#1
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:01am
Howdy everyone! This week's question is:
What was the best book you have ever read?
What was the best book you have ever read?
Ebonic_Singer's question of the week!
#2
Posted: 2/13/05 at 2:15pm
Im reading The Notebook now. Its wonderful.
If you havent yet read them, The Color of Water and Tuesdays With Morrie are the most powerful and moving books Ive read.
If you havent yet read them, The Color of Water and Tuesdays With Morrie are the most powerful and moving books Ive read.
#3
Posted: 2/13/05 at 2:19pm
Hm. This is a hard one, since I don't know if we can count plays. Not counting plays, I'd have to say I'm on the fence between 1984 and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#4
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:37pm
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (there are no numerals in the title
) was a wonderful book...though I wish Orwell hadn't been so ill when he was writing it...sometimes it is just TOO bleak. I also loved Animal Farm.
The best books I have ever read was a trilogy by an Australian Author, Sara Douglas, called the Axis Trilogy. Three Books: BattleAxe, Enchanter and StarMan. All "unputdownable."
For unputdownable quality, The Da Vinci Code is certainly up there.
) was a wonderful book...though I wish Orwell hadn't been so ill when he was writing it...sometimes it is just TOO bleak. I also loved Animal Farm. The best books I have ever read was a trilogy by an Australian Author, Sara Douglas, called the Axis Trilogy. Three Books: BattleAxe, Enchanter and StarMan. All "unputdownable."
For unputdownable quality, The Da Vinci Code is certainly up there.
#5
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:38pm
My copy is titled with the numbers.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#6
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:44pm
It is wrong...
I studied it for my final High School Exams, and in the external exams if we wrote 1984 we lost a lot of marks...
Maybe this is because we follow the English System in Aus...
I studied it for my final High School Exams, and in the external exams if we wrote 1984 we lost a lot of marks...
Maybe this is because we follow the English System in Aus...
#7
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:45pm
and that post was not meant to sound mean...
#8
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:45pm
I was going to say, it might be an American thing. I studied it in high school, too.
Here's the copy I have: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=mb7x0qvAcc&isbn=0881030368&TXT=Y&itm=3
A work of art is an invitation to love.
Here's the copy I have: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=mb7x0qvAcc&isbn=0881030368&TXT=Y&itm=3
#9
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:48pm
Because of the impact that its simple philosophies had on me when I read it in my youth - and because I still think the language is breathtakingly beautiful - I'll go with Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach.
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#10
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:51pm
The first "long" book I read was "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm," followed by "A Gril Named Disaster" and "The Warm Place" - all excellent books written by Nancy Farmer...one day I'll read The Scorpion...something...
I also LOVE Les Mis and I am going to be reading The Romanov Prophecies soon...
I also LOVE Les Mis and I am going to be reading The Romanov Prophecies soon...
#11
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:53pm
WE seriously got into SO much trouble for writing 1984...of course we all wanted to...
#12
Posted: 2/13/05 at 3:57pm
That's really strange. Probably just a weird American thing, though. :-P
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#13
Posted: 2/13/05 at 4:00pm
"The Temple of My Familiar" by Alice Walker. An incredibly enriching book that spans time. Initially designed to stem off of the storyline presented in "The Color Purple," but presents a more mystical and spiritual story. The section entitled "THe Gospel According to Shug" is without a doubt one of the more beautiful things I have read in my life. My favorite quote: "Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant." Walker has a wonderful way of painting beautiful images with her words.
#14
Posted: 2/13/05 at 4:04pm
Hmmm... the best book.... Well there's always the classics, so I am going to stay clear of them and go with a newer book.
"A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson. Tells the tale of an American coming back home after 20 years living in Britain.
Very funny and insightful. Also by the same author "In a Sunburned Country" Read it if just for the opening paragraph!
"A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson. Tells the tale of an American coming back home after 20 years living in Britain.
Very funny and insightful. Also by the same author "In a Sunburned Country" Read it if just for the opening paragraph!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#15
Posted: 2/13/05 at 4:07pm
My copy that I stole from my mom says
"1984 Commemorative 1984 Edition"
BSoBW2 please read "The Scorpion" its a great book...
"1984 Commemorative 1984 Edition"
BSoBW2 please read "The Scorpion" its a great book...
#16
Posted: 2/13/05 at 4:23pm
that's a REALLY good question...
~ ender's game - card
~ wicked - maguire
~ the lovely bones - sebold
~ harry potter and the order of the phoenix - rowling
~ the witches - dahl (my childhood favorite)
~ to kill a mockingbird - harper
~ ender's game - card
~ wicked - maguire
~ the lovely bones - sebold
~ harry potter and the order of the phoenix - rowling
~ the witches - dahl (my childhood favorite)
~ to kill a mockingbird - harper
#17
Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:28pm
I didn't like the lovely bones as much as I thought I would.
#18
Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:30pm
Staci:
Is it just called "The Scorpion?"
HAHA!
I need to finish my others before I can start it, or buy it...
Is it just called "The Scorpion?"
HAHA!
I need to finish my others before I can start it, or buy it...
#19
Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:57pm
The Lovely Bones
The Da Vinci Code
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (movie sucked, book rules).
The Da Vinci Code
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (movie sucked, book rules).
"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you."
- Maya Angelou
#20
Posted: 2/13/05 at 9:04pm
I Capture the Castle, forgot the author. Was such a good book... hard to get into at first, but soooo good.
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
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The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot (good for when you're depressed w/ the flu)
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