Kay’s Top Five New Zealand Fiction
1. Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies, Witi Ihimaera
2. The Bone People, Keri Hulme
3. The House of Strife, Maurice Shadbolt
4. Tū, Patricia Grace
5. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones
Diane's Top 5 books about dogs
1. 101 dog tricks / Kyra Sundance
2. Cesar's way / Cesar Millan
3. Inside of a dog / Alexandra Horowitz
4. Hound health handbook / Betsy Brevitz
5. Kids & dogs / Ruth Weston & Catriona Ross.
Bridget's all time Top 5
1. Angry house wives eating bon bons by Lorna Landvik
2. Louvre:400 Masterpieces by Daniel Souile
3. Goldie by Roger Blackley
4. Knitknit by Sabrina Gschwandtner
5. 'The Olive and the Caper'. By Suzanna Hoffman
Jimmy's Top 5 Fantasy Series
1. The Riftwar series by Raymond E Feist.
This one takes the top spot over LOTR because I find it a more enjoyable read, while it doesnt have the scope of LOTR it has a lot more laughs.
2. Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkein. nuff said.
3. The Belgariad by David Eddings. another really enjoyable read, that I've re-visited many times over the years.
4. Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. forget everything you have seen on the woeful TV show, this is much better.
5. Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, I agonised over this choice as it see-saws between awesome and painful sometimes, but the good bits
are really really good.