His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights

Northern Lights
Philip Pullman
1995
5/5
BBC Top 100 Books - Book 3 (part 1)

This book is set in a world very similar to our, however the world is very different to ours. The story revolves around the adventures of a girl called Lyra and her travels through this steampunk dystopia from Cambridge to London, and on to the Fens, and eventually to the Arctic.

This is the second time I have read this book, and it is a good as I remember, I can't wait to read the next two books in this series again.

The Lord of the Rings 1: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring
J R R Tolkien
1954
5/5
BBC Top 100 Books - Number 1 (part 1)

I first read this book just after the film was released in 2001, I had waited a number of years to read it because I didn't want the film to be a disappointment like most films based on awesome books are. At the end of the first LOTR film, I couldn't wait until the next film was released to find out what happened, so I read the books. Despite loving the books, I didn't read any of them again until now. I had forgotten how much brilliant stuff the films had left out!

I love this story and I can't believe I went for so long without reading it again, this series will probably have to go onto my read every year or two list.