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08-18-2005, 04:45 AM #1
Favorite novel--
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08-18-2005, 05:00 AM #2Pogue Mahone!
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1. "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand
2. All of Ray Bradbury
3. Most stories by Henry Miller, Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski
4. Tank Girl comics
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08-18-2005, 05:20 AM #3
It will have to be the "Sword of Shannara" series, and anything by Greg Bear.
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08-18-2005, 06:00 AM #4Registered User
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Not my favorite but a great read!Originally Posted by bostonbootgirl
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08-18-2005, 08:08 AM #5Registered User
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I second that, though if you are planning on reading your first Ayn Rand book I would start with "The Fountainhead," not quite as intense.Originally Posted by bostonbootgirl
"The Bell Jar" Sylvia Plath and
"Memoirs of a Geisha" Arthur Golden are both good quick reads
Also, "Catch me if you Can," you probably saw the movie, but the book is a good easy read and it is amazing how smart he was!
"The Bonfire of the Vanities" Tom Wolfe
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08-18-2005, 08:38 AM #6still growing...
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cool topic, svelt4!
-anything by tom robbins
-sex lives of cannibals by marten troost
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08-18-2005, 08:43 AM #7sweet n' salty
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I love books (even though I haven't had much of a chance to read lately)
Here are some of my faves off the top of my head:
~White Oleander- Janet Fitch (i read this before the movie/it is much better)
~On The Road- Jack Kerouac
~Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas-James Patterson (i am a huge James Patterson fan and this book is just incredible but so different from all his other novel's)
~The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet- Benjamin Hoff (this book changed my life)
~Walden- Henry Thoreau
~the Green Mile- Stephen King (books/movie both pretty great)
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08-18-2005, 09:11 AM #8cnjdh
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JP fan
i too am a huge james patterson fan!! i am reading honeymoon right now. it's so good.
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08-18-2005, 09:44 AM #9Queen Miranda to you
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not in a particular order:
the tin drum by gunter grass
everything and anything by charles bukowski - huge fan!
dr. zhivago by whatsisname (sorry can't remember something with parsley)
and many others although i'd rather read books about
psychology, science, religion etc. - the real world has so much to offer"The human race is still largely a group of monkeys with slightly better grooming habits. Give them a microscope and and they'll examine their own ****, give them a telescope and they'll go looking for tits."
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08-18-2005, 09:56 AM #10Queen Miranda to you
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it's boris pasternak - almost correct!Originally Posted by Miranda
a few other good writers:
oscar wilde and p.g. wodehouse for the lighter moments
"The human race is still largely a group of monkeys with slightly better grooming habits. Give them a microscope and and they'll examine their own ****, give them a telescope and they'll go looking for tits."
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08-18-2005, 11:19 AM #11Registered User
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Anything by James Patterson.
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08-18-2005, 11:25 AM #12Registered User
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Call me juvenile, but my favorites are "Call It Courage" and "Jonathon Livingston Seagull." They may not qualify as novels, but I've loved them since I read.
My grown-up side likes "Tale of Two Cities" and "Pride and Prejudice".
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08-18-2005, 12:38 PM #13
tad williams(I think that's his name) tailchasers song and a series can't remember the name.. thorn sorrow and something... very good
sword of shannara series by terry brooks
lord of the rings
i really love good fantasy novels... There's a ton more too.. just can't think of them now
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08-18-2005, 01:35 PM #14Registered User
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To Kill a Mockingbird -only book ive ever read twice, and will read again. besides textbooks...blah.
getting ready to read Little Women again tho.
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08-18-2005, 02:43 PM #15Dreaming my life away....
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The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Underworld by Don DeLillo
Signals of Distress by Jim Crace
This thread has reminded me that I need to go back and pick up these books again!Last edited by emmie; 08-18-2005 at 02:44 PM. Reason: spelling
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08-18-2005, 06:59 PM #16<3
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Da Vinci Code was really good!
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08-19-2005, 02:27 AM #17Registered User
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Oh gosh.....
