A good book can tell a lot about life..
and it can tell a lot about its readers.
So?
What's your favourite non-King book?
What is your favourite non-King book?
A good book can tell a lot about life..
and it can tell a lot about its readers.
So?
What's your favourite non-King book?
Roland would have understood.
Dan Simmons
Song of Kali
Just an unbelievable read.
Spoiler:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
An excellent book.Originally Posted by Randall Flagg
Another good one of his is Carrion Comfort. There are two versions of it, a novella length one and a novel.
Shit, just one? That's too hard. I have one in each genre maybe!
But, well.....
Ender's Game. There you go, one book. It's a must read.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
I've got the same problem, JB.
There's the Otherworld series, the Hound and the Falcon trilogy, the Hitchhiker's Guide books, Lord of the Rings, Far From The Madding Crowd, Scoop.... all sorts. I can't pick just one favorite book.
you're solid gold // i'll see you in hell
One book, that is tough, but if I have to pick just one, I guess it would be LOTR. An older Cousin got me to read that as a youngster, so it's special to me in that way.
I have about one hundred. And I also have favorite writers like Dickens or McBaine or Wodehouse, whom you just can't break into separate novels (well, you can, but it would be an act of vandalism)
if we, for example, mean favorite novels, written in English, it could be
either Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
or Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
or The Ball and the Cross by G.K.Chesterton
or about a dozen others...
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mmmmm...
Major toughy, there are so many to choose from.....
Let me get back to you....
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.
The question says only one - so- Lord of the Rings.
Only one? I can't do that! Can I do top five? XD
Because right now, I know that Number One would be The Chronicles of Narnia books, but I know I love more than just that on so many levels... Its not fair. XD
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As with almost everyone else who has posted here, I find it difficult to pick just one favorite book. Here's a couple favorites.
Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint
House of Stairs
Choke
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
Okay.
Roland would have understood.
Awesome!
So, aside from Narnia, which I will love forever, I also love a lot of what I've read by Mercedes Lackey, though the Mage Wars series is the best (The Black, White, and Silver Gryphon books).
I love The Secret Garden, and I adore all of Anne Rices' Vampire/Witch books.
Also, to be fair, I absolutely adore the Tarot trilogy by Piers Anthony, and the Coldfire Trilogy by C. S. Friedman (which my cousins on-again, off-again boyfriend Ciaran got me into).
And yeah. XD There we go, I got it all out.
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Oh! Candice you just reminded me of how much I love The Secret Garden and The Little Princess. I used to read them over and over again when I was a little girl.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
I do love Narnia and The Secret Garden, too.
Roland would have understood.
I haven't read that one (The Little Princess), I probably should.
Thats my nickname, actually, Little Princess.Jean gave it to me.
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Hmmmm
As a kid and an adult, I think I have read LOTR the most times and enjoy it the most of all.
As a kid, I loved the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton with Johnny and Pony Boy
Also, The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
Dragline : Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
Luke : Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
For sentimental reasons.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
First to John Blaze: I loved Enders Game! How many of the series have you read? Have you read the shadow series too? I looooove Bean!
Wizardsrainbow: I read The Outsiders so many times, I could quote most of the book, once upon a time. Did you know S.E. Hinton was a woman?
Candace: I loved The Griffon books by Mercades Lackey.
As for me, I guess for an absoulte fav, it would have to be LOTR. They were my passion in high school.
1. Actually, i have every single one of the ender and bean books. I even bought the "First Meetings" book, which has alot of the backstory one some major characters, a short story on ender and valentine after they left the colony world, and the original Novella Ender's Game. I love these books.
2. The Outsider's was one of my favorite books also, I even went to the extreme of calling myself a "Greaser" and hating soc'sBut, S.E. Hinton's other books, i didn't like so much.
3. I've never read the Griffon Books, Can. They do sound interesting though. Lately I've gotten into fantasy books. Have you ever read any of the Tamora Pierce books? My sister got me into those. All the Tortall books are pretty good. Tamora PIerce is an excellent writer, even though she writes mostly for adolescents, she doesn't read bad as Christopher Pike and other adolescent authors. She is a great writer. She has 4 different series I'd be sure you would enjoy, PM me and I'll give you the titles, if you are interested.
4. I didn't read LOTR until late in life, and didn't get so much into them. When I read the Eragon books, though, the difference in quality slapped me in the face. The LOTR books are much better. Eragon has an interesting storyline, if cliched, but the author and editors suck at telling it cleanly.
Well, other favorites.
Tolstoy's War and Peace
Wouk's Winds of War
Grisham's The Partner
Jenning's Aztec
Narnia Books
Buck's The Good Earth.
there's more, but those are the cream of the crop, I think.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Tough question so I'll list a few that I like.
Narnia
Vampire Chronicles
Necroscope series
tell you guys what.
a while back, the vampire chronicles used to be my favorite books ever.\
i just dont feel them, anymore.
she killed me with Blood Canticle, in fact, I don't believe she wrote it, and if she did, she must be grieving for her husband in a bad way, taking drugs and shit, because the writing on that one was way different from the first 10. 11 and 12 were ok, but Blood Canticle? No. In fact, although I own them all, the only ones I read are 1-10. Even Vittorio is better than her last 3
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Well, at least she won't mess them up anymore. She only writes about the jesus now.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
You know JohnBlaze, I agree with that. The last few, Blood Canticle especially, were not that great. I thought she was going to go and cover more of the old vampires in her New Chronicles, instead she sidetracked and tried to combine the vampires and witches. Not a good idea in my opinion.
Still though, I like them overall as a series.
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