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Janey Stephenson

My favourite genres are Philosophy, Existentialism, Gothic and Romantic.

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Kathryn reading The Left Hand Of God

Kathryn Bell

I've just finished reading The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman which as soon I got it I read ridiculously quickly, even for me!

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Olivia Scott-Berry

If I was a character in a book, I'd be Percy Jackson

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Ayesha

My favourite genres are War books (especially books set in World War 1 or 2), horror, fantasy, thrillers, murder mysteries, autobiographies that...

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Rachiie

My favourite genres are teen, romance, supernatural, adventure and horror.

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Alex

My top five authors are Neil Gaiman, Meg Rosoff, Philippa Gregory, Sylvia Plath and Philip Pullman.

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Holly

I love the whole Twilight series. The Other Boleyn Girl, Bridget Jones’ Diary, About a Boy, Chocolat and Rebecca. Oh and P.S I love you.

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Leah Matthews

Leah Matthews

My top five authors are J.K Rowling, Torey Haydn, Tracy Chevalier, Linzi Glass and Lee Child

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Molly reading Lock and Key

Molly Drummond

I'm currently reading Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

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Cynthia Otote

Cynthia Otote

I like just just regular fiction, but the kinds of books that encompass deep meaning or just make me laugh out loud. Currently reading: Spud

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Lauren

I love thriller, comedy and chick flicks

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Emma reading Then by Morris Gleitzman

Emma

My top five authors are: Jacquelyn Wilson, Enid Blyton, Louis Sacher, Lemony Snicket, C.S Lewis and Chris Higgins.

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jellyellie

jellyellie is unconventional, entrepreneurial and loves journalistic writing.

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Ben

My favourite genres are Fantasy, Horror and Mystery.

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Kate E

Kate E

I’m at the point where I’ll devour any book I find!

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Victoria

My top five authors are Stephen King, Lewis Caroll, Bill Bryson, Enid Blyton and George Orwell.

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Tim

I love reading Horror, Adventure, Fantasy, Spy/Detective novels and Comics

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Brodie

I love the whole of the Twilight Saga, House of Night, the Immortals Series, Night World, The Hunger Games, The Vampire Diaries and Vampire...

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Rhiannon

I love the Vampire Academy series, Twilight Saga, The Immortals series, Snow White Blood Red !

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Max Elsworth

I am an aspiring story writer, poet, song writer, and journalist

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Joe

My favourite authors are Ian McEwan, Jack Kerouac, Harold Pinter, Franz Kafka and Stephen fry

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Aggie

My favourite genres are romance, fantasy, horror, teen fiction and supernatural

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Natali

I am a total sucker for happy endings, and I have a bad habit of reading the last line in a book, and spend the whole of the books guessing what...

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Olivia D

My favourite authors are Stephanie Meyer, Michelle Paver, P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast, James Patterson and Robert Muchamore

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Feffy

My top five authors are Jasper Fforde, Douglas Adams, Charles Dickens, Stephen Fry and Malorie Blackman

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Jade Hunter

I laugh at the silliest things and I'm as random as a squirrel on an exercise bike

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Kirsty

My bookshelf has everything I can get my hands on, from Twilight and Harry Potter to 1984 and Great Expectations.

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Emma Y

I love reading and writing. Books rock! :)

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Alexandra

I love reading books that have a real meaning or just that make you giggle!

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Hannah

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Jordan Rossi

I'm a fun film freak who also loves books and has a passion for writing.

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Conrad Landin

My top five authors are: George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Sam Selvon Agatha Christie and R. D. Wingfield

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Jordan S

My favourite authors are Anthony Horrowitz, J.K Rowling, JRR Tolkein, Jin Kobayashi, Michael Coleman

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Maybelle Law

I'm currently reading The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Lorna

My top five authors are Oscar Wilde, Stephen Fry, Meg Rosoff, Adele Geras and Alice Sebold.

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Ali Church

As the resident poet I make sure I get to show it.

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Sakina Alidina

In another life I will be the Joker from The Batman series

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Matt reading Dot Robot

Matt E

My favourite authors are Philip Reeve, Philip Pullman, Ian Fleming and Anthony Horowitz

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Alice reading Halo

Alice

My top five authors are: Mark Haddon, Kevin Brooks, Malorie Blackman, Anthony McGowan and Patrick Ness (Author of the chaos walking trilogy,...

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Ruth White

Hi I’m Ruth White I have dark brown hair. My eyes are brown and I’m quite tall…x

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Lily D

I like reading murder/mystery, comedy and adventure

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Sophie

I love fantasy fiction.

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Lewis

I love Science Fiction, Weird Fiction, Psychological Realism and the experimental prose of authors like Díaz and Miéville.

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Sarah Smith

I love reading, writing, The Rolling Stones, and I'm vegetarian.

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Kellliiieee

Kellliiieee

Fantasy/Science Fiction - I love Supernatual/Adventure/Thriller/ that has some romance in it, not full on lovey dovey romance books.

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Merinda

I like reading anything except Sci-Fi =]

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I'm currently reading Sign of the Cross

Nadine White

My favourite genres are Historical, Fantasy, Autobiographical/Biographical and Victorian Horror

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Maddy

My favourite authors are Christopher Paolini, Stephenie Meyer, Rachel Caine, Patrick Ness, Cecilia Ahern, and Melissa Marr.

