The Masked Reader

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Cereal

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

These are my favourite collection of books, the world of magic and Hogwarts is a great escape.

Dachshund

The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two: 

have read the entire ‘His Dark Materials’ collection after watching the TV series on BBC. It is a story of an adventure, set in a world much like ours, but with a magical/spiritual twist (I am a big Harry Potter fan), but what is different about these books is how they are thought provoking about how our relationships and perspectives on the world change as we grow up.

Egg

Gangsta Granny by David Walliams 

I enjoyed reading it to my children when they were younger.  

Cat

Dune

This is my dad’s favourite book, which we talk about a lot.  

Giraffe

The Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh 

This is my son’s favourite book and we regularly read it together before he goes to bed.  

Cat on horse

The World’s Worst Children 

 I think David Walliams is hilarious, and my daughters love hearing all about the naughty children in the book. 

Lion

John Steinbeck – Of Mice and Men 

A book that I loaned to my daughter who wrote me the note ‘No! He wanted to raise rabbits!’ when she handed it back, which has made it one of my favourites ever since. 

Darth Vader

The Adventures of Peter Rabbit

I read it to my daughter, it was a book that was read to me by my mum when I was a child too. 

Rail Head

Railhead by Philip Reeve 

Pure escapism, adventures in a world beautifully described by Philip Reeve and plenty for my imagination go wild with. It’s a book that I recommend. 

Bob cut

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 

Brilliant as it allowed me to have some ‘escape time’ from the real world. 

Bearded Man

A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry

I enjoyed this book as it gave me an insight into the Irish involvement in the First World War.  It’s written from the perspective of an Irish soldier and through his eyes we see the terrible effects of the war. 

Elf

Geroge’s Marvellous Medicine

It was the first book I remember my dad reading to me, and it was the first book I read to my daughter.  

Bart Simpson

The Twits by Roald Dahl 

This book brings back memories of my childhood, the humorous antics of The Twits would make me laugh. As a father, I have also enjoyed reading this with my children. 

Earth

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 

For me…it’s the best book in the whole world!! 

Chewbacca

The Secret Seven – Enid Blyton 

My daughter & I take it in turns to read books to each other, this is the one she’s reading to me at the moment. 

Terminator

Inferno by Dan Brown 

I have read all of Dan Brown’s books and particularly enjoyed this one 

Water Buffalo

Boy – Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl

It was my favourite book in childhood. It engrossed me and gave pleasure to read. 

Pigeon

Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 

Because its beautiful descriptions of landscape and character are totally captivating. 

Cupcake

The Adventures of Bottersnikes and Gumbles 

This was a class reading book when I was in Year 6, I have remembered this book ever since. (42 years). I even have my own copy. I love the characters and love the fact that Gumbles are trapped by squashing them in tin cans. 

Sloth

Black Beauty

A favourite from my childhood, which has had lasting memories.