Man, I can't even begin to name all my favorite books. I love to read history books, and things like that.
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For Whom The Bell Tolls, Master and Margarita, Norwegian Wood, - and all Haruki Murakami novels, Erich von Daniken's works, Cat on the Hot Tin Roof, Pygmalion...etc...
hmmm...all Harry Potter, all LotR...Blood or Chocolate...Prophecy of the Stones (read that in two sittings ^.^)...and The Two Princesses of Bamarre (sounds corny but it isnt)
The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy!!! All 5 books.
The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy!!! All 5 books.
Ahh, same here. Douglas Adams is my favorite author.
Also, Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, and Death Rat! by Mike Nelson.
Anything really. The last one I really enjoyed was that Ben Elton book Dead Famous. I like books you can read again and again like Adrian Mole books and perhaps Harry Potter but not on public transport.
With regards to the 'zoners putting the Bible apart from force reading at school and browsing the Gideon ones in hotel rooms I have never read it all the way through and I don't intend until I'm old. Gotta have some insurance if there is something after.
With regards to the 'zoners putting the Bible apart from force reading at school and browsing the Gideon ones in hotel rooms I have never read it all the way through and I don't intend until I'm old. Gotta have some insurance if there is something after.
Well....I forgot to mention the book I usually read to know the set list of each concert and various Freddie's talk etc....
"Queen, A Concert Documentary" by Greg Brooks
"Queen, A Concert Documentary" by Greg Brooks
"The Once And Future King" and "The Book Of Merlyn" both by T.H. White
"The Death Of Arthur" or I Know I'm spelling this wrong but this is the English translation for
"Le Morte De Arthur" By Thomas Mallory
"East Of Eden" by John Steinbeck
"A Christmas Carol" By Charles Dickens
"Queen The Early Years" By Mark Hodkinson
"Movie Stars, Real People, & Me" By Joshua Logan
"The Death Of Arthur" or I Know I'm spelling this wrong but this is the English translation for
"Le Morte De Arthur" By Thomas Mallory
"East Of Eden" by John Steinbeck
"A Christmas Carol" By Charles Dickens
"Queen The Early Years" By Mark Hodkinson
"Movie Stars, Real People, & Me" By Joshua Logan
My fav. books are the ones for kids such as "Lion Boy", "Howl's Moving Castle", "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books by Lemony Snicket, some Louis Sachar's books including "Holes". And right now, I'm getting into "The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time".
p.s. I bought "Gone With The Wind" a couple of years ago but never finished it... :P
"Howl's Moving Castle" - Ah yeah, I forgot that book is that one Miyazaki made the movie that it was based on. I'll have to see if I can borrow it from my library...
"The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time" - excellent book, from what I've read so far. Also started reading it last summer, and never finished it either (except this time, I actually OWN the book).
This book really shows how an Autistic kid's mind functions, so if you understand the character well, you'll understand how I am, since I am Aspergic (lower form of being Autistic)
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" - I want to get the books (and see the movie) from this series, as they seem to be really good...
"Holes" - Excellent book; not-very-exciting but pretty good movie adaptation. Glad that they made the movie, even though about 2 minor parts were cut out from what I remember
I should say, regarding Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, that I've must've read it at least 5 (if not 7-8?) times(!!) (The quickest I've read it was the first time that I did read it, starting almost right from the moment I bought it, was 3-1/2 days(!), which started on the Saturday morning after it came out (which was also my ex-girlfriend's birthday that day), and finished on the Tuesday afternoon the following week)
Partly cos I bought both the Canadian and American first editions of the books (the latter just for the cover; with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, I plan on doing the same thing)
Really excellent book! Shame that that one character had to snuff it (I won't spoil it for those who haven't read it), and another one's going to snuff it as well in the new book
ED: I also forgot to mention that the first time I read book 2 (which was the FIRST book I've read out of all the HP books, and which was what got me into the books, after the 1st movie which itself got me to read the 2nd book when I found my cousin's copy lying around at my Grandmother's place, in summer 2002 I think it was), I read it in less than 24 hours from when I started reading it!
Partly cos I bought both the Canadian and American first editions of the books (the latter just for the cover; with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, I plan on doing the same thing)
Really excellent book! Shame that that one character had to snuff it (I won't spoil it for those who haven't read it), and another one's going to snuff it as well in the new book
ED: I also forgot to mention that the first time I read book 2 (which was the FIRST book I've read out of all the HP books, and which was what got me into the books, after the 1st movie which itself got me to read the 2nd book when I found my cousin's copy lying around at my Grandmother's place, in summer 2002 I think it was), I read it in less than 24 hours from when I started reading it!
I like several authors... specially brazilian writers... In english I like all from AGATHA CHRISTIE and CHARLES DICKENS
Animal Farm - George Orwell
It's a short book, can be read in a day, but it gives you food for thought which will stay with you for years.
Worst book was The Grapes Of Wrath. Had it assigned for O Level English and hated it, couldn't get past the first fifty pages. Same goes for Winston Churchill - My Early Years.
(Needless to say that I failed my English Lit O Level miserably)
It's a short book, can be read in a day, but it gives you food for thought which will stay with you for years.
Worst book was The Grapes Of Wrath. Had it assigned for O Level English and hated it, couldn't get past the first fifty pages. Same goes for Winston Churchill - My Early Years.
(Needless to say that I failed my English Lit O Level miserably)
Animal Farm - George Orwell
It's a short book, can be read in a day, but it gives you food for thought which will stay with you for years.
Worst book was The Grapes Of Wrath. Had it assigned for O Level English and hated it, couldn't get past the first fifty pages. Same goes for Winston Churchill - My Early Years.
(Needless to say that I failed my English Lit O Level miserably)
I can understand that.
Although this example isn't a book, I couldn't watch past the first 10 minutes of the anime movie "The End Of Evangelion", just cos I could not understand it (though I'm told I should've watched Death And Rebirth first!)
Animal Farm - George Orwell
It's a short book, can be read in a day, but it gives you food for thought which will stay with you for years.
Worst book was The Grapes Of Wrath. Had it assigned for O Level English and hated it, couldn't get past the first fifty pages. Same goes for Winston Churchill - My Early Years.
(Needless to say that I failed my English Lit O Level miserably)
Should have also mentioned the book that I'm reading at the moment:-
The Adventure Of English - Melvyn Bragg.
Absolutely fascinating story of the development of the English language from the earliest Friesland influences, through Greek, Sandskrit, Latin and French, upto to the influences imported by the slave trade and the development of American English.
For example it explains why Americans say Fall and we say Autumn, why colour became color, why you say toma(y)to and we say toma(r)to.
Like I say, fascinating read, and highly recommended.
" Various selections from George Orwell"
...Alli's only saying that to cunningly cover the fact that she's never read any of Eric's books and doesn't want to tie herself down to answering specific questions about them...
:-)
...Alli's only saying that to cunningly cover the fact that she's never read any of Eric's books and doesn't want to tie herself down to answering specific questions about them...
:-)