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Share recommendations and reviews, talk about your favourite (and least favourite) books, and whatever you're reading at the moment...
I'll start....

Some of my favourite books include:
- "The Lord of the Rings" (and "The Hobbit", by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- "Persuasion" (Jane Austen)
- the Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling)
- "The Catcher in the Rye" (J.D. Salinger)
- "Ella Enchanted" (Gail Carson Levine)
- "The Phantom of the Opera" (Gaston Leroux)
- "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Harper Lee)
- "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (Oscar Wilde)
- "The Chronicles of Narnia" (C.S. Lewis)
- "The Count of Monte Cristo" (Alexandre Dumas)

I also enjoy reading books by Stephen King, Agatha Christie, etc. I really like mystery novels, but will pretty much read anything that has been recommended to me.

The last book I completed was "The Time Traveler's Wife" (the movie, which came out recently wasn't so good), and just started reading another Agatha Christie novel.

What are you guys reading?
 
Oh man, I was just thinking about posting a thread about my absolute favorite books :)

The Perks of Being A Wallflower
The Lovely Bones
The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Omg...talk about books that just make you think about your own mortality. I seriously love books like that...

Anybody else read any of those??

The first time I read The Perks it was someone elses book. It had been read by probably five people before me and everyone highlighted little spots in the book and wrote their own 'feelings' and 'stories' in the margins. People had doodled what they imagined the characters would look like, put in their own little blurbs...omg I loved it. It was like reading 6 books in one. And it is just the best kind of book to do that with. If you read it you will know what I mean! I have a copy and I love it. It is a yearly read :)
 
Interesting topic. I really like books and I read a lot of books.
I like books by Paulo Coelho, Christine Feehan, Stephen King, Danielle Steel, Jonathan Kellerman, J.R.R. Tolkien and a lot more.

Now I'm reading a book by Sabiene Thiesler. It's a German book and it's a good read, I don't know if it is already translated into English.

Recommendations? Please let me know.
 
Reading is something I am finally back to doing. I had totally forgotten how much I used to love to read. 2 of my absolute favorite authors is Stephen King and VC Andrews. I am reading VC Andrews Unfinished Symphony right now. And then it will be either Gates Of Paradise or Music In The Night from her. I should be reading her family series in order. But I just feel like skipping around. I just love VC Andrews books especially her Flowers In The Attic Series. Which is the best series she has ever written. It tells a story of 4 innocent children locked away in an attic by a cruel and selfish mother. Flowers In The Attic and Petals On The Wind are the 2 best books out of that 5 book series. It is so sad how Cory and Carrie dies in those 2 books. But what is great is how Cathy finally gets her revenge on both her grandmother and her mother. Unfinished Symphony which I am just about done reading. Is the 4th book I had gone back to reading in the past month. Reading is like my only main escape now from what had happen to Michael.
 
I love to read. I read everything I can get my hands on.

A lot of my favorite books aren't necessarily well known, but if you like to read, maybe give one of these a try:

*8 Ball Chicks - Gini Sikes. (the author spends a year with female gangsters in L.A. and tells the things they go through; really powerful stuff)
*Too Far From Home - Chris Jones. (about what the astronauts on the ISS went through while stuck up there after shuttle Columbia disintigrated; amazing to see how they lived up there)
*My Own Story - Ryan White (story of Ryan, written by him and Ann Cunningham; very sad but is very good)
*The Long Walk - Richard Bachman (aka: Stephen King. about a boy in a contest where they walk until only is left standing. if contestants stop, slow down, try to walk away, they get killed; crazy story but hard to put down)
*Columbia - Pamela Jekel. (the stories of five generations of Chinook indian women and what they go through; this paperback is one of my most treasured)
*Breaking The Surface - Greg Louganis (about Greg's life, the good and the horrible, and how he managed to get through it all; I really admire him, the book will make you laugh and cry)
*Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes (about a man with low intelligence who undergoes a procedure and gains almost unlimited intelligence..and finds out the consiquences of it; totallly bizarre yet fascinating all at once)
*A Child Called IT - David Peltzer (Dave writes about his horrible childhood of abuse so bad his case is listed as one of the worst cases of child abuse in California state history; this is a hard book to read but it's one of the most inspirational ever...if this guy can succeed, anyone can)

Right now I'm reading the Twilight books... I am a late one on that bandwagon because I normally don't read the real popular ones...but a friend made me try the first one and I actually loved it ;)
 
Heeeeyyyy!!!:wild: So glad to see some fellow book lovers here!
Has anyone read The Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel?
I'm reading "The Mammoth Hunters" atm, this has to be one of the best series I've ever read, highly recommend.

