dazedANDconfused Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I wasn't entirely sure where to put this, but since I'm a huge fan of literature, I always want to ask everyone I meet what their favourite book is! So what's yours? xD Actually... now that I think about it, it's actually quite hard to choose only one. So maybe I'll have to change the question to 'What's your favourite author?' I think for me, I would have to choose Hunter S. Thompson as #1 completely! Coming in second would probably be Chuck Paluhniuk, followed by Wally Lamb and not to forget... Leonard Cohen. I suppose I have a little eclectic of a taste in books, but unless you've read any of the above authors, I'm having difficulties trying to think of a way to describe their styles. But anyways, share your favourite authors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strategos Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 My favorite book or author... Tough subject. Erm, I would have to say one of the following three: Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card), Ender in Exile (Orson Scott Card,) or The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins). They're all such wonderful books and authors, I really can't choose. I haven't heard of any of the authors you like, but a quick search of Wiki shows that they seem interesting and might be a good later read for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Kai- Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 hmm is way to difficult to choose one specific author or book but I like very much "ojos de perro azul" by Antonio Santa Ana and all kind of Nordic mithology and stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedANDconfused Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 I can't say I've heard of both of the authors you've mentioned either, but yes... thank god for Wikipedia, right? However, a good friend of mine was reading a book by Suzanne Collins at one point, and it was becoming a problem trying to pry her away from it constantly to be a normal human being... that gets daily sunlight... know what I mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Cat Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Geez, hard choice xD I have to say, Tamora Pierce's books are awesome. Then again, the Sisters Grimm series is really good. But THEN AGAIN, Erin Hunter has an awesome Warrior Cat series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureTXTurkey Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 My favorite book (single book) is East of Eden, although in the realm of authors I am not a Steinbeck fan. But I am more of series reader than individual books, so I must mention: Twilight, Harry Potter, and Anita Blake... And obviously the authors of those series, who I'm sure most people have heard of since they are all uber popular. And I guess I'm getting a little old for his books, but I still absolutley love Neal Shusterman, Downsiders being my favorite. I think we should expand this topic to What Are You Reading Now? So that we can make more use of it than just we all post once, and it dies. I know we have a lot of readers on this forum, and since your so into literature D&C I'm sure you wouldn't mind the expanding of the topic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedANDconfused Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thanks for your suggestion, I think that would also be better... of course it's not a problem to expand the discussion. :) East of Eden from Steinback is definitely on my to-read list. As soon I read Of Mice and Men in school, I continued with the Grapes of Wrath... Although I enjoyed both books, I find it slightly difficult to really take interest in many other of his books, excluding Cannery Row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
̊ ˉˉ ̊ Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Currently, some huge mythology book I have. I mean huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedANDconfused Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Currently, some huge mythology book I have. I mean huge. There's nothing like curling up with a nice book... as thick as your head. ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I liked reading the Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld. "A few nights after Jessica Day arrives in Bixby, Oklahoma, she wakes up at midnight to find the entire world frozen, except for her and a few others who call themselves 'midnighters'. Dark things haunt this midnight hour – dark things with a mysterious interest in Jessica. The question is: why?" Basically, those "dark things" known as darklings in the book, want to kill Jessica because of a certain power she has. It's a very interesting read, and I'd recommend it to anyone. Another good series I liked was Gordon Korman's On the Run series. "Aidan and Meg Falconer are their parents' only hope. The Falconers are facing life in prison -- unless Aidan and Meg can follow a trail of clues to prove their innocence. The problem? Right now they're trapped in a juvenile detention center. Until they escape one night -- and find themselves on the run, both from the authorities and from a sinister attacker who has his own reason to stop them. The Falconers must use their wits to make it across the country ... with plenty of tests along the way." They're short, but an interesting read, and it'll keep you on the edge of your seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane for Wax Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Well I do enjoy the Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth series. I also like So You Want to be a Wizard. It's a lot more technical than Harry Potter. I also can't help but pick up a nice Bathroom Reader (I'm a sucker for trivia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureTXTurkey Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I also can't help but pick up a nice Bathroom Reader (I'm a sucker for trivia) A bathroom reader, LOL! What a great term, and what a great thing to admit you enjoy. I too am a sucker for Trivia, alas I rarely read in the bathroom. East of Eden from Steinback is definitely on my to-read list. As soon I read Of Mice and Men in school, I continued with the Grapes of Wrath... I have had to read a lot of Steinbeck and I must say that really the Pearl and East of Eden are the only ones I enjoyed even a little bit. So if you enjoyed any of his other works I'm sure you will love those two. For the love of all that is holy though do not ever go see the play adaptation of the Pearl. I always thought it would make a good play, so when my college did it went to check it out...it was AWFUL! So terrible, save your time. I must say I think this might be my new favorite topic. You may possibly have dethroned "The Little Things" by seducing the bibliophile within me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalisai Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Oooh Stragegos; I love Ender's Game as well. I've read a few of the others but I haven't liked them nearly as much. It's probably in my all-time-favourite-three-books list, though. Along with The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams, which never fails to cheer me up (and Dirk's chronic untidiness and love for the I-Ching calculator just reminds me of myself :D) and probably Trainspotting. An odd choice, spawned from my love of Ewan McGregor, and part of my campaign when I was 11/12 for my mum to let me watch the film, which is of course an 18. I read it three times, and the screenplay before I was allowed. :D It's a fantastic book though, once you start automatically translating the dialect. :) It's like a huge collection of mini stories, so you can just pick it up and read at any point. At the moment, I'm reading (well. I'm stalled until exams are over THIS AFTERNOON 8D) the Sword of Truth series, which is an adult fantasy series well worth reading. The first few chapters of the first book seem incredibly boring, and when I re-read it I must admit I found it boring all over again, but if you stick with it past then you're rewarded with a good plot, absolutely fantastic characterisation and an emotional charging that catches you up in every moment. It's pretty adult in parts (there's a few rape scenes and some graphic violence) so if you squick about that kind of thing I wouldn't read, but otherwise do! Do! Do! :D Mmm bathroom trivia. I feel it readies you slightly more for if you ever get on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. (Oooh. Has anyone seen Slumdog Millionaire? xP) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YahuhItsJake Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Are We Talking About Real Books Or Neopet Books? Anyway, My Favourite Real Book Is 'Kenzuki's Kingdom' By Michael Morpurgo :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Darkest Faerie Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Favorite book... hmm... I think it has to be Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (but everyone knows that!). Or is it Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson? Nope... got to be between the Harry Potter book I mentioned first, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Decisions, decisions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Well my all-time favourite read is Brisingr, from the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. :yes: I can't really say why I like it, but I guess it just tickles my subconscious in the right way. xD I also like the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer, especially the first book. The fourth in the series ("The Opal Deception") is exceptionally good as well. My absolute favourite series would be the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett - he's a brilliant satirist, and I've never read any books with humour quite as good as his. There's a lot more than laughs to his books though, they provide a very interesting perspective on a whole bunch of issues in today's society. Terry Pratchett also takes the cake for my favourite author. :P Currently, I'm reading a bunch of textbooks on mechanical and electronic engineering for my degree studies. Boring, I know. :evo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amitybelle Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I really love Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam Jr. The movie October Sky is based on that book and if you rearrange the letters in Rocket Boys, you end up with October Sky. I think that's rather nifty ^_^. Stephen King has some good books, Cell was pretty good. I like the horror genre! I like to read books that have been made into/are going to be made into movies. I'm not much of a reader to be honest, I love film. Not because it takes much less time to finish but I'm into film in general. It would be awesome to work in that area. But that's not what this topic is about ^_^;. Goosebumps books were quite an obsession a few years back too! I still read them from time to time actually... