Favorite Book?

[t^grun]

To all of you readers out there.

What is/was your favorite book

Sphere and The Andromeda Strain are among my favorites. I am currently reading The Sum of All Fears and find it pretty intriging(i can never spell that word)

 

[RichBrown]

well, everyone likes the harry potter sieries, right? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

i also like holes, which will be made into a movie in 2004 i think.

 

[Keaten]

probably the left behind series, it's one of the most gripping book series I've ever read.

very fictional but yet it could be religiously real, very scary.

 

[t^grun]

i also forgot to say that i liked the Harry Potter Series. Thank you TheMasterFoot

 

[The Last Great Adventurer]

Enders Game
The Lost World
Harry Potter Books
Discworld Books
Hitchhiker's Guide Trilogy(aculy 6 books)
Starship Troopers

 

[DukieMan1223]

Two words, Captain Underpants.

 

[Chibi Trunks]

Harry Potter. Shiloh. Holes.

 

[Predator]

Ender's Game/Shadow and The Hobbit (I didn't like the LOTR series as much.....)

 

[wing zrow]

robinson crusoe and the old amnand the sea <img border="0" alt="[Starman]" title="" src="graemlins/starman.gif" />

 

[t^grun]

ive never read holes, but now that i see how many people liked it i think i might read it. Is it worth it?

 

[Kid Icarus]

Ever since I was little, I loved James and the Giant Peach. I think that book is marvelous (even though it is WAY below my reading level--the Accelerated Reader program has it at a 7th grade level, go figure since we have read it since kindergarten) but I will also have to say Harry Potter, A Tale of Two Cities was good, and the Hobbit (I have yet to read the rest of the series).......

 

[Luigitoilet]

Harry potter Books, 2 and 4 are my favs.
The Hobbit, no other LOTR or anything, just the Hobbit.
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac (comic)
The Shining (It scared me much more than the movie)
24 Hours.
What Dreams May Come

I am very Literate...All my reading tests show up that I read higher than the 12th grade level. That was in 7th grade... I've always been an avid reader...I've read almost all of the Stephen King/Bachman books, and all the Harry Potter books a few times.

 

[Peachy]

my favorite book is a series of unfotunate events
by Lemony snicket i'm on my 9th book. <img border="0" alt="[Starman]" title="" src="graemlins/starman.gif" />

 

[Shamboo]

^ IMO that's a ******** book.
and KI...accelerated reader!!! I had a REALY high level (8th grade in 8th month)

 

[Yavarice]

Rohald Dahl was my favorite author when I was kid. Willy wonka, that oversized peach... And Rowling aint doing bad with Potter too, though I question them making the movies before shes even finished writing the series.

Right now I've been reading Clancy's stuff. Literary value = almost none. Entertainment value = plenty

Hunt For Red October, Debt of Honor, The Bear and The Dragon... For a former insurance salesman this guy really knows the stuff.

EDIT: AH! How could I forget Airframe by Crichton?!

<small>[ June 12, 2002, 10:09 AM: Message edited by: Yavarice ]</small>

 

[Extreme Fighter]

I like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Ender's game, all of Brian Jaques books, Firebringer, Holes, The Golden Compass, Artemis Fowl, Silverwing, and Dune.

I've always loved reading and have a very high reading level.

 

[spaz519]

I mainly like series:
-Star Wars (most of them anyway)
-Redwall (awesome)
-the Dragonriders of Pern books (Dragons. <img border="0" alt="[Love]" title="" src="graemlins/love.gif" /> )

EDIT: LOL, I forgot a ton of books...

Anything by Michael Crichton
Chronicles of Narnia
Wrinkle in Time series

<small>[ June 13, 2002, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: spaz519 ]</small>

 

[SuperSpy]

I really like The Outsiders, it's my favorite book. And Holes, that was an awesome book!

 

[Thundermistress]

When I read, I read heavy, like my book nice n thick ^_^ Oh and fantasy too
- The redemption of Althalus (absoulte fav)
- Daughter of the forest (sevenwaters trilogy)
- Son of the Shadows (sevenwaters trilogy)
- Child of the Prophecy (sevenwaters trilogy)
- A book dragon
And amongst all these more serious books...
- Harry potter!

Have yet to read the lotr series

 

[Battlecruiser Operational]

No question -- Enders's Game.

 

[Monkey]

Hi!

I like The Woodlanders (Thomas Hardy) but I haven't quite finished it yet.

I also like the LOTR series (TTT being my fave novel in the series).

 

[Limey]

Hmm, hard question.

