A Trip down Memory Lane

Is there anything quite as nice as lying in bed, reading old children's books? Especially if those books smell so much like summer and raspberries and swimming in the lake. Especially if it's -7 degrees outside without a hint of snow to make up for it. Especially while I should be studying. And especially on the first day of the holidays.

To be honest, a proper winter has to have snow in it. I am usually the person to be most excited about December, about Christmas and especially about the first flurry of snowflakes. I have been waiting patiently to wake up to a world covered in snow for several months now. It snowed four times in two months and the snow never lasted more than a few hours.

So, to my dismay, I find myself instead looking forward to spring. And summer. Warmth and fresh fruit and walking barefoot. Swimming in the lake and drying off in the sun afterwards. Such happy memories from last summer!

Flicking through old children's books, I thought to myself: if you had to make a list of your favourite books, which books would be on it? I read quite a lot, so this was a very difficult question for myself to answer.

1. The Harry Potter series. 
2. "Journey to the River Sea" by Eva Ibbotson. I have blogged about it previously, if you want to know why I love it so much :) 
3. "The Horse Whisperer" by Nicholas Evans 
4. "Eat Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert (bible of our generation, READ IT!, it's beautiful)
5. "Momo" by Michael Ende
6. "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett
7. "Stardust" and "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman
8. "The valley of secrets" by Charmian Hussey (the book is just as fabulous as her name!) 

That's reall it. Books I have read and reread, that are dog-eared and much-loved. What's your favourite book?

Love, x