Hmm this is a toughie, I liked sifferent books for different reasons, an example eas Harry potter and the Goblet of Fire, I got this book after seeing all the hullaballo on the news, I started reading it to my daughter before bedtime when she was a nipper and I was hooked on the damn thing, It was indeed I that was saying "just one more page" not her in this instance, most of the time she had fallen off whilst i continued to read.
Now in reading this book i was compelled to read all of its predessesors, as it turned out i read books 1 - 4 in reverse order ( i know !! )
Another book which made me look like a mental patient, and always got me room on the train, I mean pregnant women would gimme their seast because I would be in fits of laughter one second and welling up with heartache the next, The book that had this effect on me was " the Wrong boy" by Willy Russell in some ways it can be predictable but in a good way because you cant believe that what happens really happens, and our poor put abon lead character always gets the wrong end of a jaggy pencil. A book i think is overdue for a re reading again.
last but not least, " Is harry on the boat ? " by colin butts, Just a superb book which shows the holiday rep busines for what it is, This book whilst funny is very informative and it helped me avoid a big mistake.
One notable mention has to go to The testament, The opening chapter of that book had me from the moment of the first major plot twist, i swear that John grisham has a corn flower imagination for thickening up a sequence only to behave like a Tom tom on the fritz with all the misdirection, Back to the point, the opening chapter of this book had me, as the event was so unexpected i just had to read on for the past , present events that lead to this moment and the future ramifications.
A book that surprised me more than any other i had read was the 11th commandment by none other than Jeffrey Archer, I was just shocked that it was to a high standard and that he had invested a lot of time in research.
and just for Ironside, The broons, pick any year they are all good.
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