Little Worm

From an early age we are all taught to read, it all starts from being a child when your parent will sit with you at bed time and read a story. You’ll end up following the story on the pages as your parent reads and slowly you will end up attempting to read (with guidance) along with them. Of course you process onto school where your reading improves, you’ll be picked by the teacher to read a few pages of the current book being read during English lessons and not forgetting the reading homework.

Bring on adulthood where you will either read on holiday, curl up on a winter’s evening with a nice book, read a very boring (yawning at the thought) “celebrity gossip” magazine whilst in your Doctor’s surgery waiting room – really? Who reads those shit things? I couldn’t give two hoots as to which overpaid football star, film star or these so called tv stars from those crappy “reality shows” (if you can call it reality) are marrying, divorcing, shagging or what toilet roll they’ve just brought.

I’ve recently had a big clear out of books and gave a load to charity, I’ve kept my favourite books and opted to start buying any on iBooks (apple app – as if the i part didn’t give it away). I tried the kindle app for a while but have found that the books sold are more expensive when compared to iBooks. Electronic books free up so much space in the house, are so much more lighter to carry and of course fit quite nicely into a bag. The only bad thing about using a electronic device for books is that when on holiday, the last thing you want is to take it to the beach and leave it unattended whilst you fancy a dip in the sea.

Everyone has their favourite books they would recommend to people. Here’s mine, in no particular order:

1) Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.There’s no need to explain this one, everyone knows who Holmes is and if you don’t – where have you been?

2) The Blitzcat by Robert Westall.Seen from a cat’s point of view as she travels through England during the Blitz in World War 2 trying to find her owner who serves in the R.A.F

3) The P.C Grant Novels by Ben Aaronovitch.This is a series which is about the adventures of Peter Grant, a young officer in the Metropolitan Police. After his unexpected encounter with a ghost, he is recruited into the small branch of the Met that deals with magic and the supernatural.

4) The Mudbug series by Jana DeLoren.About a ghost who comes back to haunt her ex-daughter inlaw. She only becomes visible to people who are about to experience near death.

5) The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy.If you have a young daughter, I would recommend this for her. This books are from my childhood and I still love them.They are about Mildred Hubble who is the worst student at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches.

6) James Herriot – All Creatures Great and Small series.These are semi-autobiographical books set in Yorkshire, United Kingdom about the authors experience as a country Veterinary Surgeon.

7) Police series by Mike Pannett.Very much like the James Herriot series except these are autobiographical and are about the Author. Based in Yorkshire during Mike’s time as a rural Bobby. Would recommend these books and if you’re on twitter, give him a follow. Mike is quite a nice chap: @MikePannett

I wanted to make my list have 10 books but to be honest I couldn’t think of 10. The ones above are my favourite books and would recommend you give them a try. What’s your favourite book that you’d recommend?