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Old 06-08-07, 03:17 PM   #41
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Mallory Towers series by Enid Blyton

I also liked some of the other Potter books

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Old 06-08-07, 04:20 PM   #42
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Mr Galliano's Circus was an really old book of my Dad's that I read constantly, along with my pop-up book of Hans Christian Andersan's Fairy Tales.
Still got them too.
Still got them! Look what a 2nd hand copy of Mr Galliano's Circus is worth now!
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Old 06-08-07, 10:18 PM   #43
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Mr Galliano's Circus was an really old book of my Dad's that I read constantly, along with my pop-up book of Hans Christian Andersan's Fairy Tales.
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Still got them! Look what a 2nd hand copy of Mr Galliano's Circus is worth now!
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The true value of the book is in the heart of the reader...

... which is why I'm being buried with my first and second editions of Lord of the Rings if neither of my nephews learn that lesson.
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Old 07-08-07, 10:31 AM   #44
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Was a sucker for Blyton & Hardy Boys...
The Midnight Folk,
The Machine Gunners,
The Hobbit,
Flambards,
Eagle of the Ninth



And read The Children's Crusade -so that's two of us
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Old 07-08-07, 10:33 AM   #45
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The true value of the book is in the heart of the reader...

... which is why I'm being buried with my first and second editions of Lord of the Rings if neither of my nephews learn that lesson.
I loved The Hobbit, but the LOTR was just utter twaddle to me. I fell asleep every time I took my son to see the films - not even Liv Tyler could keep me awake.
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Old 07-08-07, 02:00 PM   #46
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and all of the other C.S.Lewis books.

Mallory Towers books.

The Folk of the Faraway Tree series.

The Wishing Chair series.

Stig of the Dump.

The Brothers Grimm.
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Old 07-08-07, 02:15 PM   #47
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Where the Wild Things Are (more popular in America than here for some reason),
The Brer Rabbit Books,
The Just William books (I still collect/read these)
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Old 07-08-07, 02:17 PM   #48
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Where the Wild Things Are (more popular in America than here for some reason),
that's a lovely book, brings a tear to my eye when i read it now.
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Old 07-08-07, 02:43 PM   #49
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Err...
Warhammer 40K
Warhammer Fantasy Battle
Cyberpunk
Birds of the British Isles
Anything by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingston.
lol... me a nerd?
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Old 07-08-07, 02:47 PM   #50
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Err..

Warhammer 40K
Warhammer Fantasy Battle

Birds of the British Isles

lol... me a nerd?
call the nerd police!!! Arrest that Grinch!
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