#26
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:08am
The Stand
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
Favorite Book of All Time — Page 2
#27
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:29am
I thought Jonathan Livingston Seagull made a better film. Best acting by a seagull since that gas station scene in The Birds.
PEACE.
#28
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:31am
The Bible. Also know as The Good Book, though I really think when people say that they mean The God book.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#29
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:36am
I love Perks too. I know it's probably cliche' to love it, but I do.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
#30
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:38am
Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, the Hobbit, Harry Potter, Eragon, Eldest, Pride & Prejudice, anything by Ursula LeGuin, anything by E. Rose Sabin....the list could continue
#31
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:38am
You know,Kringas, you bring up a good point. If the Bible is so special why is it only the "Good" book and not the "Best" book?
Or "Excellent" book..."Awesome"?
Or "Excellent" book..."Awesome"?
PEACE.
#32
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:42am
I don't think they had those words yet. And a lot of times when something is said in The Bible it is often followed with the line, "And it was good."
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#34
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:45am
As in "The Most FABULOUS Story Ever Told?"
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#35
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:46am
That play wasn't really based on the Good Book, though. It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve, okay?
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
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#36
Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:46am
I don't know why - but THE EAR, THE EYE, AND THE ARM. (Nancy Farmer)
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.
#37
Posted: 1/30/06 at 6:33am
Two words I never thought I would see from an intelligent person in a thread with a subject theme of "Favorite Book Of All Time"...DEAN KOONTZ!
What's wrong with that? It was actually the book that got me into reading since I used to say, "What's the point in reading a book when there will be a movie of it in a few years?" I didn't say it was the BEST book ever written but it is the only one that I have read 3 or 4 times. I usually just read a book and never read it again.
What's wrong with that? It was actually the book that got me into reading since I used to say, "What's the point in reading a book when there will be a movie of it in a few years?" I didn't say it was the BEST book ever written but it is the only one that I have read 3 or 4 times. I usually just read a book and never read it again.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Updated On: 1/30/06 at 06:33 AM
#38
Posted: 1/30/06 at 7:58am
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
#39
Posted: 1/30/06 at 9:34am
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "How Green was my Valley"
"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
#40
Posted: 1/30/06 at 9:38am
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain
or
Tabloid Dreams
(both by the greatest living writer, Robert Olen Butler)
I also think the newest pulitzer prize winner, Gilead, is brilliant.
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain
or
Tabloid Dreams
(both by the greatest living writer, Robert Olen Butler)
I also think the newest pulitzer prize winner, Gilead, is brilliant.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
#41
Posted: 1/30/06 at 10:05am
DG- I'm a big Richard Bach fan. My favorite of his is The Bridge Across Forever.
Sueleen - Jonathan Livingston Seagull (the film) is why Richard Bach never ever made another movie of one of his books again...apparently a bad experience
One more vote also for The Catcher in the Rye
a few more:
Where the Sidewalk Ends
East of Eden
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The Giving Tree
Sueleen - Jonathan Livingston Seagull (the film) is why Richard Bach never ever made another movie of one of his books again...apparently a bad experience
One more vote also for The Catcher in the Rye
a few more:
Where the Sidewalk Ends
East of Eden
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The Giving Tree
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#42
Posted: 1/30/06 at 10:09am
Of all time? So tough to choose...
In fact, I don't think that I can, so I'll list a few.
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (I'm not even sure why, but it's an entrancing novel)
1984 by George Orwell (though it's often considered overrated, I love it)
Also, pretty much anything by Jane Austen (with Persuasion being the underrated second-best behind Pride and Prejudice).
In fact, I don't think that I can, so I'll list a few.
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (I'm not even sure why, but it's an entrancing novel)
1984 by George Orwell (though it's often considered overrated, I love it)
Also, pretty much anything by Jane Austen (with Persuasion being the underrated second-best behind Pride and Prejudice).
#43
Posted: 1/30/06 at 10:12am
Weaveworld, by Clive Barker
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#44
Posted: 1/30/06 at 8:06pm
I haven't read any Clive Barker books. I need to get started, huh?
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#46
Posted: 1/30/06 at 8:16pm
Although I prefer Orwell's ANIMAL FARM, I wasn't aware that 1984 was considered over-rated.
#47
Posted: 1/30/06 at 8:22pm
The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Anne Tyler
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Anne Tyler
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
#48
Posted: 1/30/06 at 8:29pm
"Forever" by Judy Blume
(joke)
Probably either "A Tale of Two Cities" or "The Great Gatsby."
(joke)
Probably either "A Tale of Two Cities" or "The Great Gatsby."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#49
Posted: 1/30/06 at 8:36pm
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Honourable Mentions:
A Fine Balance
The Way the Crow Flies
Honourable Mentions:
A Fine Balance
The Way the Crow Flies
#50
Posted: 1/30/06 at 8:41pm
Some of my favorites...
"Empire Falls" by Richard Russo
"Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
"Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
"A Home at the End of the World" and "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Having Our Say" by Sadie and Bessie Delaney
"The Shining" by Stephen King (and pretty much every other book he's written)
"Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen
"The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
"The Day of the Locust" by Nathanael West
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
"Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
"Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
"Empire Falls" by Richard Russo
"Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
"Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
"A Home at the End of the World" and "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Having Our Say" by Sadie and Bessie Delaney
"The Shining" by Stephen King (and pretty much every other book he's written)
"Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen
"The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
"The Day of the Locust" by Nathanael West
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
"Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
"Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
