Which Book Made You?…

books-clipartI have always been a big reader and would quite happily swop TV for a book. Waterstones have recently asked ‘Which Book Made You?’ 

It got me thinking, Did they mean my favourite? The one that I can’t stop thinking about years after I’ve finished reading? There were a few possible answers for me.

When I started thinking about it, many titles flashed through – Ralph’s Party by Lisa Jewell, Where Rainbow’s End by Cecelia Ahern,  The Velveteen Rabbit, Harry Potter, The Malory Towers and Sweet Valley High books (one’s I read avidly when I was a teenager.) These are the ones I can think of at this moment. 

However, the book that keeps coming back to me is The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood. It was recommended to me by my sister. I was sixteen and it made such an impact on me that I still think about it now. I was at an impressional age and many times, this book surprised me, shocked me and made me cry. I can even remember the song I was listening to a lot as I read it almost sixteen years ago. 

So, which book made you and why? 

(If you would like to take park in The Book That Made Me campaign being run by Waterstones, click here.)

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Laura
I’m Laura. I started Novel Kicks in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.

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