I thought it would be fun to look back at this year's books and for the group to vote for their favourites.
Here are the results!
In joint third place with 15% of the vote:
Anne of Green Gables
LM Montgomery's classic tale of orphan Anne Shirley who touches the lives of everyone she meets.
Also with 15%...
Finn Family Moomintroll
The gentle and whimsical story of Moomintroll and friends' adventures. (As we later found out this is actually the third in Tove Jansson's Moomin series!)
In second place, with 20% of the vote:
My Name is Mina
David Almond's groundbreaking and inspiring prequel to Skellig; this book is a must for all home educators!
And our winner, with 28%...
HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
The only real surprise was that so few of the book group had previously read the first instalment of the Harry Potter series. JK Rowling's mixture of mystery, magic, humour and memorable characters won everyone over, and at least two members of the group went on to read the next six books.
Other books this year were:
Noel Streatfield's Ballet Shoes
Hilary McKay's The Exiles
Robert C O'Brien's Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Anna Dale's Spellbound
Joan Aiken's The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
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