Title: Favourite Book? Any Genre accepted!!
Post by: fitzyfoop on December 08, 2014, 10:51:42 AM
Post by: fitzyfoop on December 08, 2014, 10:51:42 AM
Hey all!! What are your favourite books?? I'll start and have to go with the masterpiece that is Sarah Mussi's "Siege". By a country mile the best book I've ever read. Impossible to explain, just read it. You'll find it in the YA section.
Happy Monday,
I wasn't in school,
Natty
Happy Monday,
I wasn't in school,
Natty
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Post by: MadisonMN on January 22, 2015, 03:08:31 PM
Post by: MadisonMN on January 22, 2015, 03:08:31 PM
Tough question. As far as fiction goes, it might have to be "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series.
I have to add Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Space Chronicles" for my favorite nonfiction. I just love astronomy! :)
I have to add Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Space Chronicles" for my favorite nonfiction. I just love astronomy! :)
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Post by: phoenix666 on January 22, 2015, 03:24:05 PM
Post by: phoenix666 on January 22, 2015, 03:24:05 PM
beautiful music for ugly children.
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Post by: Jill F on January 22, 2015, 03:58:41 PM
Post by: Jill F on January 22, 2015, 03:58:41 PM
Pretty much anything by Dr. Seuss
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Post by: infinity on February 07, 2015, 11:19:53 PM
Post by: infinity on February 07, 2015, 11:19:53 PM
one of my favourite books is life of pi
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Post by: FTMax on February 08, 2015, 07:38:55 AM
Post by: FTMax on February 08, 2015, 07:38:55 AM
Quote from: MadisonMN on January 22, 2015, 03:08:31 PM
Tough question. As far as fiction goes, it might have to be "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series.
Double votes for this.
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Post by: Damara on February 21, 2015, 01:55:09 AM
Post by: Damara on February 21, 2015, 01:55:09 AM
My fav book is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.. just a perfect chilling dystopian novel..
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Post by: Felix on February 21, 2015, 03:49:21 AM
Post by: Felix on February 21, 2015, 03:49:21 AM
That's a hard question. The one that made the biggest difference in my childhood would probably be A Wrinkle in Time or one of the Narnia books. When I was a teenager the most important book would be Phantoms in the Brain or the Sandman graphic novels.
As an adult, I have no idea. I love a lot of nonfiction stuff on particular topics. I love science fiction collections, but when I read longer works by award-winning authors I'm usually disappointed. Oliver Sacks is fun but he kinda goes off the rails sometimes. I used to enjoy Clive Barker or William Gibson but I don't now.
I think my favorite books now are all cookbooks or local history or zines, but there's not anything I like enough to read more than once.
As an adult, I have no idea. I love a lot of nonfiction stuff on particular topics. I love science fiction collections, but when I read longer works by award-winning authors I'm usually disappointed. Oliver Sacks is fun but he kinda goes off the rails sometimes. I used to enjoy Clive Barker or William Gibson but I don't now.
I think my favorite books now are all cookbooks or local history or zines, but there's not anything I like enough to read more than once.
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Post by: Alissa16 on February 21, 2015, 06:48:20 PM
Post by: Alissa16 on February 21, 2015, 06:48:20 PM
Tg on kindle I like both Tanya Allen and Kiren bishop very good reading but the later tends to favor the years near adelences.
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Post by: MarissaJ on February 21, 2015, 07:28:00 PM
Post by: MarissaJ on February 21, 2015, 07:28:00 PM
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The answer for the great question of life the universe and everything is...................... 42.
The problem is we really didn't know what the question was.
Hugs
Marissa
The answer for the great question of life the universe and everything is...................... 42.
The problem is we really didn't know what the question was.
Hugs
Marissa
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Post by: Tysilio on February 21, 2015, 07:48:37 PM
Post by: Tysilio on February 21, 2015, 07:48:37 PM
How can I possibly pick just one???
I can't say I "liked" it, exactly, but it's a superb book, the only thing of hers I've felt that way about -- I'm mostly not a fan of Atwood.
Rereading my choices, there's a hideously "British Empire" theme there. Oh, dear.
- Fiction: English Passengers, by Matthew Kneale -- it's a comic novel about the Tasmanian genocide. (Yes, really.)
- Non-fiction: Culture and Imperialism, by Edward Said, and Blind Faith, by Carmen Callil.
- For pure fun: any of the Flashman series by George McDonald Fraser, or the Aubrey/Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian.
- From my childhood, and I still reread them: the Swallows and Amazons books by Arthur Ransome.
Quote from: DamaraMy fav book is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.. just a perfect chilling dystopian novel..
I can't say I "liked" it, exactly, but it's a superb book, the only thing of hers I've felt that way about -- I'm mostly not a fan of Atwood.
Rereading my choices, there's a hideously "British Empire" theme there. Oh, dear.
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Post by: Matt A on February 21, 2015, 07:55:45 PM
Post by: Matt A on February 21, 2015, 07:55:45 PM
Well, there's no way I could choose one :P
Of Mice and Men is a great book in general, To Kill A Mockingbird has a gret point and beautifully written, if it counts I have an anthology of Shakespeare's sonnets, which is wow :)
Of Mice and Men is a great book in general, To Kill A Mockingbird has a gret point and beautifully written, if it counts I have an anthology of Shakespeare's sonnets, which is wow :)
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Post by: DriftingCrow on February 21, 2015, 08:15:13 PM
Post by: DriftingCrow on February 21, 2015, 08:15:13 PM
I absolutely love A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I could read it over and over again.
