Favorite Book?

apetite · July 31st, 2007, 04:33 AM

Looking for a brilliant way to find a new book to read.

So what's your favorite(or at least good) book and why?

Not my favorite, but I liked "For Whom The Bell Tolls" by Hemingway, it was pretty good. I liked the dialogue.

kittyleap · July 31st, 2007, 04:35 AM

the old testament

wolf_blood · August 4th, 2007, 10:01 AM

a man without qualities... by robert musil

Ted Bundy · August 4th, 2007, 10:04 AM

Finnigan"s Wake by James Joyce

read it if you can

NorthernThreat · August 4th, 2007, 12:37 PM

Call of the wild bestest book ever

Hilltopper · August 4th, 2007, 02:28 PM

The King Must Die and its sequel The Bull From The Sea by Mary Renault are the best novels I have ever read.

Is a first person account of the life of Theseus (from Greek Mythology), and written from a historical perspective.

Motor35 · August 30th, 2007, 11:31 AM

I liked The Lovely Bones about a girl that is killed and watches her family from heaven try to solve her murder.. Marley & Me is a feel-good read it's a true story about the worst dog in the world. Also, my first memoir read was Bloodletting about a self-mutilator. Good stuff.

DirtNapper · August 30th, 2007, 11:52 AM

MAD magazines, that's it.

Killania · August 30th, 2007, 11:57 AM

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte and I also like "Lsot Souls" by Poppy Z. Brite and "Ariel" by Sylvia Plath.

Motor35 · August 30th, 2007, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Killania

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte and I also like "Lsot Souls" by Poppy Z. Brite and "Ariel" by Sylvia Plath.

I enjoy Plath as well, what is "Ariel" about?

Killania · August 30th, 2007, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Motor35

I enjoy Plath as well, what is "Ariel" about?

"Ariel" is a collection of the poetry she wrote shortly before her suicide.

It's regarded as her best work.

Sonne · August 30th, 2007, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Killania

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte and I also like "Lsot Souls" by Poppy Z. Brite and "Ariel" by Sylvia Plath.

All three of those books are some of my favorites.
I've read both Wuthering Heights and Lost Souls quite a few times.
I'm a big Poppy Z. Brite fan.
Excellent taste.

One of my big favorites is "Imajica" by Clive Barker.
It's not his horror stuff like he usually writes.
It's an amazing book.

Also, Chaucer "The Canterbury Tales" is brilliant.
And there is always Dante's "Divine Comedy."

Tinkerhell · August 31st, 2007, 02:53 AM

"Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy
"Slaugherhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Hitchhiker Series by Douglas Adams
"1984" by George Orwell
"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving
"Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
"Candide" by Voltaire

Killania · August 31st, 2007, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonne

One of my big favorites is "Imajica" by Clive Barker.
It's not his horror stuff like he usually writes.
It's an amazing book.

I like Clive Barker as well. =) I love the entire horror genre. "Once" by James Herbert is good, but it's a book you either love or hate.

Thanatos · September 1st, 2007, 12:53 PM

Heller's "Catch 22". Black and comedic. Easily his best.

July 31st, 2007, 04:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
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Killania the original Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 182	"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte and I also like "Lsot Souls" by Poppy Z. Brite and "Ariel" by Sylvia Plath.

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Tinkerhell eat it Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Your medicine cabinet Posts: 3,371	"Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy "Slaugherhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut Hitchhiker Series by Douglas Adams "1984" by George Orwell "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck "Candide" by Voltaire __________________

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