Favourite books

[SamBlob offline]

I voted action...personally I like Clancy and Ludlum...but there are some good non-fiction ones as well

Ludlum's O.K., but he pales in comparison to John LeCarre and Frederick Forsythe.

My favourite Ludlum was The Matarese Circle.

I thought The Hunt For Red October and Red Storm Rising were terrific. Then I read The Patriot Game. I have never read another Tom Clancy novel and I probably never will. Such utter tripe that was!

[Skysong offline]

I usually read fanfics on ff.net, but now, I've also gotten into graphic novels (aka, Manga).

I used to go through a book in a day or two and people kept giving me weird looks... and then I got into fanfiction and now I'm lucky if I get through two books a week.

[Little Vili offline]

now you see how much fanfic has taken away from my life....wait...I have a life?

[DL offline]

Sam just cause one sucks don't mean the rest do...if you do read anyother make it executive orders or debt of honor...war with Japan and Iran...China trying to steal from russia...and John Clark and his little buddy Chavez...those two rule...oh and the Maltese Circle is very good just finished it...

[SamBlob offline]

now you see how much fanfic has taken away from my life....wait...I have a life?

I will not say what I was going to say...

[DeadViolet offline]

here are some of my favorites:

"flowers for algernon"- daniel keyes (i cried hard wen da mouse died! !!)
"where the red fern grows"-wilson rawls (i cried even harder!! and wen we watched da movie, i was bawlin like a baby! ive got a tender haert )
"flowers in da attic"- v.c. andrews(one of erikas faves also!!)

[SamBlob offline]

here are some of my favorites:

"flowers for algernon"- daniel keyes (i cried hard wen da mouse died! !!)
"where the red fern grows"-wilson rawls (i cried even harder!! and wen we watched da movie, i was bawlin like a baby! ive got a tender haert )
"flowers in da attic"- v.c. andrews(one of erikas faves also!!)

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Try Watership Down by Richard Adams and Animal Farm by George Orwell...

[Lotho offline]

Yeah, Animal Farm is interesting, heh.

[Skysong offline]

I just finished 1984 a couple of days ago. Quite a bit of it went over my head, but I got the main message of the book. Pretty depressing, yes, but it was still a good book.

[lyokodude offline]

My favorite book is Code Lyoko's book [duh] isn't it yours???

[Mandaz offline]

I used to read Buffy the vapire slayer ones..still have em..but i mostly read ps2 mags.

[MY85 offline]

I used to read Buffy the vapire slayer ones..still have em..but i mostly read ps2 mags.

Reminds me that I was reading last month a Spike comic book via Internet... that link I saw it at tv.com, though.

[Skysong offline]

Mmm... I'm addicted to Francine Pascal's "Fearless" books. They're like X-men. Only really short, fast-paced, and with only one mutant chick. I must've read the first ten books in the series three times.

[SamBlob offline]

As I child, I loved the "William" stories by Richmal Crompton. I thought they were hilarious.

As an adult, I re-read the "William" stories and realized that half the jokes in the stories when straight over my head when I read them first! I would recommend "William" stories to readers of all ages.

More than James Bond, more than Commando comics, more than anything I have read or seen of the Battle of Britain, more than the writings of George Orwell, more than any other English fiction, artwork or institution, "William" books made me an Anglophile, nostalgic for a time and place in which I have never lived.

[DeadViolet offline]

im reading "the westing game" by helen raskin. they made a movie on it, my friend lindsay saw it. the books AWSOME!!!! READ IT!!!!

[YDV offline]

I usually read fanfics on ff.net, but now, I've also gotten into graphic novels (aka, Manga).

I used to go through a book in a day or two and people kept giving me weird looks... and then I got into fanfiction and now I'm lucky if I get through two books a week.

Same for me.. o.O

Yeah, I read fanfics (mostly.) manga, (mostly.), sci-fi (mostly.), action-adventure, realistic.. yeah. I said this somehwere before.

Try Watership Down by Richard Adams and Animal Farm by George Orwell...

NO!!! Dear GOD no! Don't listen to him!!

