What is your FAVORITE book

medot · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:02 am Post subject:

ok i've just seen in another thread where guest talks about her favorite book...so i was wondering what is everyone elses favorite book.

mine has to be Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. at book with romance and mystery. i first read it at school and i it was the first book i actually enjoyed reading. i've got 4 copies of it plus the dvd of the film.

i love the book soooo much that my daughters middle name is rebecca.

medot.xx

garryb · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:26 am Post subject:

There are so many but one of my favourite ones was a time to kill by john grisham
I sat up all night to read it.
Mary

staceylc · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:05 am Post subject:

Mine is The Stand by Stephen King but I also love The Dark Tower Series also by SK.
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sancho proudfoot · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject:

The Lord of the Rings - has been since 1968
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Tango Bunny · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject:

Roots by Alex Haley
Read it as a teenager and it's still my favorite
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numberplease · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject:

I find this a very difficult question to answer, I have read so many books and enjoyed almost all of them, but going back to my childhood, I can`t remember how many times I read and re-read Louisa May Alcott`s books "Little Women", "Good Wives" and "Little Men". I mention 3 because they followed on from one another, and I absolutely LOVED them! I haven`t read them now for about 40 odd years, I`d love to find them and read them again, just to see if they still hold the same fascination for me.

gypsy93 · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:49 am Post subject:

oh this is difficult, i've loved so many books, but if i think back to my childhood my faves would be, 'anne of green gables', 'what katy did' , 'jane eyre', 'to kill a mocking bird' and 'cider with rosie'. these days my taste is not so -well tasteful

, i loved 'the da vinci code' and 'the last day' and all the chick lit i read. i keep all my books and have now run out of room as i have about 1500, i want to do a boot sale--but i just can't part with them

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sunbear · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject:

I like books with a sense of the eerie...two of my favourites are The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson and the Colour Out of Space by H P Lovecraft.

shorty · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:44 pm Post subject:

sooo difficult!!! Like others, in my childhood I loved Little Women and ADORED the Anne of Green gables series................as an adult its far harder, so many stand out, but I was especially terrified by Stephen King's "It" and "The Stand".....no doubt tons more will come back to me tomorrow!!

Loulou · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:20 am Post subject:

I cant narrow it down to one,
Goodnight Mr Tom
Angela s ashes
A boy called it

Loulou

Chelseagirl · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:27 am Post subject:

This is a hard one, I have read so many good books, but one author does stand out James Herbert, Rats, Lair, Magic Cottage I have read of his books.

Also most Marian Keyes books, Rachels holiday was funny and so was The Other Side Of The Story..

numberplease · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject:

I`ve only read 2 of his books, one about a dog, can`t quite remember the title, Fluke or something, which I enjoyed, and Magic Cottage, which I didn`t like at all, so it rather put me off reading anymore of his books.

Chelseagirl · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

Fluke was a really good book, the film was on Sky the other day.

THE THIEF OF BAD GAGS · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject:

difficult for me any John Grisham book i have read every single one at least twice , also the same for Bill Brysons books but "Ntes from a small island" is the best as you relate to the places involved if you have been there , and for sentimental reason i have read and enjoyed Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell , as its based in and around Knutsford and as my great great grandfather lived next door to her names in the book are family knutsford names and he is mentioned , also she is buried in the town ,

took me 35 years to read it thou
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numberplease · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject:

TOBG, Cranford, that takes me back to my schooldays, we read it in English Lit, and unusually for a school book, I quite enjoyed it.

polar · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject:

I think after careful consideration that im going to say
"A Woman of Substance" Barbara Taylor Bradford. I loved it. I remember my mother reading it when I was growing up reading my secret 7, famous 5 and malory towers and I used to flick through it and wonder how on earth anyone could read such a thick book. Then in my early twenties I bought it and adored it and the continuing saga it started
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staceylc · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject:

Good_Queen_Bess · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

I have never read the Lord of the Rings trilology. But everyone, including Mr Grumpy, went on about it. But I didn't want to, as nothing ever lives up to the hype. But then I decided to read them to see what was the fuss was about.
Currently on the first one - Fellowship of the Ring. Bloody marvellous. Tolkein's use of language and character building is wonderful. Recently bought the extended version on DVD, but want to finish reading before I watch the films!

I also liked "A time to kill" by John Grisham. Although I read it after I saw the film - which is the wrong way round!

I love Sherlock Holmes. Doyle's use of the English language is quite beautiful.
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McBabe · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:03 am Post subject:

'In cold blood' by Trueman Capote

I read if for English Literature A level at night school and looking into it and analysing everything made it all the more interesting.

When I was younger I also loved 'Little Women' I wanted to be Jo

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greenshoes · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:14 am Post subject:

I love the notebook by nicholas sparks. Its a lovely tale of forbidden romance and it made me cry at the end. I got some funny looks next the pool in tenerife