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Marc2b -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 12:14:16 PM)
quote: Dune, first read the summer of my 12th year - the first, true "big book" I read from cover-to-cover, barely able to put it down. I'm not sure if Dune was my very first adult book (as opposed to a book geared for younger readers) but it was one of the first. I reread it an average of once every two years.

Rule -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 12:18:30 PM)
One of my favourites is Robinson Crusoe. It must have been at least 45 years since I last read it...

culareD -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 12:58:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: OsideGirl No way I could pick just one. I have some books that I read over and over. Stardust Bag of Bones The Harry Potter books Rebecca Pride and Prejudice I, Elizabeth The Stephanie Plum books The Stone Barrington books Dune Thank God for my Kindle. Great list!

needlesandpins -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 2:13:18 PM)
i couldn't pick just one book either. some though are (in no particular order); lord of the rings trilogy harry potter saphire in the snow anything by alastair reynolds flowers in the attic the magic cottage i'm sure there are many more needles

lizi -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 2:14:21 PM)
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

NoChoiceLeft -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 2:38:05 PM)
The ones so good I've given away my copy a half dozen times Neverwhere American Gods Hannibal The Celestine Prophecy Tales From The Darkwoods Fairy Tale (Feist, but his Serpent War Saga is better) Stranger in a Strange Land Dune Angels & Demons (much better than The Davinci Code, but so is most of his work) Glass House-The Morganville Vampires (teen novels, but better than any 'vamp' series I've ever read, much better)

NoChoiceLeft -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 2:39:39 PM)
Oh and The Wicked Trillogy And Rhymer and the Ravens Trillogy All the books in both series are THAT good

JanahX -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 2:42:35 PM)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in Swedish: Män som hatar kvinnor – literally, men who hate women) The Girl who played with Fire The Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest ~ Stieg Larsson

doctorgrey -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 5:00:30 PM)
Hawksmoor The Wasp Factory London: an Autobiography And the Ass Saw the Angel The Culture series Revelation Space (and related titles) The Books of Blood Hitler; My Part in His Downfall more DrG

LadyPact -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 7:43:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MariaB One of my favorite classics is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee and the other is '1984' by George Orwell. To this day, "1984" is one of My favorites. It almost seems an automatic response, but, well........ I first read the book as a vanilla chick. I heard the underlying message about government and Big Brother. OK, but go back and read it for the second time as a sadist. The book takes on a whole new meaning. O'Brien is the quintessential purveyor of pain. The physical that reduces Smith to a shadow of a man is nothing. A Master of tapping into Smith's emotional and psychological barriers, he plays his subject like a violin. In the end, Smith betrayed Julia, but he would never betray O'Brien. On the lighter side, lol, I am a huge fan of Dickens. Even more so considering the time period.

ShaharThorne -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 8:16:51 PM)
I collect Bertrice Small, Jean Auel, Poe, Lovecraft, the entiree Sherlock Holmes series and John Norman (yes, I like the mind set of Gor). I also like Anne Rice and after the first of the year will start collecting her books again. There is also V.C. Andrews which my mother loves but I am waiting until I get a doctor's bill paid off.

LookieNoNookie -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 8:36:17 PM)
Anything to do with economics, the velocity of money, the Federal Reserve, banking, real estate, how govt. stats are prepared/presented, history of, leases, contract and/or Estate law, etc.

LookieNoNookie -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 8:38:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Marc2b quote: Dune, first read the summer of my 12th year - the first, true "big book" I read from cover-to-cover, barely able to put it down. I'm not sure if Dune was my very first adult book (as opposed to a book geared for younger readers) but it was one of the first. I reread it an average of once every two years. Very first book (I remember reading) was a 700 page book on the Federal Reserve. Mom gave it to me when I was 10....took me 3 years to understand it but it was absolutely like candy.

NoChoiceLeft -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 8:43:26 PM)
@JanahX, sorry, but everytime I see one of your posts I have the screaming urge to say Hey... pssst... wanna talk about Fight Club? PS, thanks for the info about The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, that just went right to the top of my must read list Sorry for the off topic banter, but to make it topical... I liked Beautiful Monsters better than it's more famous counterpart (Fight Club) On topic again... is there a worst books ever written thread? (please say no, please say no, if I go there it will end in floods of detritus and bs in my inbox, but I can't help it... it's books, books are so important and it was literally a fight for the common people to be allowed literacy... so bad books offend me, but book burnings make me cry) And has anyone listed Memoirs of a Geisha yet Or The White City (I think I may not have the title right, it's the based on the actual events of The Worlds Fair in Chicago, talks alot about the crazy serial killer Doctor who was advertizing a safe boarding house for young single women who came into the city looking for work... very very well written)

NoChoiceLeft -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 8:46:41 PM)
(Might have been called Midnight in the White City... oh that's going to make me crazy, google is being weird and my google-fu is weak tonight)

NoChoiceLeft -> RE: Favorite book? (11/2/2012 8:50:45 PM)
Oh gods... and The Cracker Factory was one of the most brilliant insightful books of it's time allowing the average person to understand how normal, unscary and helpful it can be for a person to be hospitalized for mental problems... not great in modern day context, but at the time it was published it made a world of progress toward people allowing themselves to seek mental health help. Good story about a housewife with depression that effects her family.

AthenaSurrenders -> RE: Favorite book? (11/3/2012 4:29:08 AM)
What's nice about this thread is that almost everyone's list has something on it which made me think, 'yes that's a great choice!' I think I need to make myself a reading list of everyone's favourites. Maybe not Lookie's, no offense pal.

ShaharThorne -> RE: Favorite book? (11/3/2012 4:44:01 AM)
I used to have a copy of Memoirs of a Geisha but I don't know what happen to it. Someone did give me the DVD and I watch it every so often.

doctorgrey -> RE: Favorite book? (11/3/2012 5:38:55 AM)
Seeing these lists, I am reminded of books I've read but have completely forgotten, not for the lack of impact, just bad memory. I've had several "Bliomey, yes!" moments. Memoirs of a Giesha being one of them. DrG

Toysinbabeland -> RE: Favorite book? (11/3/2012 6:00:36 AM)
Ever try a little book called illusions?

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