I've been tagged ...

I've been tagged by Othena. I've only just got back into reading books after about a 9 year gap. In fact I'm thinking of stopping again as I get so involved in the book I'm reading I find I neglect everyone/thing else! Anyway, here goes:-

ONE BOOK THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE:
Magazine actually - "Junior" - it's where I first heard about home education and although it took me another 5 years to pluck up the courage to do it I still think back and thank that article for planting the seed in my head!

ONE BOOK THAT YOU’VE READ MORE THAN ONCE:
"The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett - a big chunky book, great for holidays! The back reads, "a timeless story of passion and idealism set in the mists of the middle ages".

TWO BOOKS YOU’D WANT ON A DESERT ISLAND:
"The Family Home" by Joanna Copestick, just for the lovely dreamy homely piccies in it (I pull it off the shelf and read it during a tea break, it calms me!) and either a Phillippa Gregory book or "Lady of Hay" by Barbara Erskin, another fascinating book that has remained on my book shelves to re-reading over and over. Set in present day - a journalist decides to be hypnotised to discover her past life which is set in 1175 and she is a Lady threatened under the reign of King John.

ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU LAUGH:
"The Other Side of the Story" by Marian Keyes, I just couldn't put it down. About three ladies and how their individual lives involve each other.

ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY:
I can't think of one that made me cry as an adult, but as a child the "Anne of Green Gables" series (as well as the TV version) by L.M. Montgomery certainly did. They were powerful books for me, I still quote bits of them today to my children. In fact my dd, K, has just started to read them too.

ONE BOOK YOU WISH HAD BEEN WRITTEN:
Perhaps a book on how the world can actually resolve all it's problems and live in peace with itself.

ONE BOOK YOU WISH HAD NEVER BEEN WRITTEN:
Have been thinking and thinking about this one - sorry - no go, can't think of one.

ONE BOOK THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING:
"The Queen's Fool" by Phillippa Gregory - so far, so good!.

ONE BOOK YOU HAVE BEEN MEANING TO READ:
"The Virgin's Lover" by Phillippa Gregory (yep, I love her books - have you guessed!?)

FIVE PEOPLE YOU TAG:
Lucy, Nikki, Tammy, the-lewis-family, thegreengreek