Why am I passionate about this?
I’m an outdoors-loving person but I'm writing this in the last gasps of winter and I'm done with being cold. The best answer to a long winter has always been curling up somewhere warm with a book that makes me forget about the rest of the world. My books – it was pointed out to me recently – are usually set in the middle of summer because I think deep down I will always love a long summer holiday. (As I write this, I also realise there’s a lot of Famous Five in my DNA too.) Books you read as a kid do stick with you your whole life and can really form your personality.
Nat's book list on reads in bed when it’s raining outside
Why did Nat love this book?
Robin Jarvis scared the living snot out of me as a kid and when I reread his books as an adult…. Same thing happens.
The Deptford Mice trilogy is a wonderfully scary series, with characters you love and root for and completely forget that they’re smaller than a baby potato. He is a brilliant storyteller and I recommend all his books to you if you’re over nine years old.
(Says the person who gifted them to an eight-year-old and caused nightmares.)
1 author picked The Dark Portal as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
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