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  • Aug 12, 2007, 10:15 AM
    firmbeliever
    Your Favourite books!
    When I have the time I love to read-
    Few of my favourites(those I remember ) in no particular order:D

    Sealed Nectar,Quran,Provisions for the Hereafter,The Day of Resurrection,Stories of the Prophets, The World of the Jinn & Devils

    Great Expectations,Tale of Two Cities,Hollow Tree House,Far away Tree (series)
    Into the Dark (I think that is the name:confused: )

    Jane Eyre,Wuthering Heights,Mill on the Floss,To Kill a Mockingbird
    Barbara Cartland romances

    Ariana,Ashes In the Wind,A Woman of Substance,Sweetbriar,Zoya,Lightning
    Logan Family and Orphans series of VC Andrews
    The Firm,The Runaway Jury,The Winner,Absolute Power,The Fog,Different Seasons
    Toxin,Mistral's Daughter,Kane and Abel ,Prodigal Daughter,The Bourne Identity
    Tell Me Your Dreams


    I know my list is long, I just mentioned these in order to find anyone who may share my liking for any book!! :)
    The list is just a collection of many memories (with different authors) made as I grew up.
    Each book is connected to a memory or memories and each book in a way defines where I was at that moment of time.

    What are your favourite books ?
  • Aug 12, 2007, 10:21 AM
    shygrneyzs
    Favorite books:

    Hanta Yo by Ruth Beebe Hill
    Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
    The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris
    I'm OK You're OK by Dr. Thomas A. Harris
    Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
    Giants in the Earth by Ole Rolvaag
  • Aug 12, 2007, 03:31 PM
    startover22
    Angela's Ashes
    Cold Mountain
    Bridges of Madison County
    The Open Mind
    Where the Red Fern Grows
    Readers Digest Condensed Stories, large print LOL
    Bible as I haven't gotten the whole thing read, but I will work on it.
    I love a good magazine to look at right before bed... Country Home is a fave.
  • Aug 12, 2007, 03:52 PM
    rankrank55
    Fav Books:
    (I too loved Angela's Ashes)
    A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
    The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
    The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
    All of the Harry Potter's
    Anything Ann Rice
    The Great Gatsby
    Gone with the Wind
    Sarah Plain and Tall(loved this one when I was a little one!)
  • Aug 12, 2007, 05:43 PM
    firmbeliever
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by startover22
    Angela's Ashes
    Cold Mountain
    Bridges of Madison County
    The Open Mind
    Where the Red Fern Grows
    Readers Digest Condensed Stories, large print LOL
    Bible as I haven't gotten the whole thing read, but I will work on it.
    I love a good magazine to look at right before bed...Country Home is a fave.

    Hey Start,
    You reminded me, there was a time I used to devour Readers Digest Stories.One I remember was "Winthrop Woman".
  • Aug 12, 2007, 06:23 PM
    GlindaofOz
    The Mists of Avalon
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    Eat, Pray, Love
    All the Harry Potters
    The Incarnations of Immortality Series by Piers Anthony
    Island of the Blue Dolphins
  • Aug 12, 2007, 06:58 PM
    CaptainRich
    The Bible - King James version
    Starbound - Gordon and Nina Stuermer
    Under Fire - Oliver North
    The Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan
    Kon Tiki- Thor Heyerdahl
    Lord of the Ring Trilogy - JRR Tolkien
    Underwater Florida - Ned DeLoach
  • Aug 12, 2007, 07:15 PM
    startover22
    Sorry I missed you Popper.
    I am copying and pasting these lists so I can take a look when the time comes for a new read!
  • Aug 12, 2007, 07:18 PM
    rankrank55
    Great idea Start!
  • Aug 12, 2007, 11:01 PM
    firmbeliever
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by startover22
    Sorry I missed you Popper.
    I am copying and pasting these lists so I can take a look when the time comes for a new read!

