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Post by cheshire on Jan 28, 2006 19:27:36 GMT -5
So, what is your favorite novel?
I would have to say my favorite novel would be Where the Heart Is by: Billie Letts. I'm sure some of you saw the movie that came out a few years back about it. It's just such a heart felt story and it really teaches you life lessons. When I finished the book I was so disappointed, not because it I didn't like the ending(the ending was great!) but because it was over and I wanted more! But Letts brought justice to the book and in the end I was very happy with it!
I am currently reading the Catwoman novel for the movie for the third time...I dunno why but it's just a fun read and the author gives me inspiration!
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Post by Black Canary on Jan 29, 2006 2:06:07 GMT -5
Hmmm...favorite books....
In no particular order, I'm gonna say they'd hafta be: Memoirs of a Geisha, Anna Karenina, The God of Small Things, Quicksand, and It's Superman. If I had to choose a book out of these five I would say that it's...yeah...never mind. I really can't choose. They're all awesome in their own right.
The book I'm currently reading is X-Men: The Legacy Quest trilogy, which is actually kinda good.
Kind of a fan of the Harry Potter books too, though I wouldn't call them my ultimate favorites?
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Post by starlord on Jan 29, 2006 11:42:28 GMT -5
I just finished reading Running with Scissors and Thumbsucker. Both were really good. Now it's on to Stephen King's new book Cell.
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Post by deadshot042 on Feb 3, 2006 0:08:37 GMT -5
My Top Five(list is subject to change)
1. 1984- George Orwell
2. Stranger in a Strange Land- Robert Heinlein
3. American Gods- Neil Gaiman
4. Starship Troopers- Robert Heinlein
5. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy- Douglas Adams
I'm currently reading Freakonomics and The Physics of Superheroes. Both are funny and interesting books based off of ordinarily mundane topics(economics and physics).
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Post by thumper727 on Feb 5, 2006 0:56:41 GMT -5
My favorite novel is American Psycho. I also like Jaws, White Shark, and The Giver.
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Post by Lantern Lad on Feb 5, 2006 2:23:46 GMT -5
Lord of the Rings; The Harry Potter series... too many others to list.
I'm currently reading 'It's Superman!' which is pretty good... It's taken me a while to plow through it because it is so different. The writing style can be a bit distracting as well, but it's pretty good.
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Post by Black Canary on Feb 5, 2006 14:08:11 GMT -5
Lol, yeah, it took me a while to get into "It's Superman" as well, but it's a really nice, really really different origin. Wonderful read, that.
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Post by mtpspur on Feb 5, 2006 15:38:22 GMT -5
All time favorite Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini--I reread it periodically every 5 years or so. Other favorites: She and Allan and The Ivory Child by H Rider Haggard (both Quatermain stories). Adam Hall's Quiller spy series--Quiller's Run being the favorite. The Hornblower series by C S Forester. Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm series--The Betrayers being the favorite. Dashiell Hammet's the Continental Op. Keith Laumer's Retief series. Yes I'm a series follower. Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe are good but vary in quality from book to book. Anything by John K Butler and Frederick Nebel when I can find them--pulp fiction detective writers. Devotional/sprotual reading: Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Bible and anything by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (a hint on where my computer name came from)>
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Post by Lantern Lad on May 9, 2006 0:27:53 GMT -5
Ressurecting an old thread here...
I just started reading both 'Practical Demonkeeping' & 'It's a Dirty Job' both by Christopher Moore.
The man is sick... I like his style!
Anyone else delving into anything new?
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Post by brigante133 on May 9, 2006 0:43:27 GMT -5
I just read Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich. its pretty interesting.
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Post by starlord on May 9, 2006 6:20:58 GMT -5
I've started my summer re-reads. First up is Stephen Kings The Stand. I think it's the best book he's every written, and the uncut version is even better. Then it's probably on to David Eddings Pawn of Prophecy.
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Post by Admin on May 9, 2006 6:55:34 GMT -5
Currently engrossed in Edmund Wilson's 3 part biography of T.R. Roosevelt. Only the first two books are published so far (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex); I'm nearly to the end of the second, and am completely won over by this monumental American statesman.
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Post by HoM on May 9, 2006 12:35:46 GMT -5
The Princess Bride *Sighs*
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Post by goldk on May 9, 2006 12:59:55 GMT -5
Ressurecting an old thread here... I just started reading both 'Practical Demonkeeping' & 'It's a Dirty Job' both by Christopher Moore. The man is sick... I like his style! Anyone else delving into anything new? I am finally getting to The Davinci Code, I want to read it before I see the movie. I love Christoper Moore! I read Practical Demon Keeping straight through! I couldn't put it down. Then . . . Coyote Blue, then Bloodsucking Fiends, then Island of The Sequined Love Nun, then Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove and Just yesterday ordered It's a Dirty Job. |
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Post by Brandon on May 9, 2006 17:22:09 GMT -5
Just read Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick, which was really odd but reminded me how much I like PKD's work and that I should read more. Now I'm reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, mostly because I haven't read it yet and it's a classic but it's also kinda, sorta research for something I'm working on.
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Post by Lantern Lad on May 9, 2006 19:01:01 GMT -5
The Princess Bride *Sighs* I have to say... that book just pissed me off. No offense intended, but it really was the first instance I encountered where I really enjoyed the movie more. Don't ask me what it was in particular... maybe it was the author's way of describing his child, I don't know... Although I do know that that was all ficticious and just meant to move the story along as well. It just didn't sit well with me. I really wanted to believe it was the 'good parts version' of a much larger work. Oh well, I'll just pop in the DVD. How are you enjoying it? |
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Post by HoM on May 10, 2006 2:57:33 GMT -5
Oh, I finished it ages ago, but it was the last book I read, and my favourite BECAUSE of the film. The film ruled. Just simply ROCKED. I'm buying it on Saturday... But the narrative was sometimes very hectic, and difficult to follow. I gets ya.
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