10. Favourite First Lines

In supprt of National Book week, I share with you some of my favourites :)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling
Playing with the Grown-Ups - Sophie Dahl
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
Pirates! - Celia Rees
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates - Captain Charles Johnson (a.k.a Daniel Defoe)
Junk - Melvin Burgess
The Devil Wears Prade - Lauren Weisburger
Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli
The Morning Gift - Eva Ibbotson
Seeing Redd - Frank Beddor
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Thieves Like Us - Stephen Cole
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend
Double Cross - Malorie Blackman
A Series of Unfortunate Events; The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket
Ruby Holler - Sharon Creech
Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr
Sovay - Celia Rees
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou

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[iamwalkingthec0w]

Was watching the growing pains of adrian mole and this video was suggested at the side hehe. Been reading Adrian Mole books through again bringing back all those memories of high school

Also, never heard of Melvin Burgess and want to read Junk now that you brought it to my attention. Is it anything like Junkie by Borroughs??

great video by the way, your cute : )

[ameeliiah]

@iamwalkingthec0w ahh awesome, I know what you mean, Adrian Mole always brings back the high school memories for me too :) I've never read Junkie, so I'm not sure if it is anything like Junk, but I really can recommend Junk as a brilliant book (and i will go and read Junkie now!) :) x

[Nabsyyy]

I recommend you read 'The Hunger Games Trilogy' by Suzanne Collins. They are the best books I have read in a while. I also recommend you read 'The Borrowers' by Mary Norton. I could recommend a whole lot of others but that'd be a lot of books. Great video :)

[ameeliiah]

@Nabsyyy thank you for the suggestions, I've been meaning to red the Hunger Games for ages :) And I'll definitely check out The Borrowers, I remember loving the film when I was little :)

[Nabsyyy]

@ameeliiah The movie was brilliant! I have just seen it after reading your comment - Thanks :) I also recommend (If you can find it) 'Make your own adventures with Doctor Who: The Search for The Doctor) It's a book from the 1980s and is so cool. The book gives you a great story line making you a character. You get to choose what decisions to make to continue on to the story, and if you lose you have to start again. I don't if it is easy to find, but it's a great read :)

[ameeliiah]

@Nabsyyy I'm pleased you enjoyed it :) THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN AWESOME BOOK!! I'm defnitely going to try and find it!!

[iamwalkingthec0w]

@ameeliiah Junkie is a great book, like an american trainspotting I guess, By William S Borroughs.

Will have to get a copy of Junk, saw on youtube while looking it up and there is a drama of it, but all the comments say it is terrible and not worth watching so I guess I'll get the book ; )

[StargirllLauren]

As soon as I saw 'double cross' in the background on your shelf, I was like "She's awesome!"

Then I saw that you read Stargirl and was like "oooh my god!"

Also you seem to like pirates, and clearly books. This was awesome, you've got good taste =)

[ameeliiah]

@charliejean14 I've just finished 'Tomorrow When The War Began' by John Marsden and it is amazing! I haven't loved a book so much since I read 'Paper Towns' by John Green (which you should totally go read too!!) :) x

[charliejean14]

yer i will keep my eye out for that at the moment i am reading 'when it happens' by Susan Colasanti and it is really good i like these kind of books when each chapter is one side of two peoples story, my favourite book is done the same way 'pefect chemistry' by Simone Elkeles