- Mossflower (A Redwall book)
- Fellowship of the Ring (first LotR book)
- The Colour of Magic (First Discworld book)

I have many more, but those are just three. Just by looking at those you can tell what genre i like best!

 

[Yoshi-lord]

I likes those books where you got to decide where you want to go. I think it was one of those adventure books, each had 400 pages, there were 50 in all! They were pretty hard to do, but it was worth it! Thats why those books are amongst my best loved of all! <img border="0" alt="[Love]" title="" src="graemlins/love.gif" />

 

[tmw_redcell]

1984 - George Orwell
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
Raptor Red

I'm not really an avid reader, but I seem to enjoy most books I read.

<small>[ June 11, 2002, 06:39 PM: Message edited by: tmw_redcell ]</small>

 

[JBird1203]

I read Catcher In The Rye this year in school, and I loved it. This summer I want to read 1984, for fun. I liked CITR so much because of Holden's constant cynicism. I'm just like that.

Yes, we're both shallow people.

 

[Asrman123]

I cannot believe that no one has stated my absolute favorite book trilogy of all times...amazing, I swear...the "His Dark Materials Trilogy"! "The Golden Compass" (also known as "Northern Lights"), "The Subtle Knife", and "The Amber Spyglass". I hear the seperate book titles have different names in Canada and other places...
Well, the first book is really a character introducing amazingly written story for the character Lyra, who lives in a seperate and alternate world from ours. The second book begins in the world that we know, with a boy (dang, forgot his name!). The wierd thing though is that the first book really actually (if you read the entire trilogy twice or so) seems to be a prologue, introducing characters and something very important...concerning the Northern Lights...yes, in her world, in each world, there is the Northern Lights (read the book!)... The third book starts literally right where the second left off. You really care for the characters, and there are a whole bunch that are crucial, pointless, and play a role that isn't as it seems. Each one is amazingly written with their characteristics and traits.
This book, (the one flaw), is very angel/God type religious. And I'm Jewish (which the religion doesn't really have angels)...but I still found it amazing.
The story itself is the absolute most brilliant out of any game, TV show, movie, comic, or book ever.
I seriously reccomend it.

P.S. Jhonen Vasquez (author of "Johnny The Homicidal Maniac" comic) rocks! Invader Zim! And doom! And CRAY-ZEE!

P.S.S. PYGME SQUASH!

EDIT:

One of my favorite things in the book is the Daemons, or spirits. They exist in our world, but show as beings in Lyras. When you "enter adulthood", there form stays permanent, but as a child, they are shapeshifting, loyal, and awesome things.

<small>[ June 11, 2002, 08:27 PM: Message edited by: Asrman123 ]</small>

 

[INFESTD]

FAVORITE BOOK: Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales

LEXTILE LEVEL: 1299 (roughly a little above 12th grade average)

im only in 9th <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

 

[Luigitoilet]

Holy moly, I just finished It, by Stephen King... Now I'm scared of practically everything. Imagine something that takes the form of your worst fears, and only you can see it...It's just scary, and rather big...roughly 1000 pages.

"They float, they all float, and when you are down here with me... You'll float too!"- Pennywise the Clown from It.

 

[Soccer-Fan]

Ender's Game.
A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Harry Potter.
Holes.
Bud, Not Buddy.

 

[t^grun]

Yes i also read quite often. I Also read at a twelflth grade + reading level when i was in 7th grade.

 

[RichBrown]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by t^grun:
<strong>ive never read holes, but now that i see how many people liked it i think i might read it. Is it worth it?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">YES, you should i read it last summer, it was great. it will be made into a movie, and rick fox of the lakers will have a part in it. it might get boycotted by trail blazer, spurs, kings, and nets fans tho <img border="0" alt="[Laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laugh.gif" />

 

[Ender_Wiggen]

Here's some good ones
-Ender's Game and the related books(heh, heh I wonder where my name came from and why I speeled it wrong)
-His Dark Materials Trilogy
-1984
-Animal Farm
-The Moon is Down
-To Kill A Mocking Bird
-Death of Salesman(although it is a play, i read it)
I would go on but I hate long lists.

Oh yea... and Luigitoilet, where did you find Johnny the Homicidal Maniac? I looked everywhere and no place sells it.

 

[Crono]

-Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
-Great Expectations (Dickens)
-Timeline (Michael Crichton)
-Hitchiker's Guide series (Douglas Adams)
-Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
-The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster--a bit childish, yet a good book)
-Animal Farm (George Orwell)
-1984 (Orwell)

<small>[ June 12, 2002, 12:39 AM: Message edited by: Crono ]</small>

 

[Confuzor]

Asrman123, someone did mention Golden Compass before you. Just one...

