Favorite book? [Archive]

Yamerhaw

02-10-2009, 10:30 PM

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I've read some of his stuff, and to be honest I can hardly comprehend what he is saying, way over my head, the man is apparently a genius!

or a retarded monkey:idk:

Dragonpaco

02-10-2009, 10:34 PM

"The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton

fantasic book. perks of being a wallflower was great too

Corey

02-10-2009, 10:35 PM

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Sixxxxer

02-10-2009, 10:36 PM

Dont have a favorite book

Clive Cussler is my Favorite Author, I liked him before the Movie Sahara Went Primtime Hollywood...Started out Young on him...Read ALOT of his books.

Archren

02-10-2009, 10:43 PM

I've read some of his stuff, and to be honest I can hardly comprehend what he is saying, way over my head, the man is apparently a genius!

or a retarded monkey:idk:

Something like that. :lol:

Honestly, I have so many book series that I've read, I can't pinpoint just one book. Currently my favorite series is the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, but I'm also a big fan of Orson Scott Card and the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

t-homo

02-10-2009, 10:46 PM

"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. I don't see a point in reading for entertainment. If I am reading, it is to learn and better myself. If I want entertainment, I watch a movie.

Corey

02-10-2009, 10:50 PM

... and the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

That guy's never on time.

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Archren

02-10-2009, 10:53 PM

"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. I don't see a point in reading for entertainment. If I am reading, it is to learn and better myself. If I want entertainment, I watch a movie.

Your name isn't Liam, is it? :lol:

t-homo

02-10-2009, 10:54 PM

lol can't say that it is.

Archren

02-10-2009, 10:59 PM

lol can't say that it is.

You and my ex have the exact same philosophy on reading. :lol:

Sixxxxer

02-10-2009, 11:05 PM

DUN DUN DUN!!!

Nah J/k

But I can see why people read for entertainment..I enjoy reading a good story even if it is fake

t-homo

02-10-2009, 11:07 PM

You and my ex have the exact same philosophy on reading. :lol:

Sorry to hear that. I would say he is a smart man, but you aren't together anymore so he's obviously fucking retarded.

Mrs. Colleen

02-10-2009, 11:13 PM

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

I just recently read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Both were very good books. :dthumb:

Krabill

02-10-2009, 11:16 PM

Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind

CrazyKell

02-10-2009, 11:35 PM

I could no sooner pick a favourite star in the sky.

Some of my favourites:

Jessie (can't remember who wrote it but he's famous :rofl:)

Wally Lamb - She's come undone

Anything by John Irving....love all of his work.

And a personal favourite is "To Kill a Mockingbird"

rogue

02-11-2009, 07:07 AM

"The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton

Mine too. Every since I first read it sometime in junior high. To this day it's still my favorite book. And the movie (for once) followed the book scene by scene, and damn near word for word. :dthumb:

Papa_Complex

02-11-2009, 07:22 AM

Well given that I've read the Lord of the Rings series somethign more than 30 times, I geuss I'd have to say that :lol:

Favourite single book would be "Tactics of Mistake" by Gordon R. Dickson.

Hondahugger

02-11-2009, 08:51 AM

Clan of the Cave Bear series by Jane Auel Best series ever. My mom started me on these books when I was about 14 and I always swore that if I ever had a daughter, I would name her Ayla!

I never had a daughter :(

Archren

02-11-2009, 09:03 AM

Sorry to hear that. I would say he is a smart man, but you aren't together anymore so he's obviously fucking retarded.

Well, he's intelligent, but a major douchebag. :lol: To each their own.. books aren't for everyone (although the way you said you'd rather watch TV earlier reminds me of Danny De Vito's role in Matilda.. "you can't get anything from a book that you can't get from TV faster" :lol: ). Tracy isn't a huge reader either... but it's all good. He has his football... I have my books. :D

Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind

Ohhh I have heard very good things about that series. I need to pick it up.

xx CURVE xx

02-11-2009, 09:13 AM

Twilight..... +1

Krabill

02-11-2009, 09:19 AM

Ohhh I have heard very good things about that series. I need to pick it up.

They have actually started a tv series based on the books. The series isn't nearly as good as the books because I think they have strayed too far from the original plot line, but it's not bad.

http://www.legendoftheseeker.com/

Amorok

02-11-2009, 09:21 AM

I couldn't pick a favorite book, I can't even pick a favorite author. Some of the ones I like are:

Jim Butcher and the Dresden Files (connecting with Archren)

Richard K. Morgan. Altered Carbon and its sequels are fantastic

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

James Rollins

And finally, Christopher Moore. Read his book Lamb, it's fucking hilarious.

fatbuckRTO

02-11-2009, 09:28 AM

If I had to pick one book to read for the rest of my life, it would be Small Gods or any of the Death-centric Discworld books by Terry Pratchett.

fnfalman

02-11-2009, 10:10 AM

There are many books and many authors that I like but there is only one favorite book: Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell.

2up

02-11-2009, 10:52 AM

I can't pick a favorite either but some of my top favs are:

The Techno-Pagan Octopus Messiah - Ian Muir Winn

Conversations With God - Neale Donald Walsch

Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom

Shampoo Planet - Douglas Coupland

The Harry Potter Series (Yes I said it!!)

I too read S.E. Hinton back in the day. Absolutely loved her stuff then. I've seen some titles recently that I don't recognize and have thought about picking them up. :idk:

CrazyKell

02-11-2009, 11:50 AM

OH yeah....I forgot about Harry Potter. I loved them too!

Racerboy

02-11-2009, 11:58 AM

Too many good ones to pick a favorite....

Everything Tom Clancy has done
Dan Brown
John Grisham
JK Rowling
Some Stephen King
Stephen White

Papa_Complex

02-11-2009, 12:23 PM

Damn, forgot another one. Footfall - Niven & Pournelle. It would probably make a good movie, if people could get past the fact that the Earth is being invaded by baby elephants with ray guns.

LittleTaz

02-11-2009, 07:53 PM

Another one in the "No way I could pick just one" category

Just about everything by Dean Koontz
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
Early Steven King
Necroscope series by Brian Lumley
Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling
The Destroyer series by Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir and about a million ghost writers
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon Same theme as The Stand, but I like it as well as, if not better than.
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Curb

02-11-2009, 09:00 PM

"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. I don't see a point in reading for entertainment. If I am reading, it is to learn and better myself. If I want entertainment, I watch a movie.i feel the same way. i don't think i've read a fiction based book in 15 years. every book i read in college was based on a war or time period. and the last book i read was The Loan Survivor by Marcus Luttrell...For all you military folk i highly recommend it:dthumb: