Favorite Book?

[veggieboy]

Okay... that is a pretty broad question, but it sums it all up.

I read about 3-5 books a week and they usually are Horror or Fantasy novels. I also like Mysteries and Crime novels. I was introduced to reading at a very young age and it has been one of my favorite things to do pretty much all my life... so I am writing this for people to tell about their favorite book or books.

I would have to say that my favorite books would have to be ones written by Stephen King, but I cannot chose one. I like Carrie, The Shining, or The Pet Cemetery. I like some of his newer once, but one that I liked a lot would have to be Cell I have yet to read the The Dark Tower series (Gene is going to give me ****?)... but that is for horror novels.

I would have to say that I have a favorite book(s) for each genre...

For fantasy I would have to say The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings series were pretty good, but the hobbit is better. Of course another favorite for Fantasy novels would have to be the Harry Potter series. Right now I am reading Birthright (Diablo: The Sin War, Book 1). It is based off the video game and so far it is pretty good.

I also like to read poetry. Edgar Allan Poe is my all time favorite. Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings, and Shel Silverstein are all tied for 2nd.

I remember reading the Fear Street series by R.L. Stine as a young teen and I have the whole series. Every now and then when I cannot sleep I pull one out and read one.

* The Wrong Number
* The New Year's Party
* The Mind Reader
* Wrong Number 2
* Truth or Dare
* Dead End
* I See You
* Final Grade
* Switched
* College Weekend
* The Stepsister 2
* What Holly Heard
* The Face
* Secret Admirer
* The Perfect Date
* The Confession
* The Boy Next Door
* Night Games
* Runaway
* Killer's Kiss
* All-Night Party
* The Rich Girl
* Cat
* Who Killed the Homecoming Queen?
* Into the Dark
* The Best Friend 2
* Trapped
* The Surprise Party
* The New Girl
* One Evil Summer

Thank you to Gene for making this Sub-Forum for me!!! I really appreciate it and I like that the administrators listen to the people in this online community.

First Thread!!!

[Gene]

I've actually been reading Stephen King lately (the Gunslinger books). I was thinking of picking up Cell, I hear it's good. Would you recommend it?

Outside of King's books I really don't have a solid favorite. Though I recently read the Dragonlance Annotated Chronicles and enjoyed them greatly. I'm also fond of the Lord of the Rings books (even if they're a bit wordy). Outside of that I am fond of R.A. Salvatore's books, he does incredibly nifty combat scenes.

[veggieboy]

Originally Posted by Gene

was thinking of picking up Cell, I hear it's good. Would you recommend it?

Yes!!! It was very good and I think there is/going to be a movie...


His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass

...and The Chronicles of Narnia by Clive Staples Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle

...were some favorites as a kid.

Fans of the series argue over the correct ordering of the books.

To make the case for his suggested order, Gresham quoted Lewis' reply to a letter from an American fan in 1957 who was having an argument with his mother about the order:

“I think I agree with your order [i.e. chronological] for reading the books more than with your mother’s. The series was not planned beforehand as she thinks. When I wrote The Lion I did not know I was going to write any more. Then I wrote P. Caspian as a sequel and still didn't think there would be any more, and when I had done The Voyage I felt quite sure it would be the last, but I found I was wrong. So perhaps it does not matter very much in which order anyone read them. I’m not even sure that all the others were written in the same order in which they were published.”

... but you know.


I also like books wrote by Ann Rice. You have to admit Interview with the Vampire was a pretty bad *** book. I do not like the newer vampire books, but the Twilight Series is growing very popular... I might read them.

[Brappa]

I'm currently reading Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, I'm up to Pandora, I am loving them although I was less fond of Memnoch, The Devil.

I do like Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit, but they are not the best fantasy I have read. Steven Donaldson is better in my opinion. I haven't read all of the Thomas covenant trilogies, I can't actually remember where I am up to. I will start again at some time.

I also bought His Dark Materials trilogy, the only novels I have bought. Possibly my favourite books.

The Chronicles of Narnia are also good, until i realised that the whole thing is just a front for Christianity

I don't get enough time to read any more. I used to be able to go through a couple of books a week. but now I just barely read.

I want to get around to re-reading The Skylark series and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

My next series will be Diskworld, probably. I have heard so much about it that I have to read it.

[tim]

I have a hard time reading. No attention span. There have been a few books that managed to hold my attention though. My favorites are The Hobbit and The Stand (Steven King). Weaveworld by Clive Barker was really cool too. I love all works by HP Lovecraft as well.

