Books you love!
@Datingtheplayer (661)
United States
January 8, 2007 2:15pm CST
Ok... so I read 1984 a while ago, but it always remains one of my favorite books. A lot of people i know really don't like the book, but I love it.
Do you guys have books you love but other people hate? or do you hate a book everyone else seems to love?
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@misskatonic (3723)
• United States
8 Jan 07
I'm trying to think if there are any books I really like that other people don't... hmm. Oh! There's one! It's a relatively old fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton (rest her soul). The Elvenbane - it's pretty cliche fantasy and I don't know many other people who like it. But it's one of my favorites. I'm just sad the series will never be finished - there was one book left, and sadly Andre Norton passed away before finishing it.
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@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
8 Jan 07
oh... i've never heard of it. That is kind of sad she never finished the series though.
I've never really read fantasy... maybe I should look up that one and see what its about. hmm
@misskatonic (3723)
• United States
8 Jan 07
Not many people have. It came out back in the early 90s, and didn't get much attention. There are three books in the series, but the third one gets kind of weird and moves off in a new direction.
Basically, it takes place in the future of Earth when a race of sadistic elves have come from another world and enslaved humanity, and focuses on the rebellion against them. I know it sounds kind of weird, but it's actually really good. Or, I think it is, anyway!
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
8 Jan 07
It's definately not like anything i have read, but I'm always open for new ideas and concepts... i'll see if they are in my library the next time i am there. I have a lot of free time this semester so I'm all for reading again!
@kiwimac (323)
• New Zealand
10 Jan 07
Favourite books:
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Grapes of Wrath
Treasure Island
Coral Island Adventure
Anything by Robert Heinlein
Anything by Andre Norton
Anything by Anne McCaffrey
Anything by Andrew Greeley
Anything by Terry Pratchett
Honor Harrington Series
Sassinak series
Paksanarrion Series
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
10 Jan 07
haha wow... that's a long list! Good for you... I wish i read that much, but I seem to always find something else to do haha... i'm such a lazy person...
@praveenkumar06 (4077)
• Hyderabad, India
23 Feb 07
Hartley explained also it contrasted Griffith who was at the start of cinema, with The Book of Life which in a way at the end of cinema
@MadameLaCouyan (149)
• United States
10 Jan 07
Wow, I haven't read 1984 in years. I think I was 11 or 12 when I read that? But here years later I still remember most of the book. It was really interesting and stuck with me. Funny how good books do that. I personally read alot of Science-Fiction and that really isn't much of a mainstream jandra for reading. I'm a great lover of the Dune series by Frank Herbert. Most people I know, when they find out about that very fact think I'm a bit odd. Oh well. I just enjoy good literature and sometimes the more difficult literature is for the common man to understand, the greater experience it is for the mind.
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
10 Jan 07
That's a good way of looking at it. I enjoy science fiction too, when i get to reading haha. :) thanks for your response
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
10 Jan 07
Hmmm i read the famous 5... I also read a series of 15 books called the secret 7, but you don't hear of enid blyton in the US... so many epole here don't know what i am talking about when i talk of the secret 7
@sapnatols (88)
• India
11 Jan 07
it is a nice book but not kind off which i will love to read again and again
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@jricbt (1454)
• Brazil
10 Jan 07
Well, here is the list (no specific order)
The Lord of The Rings by Tolkien
Dune series by Frank Herbert
1984 and Animal Farm by Orwell
Christine (and many others, except dark tower) by Stephen King
Books by Machado de Assis (a brazilian writter from the late 1800s)
Richard Dawkins works (everything I read from him, I liked)
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
10 Jan 07
oh wow... I love stephen King... I never read dark tower though so I don't know if i would like it or not...
@melanie652 (2524)
• United States
9 Jan 07
I like to read alot of Sylvia Browne's books. Also have several of Dr Phil's books. Then there's my assortment of horse books. I'm like spirituality books, self-help books and horse training and pedigree books.
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
9 Jan 07
I own a lot of horse books and photography books! I have read self-help books when i used to hang out in barnes and nobles before work... but i don't own any
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
8 Jan 07
Ya I love 1984... its definately an interesting concept... and it's cool what they thought of the future back when he wrote it, and how different 1984 really was from the book.
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
9 Jan 07
I loved animal Farm. Ya... he definately has some interesting ideas!
@Smith2028 (797)
• United States
9 Jan 07
I love Brave New-World, Catch-22 and The Prince, all of which seem to have a lot of disdain with a majority of the public.
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@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
9 Jan 07
Hmmm... I have never read those books... I have heard of them though... maybe I should look into getting them
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
9 Jan 07
I love Harry Potter! Goosebumps I have read a few of them and they were interesting.... but I haven't read one of those in a while.
@aishwarya2211 (40)
• Russian Federation
9 Jan 07
so many books....i luv..all books of PL Deshpande...suhas shirvalkar...
all time fav n my inspiration wings of fire..i luv idli orchid ani mi,zombi,biography of nepolian...samidha of sadhna aamte...sudha murtis all books...sherlock holmes....n many more....
@Datingtheplayer (661)
• United States
9 Jan 07
you seem to read a lot... or just have a lot of favorites... I also like sherlock holmes... really interesting!
