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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week's theme is Childood favourites that I would love to revisit. Many of my choices today are still actually sitting on my bookshelf, but haven't been read in years. Maybe it's time to change that. 1) Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz It was the Alex Rider series of books that taught me it was okay for girls to read 'boys' books, that we didn't all have to resign ourselves to Jacqueline Wilson because of our gender. It was these books that turned me into the spy fiction fan that I am today, and now Horowitz has actually written a  James Bond  novel! I've never been more excited for a book in my life! 2) The Five Find-Outers - Enid Blyton  The lesser known children detective series by Enid Blyton alongside The Famous Five and the Secret Seven. I was in awe of Fatty's expertise in disguises and loved his dog Buster. 3) Lexy Boyd and the Spadewell Sparklers - Michael Coleman. I couldn...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week's theme is bookish things that I'd like to own. I was searching for inspiration for this week's list when I came across this T-Shirt in Primark this afternoon. It set me on an online hunt for more amazing Peter Pan themed goodies that I didn't even know I wanted until I saw them. I'm going through a bit of a Peter Pan phase in my life right now, I've graduated from university and grown up life is fast approaching.. but what I'd give just to be able to fly off to Neverland instead! So without further ado, here is my list of bookish things that I would LOVE to own, Peter Pan style: 1) The first thing on my list was always going to be a Spineless Classic. For those of you who haven't heard of them they are essentially an entire book condensed into a work of art. There's hundreds to choose from and they're all amazing, but my top three are  Murder on the Orient Express ,...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and the Bookish . This week the theme is Top Ten Gateway Books. I really loved this topic as it made me look back over my relationship with reading, from learning to read to studying English Literature at university. Reading has always been an important part of my life, and on reflection there are a number of books that mark turning points in my reading journey.  1) Roger Red Hat - Sheila K. McCullagh The first point in any reader's journey is learning to read at school. I learnt with what Google tells me were called the One Two Three and Away collection of reading books, but I've always known them as Roger Red Hat, Billy Blue Hat, Jennifer Yellow Hat etc.  I remember around ten years ago a friend whose mum used to be a teacher found the books in her attic and we re-read them all in an afternoon. 2) The Tale of Mrs Tiggywinkle - Beatrix Potter A childhood staple. Family visits to the Lake District, The World of Beatrix...