I'll focus on Book series...

Yeah, His Dark Materials was a good read. I hear they're going to make it into a movie. Last I heard was that their just trying to figure out how to do the "daemons"

LOTR - Waiting for "Return of the King" from the library...

Redwall - I was hooked to the first few books, but I find it starts to get VERY repetitive. Why are all bad guys foxes/rats/members of the weasel family?

Ender's Game - Only read the first book, I'll check the series later...

Dune - Started a bit, but I want to finish LOTR first. But from what I hear, it's a classic.

Chronicles of Narnia -

John Grisham - Haven't read too much of his work. Most of his movies are cool... I should definetely read more of his stuff

 

[The Last Great Adventurer]

Oh I forgot "The Stand" by Steven King. Uncut this is one monster of a book. Nothing better then sitting down and reading about 99% of the world population dieing to some Super Viris and the survivers having to fight the Anti-Christ. Good stuff.

 

[McFox]

Animorphs
Everworld
the other one by K.A. Applegate
Harry Potter
Goosebumps/Fear Street :D

Also Crono you have to be kidding me! A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectation?! Those were two of the most boring books I've ever had the mispleasure of being forced to read!

But hey, to each his own :o

Not only those two, but I hate anything:

by William Shakespeare
written in the style of William Shakespeare
that mentions William Shakespeare anywhere in its confines
written by someone who likes William Shakespeare
that is even remotely related in any possible way to anything that is close to sounding like William Shakespeare (such as: if the book has a line that said "William shook a spear," I would put the book down and never finish it

<small>[ June 11, 2002, 11:59 PM: Message edited by: McFox9 ]</small>

 

[Kaboom]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by TheMasterFoot:
<strong>
i also like holes, which will be made into a movie in 2004 i think.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Yes! Holes was awesome! The Hobbit is also great, as is Ender's Game.

 

[Ticadrius]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Luigitoilet:
<strong>Holy moly, I just finished It, by Stephen King... Now I'm scared of practically everything. Imagine something that takes the form of your worst fears, and only you can see it...It's just scary, and rather big...roughly 1000 pages.

"They float, they all float, and when you are down here with me... You'll float too!"- Pennywise the Clown from It.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Dude! That's the one that takes place in Derry, NH, right? I used to live there!

My favs:
3 Musketeers
LOTR
Prydain Chronicles (By Lloyd Alexander)
In His Own Write (John Lennon)
Watership Down (Rich Adams)
Misery (King)
Julius Caesar
Tale of 2 Cities
Endurance (Don't remember author)
Iliad
Odessey
Think that's all. I'll update if I think of any more.

Interesting twist, though. In Misery, Annie Wilkes is a nurse who causes dozens of infant murders at a hospital in Nashua, NH (St. Joseph's). Ironic twist: this is the hospital where I was born.

 

[Crono]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by McFox9:
<strong>Animorphs
Everworld
the other one by K.A. Applegate
Harry Potter
Goosebumps/Fear Street :D

Also Crono you have to be kidding me! A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectation?! Those were two of the most boring books I've ever had the mispleasure of being forced to read!

But hey, to each his own :o

Not only those two, but I hate anything:

by William Shakespeare
written in the style of William Shakespeare
that mentions William Shakespeare anywhere in its confines
written by someone who likes William Shakespeare
that is even remotely related in any possible way to anything that is close to sounding like William Shakespeare (such as: if the book has a line that said "William shook a spear," I would put the book down and never finish it </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Those two Dickens books made me think, boring or not, so I enjoyed them.

To your Shakespeare comments: <img border="0" alt="[ROTFL]" title="" src="graemlins/rotfl.gif" /> William shook a spear... that's hilarious.

I had to read Romeo and Juliet... I didn't care for it, but chics dig guys who quote Shakespeare. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Will you shoot yourself if any of the authors to the books you mentioned are fans of Shakespeare?

EDIT: Two books I forgot to note in my list of favorites are The Client by John Grisham and Eaters of the Dead [the 13th Warrior] by Michael Crichton.

I've read a large part of Crichton's books (Congo, Andromeda Strain, Sphere, Timeline, Eaters of the Dead, Jurassic Park, Lost World), and I've greatly enjoyed them all, so I will conclude that he is my favorite author.

<small>[ June 12, 2002, 12:43 AM: Message edited by: Crono ]</small>

 

[Luigitoilet]

I've read Misery too, it's one of the scariest for me, since it could really happen, and that ax scene half inspired my second crazy Norm scene in Coral Crisis.

It took place in Derry, which seems like a rather rundown town. Is it really that dirty looking Ticadrius?