Ok, let's try this again...what's your favorite book?

[mugsy]

I'm going to try a thread about books again, even though I haven't read much of anything in recent years. I enjoy talking about authors.

My favorite books of all time are "Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy (and that's the only one I've read) and "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee....how about the rest of you?

[Desert Arabian]

My #1 favorite book is the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

[mugsy]

You know, I could never get into those books when I was your age, but I may try now since I've seen one of the movies and was intrigued.

[iceyshiver21]

My Fav. Book is Gary Paulson's "My Life in Dog Years"

[babolaypo65]

"A prayer for owen meany", by john irving. without a doubt. love it so much i named my dog owen meany.

second favorite.... hmm...might be microserfs by douglas coupland.
or maybe the fifth business by robertson davies (part of the deptford trilogy)

[Cincy'sMom]

I'm not sure I could pick a favorite. I read way too much!!! Most recently I have been reading Iris Johannsen and Susan Conant. My mom got me a lotsof new books for my birthday, all dog mysteries, so I have alot of new authors to try!

personally, I couldn't get into the Lord of the Rings books. I read the Hobbit, but the language is so hard to follow, and honestly I'm just not intereted enough to try I enjoyed the movie, once got oer not wanting to

[tomkatzid]

One book I liked alot was "The Secret Lives of Dogs", written by Jana Murphy.....tom

[mugsy]

Geez Amy, that's exactly how I felt about the Hobbit!!

[Cincy'sMom]

Originally posted by mugsy
Geez Amy, that's exactly how I felt about the Hobbit!!

Great minds think alike

[mugsy]

Maybe that's why we get along so well!! lol

[Nomilynn]

I couldn't say what my favourite book is, because I read so many. My favourite author is Judy Blume.. I love everything written by her. I just finished reading a book called "Once in a House on Fire" by Andrea Ashworth.. it totally blew me away.. I would highly recommend that one.

[mugsy]

What's it about?

[Nomilynn]

It's about a girl who lives in an abusive home, but it's the way it's written that is amazing. I read the first chapter, and I was like, "wow.. this is incredible" so I flipped to the back of the book to see if there was a bio on the author, and the first line read, "This is a work of non-fiction" I nearly dropped the book. It made the book that much better. It's like she's made a horrible life into a beautiful blessing that has made her the person she is with her writing. Totally amazing book. I'll see if I can find a abstract on it or something.

This site has some pretty good reviews:

http://hallhealth.com/mental_health/416.shtml

[mugsy]

Hmmm....that sounds really interesting. I think I will go to Borders or Barnes and Noble and look it up. Thanks for the idea!

[primabella]

i'm not much of a reader, but i have liked some of the books i've read with my class. "island of the blue dolphins" and "of mice and men" were okay. i didn't really mind reading them.

i love the "captain underpants" collection. my brother reads them and he got me into them. lol, i know i'm weird but i just find them funny and cute.