I haven’t read many of your list of books but a few stand out (in no particular order:)
1. Danny The Champion Of The World—LOVED this book. The subterfuge. The lovely relationship between Danny and his widowed dad. The caravan. The great pheasant caper with the raisins.
2. Making History—an intriguing idea about what if Hitler had been replaced by a popular, attractive, charismatic leader? Plus a cute gay storyline in the years when this was still a bit shocking. I suppose we are now seeing what would happen if Hitler had been popular aren’t we, in the world.
3. Mrs Frisbee And The Rats Of NIMH—another childhood favourite. Kind of scary, kind of cool, with an environmental message. I can’t remember it too well but it was an experience.
4. Reaper Man—another one I can’t remember much about, but I really like the universe Terry Pratchett created.
5. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole—this is SUCH a great depiction of 1980s Britain. It really brought back memories of my adolescence as I am almost exactly the same age as Adrian Mole!
6. Tales Of The City—this was such a lovely series. Again, showing non heterosexual relationships and characters which was so refreshing in the decades when people were nervous of anything non heterosexual. I also found out recently that the actor who played Michael ‘Mouse’ Tolliver was also in The Professionals when he was about 12! Playing a feisty kid who tries to fight off kidnappers.
The book that made THE biggest difference to my life, however, was Great Expectations. I swore that I would never become a Miss Havisham and pine after a man who broke my heart and base my life around someone like that. So, when a man came along who did break my heart, I didn’t pine after him. I let him go, moved on, found someone else and lived happily ever after. So thank you, Miss Havisham and Charles Dickens.
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1. Danny The Champion Of The World—LOVED this book. The subterfuge. The lovely relationship between Danny and his widowed dad. The caravan. The great pheasant caper with the raisins.
2. Making History—an intriguing idea about what if Hitler had been replaced by a popular, attractive, charismatic leader? Plus a cute gay storyline in the years when this was still a bit shocking. I suppose we are now seeing what would happen if Hitler had been popular aren’t we, in the world.
3. Mrs Frisbee And The Rats Of NIMH—another childhood favourite. Kind of scary, kind of cool, with an environmental message. I can’t remember it too well but it was an experience.
4. Reaper Man—another one I can’t remember much about, but I really like the universe Terry Pratchett created.
5. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole—this is SUCH a great depiction of 1980s Britain. It really brought back memories of my adolescence as I am almost exactly the same age as Adrian Mole!
6. Tales Of The City—this was such a lovely series. Again, showing non heterosexual relationships and characters which was so refreshing in the decades when people were nervous of anything non heterosexual. I also found out recently that the actor who played Michael ‘Mouse’ Tolliver was also in The Professionals when he was about 12! Playing a feisty kid who tries to fight off kidnappers.
The book that made THE biggest difference to my life, however, was Great Expectations. I swore that I would never become a Miss Havisham and pine after a man who broke my heart and base my life around someone like that. So, when a man came along who did break my heart, I didn’t pine after him. I let him go, moved on, found someone else and lived happily ever after. So thank you, Miss Havisham and Charles Dickens.