick, the stable hand. 

I have only put this book down but the entire series is brilliant, especially the second in which I bawled my eyes out. If your not interested in that time period then I suggest you don't read it - while a love of horses isn't needed, you do experience a lot of the fall of equestrian dependacy in England what with the second and third books being based before and after teh war. I loved it and i'm sure you will too, but it is more niche than other books. 

Number four: The Trylle series: Switched by Amanda Hocking

Wendy Everly knew she was different the day her mother tried to kill her and accused her of having been switched at birth. Although certain she’s not the monster her mother claimed she is – she does feel that she doesn’t quite fit in . . . The new girl in High School, she’s bored and frustrated by her small town life – and then there’s the secret that she can’t tell anyone. Her mysterious ability – she can influence people’s decisions, without knowing how, or why . . . When the intense and darkly handsome newcomer Finn suddenly turns up at her bedroom window one night – her world is turned upside down. He holds the key to her past, the answers to her strange powers and is the doorway to a place she never imagined could exist. Förening, the home of the Trylle. Everything begins to make sense to Wendy. Among the Trylle, she is not just different, but special. But what marks her out as chosen for greatness in this world also places her in grave danger. With everything around her changing, Finn is the only person she can trust. But dark forces are conspiring – not only to separate them, but to see the downfall everything that Wendy cares about. The fate of Förening rests in Wendy’s hands, and the decisions she and Finn make could change all their lives forever .

This is a series but it's really good as it's completely different to anything else you would read in regards to fantasy. It has a bit of a cliche love story but the adventure and everything else makes up for it. so ERMEHGERD READ IT!!!!!!

Number three: Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but Clary.
Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon.
But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....


I love this book and even more so the entire series. If you like fantasy but have got a little tired of the whole vampire-teenage girl love story, this is the book for you. It's a little dark and trust me the ending of the first is a little ... wierd BUT TRUST ME it makes sense in the end you just have to keep reading. I have all of them at it's one of few series which i will read again as  you always spot new things on teh re-read.

Number two: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol

No matter how old I get, how sophisicated my life may become, or how mature my dreams grow, I will always want to fall down the rabbit hole into wonderland. It is beautifully funny and full of fantastic words such as 'Futterwacken' and 'Gallymoggers' which makes it practically impossible to read just once. All I would suggest is that if you have watch films, such as the latest Tim Burton one or the Disney version, just be careful because it is slightly different and if you think it will be the same it mifht not be, so just be prepared for that.

Number one: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

I don't care how pompous it makes me sound, when i'm upset, emotional or just need a good read I will always pick up this beautiful classic. 

For those of you who live on planet mars, Pride and Prejudice has a beautifully cliched story. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. Austen writes this love story in a comedic manner and, even thoguh i know the ending practically by heart, i'm am still always in suspense over what will happen. 

SO YEAH READ IT IF YOU HAVEN'T!!!


hope you like it - let me know what you think and you favourite books ! bye x