Favorite Books

Piechu · Post by **Piechu** » 10 Dec 2004 08:35

my favorite books is:
"Katarynka" and
"Nasza Szkapa"
so so cool.

Hania · Post by **Hania** » 10 Dec 2004 09:30

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.... Piechu jestes the best

a moja ulubiona to "Przedwiosnie"

HG · Post by HG » 10 Dec 2004 13:03

Any rober ludlum book
my favorites are The Osterman Weekend and The Bourne Identity

House of the Scorpion by __________ Farmer, i forget the first name.

Osterman weekend is the best book ive ever read, then bourne identity, then house of the scorpion

jon · Post by **jon** » 10 Dec 2004 13:13

tolkein

the hobbit is kinda juvenile and the beginning of the simarillion (sp?) is really boring but the triology is good

tao of pooh was also good

cant really think of any that really stand out recently

lots of people like "life of pi" but i think up till the lat 20 pages it was kinda lame, I really like the vinyl cafe books by stewart maclean esp the newest one, a must read!!!!!
"a fine balance" was pretty good but really long

its intesting that some books on here would not be consider great pieces of writing but does not mean it is not someones fav book

ie. most people will tell u tolkein and lewis were not the best writers but does it really matter?

nomination for most boring book ever goes to "the last of the mohicans"

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » 10 Dec 2004 20:16

Man, I really like all the Harry Potter books (even though some of you might think they are childish) and I can't wait for the next one to come up! I went to the midnight party for the fifth one with some friends and it was wicked!

Slippur · Post by **Slippur** » 10 Dec 2004 21:46

I second Henry on the Bourne trilogy.

Terry Brooks' Shanarra and Heritage series are great, too, if you like fantasy.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 10 Dec 2004 22:15

I waited in line for, like, 3-4 hours for the fifth Harry Potter book too! We finally got into the bookstore at about 1 or 2am -- the lineup wrapped halfway around the entire mall!! I wasn't even into Harry Potter at the time, I was just there with my girlfriend. I did get to see owls and snakes, though, inside

billman_c · Post by **billman_c** » 11 Dec 2004 09:02

I like the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.

I've only read a couple of the books so far, only about 28 to go.

Hania · Post by **Hania** » 11 Dec 2004 11:43

Erik Chan wrote:I waited in line for, like, 3-4 hours for the fifth Harry Potter book too! We finally got into the bookstore at about 1 or 2am -- the lineup wrapped halfway around the entire mall!! I wasn't even into Harry Potter at the time, I was just there with my girlfriend. I did get to see owls and snakes, though, inside

I'm also Harry Potter fan!! I just sturted to read english version...

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 11 Dec 2004 12:25

I'm a big fan of William Gibson. Neuromancer and Idoru were great. Shogun by James Clavell is probably my favorite book, though.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 11 Dec 2004 16:24

Yeah I really like William Gibson too although I've only read one book by him - um I think it was called "virtual light" - I want to read more though. I'm definitly like the kind of dark industrial sci fi that he writes - I guess that's one of the things I really like about a lot of Phillip K Dick's work.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 11 Dec 2004 21:14

The last really great book that I read was 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime' by Mark Haddon. Reccomended.

BainbridgeShred · Post by **BainbridgeShred** » 12 Dec 2004 09:45

The last really great book that I read was 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime' by Mark Haddon. Reccomended.

Yea I read that book too, very good. In a day and age where the top-selling authors are not Hemingway or Salinger but Clancy and Kuntz... This book was a bright spot in modern publishing.

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 12 Dec 2004 14:02

"Melodien" by Helmut Krausser
"Cien años de soledad" - Gabriel García Márquez
"Siddharta" by Hermann Hesse
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
"Solaris" by Stanislav Lem

ashleyd · Post by **ashleyd** » 16 Dec 2004 16:39

I just came back from Books a Million. I bought Chronicles of Narnia and The House on Mango Street (required for English class). A couple days ago I bought The Catcher in the Rye, so I have my plate full, especially The Chronicles of Narnia being 766 pages long with small text. Thanks for all the input, im sure ill enjoy them.

blackcrown · Post by **blackcrown** » 16 Dec 2004 16:50

[quote3ab9581="Ashleygrlshreder"]I just came back from Books a Million. I bought Chronicles of Narnia and The House on Mango Street (required for English class). A couple days ago I bought The Catcher in the Rye, so I have my plate full, especially The Chronicles of Narnia being 766 pages long with small text. Thanks for all the input, im sure ill enjoy them.[/quote3ab9581]

The Chronicals of Narnia is required reading? Do you go to a public school?

Cryptonomicon -- by Neal Stephenson is the best book I've read in a long time.

Eric

ashleyd · Post by **ashleyd** » 17 Dec 2004 14:58

no, The House on Mango street is required reading. I just bought The Chronicles of Narnia for my own pleasure.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 18 Dec 2004 21:03

Nagasake wrote:I'm a big fan of William Gibson. Neuromancer and Idoru were great. Shogun by James Clavell is probably my favorite book, though.

I really enjoyed Shogun, as well. I never finished it, though. Clavell's entire Asian series is really good. Noble House was good.

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 20 Dec 2004 14:38

First off, I just finished reading WICKED by Gregory McGuire. He takes an alternative approach to "The Wizard of Oz" and tells the story from the 3rd person perspective of "The Wicked Witch of the West".

All in all it I think it's fair to say that it was awesome. It has a slow start which is hard to get through (at least 100 pages), but it's mostly important character building and feels less waisted once you get to the meat of the story.
One of the main reasons I think it was so good is that as soon as I was finished reading it, I wanted to start it over again. The story is so full of intrigue that I just knew there was an incredible amount of information that I missed in the first reading.
Of course the most appeal comes from the fact that it goes back and allows you to rediscover the modern myth of that place somewhere over the rainbow and get to know more about characters that are hardly touched on in the original story. The Wizard, The WWoThe East, Glinda the Good Witch, The Cowardly Lion, The Flying Monkeys, and a whole host of new ones.
Forget everything you think you know and pick up WICKED.

Other favorites of mine (in no particular order) are:

The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Dragonlance Legends by Maragaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Animal Farm by George Orwell (previously mentioned, but it gets my vote as well)
The Illiad by Homer
The Odyssey by Homer
Wicked by Gregory Mcguire
2150 A.D. by Thea Alexander
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist
The Holy Bible (as yet unfinished but WHAT A READ) by many authors other than God.

ashleyd · Post by **ashleyd** » 20 Dec 2004 17:17

as mentioned by brad (since i usually read 2 books at once) im also reading The first volume of the Dragonlance chronicles.(Dragons of Autumn Twilight) Its funny that you mention it, because I just randomly picked it up at the book store. Im glad its a good book to someone so im not wasting my time. So far I realllllly like it, but i havent gotten far.