Love history, fantasy, science fiction, classics, horror/suspense and more. Just an avid reader since an early age.
Discovered Mary Gentle's "Ash" series.
Read most of Ayn Rand's books including her compilations.
Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer" (nonfiction) I recommend this one to anyone wanting to understand what a "fanatic" is and why. First published in 1951 and still current.
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08-19-2005, 03:28 AM #18Perpetually Feeding...
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Trial / The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Pilgrim by Timothy Findley
Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by HST
Nine Stories by JD Salinger (okay, not a novel, but still!)
Yes, before anyone asks, I'm a lit geek
Bostonbootgirl,
I find myself far more attracted to Buk's poetry than to his fiction, though I have read Ham on Rye and deem it worthy of a read.
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08-19-2005, 03:35 AM #19Believe in life
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Anything by Margaret Atwood ("The Handmaid's Tale" is excellent)
"The Bell Jar" Sylvia Plath (Love her poetry too - SprinterJ, have you seen the movie Sylvia? I liked it)
"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen (I love that book too Emmie, btw you have great taste in literature!).
Chuck Palahniuk's novels are all great
Bret Easton Ellis especially "American Psycho".
Also for a trashy read, I cannot help but love Stephen King.
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08-19-2005, 03:45 AM #20Queen Miranda to you
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aarghhh you've read that one too? :shocked:Originally Posted by sherdi"The human race is still largely a group of monkeys with slightly better grooming habits. Give them a microscope and and they'll examine their own ****, give them a telescope and they'll go looking for tits."
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08-19-2005, 09:38 AM #21craving sweet potatoes
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Originally Posted by cnjdh
haha! i thought you said you were reading it on your honeymoon. i was like girl, you aint on no honeymoon!-Laura-
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08-19-2005, 09:41 AM #22Registered User
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I also love "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath and I also really like her poetry. I havent seen the movie, but I've been wanting to.
I bought the book "Atlas Shrugged" a year ago and I still havent gotten to it yet.
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08-19-2005, 10:44 AM #23
Not sure if its considered a novel but, Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell. Bridges of Madison County, and Anything by Neitzsche..even though thats philiosophy.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. -Socrates
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08-19-2005, 01:19 PM #24
"Steppenwolf" by Hesse
Measuring Eternety - so it's non fiction but I can't not mention it
Harry Potter series
1984 also great, and Brave New World
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08-20-2005, 03:32 PM #25motardin' it baby
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Yep any good fantasy novel is good. Anything byOriginally Posted by fee
sword of shannara series by terry brooks
lord of the rings
i really love good fantasy novels... There's a ton more too.. just can't think of them now
David Eddings
Raymond E feist
Katherine Kerr
Traci Harding
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Diana Gabaldon
Janet Evanovich
Laurell K Hamilton (especially her earlier work)
I read more than i watch tv!"I'll have a diet coke.....deepfried"
Homer Simpson.
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08-20-2005, 03:34 PM #26Banned
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"The Perks of Being a Wallflower".
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08-20-2005, 05:11 PM #27Registered User
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Hard to name a favorite because I like so many different styles....
One of my favorites however is "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire. He puts a twist and a different perspective on the classic Wizard of Oz. The story is told from the view of the Wicked Witch of the West. It's a light read, but definitely has plenty of meaning to it.
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08-22-2005, 10:11 AM #28Registered User
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Originally Posted by Adi
I just went to this play in Chicago, it was AWESOME. The actors were amazing, it was funny and quirky it was just a great experience.
Oh, sherdi...no I didn't even know there was a movie. I will have to rent it soon, thanks for the sugggestion!
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08-22-2005, 11:05 AM #29Registered User
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[QUOTE=SprinterJ]
"Memoirs of a Geisha" Arthur Golden
A great book!!!
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08-22-2005, 11:23 AM #30inglesh teechur
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Adult Faves: The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Anything written by Flannery O'Conner
Young Adult Faves: The Devil's Arithmetic and Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares
Like many other posters said...I have so many more, but these are some that came immediately to mind!"The only one who can stop me is me...and I can take her."
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