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Well I do enjoy the Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth series. I also like So You Want to be a Wizard. It's a lot more technical than Harry Potter. I also can't help but pick up a nice Bathroom Reader (I'm a sucker for trivia) Yeah the So You Want to be a Wizard book is really interesting. I definitely think it's better than Harry Potter. Good read. Well my all-time favourite read is Brisingr, from the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. :yes: I can't really say why I like it, but I guess it just tickles my subconscious in the right way. xD Yeah :yes: Brisingr was a good book, and was definitely better than Eldest, but I don't like the ending too much. Stinks how Oromis dies. WARNING: Spoiler above. Don't highlight unless you've finished the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macabre Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 WARNING: Spoiler above. Don't highlight unless you've finished the book. That part was awful. D= My favorite character killing off my 2nd and 3rd favorites. I liked a lot of Brisingr, but some parts (like the Dwarf Council) were overly long, in my opinion. Argh, it's so hard to decide on a favorite author...C.S. Lewis? The Space Trilogy was amazing! I'm going to read Till We Have Faces, The Screwtape Letters, and the Abolition of Man A.S.A.P. J.R.R.T. is really good too. I haven't finished reading the Lord of The Rings yet though. I got through half of The Silmarillion when I was younger. Wow...I will never understand how my brother has the patience to read that book over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Cat Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I thought the same about Brisingr. I can't believe they didn't end the "trilogy"! I felt so bad for Glaedr though. Right now I'm reading The City of Sparks, the second in the series Ember. Sort of. Really I'm being lazy and not getting around to starting it xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
̊ ˉˉ ̊ Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Currently, I'm reading a bunch of textbooks on mechanical and electronic engineering for my degree studies. Boring, I know. :evo: Boring? how dare you... I want to take a boring class at my school, but I guess they think it's too boring to teach. The last book I read (i've been waiting 2 months to finish the last 30 pages) was Speaker for the Dead. again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedANDconfused Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 @ Kalisai: Trainspotting is definitely an excellent book, and the context it's written in makes it so much easier to read. Have you read the sequel to it? It's called Porno by Irvine Welsh, and it details the characters 10 years after the events of the earlier book, this time targeting the pornography business rather than any substance use. It's quite an interesting concept, but it makes for a good story. @ FutureTXGovernor: Thanks for the heads up about the play... that sounds like quite the dissapointment. I can't say why necessarily I'm such a fan of Steinback, considering I could probably compare reading one of his books to climbing a 60ft sand dune, I just think he possesses a certain power in his writing and the stories that he's telling that intrigues me to read further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalisai Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 @ Kalisai: Trainspotting is definitely an excellent book, and the context it's written in makes it so much easier to read.Have you read the sequel to it? It's called Porno by Irvine Welsh, and it details the characters 10 years after the events of the earlier book, this time targeting the pornography business rather than any substance use. It's quite an interesting concept, but it makes for a good story. Yeah, I read it pretty soon after it came out! I wasn't a big fan to be honest. The whole all-jagged-pieces-of-one-story thing I loved about Trainspotting was lost, I think. I know they approached Ewan McGregor to play Renton again in a Porno film, but he refused because he didn't think it was a good enough story to risk de-valuing Trainspotting. I must say I have to agree. =/ Have you read anything else by Welsh? I've read Acid House, Ecstasy and Filth... none were as good as Trainspotting, obviously, but I did like Ecstasy. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedANDconfused Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Yeah, I read it pretty soon after it came out! I wasn't a big fan to be honest. The whole all-jagged-pieces-of-one-story thing I loved about Trainspotting was lost, I think. I know they approached Ewan McGregor to play Renton again in a Porno film, but he refused because he didn't think it was a good enough story to risk de-valuing Trainspotting. I must say I have to agree. =/ Have you read anything else by Welsh? I've read Acid House, Ecstasy and Filth... none were as good as Trainspotting, obviously, but I did like Ecstasy. :) I liked it, but I agree Trainspotters was better and the original style he used in it was totally lost in Porno. I've also read Acid House, and Filth and I can't say I loved them, but they were alright. I'm definitely going to look into Ecstasy though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane for Wax Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 A bathroom reader, LOL! What a great term, and what a great thing to admit you enjoy. I too am a sucker for Trivia, alas I rarely read in the bathroom. It's what they are called, Bathroom Reader. From Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. I suggest you check it out, you can read it outside of the bathroom ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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