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Post by: Jayne on February 22, 2015, 05:53:55 PM
Post by: Jayne on February 22, 2015, 05:53:55 PM
Just one? Are you kidding? Can't be done.
For Sci-fi it's War of the Worlds, I also love Steps of the sun where a billionaire buys a space ship to hunt for safe uranium to save the world from rapidly diminishing fuel sources, he ends up staying on a planet all alone like an outer space hermit.
For fantasy/comedy it has to be Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett, a girl joins the army to search for her missing brother, the catch? No girls allowed. I think all trans people should find this book side splitting, I know I did.
I'll give you a taster to whet your appetite:
(To set the scene, Polly is trying to walk like a man)
Let's see, now....arms out from the body as though holding a couple of bags of flour.... Check. Shoulders swaying as though elbowing her way through a crowd....check. Hands slightly bunched and making rhythmical circular motions as though turning two independent handles attached to the waist...check. Legs moving forward loosely and ape like...check...
It worked fine for a few yards until she got something wrong and the resultant muscular confusion somersaulted her into a holly bush. After that, she gave up.
As Pratchett says "it's all in the socks"
For Sci-fi it's War of the Worlds, I also love Steps of the sun where a billionaire buys a space ship to hunt for safe uranium to save the world from rapidly diminishing fuel sources, he ends up staying on a planet all alone like an outer space hermit.
For fantasy/comedy it has to be Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett, a girl joins the army to search for her missing brother, the catch? No girls allowed. I think all trans people should find this book side splitting, I know I did.
I'll give you a taster to whet your appetite:
(To set the scene, Polly is trying to walk like a man)
Let's see, now....arms out from the body as though holding a couple of bags of flour.... Check. Shoulders swaying as though elbowing her way through a crowd....check. Hands slightly bunched and making rhythmical circular motions as though turning two independent handles attached to the waist...check. Legs moving forward loosely and ape like...check...
It worked fine for a few yards until she got something wrong and the resultant muscular confusion somersaulted her into a holly bush. After that, she gave up.
As Pratchett says "it's all in the socks"
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Post by: gennee on February 22, 2015, 07:03:24 PM
Post by: gennee on February 22, 2015, 07:03:24 PM
I'm a big fan of Jack Kerouac. My favorite novel is Dharma Bums.
:)
:)
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Post by: Alissa16 on March 20, 2015, 08:59:51 AM
Post by: Alissa16 on March 20, 2015, 08:59:51 AM
I am ccurrently reading into lands forbidden which is the 2nd in Warren Thomas's Elfmaid trilogy..Pretty good swords, wizards,
Sorceress's.
Sorceress's.
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Post by: jeni on March 20, 2015, 09:17:34 AM
Post by: jeni on March 20, 2015, 09:17:34 AM
- the Lord of the Rings books (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
- One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
- Cat's Cradle, Slapstick, Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Post by: orangepeel on March 20, 2015, 07:39:27 PM
Post by: orangepeel on March 20, 2015, 07:39:27 PM
I really like Jane Eyre. I'm a super sucker for romancey things
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Post by: Gabrielle_22 on March 20, 2015, 08:20:02 PM
Post by: Gabrielle_22 on March 20, 2015, 08:20:02 PM
Just one? Impossible. But at the top of my list (for now) would be:
Andrea Levy - Small Island
Keri Hulme - The Bone People
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
Machado de Assis - The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas
V. S. Naipaul (though I loathe him as a human being) - A House for Mr Biswas
Andrea Levy - Small Island
Keri Hulme - The Bone People
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
Machado de Assis - The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas
V. S. Naipaul (though I loathe him as a human being) - A House for Mr Biswas
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Post by: Pica Pica on August 17, 2015, 06:55:33 PM
Post by: Pica Pica on August 17, 2015, 06:55:33 PM
Fiction - Probably Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, he has such a deft control of tone and understatement.
Non-Fiction - Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, it's a dense rambling book you could probably read for the rest of your life and find new things in.
Poetry - Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart, for much the same reason as the Burton.
Essays - Rambler by Samuel Johnson, nothing calms me better.
Non-Fiction - Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, it's a dense rambling book you could probably read for the rest of your life and find new things in.
Poetry - Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart, for much the same reason as the Burton.
Essays - Rambler by Samuel Johnson, nothing calms me better.
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Post by: KyleEdric on August 24, 2015, 07:57:06 PM
Post by: KyleEdric on August 24, 2015, 07:57:06 PM
Skullcrack City. Conspiracies, mutants, crazy drugs, bumbling bankers toting guns they don't know how to shoot, body modded celebrities, all of it is great! Read it three times and counting :)
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Post by: Ka_123 on March 16, 2016, 02:40:38 PM
Post by: Ka_123 on March 16, 2016, 02:40:38 PM
Probably a "Noughts and Crosses" by Malorie Black incredible presentation of an incredible love story challenged by society
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Post by: SophiaBleu on March 16, 2016, 10:16:52 PM
Post by: SophiaBleu on March 16, 2016, 10:16:52 PM
Way too many to answer with one. SO, Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite(transman), Queen of the Damned and anything by Anne Rice, An Equal Music by Vikram Seth, and The Temple of my Familiars by Alice Walker. Oh one more, nah nevermind. This could go on all night!
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Post by: Yukari-sensei on March 16, 2016, 10:25:18 PM
Post by: Yukari-sensei on March 16, 2016, 10:25:18 PM
"On Basilisk Station" by David Weber, "Monstrous Regiment" by Terry Pratchett, and "World War Z" by Max Brooks. :)
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Post by: BeverlyAnn on March 16, 2016, 10:35:04 PM
Post by: BeverlyAnn on March 16, 2016, 10:35:04 PM
Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land.