Friday Five for the wrong Friday

Taken from miloviolet

1. Do you enjoy reading?
Yes, I have always loved reading. Having said that there hangs a tale. I went to school at the age of five already able to read, But in the second year of infants school (I was seven) I was so frightened of the teacher, who was a horrible bully, that I actually forgot how to read. Luckily I changed school before the real nervous breakdown set in and my new teacher said I could read, but had been bullied out of it. From then on, I never looked back.

2. What is the first book you remember reading?
I don't remember.

3. Who is your favourite author?
Mary Renault. But currently I'm reading people like Val McDermid and Lindsay Davies.

4. What is your favourite book?
The Persian Boy, which just edges ahead of the Lord of the Rings.

5. What is the last book you read and the first you'll read next?
The last book was "From Crime to Crime" by the barrister Richard Henriques. It's about his career as a barrister, and has a particularly interesting section about the serial killer Harold Shipman. The next book up is "Murder in Purple and Gold" by Lindsay Davies.