Top Ten Novels Blog Fest

Thanks to Madeleine at Scribble and Edit for coming up with this Blogfest.

So, in order of discovery, these are the novels that qualify to be on my list because I've read and reread and reread them over the years...

1. The Famous Five Series ~ Enid Blyton

I have to include these books because they were the very first stories I read when I was just old enough to begin reading to myself. And I loved them! Little did my mother know when she got me that first Enid Blyton that from then on I would be devouring books for the remainder of my life!

2. Northern Lights, His Dark Materials Trilogy ~ Philip Pullman

If I had to pick ONE book that first stirred up my passionate love for fantasy, Northern Lights would be it. What starts out as one girl's simple journey to rescue her missing friend turns into an adventure of epic proportions whose consequences reverberate across all the worlds.

3. Harry Potter series ~ J. K. Rowling

Need I say more? EVERYONE knows about Harry Potter so I hardly need to sum up the story. If you love it, you love it. If you don't... Well, you're missing out! These books have inspired me for years and will contiue to do so for many years to come.

4. Redeeming Love ~ Francine Rivers

This is such a beautiful, beautiful story of a love that never, ever gives up and forgivness that goes beyond human comprehension. I learnt so much from reading it.

5. Twilight Saga ~ Stephenie Meyer

Twilight has to be included because this is the book that got me off my unhappy Biochemistry-Masters-butt and gave me that light-bulb moment: "If other people can write the stories they're passionate about, why can't I? Just get up and do it already!"

6. The Mortal Instruments series ~ Cassandra Clare

My newest (and possibly greatest!) love! Cassandra Clare is amazing! These are the books that I'll stay up far too late to finish reading, the books that I compare to my own writing and weep at how far I fall short of the mark. If you love fantasy, mystery, action, intrigue, really hot characters and the ultimate of forbidden love - then this is for you!

Okay, so I know I didn't list ten, but I figure since some of them are series that makes up for it!
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