[minisav]

Meh I'm so young so all mine you won't have read XD

The Boy Soldier series by Andy McNab is amazing along with my favourite series of books, the Cherub series by Robert Muchamore

[Viper_Sweden]

I don't read much, some Conan and books on runemagic and sorcery is enough for me...

[ward_rb]

tolkien, salvatore, and lovecraft are some of my favorite authors.

also there used to be a series of books based on magic: the gathering that was pretty good. ive got the first 11 books, and now that i think about them i kinda want to re-read some of them again.

good omens by neil gaiman and terry pratchet

the hagakure

the book of five rings by miyamoto musashi

the rhapsody series by elizabeth haydon

wizards first rule series by terry goodkind

ive got three books of poetry by jim morrison

i also love manga. its too damn expensive though, so i just buy shonen jump (its like a magazine with 2-4 chapters of around 10 different manga's) every month. i have every issue so far.

[golem]

Originally Posted by ward_rb

tolkien, salvatore, and lovecraft are some of my favorite authors.

also there used to be a series of books based on magic: the gathering that was pretty good. ive got the first 11 books, and now that i think about them i kinda want to re-read some of them again.

good omens by neil gaiman and terry pratchet

the hagakure

the book of five rings by miyamoto musashi

the rhapsody series by elizabeth haydon

wizards first rule series by terry goodkind

ive got three books of poetry by jim morrison

i also love manga. its too damn expensive though, so i just buy shonen jump (its like a magazine with 2-4 chapters of around 10 different manga's) every month. i have every issue so far.

Hah.. I like your first few lines

Ok the question if favorite book so I was going to pick Good Omens as well.

But to be honest I have some authors I read almost all books by:
Terry Pratchett (discworl series)
Harry Turtledove (alternative history)
R.A. Salvatore (forgotten realms / Star Wars mainly but I also have his out back novels and crimson shadow series)
King of course (Favs are The Stand and Eyes of the Dragon)
Tom Clancy (I always see Harrison Ford as Ryan)
Last but certainly not least: Timothy Zahn (SF mainly Star Wars but also others, writes so you can't put the book away).

Actually there are more -> mainly forgotten realms and SW series
Oh and Harry Potter..
I feel i'm ignoring good books..

Comic's count as well? -> Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson and Dilbert by Scott Adams are high on the read and read again list.

well.. if you don't know what to read

[veggieboy]

Originally Posted by Brappa

Steven Donaldson is better in my opinion.

By Steven Donaldson you mean Stephen R. Donaldson?...

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever were okay, but The Gap Series was way better! They were very interesting and I couldn’t put them down…

Originally Posted by tim

I have a hard time reading. No attention span.

Yeah that kind of sucks… I was that way for a while, but Stephen King books are pretty good and so are fantasies… They always have a good storyline and I usually read those whenever I have free time.

Originally Posted by minisav

Meh I'm so young so all mine you won't have read XD

When I was “younger” I liked to read books by Mortimer Adler and a few other authors of philosophy… but I lost interest in them.

Originally Posted by Viper_Sweden

books on runemagic and sorcery is enough for me...

... Yeah... they are kind "interesting".

Originally Posted by ward_rb

tolkien, salvatore, and lovecraft are some of my favorite authors.

also there used to be a series of books based on magic: the gathering that was pretty good. ive got the first 11 books, and now that i think about them i kinda want to re-read some of them again.

good omens by neil gaiman and terry pratchet

the hagakure

the book of five rings by miyamoto musashi

the rhapsody series by elizabeth haydon

wizards first rule series by terry goodkind

ive got three books of poetry by jim morrison

i also love manga. its too damn expensive though, so i just buy shonen jump (its like a magazine with 2-4 chapters of around 10 different manga's) every month. i have every issue so far.

Magic The Gathering books are absolutely horrible and just plain… never mind… sorry.

I like the other books you listed. Wizards First Rule and The Rhapsody were my favorite out the ones you listed.

Yes manga books are a bit pricy. If you haven’t read the Death Note series or Bleach … you should. They are really good and probably the best in my opinion.

Originally Posted by golem

Terry Pratchett (discworl series)
Harry Turtledove (alternative history)
R.A. Salvatore (forgotten realms / Star Wars mainly but I also have his out back novels and crimson shadow series)
King of course (Favs are The Stand and Eyes of the Dragon)
Tom Clancy (I always see Harrison Ford as Ryan)
Last but certainly not least: Timothy Zahn (SF mainly Star Wars but also others, writes so you can't put the book away).

I could not get into the Tomy Clancy books. Stephen King's books are really good and I really cannot decide on a favorite, but The Stand was pretty good.
I have never read the Star Wars books... are they good?