"Twilight" was cool.:yes:
 
Fluffy_Oz said:
Heeeeyyyy!!!:wild: So glad to see some fellow book lovers here!
Has anyone read The Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel?
I'm reading "The Mammoth Hunters" atm, this has to be one of the best series I've ever read, highly recommend.

"Twilight" was cool.:yes:
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Yes I have!!! I love all the books in that series. The first one I read of hers was Clan Of The Cave Bear which is amazing. I don't know how people got through those times, life is so....safe, compared to then!
 
Reghead121 said:
Yes I have!!! I love all the books in that series. The first one I read of hers was Clan Of The Cave Bear which is amazing. I don't know how people got through those times, life is so....safe, compared to then!
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Awww, Reghead!!
Don't tell me what happens!!! lol
I've read "Clan of the Cave Bear" which I think was the best so far, and "Valley of the Horses", and I'm about halfway through the third one.

I agree, life was so difficult back then... How did they manage without iPods??? lol
But seriously, imagine seeing all these magnificent animals long gone, and no cities, and not knowing things like where babies come from and that you can ride horses...
I admire their skills though, they were so much more self-reliant than we are nowadays.
Imagine skinning a bison, ewwww! lol
 
Wingfoot said:
Some of my favourite books include:
- "The Lord of the Rings" (and "The Hobbit", by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- "Persuasion" (Jane Austen)
- the Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling)
- "The Catcher in the Rye" (J.D. Salinger)
- "Ella Enchanted" (Gail Carson Levine)
- "The Phantom of the Opera" (Gaston Leroux)
- "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Harper Lee)
- "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (Oscar Wilde)
- "The Chronicles of Narnia" (C.S. Lewis)
- "The Count of Monte Cristo" (Alexandre Dumas)
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:agree:Love Atticus Finch! I love that book, read it like - 10 times.
 
My favourite book is Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. It's so sick and twisted, I love it ahah.
Irvine Welsh is definately my favourite author, I'd recommend checking him out. Be warned though, he does 'write in a Scottish accent' if you know what I mean. ;D
 
Natashaaa said:
My favourite book is Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. It's so sick and twisted, I love it ahah.
Irvine Welsh is definately my favourite author, I'd recommend checking him out. Be warned though, he does 'write in a Scottish accent' if you know what I mean. ;D
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I LOVE "Trainspotting"! "Porno" was good, too. Funny, although disgusting as well.
English is not my first language, so at first it was kinda hard with all the "aye", lol... But you get used to it.
Agree, deffo check it out - for something different. My hubby is a huuuuge fan of Irvine Welsh books.
 
Fluffy_Oz said:
I LOVE "Trainspotting"! "Porno" was good, too. Funny, although disgusting as well.
English is not my first language, so at first it was kinda hard with all the "aye", lol... But you get used to it.
Agree, deffo check it out - for something different. My hubby is a huuuuge fan of Irvine Welsh books.
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I haven't read 'Porno' yet. Would really like to but I reckon I'd get some weird stares carting it around ahaha.
I'm reading his book 'Glue' at the moment, it's good too. I love Irvine. Apparently his books are based on his dairies he wrote as a teenager, he must have had one heck of a life ahaha.
 
Natashaaa said:
I haven't read 'Porno' yet. Would really like to but I reckon I'd get some weird stares carting it around ahaha.
I'm reading his book 'Glue' at the moment, it's good too. I love Irvine. Apparently his books are based on his dairies he wrote as a teenager, he must have had one heck of a life ahaha.
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Yeah, I heard that too. I find it believable, since everything he writes sounds so...realistic, if you know what I mean.

Oh yeah, I was reading "Porno" on the hour long train journeys to uni, I tell you what - the older ladies in the compartment weren't impressed, bless them.:D
It's not what it seems though.
 
Fluffy_Oz said:
Yeah, I heard that too. I find it believable, since everything he writes sounds so...realistic, if you know what I mean.

Oh yeah, I was reading "Porno" on the hour long train journeys to uni, I tell you what - the older ladies in the compartment weren't impressed, bless them.:D
It's not what it seems though.
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Definately! As sick and twisted as everything is, you can definately imagine it happening :)

Hahaha awww :'D I read the description of it on his site, sounds really good! Gutted they didn't make a movie for it yet. Ewan McGregor/ Johnny Lee Miller were amazing in the first one. The film really does the book justice!
 
Natashaaa said:
Definately! As sick and twisted as everything is, you can definately imagine it happening :)

Hahaha awww :'D I read the description of it on his site, sounds really good! Gutted they didn't make a movie for it yet. Ewan McGregor/ Johnny Lee Miller were amazing in the first one. The film really does the book justice!
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I agree, the movie is fab. My hubby looks kinda like Ewan McGregor in that movie. Bit better. :D
I like Spud.
 
