30 day book meme

1. Favourite book from childhood.
2. Best bargain.
3. One with a blue cover.
4. Least favorite book by favorite author.
5. Doesn't belong to me.
6. The one I always give as a gift.
7. Forgot I owned it.
8. Have more than one copy.
9. Film or TV tie-in.
10. Reminds me of someone I love.
11. Secondhand bookshop gem.
12. I pretend to have read it.
13. Makes me laugh.
14. An old favorite.
15. Favorite fictional father.
16. Can't believe more people haven't read.
17. Future classic.
18. Bought on a recommendation.
19. Still can't stop talking about it.
20. Favorite cover.
21. Summer read.
22. Out of print.
23. Made to read at school.
24. Hooked me into reading.
25. Never finished it.
26. Should have sold more copies.
27. Want to be one of the characters.
28. Bought at my fave independent bookshop.
29. The one I have reread most often.
30. Would save if my house burned down.

Okay I am going to try and do this one properly, and post one a day.

30 day book meme - Day 1

Favourite book from childhood


This was a hard choice because I have a few that I love, but fell in love this book when I think I was in 4th grade, we read it as a class, and I just loved it. There is just something delightful about Mary finding a secret neglected garden and bringing it back to life. It is also somewhat Gothic in nature, although I didn't know it at the time, with Mary hearing strange sounds which nobody will tell her the source of, and forbidden rooms, etc. And for a book that was written in 1910, and set in the Victorian time period, it holds up really well, and is still a delightful read