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Adam

My favourite authors are: Joe Dunthorne Robert Muchamore, Richard Brown, Darren Shan and Eoin Colfer.

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Imogen Ashfield

As a child I dreamt of being part of Fagin's gang!

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Clarissa Pabi

Clarissa Pabi

Clarissa is the name of a world renowned book

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Anisa

I love fantasy, drama, action and thriller books.

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Fred Carter

Fred likes love, art and getting stoked.

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Sophie G

My favourite authors are Cecelia Ahern, Jane Austen, Anthony Horowitz, Darren Shan, Stephenie Meyer.

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Scott

I love reading Psychological Thrillers, Horror, Fantasy and Classics

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Nat

I'm currently reading Band of Brothers by Stephen E Ambrose

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Stacy

Stacy is now reading 1984 by George Orwell

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Lolita

My top five authors are Tanith Lee, Anna Godberson, Stephanie Meyer, Michelle Paver and Nancy Butcher

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Charlotte Batchelor

I am a friendly, positive chick.. oh yeah and a contributing editor... right? ^_^

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Sarah-Helen

I love reading fantasy, Sci-Fi, classics and comedy books.

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Avena

My favourite authors are Juliet Marillier, Rachel Vincent, Anna Godbersen, Eva Ibbotson and Stephanie Meyer

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Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

My top five authors are Koushun Takami, J.K.Rowling, Jenny Colgan, Henry James, Agatha Christie

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Samara Straker

I'm currently reading Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett

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Samantha

My favourite authors are Jacqueline Wilson, Meg Cabot, J.K Rowling, Roald Dahl and John Steinbeck

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Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

My top five authors are Sue Townsend, Charles Dickens, William Wordsworth, John Keats, David Nicholls

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Libby

I have a slight obsession with crime fiction and won’t say no to a good tear jerking romance but really I’ll read anything!

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Sam

I'm a big fan of dystopian books such as 1984 and a Clockwork Orange

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Francis

My top five authors are Joseph Conrad, William S Burroughs, William Faulkner, H P Lovecraft and Scott Fitzgerald.

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Rachel reading Wags world

Rachel

My top five authors are Meg Cabot, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, Louise Rennison and J.K Rowling

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Charlotte Vinall

I'm not crazy... just paranoid!

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Jacob Long

Jacob Long

I love reading anything, as long as it's written well

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Lily Tomson

I am in your computer.

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Sasha

I love romances, thrillers and books that really speak to you.

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Ben Hickey

I like reading Crime fiction, Historical fiction, Fantasy and Graphic novels

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Max

Max

Some books I love are: The Enemy, Maximum Ride, Harry Potter, Mila 18 and Kane and Abel.

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Anna

I love The Declaration, Twisted Symmetry, Uglies, Northern Lights trilogy, Elsewhere and Roundabout. Twilight and House of Night series too.

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Helena

Five books I think are amazing are Generation X, Slaughterhouse Five, American Gods, Ubik and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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Rebecca

I’ve been brought up on a diet of books and I’m a tap dancing, theatre enthusiast who’s ginger and proud of it!

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Natasha B

Natasha B

I love any books that get you hooked.

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Rossana

I love reading Romance with a touch of Mystery, a splash of Horror, a dollop of Sci-Fi, a pinch of Action and Adventure...

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Lauren currently reading Roald Dahl, Tales of the Unexpected

Lauren Felstead

I love reading Romance, Mystery, Fiction and Fantasy

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DJ Alborz

DJ Alborz

I'm also a DJ! And I've been on BBC Radio in the past as well :D

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I>B

I>B

If the book can suck me in then it doesn’t matter whether it’s a space adventure or a romance.

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Imogen Dalziel

I love reading non-fiction, preferably autobiographies, also the occasional fictional horror.

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Orlando McCarthy

Surya

My top five authors are: Eoin Colfer, Kenneth Oppel, Charlie Higson, Douglas Adams, Jeremy Clarkson

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Niamh Brown

Erm…yay books! They’re my bestest friends…*coughs uncomfortably*. Yeah.

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Allie Nicholson

Reading about cities, writing about revolutions and listening to everything

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Porshia

I read a lot of historical, fantasy, romance and teen fiction

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Rosie

I like any type of genre really, if I enjoy it, I enjoy it.

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Naomi Passley

I like books, love music. However somewhat unfortunately, not so keen on Fleming

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Isaac Rice

I mainly like fantasy, but I also like spy, and crime

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Claire Duff

I'd like to be Rachel Morgan from the Kim Harrison Series

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Amy

I really enjoy a crime/spy/mystery book but I also have started to like books with romance in.

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Charlie Smith

Charlie Smith

My top five authors are Charlie Higson, Eoin Colfer, Derek landy, Rick Riodan and Steve Cole

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Nicole

My favourite authors are Anna Godberson, Malorie Blackman, Jodi Picoult, Stephanie Meyer and Meg Rosoff.

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Nina

I love The Gormenghast trilogy, His Dark Materials, Tess of the D’Urbevilles, Rebecca, Wuthering Heights, The Great Gatsby, The Bell and The...

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