Ugh, I remember when they forced us to read Watership Down in 7th grade.. it was horrible. It was incredulously BORING and everyone hated it and it seriously made me stop being able to look at a bunny without regurgitating for a month.

We just read Animal Farm.. it was ok and interesting, just.. not -that- interesting. Only read it if you're into farm animals who secretly represent political satire.

[Exploder offline]

I have an idea as you'd expect... but I really don't know.

Definately, it was somebody from USA.

Well, not ALL of us are as idiotic as you may think. I in fact read every day. I like fantasy/scifi. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy/The Restaraunt At The End Of The Universe are some of the funniest and most enjoyable books I have ever read.

[MY85 offline]

I have an idea as you'd expect... but I really don't know.

Definately, it was somebody from USA.

Well, not ALL of us are as idiotic as you may think. I in fact read every day. I like fantasy/scifi. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy/The Restaraunt At The End Of The Universe are some of the funniest and most enjoyable books I have ever read.

I just said "Definately, it was somebody from USA" because most of the LF members are from that country. So it was a general assumption without intentions of offending anyone. But my question is still unsolved. Who voted for the last alternative?

[SamBlob offline]

Try Watership Down by Richard Adams and Animal Farm by George Orwell...

NO!!! Dear GOD no! Don't listen to him!!

Ugh, I remember when they forced us to read Watership Down in 7th grade.. it was horrible. It was incredulously BORING and everyone hated it and it seriously made me stop being able to look at a bunny without regurgitating for a month.

I, OTOH, read Watership Down after it had been recommended to me by two other people, who I should really thank. It was well thought out and very insightful. It is a great allegory of primitive, tribal life, and the warren amidst the traps, where Strawberry came from, makes one wonder if civilization is really all it's supposed to be.

We just read Animal Farm.. it was ok and interesting, just.. not -that- interesting. Only read it if you're into farm animals who secretly represent political satire.

Yeah, it's probably not all that. It's only the greatest allegorical novel in the English language since Gulliver's Travels by Jonothan Swift.

And while I'm making recommendations, I would also recommend Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. It's a little different from the movie The Secret of NIMH, especially in the treatment of Jenner, Justin and Nicodemus.

[LadyChaos offline]

I picked fantasy. Although one of my top favorites isn't really fantasy.
My favs, in no particular order:
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Axis trilogy by Sara Douglass
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
That's all I can think of for right now.
Rose

[Stonecreek]

I like fiction that has a good share of comedy, or deals with social issues. I don't read a book unless I know it'll be worth my time, but I love reading (and dissecting) books. That said, I don't have a favorite, but Stephen King can go take a leap for all I care. Ugh.

[Dr. Ezra offline]

I enjoyed Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher and The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

[SamBlob offline]

I like fiction that has a good share of comedy, or deals with social issues. I don't read a book unless I know it'll be worth my time, but I love reading (and dissecting) books. That said, I don't have a favorite, but Stephen King can go take a leap for all I care. Ugh.

Dolores Claiborne or The Green Mile might change your mind about King... a little...

[Skysong offline]

The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon is good if you don't like his books, too. It's rather atypical and very good... not really scary, IIRC.

Raven's Point is one of the better books I've read lately. Short, though.

[Paige offline]

My favorite book is Code Lyoko's book [duh] isn't it yours???

Code Lyoko has a book?

Most of the time, people ask me for advice on books. Someone will ask me if I read a book and then ask me my opinion on it. And if I see someone with a book that I have already read in their hands, I'll be like "Hey, that's a good one. Read it." Or "Oh that book was really boring I didn't enjoy it that much"

But I have SO few favorite books that when I tell someone what my favorite book is, they will most likely want to read it. I have probably spent like a sixth of my life reading.

I am a fan of the corny kind of books. The ones with all the rich people. Where everyone talks about how rich they are, they have dolce and gabanna, prada, coach, donney and bourke, gucci, chanel, you get the picture. And the main character of the book is a stuck up b*tch and just screws everyone up. That's soooo funny to read. I love it.