    Missed u tooo
    Good idea...
    I'll see you when I see you;)


    P.S I forgot my most favourite of them all... for all time I think
    Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott and the other three books Good Wives,Joes Boys and Little Men. I always identified myself with Joe(josephine march i.e)
  • Aug 14, 2007, 04:07 AM
    firmbeliever
    Thank you all for listing your favourite books,
    I am sure as Start and Rank said, these will surely interest many to read your suggested books...
  • Aug 14, 2007, 06:13 AM
    NowWhat
    I have a lot of favorites - so it is easier to list authors!

    Anything by Nicholas Sparks and Sidney Sheldon. When I was younger - I read everything by Jackie Collins (smut, I know).
    I loved the Left Behind series. Those, I couldn't wait for the paperback!

    I just discovered Nora Roberts.
  • Aug 14, 2007, 07:05 AM
    firmbeliever
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NowWhat
    I have alot of favorites - so it is easier to list authors!

    Anything by Nicholas Sparks and Sidney Sheldon. When I was younger - I read everything by Jackie Collins (smut, I know).
    I loved the Left Behind series. Those, I couldn't wait for the paperback!

    I just discovered Nora Roberts.

    I used to read Nora Roberts and Sidney Sheldon... sometime ago
  • May 29, 2008, 05:27 PM
    eaca1234
    Anything by Kurt Vonnegut. He is a genius.
  • Jun 1, 2008, 11:09 PM
    morgaine300
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by firmbeliever
    Kane and Abel ,Prodigal Daughter

    Hmm, some Jeffrey Archer. Don't hear too many people mention his books, but he's one of my favorite authors. My favorite of his is still Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. (And the title works well for an anal accounting person. ;) )

    It's really difficult for me to pick favorite books. I love to read. I read mostly fiction, but some non-fiction. Though for the sake of enjoyment I prefer the fiction.

    I like mysteries a lot and read both Ngaio Marsh and Agatha Christie. But I like any type of mystery, detective, spy, etc. type of stuff. I love Ed McBain. One of my favorite Christie's was Murder of Roger Ackroyd, probably cause it was nearly impossible to solve. (She's sneaky.)

    I also like fantasy a lot. Can't beat The Hobbit. (Sorry to say I haven't read LofR. Just have never gotten around to it. After the movies came out I swore I was going to read those and still have not had time.) And I like Raymond Feist, probably my favorite of which is still the original, The Magician. Along with that, I like science fiction. But I more like fantasy-like, creative stuff, rather than just a lot of spaceships zooming around. I particularly like Philip Jose Farmer, and both his Riverworld Series and Dayworld series are excellent. (Assuming you like that sort of thing.) Any game player such as myself must like fantasy stuff. :p

    I also admit to liking Danielle Steel, even though romance stuff isn't my favorite. Maybe cause I don't consider it romance. (With all the tragedies her books are full of, I'm not sure how to call them romance.) My favorite is The Promise.

    Irwin Shaw's Young Lions is a great book. As is Code Name Nimrod by James Leasor. (Non-fiction.) Both about WWII. Young Lions about 3 different soldiers -- it's interesting. It jumps around who's the main character, 2 Americans (one Jewish), and 1 German, and his parts are from his point of view as a German. Code Name Nimrod is about a guy involved in convincing Hitler we were attacking Calais rather than Normandy. After the first couple of fact-filled chapters, it reads like a thriller novel and is great. Both excellent reads for anyone interested in that type of thing. Oh, another good one along those lines -- The Lions of Judah by Ted Willis.

    And something I read recently, The Last Day by Glenn Kleiner. I also love Joy Fielding and could not possibly pick a favorite as they're all great and suspenseful and real page turners. And James Kirkwood, favorites probably being P.S. Your Cat is Dead, and um... I think Good Times/Bad Times is the right one. I also love Clive Cussler, my favorite being Night Probe. Excellent.

    I could go on. I just like to read. I'll read darn near any type of book -- there's just a very few authors I don't particularly like, but otherwise I'm not real picky.

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