Wingfoot said:
I also enjoy reading books by Stephen King, Agatha Christie, etc. I really like mystery novels, but will pretty much read anything that has been recommended to me.
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I love, love, love Hercule Poirot books by Agatha Christie. Also, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. As for the adaptions to TV/Film, I believe there is no better than David Suchet as Poirot and Jeremy Brett as Holmes.

:ph34r: Nobody's mentioned 'Gone With the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell, so I will. That is one of my favorite books.
 
Thanks so much for creating this thread! :)

I just finished "Everything Is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer, about half an hour ago! ...and I'm speechles.
It's so very honest, mournful and yet hilarious in its quirks... please read it!!

Also read another stunning book called "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy recently... highly recommended! Beautifully woven and crafted.
 
Oh I love reading, too! Lately I haven't had the chance to read anything else than school books, though.

My favourite books are Harry Potters and Agatha Christie's books. I'm kind of stuck in those and would love to find some new addicting series! :D I also like books that are based on real life.
 
'Arsene Lupin Gentleman Burglar' by Maurice Leblanc.
this book is kind of:
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;)
 
I read mostly fantasy and sci-fi, but I read general fiction and non-fiction on occasion too. Here's some of my favorites (some recent, some old favorites)

Watchmen (graphic novel, highly recommend)
Any Neil Gaiman books (my favorite is Neverwhere)
Probably any Jules Verne, but so far I've only read Around the World in 80 days and A Journey to the Center to the Earth
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer (I can only read this once, it's so depressing but very good)
Mouse Tales by David Koenig (if you're interested in Disneyland at all, then I can highly recommend this one)
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist (Starting with Magician)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind (not for everyone, but I enjoyed them)
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (if you've seen the movie, then you must read the book)
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (think pirates of the caribbean meets ocean's 11)
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (starts with Storm Front, about a wizard detective)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (must read for any sci-fi fan)
Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin (about vampires in the steamboat era)
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks (really interesting non-fiction on strange neurological conditions)
The Stranger by Albert Camus (interesting existentialist story)
The Freedom Writer's Diary by Erin Gruwell (amazing inspiring story about a teacher helping her high school students better their lives. The movie was good and the true story is even better.)
Anything by H.P. Lovecraft (the master of horror and suspense)

That's about it for now. Sorry for the long list lol.
 
The One. said:
Oh I love reading, too! Lately I haven't had the chance to read anything else than school books, though.

My favourite books are Harry Potters and Agatha Christie's books. I'm kind of stuck in those and would love to find some new addicting series! :D I also like books that are based on real life.
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You've GOTTA try "Twilight".:D
Addictive.
 
CaptainEoLove85 said:
I read mostly fantasy and sci-fi, but I read general fiction and non-fiction on occasion too. Here's some of my favorites (some recent, some old favorites)

Watchmen (graphic novel, highly recommend)
Any Neil Gaiman books (my favorite is Neverwhere)
Probably any Jules Verne, but so far I've only read Around the World in 80 days and A Journey to the Center to the Earth
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer (I can only read this once, it's so depressing but very good)
Mouse Tales by David Koenig (if you're interested in Disneyland at all, then I can highly recommend this one)
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist (Starting with Magician)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind (not for everyone, but I enjoyed them)
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (if you've seen the movie, then you must read the book)
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (think pirates of the caribbean meets ocean's 11)
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (starts with Storm Front, about a wizard detective)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (must read for any sci-fi fan)
Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin (about vampires in the steamboat era)
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks (really interesting non-fiction on strange neurological conditions)
The Stranger by Albert Camus (interesting existentialist story)
The Freedom Writer's Diary by Erin Gruwell (amazing inspiring story about a teacher helping her high school students better their lives. The movie was good and the true story is even better.)
Anything by H.P. Lovecraft (the master of horror and suspense)

That's about it for now. Sorry for the long list lol.
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Have you tried Robert Heinlein?
I admit, he's not for everyone, but if you love sci-fi, I recommend anything by him.
I find his books kinda hard to find around, though, which is a pity.
 
95% of the time I read non-fiction...Autobiographical, Biographies, Texts, etc. etc...

I don't know about you but I always loved the Library, Bookstores...I would, could spend hours and hours in there...lost in time and space..!

Mother Teresa
Michaelangelo
Einstein
Mother Earth
Making of A Star
Astrology
Scientific
History
Religion
Politics
Law
Music
7 Wonders of the World
Charities
Visionaries
Motivational
Self Help

So on and so forth...Knowledge IS Growth...


:angel:We Are The World...Heal The World...Education IS The Key~~~
 
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