Topic: Book thread! (Read 26551 times)

Mairi · « **on:** April 09, 2005, 10:51:38 PM »

I can't believe we don't have one of these already! Anyways, this is a thread where you can list your favorite books, or what you're currently reading.

My Favorites:
The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton
Harry Potter- J.K. Rowling
Alice, I Think- Susan Juby
To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee
Matilda- Roald Dahl (I think it can be read and understood on different levels. It's not just a kid's book)

Currently reading:
The Dionnes- Ellie Tesher (It's the story of the Dionne Quintuplets. It's really sad, their lives... they were treated like animals in a zoo when they were young, then when they were older they were sexually abused by their father. And the whole time, people were stealing from their trust fund. The surviving three were living in poverty around 1998.)

Paulsluv · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2005, 10:55:00 PM »

Good idea. I was thinking of posting one of these.

(read)

The Witching Hour-Anne Rice
Harry Potter-J.K. Rowling
Anything by Michael Crichton
Anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Any Agatha Christie

Herecomesyoursun · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2005, 10:55:45 PM »

Anything by Bill Bryson

The Davinco Code
Angels and Demons
A Clockwork oRANGE
fIGHT cLUB

Paulsluv · « **Reply #3 on:** April 09, 2005, 10:58:21 PM »

Oh, yeah.

I almost forgot I read Angels and Dremons and the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. (read)

KEEP ON READING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Indica · « **Reply #4 on:** April 09, 2005, 11:02:41 PM »

Favourite Books

Dracula - Bram Stoker
1984 - Orwell
Down & Out in Paris and London - Orwell
Boy - Roald Dahl
Anne Frank - The diary of a young girl
The Catcher in the rye - J.D Salinger
Animal Farm - Orwell
The Davinco Code - Dan Brown

Books reading at the mo:

The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dubliners - James Joyce
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Eats Shoots & Leaves - Lynne Truss
Goodfellas - Nicholas Pileggi
Playing in the dark (critical essay) Toni Morrison

strawb3rryfi3ldsfor3ver · « **Reply #5 on:** April 09, 2005, 11:03:17 PM »

My favourites...

The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (and the four sequels.

) by Douglas Adams
In His Own Write by John Lennon (>_< I need to get the other two.)

Um, among other things. I'm totally out of it at the moment. ._.

Right now, i'm reading The Beatles Anthology (

Again!) and So Long and Thanks For All the Fish by Douglas Adams (

Again as well!) ...I need to find somethin' else to read, man.

Indica · « **Reply #6 on:** April 09, 2005, 11:10:54 PM »

^The Beatles Anthology...amen.

Oh..Favourite reads.... - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Barris.

Herecomesyoursun · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2005, 11:15:00 PM »

why are you reading the Scarlet Letter? That book sux ass

Paulsluv · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2005, 11:28:12 PM »

It's considered a classic along with Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. I enjoyed Scarlet Letter. It's all about a matter of taste, I guess.

strawb3rryfi3ldsfor3ver · « **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2005, 11:50:55 PM »

Oh, yeah. =o I've been reading The Catcher in the Rye. Started once, couldn't find the book, restarted it during the last week. XD

lennonlemon · « **Reply #10 on:** April 10, 2005, 01:18:09 AM »

The Catcher in the Rye is a great book...Holden is probably one of my favorite book characters.

Some books I love are:

A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kennedy Toole
Discworld Series- Terry Pratchett
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy"-Douglas Adams (Anyone going to catch the flick?)

Mostly some comedic stuff, although I am really digging Hamlet and Julius Caesar which I'm reading in English class.

lennonlemon · « **Reply #11 on:** April 10, 2005, 01:19:03 AM »

Quote from: Herecomesyoursun

why are you reading the Scarlet Letter? That book sux ass

Agreed, but it's still considred a classic so there must be something right with the book.

Mairi · « **Reply #12 on:** April 10, 2005, 02:52:18 AM »

Wow, Indica, I thought I was the only one who read different books at the same time! I wasn't going to post that, because I though people would say I was weird, but now I don't feel like such an oddball. So...

Diamonds In The Rough- Eric Walters
Princess Grace (Grace Kelly bio) -Sarah Bradford

Paulsluv · « **Reply #13 on:** April 10, 2005, 03:02:02 AM »

One of my favs:

The Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Sondra · « **Reply #14 on:** April 10, 2005, 03:37:04 AM »

What does everyone see in J.D. Salinger?

I really cannot get into him. I've read Catcher in the Rye and couldn't stand it.

Paulsluv · « **Reply #15 on:** April 10, 2005, 03:41:41 AM »

Ah, the classics!

Lord of the Flies was disturbing, but it was an excellent book.

(read)

Sondra · « **Reply #16 on:** April 10, 2005, 03:46:44 AM »

It was disturbing, but fascinating. Although I haven't read it in years. Kinda reminded me of Animal Farm for some reason. I don't know why.

Indica · « **Reply #17 on:** April 10, 2005, 10:55:11 AM »

Lord of the Flies...Gonna start it tonight

lennonlemon · « **Reply #18 on:** April 10, 2005, 01:16:59 PM »

Quote from: Mairi

Wow, Indica, I thought I was the only one who read different books at the same time! I wasn't going to post that, because I though people would say I was weird, but now I don't feel like such an oddball. So...

Diamonds In The Rough- Eric Walters
Princess Grace (Grace Kelly bio) -Sarah Bradford

Reading different books at the same time is what I tend to usually do with books I don't really care too much for and it's sad that I can't really get into too many books nowadays. I can hardly finish half of them.

TurnMeOnDeadman · « **Reply #19 on:** April 10, 2005, 02:13:39 PM »

I just read Lord of The Flies last month....very awesome book

another good book is- My Uncle Sam Is Dead

good descriptions of violence, and alot of cursing

Harry Potter books are overrated btw

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