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Title: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by lionsound on Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:25pm
In a purposeful effort to distract myself from the recent awful adventures of my head and heart........I need something good to read.


Help me feed my brain!


poetry, short stories, novels, anything.........
Any suggestions? Any favorites?


-Lionsound

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Karla on Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:30pm
The Outsiders by SE Hinton.  I read it as a teenager and still like reading it to this day.  The Bible is my favorite book.  You have murder, lust, adultury, theft, deceictfullness, honesty, good people, miricles, etc. just like a modern day soap opera.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Leesa on Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:40pm
The Hobbit series by J.R.R. Tolkien, anything by Steven King, Harry Potter series is good too. Yea I know its a kids book but hey Im a kid at heart! LOL John Grishem (sp) is another great writer.
Leesa  ;;D

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Melissa on Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:41pm
See Spot Run

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:44pm
The Stand by Stephen King.

It wil last you a LOOOOOOONG time.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:44pm

on 09/23/04 at 12:41:58, Melissa wrote:
See Spot Run


That one's way beyond me.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by FZfan on Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:46pm
It may be hard to find, but to this day it is still one of the most fascinating/different sci-fi stories I've ever read...

The Riverworld Series by Philip Jose Farmer

1st book - To Your Scattered Bodies Go
You MUST start with this one before reading any of the others.

2nd book - The Fabulous Riverboat.

There are three or four other books in the series, but these first two pretty much set up the rest of them.

Sci-fi channel actually did a movie based on the first two books last year. It was pretty good, but I got the feeling that someone watching it without having read the books would be lost and probably not like it. Plus they didn't cover very much of the first book, focusing mostly on the second one.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by StueyStu on Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:49pm
You wanna read something serious get "Dionysus" by Bentley Little or "The Walking" or "The Store" by Bentley Little.  He's horror and on par with Stephen King, Koontz, etc.  His books are way off the hook.  Stuey

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Jeepgun on Sep 23rd, 2004, 1:03pm
Bentley Little RULES!! Scary shit!!

Sci-Fi: "Virtual Light" by William Gibson, along with his book of short stories, "Burning Chrome."

Suspense: "The DaVinci Code," by Dan Brown

Surreal/Sci-Fi/no particular genre: "Norwegian Wood," "Hard-Boiled Wonderland At The End Of The World," "Sputnik Sweetheart," "Pinball 1974," and "A Wild Sheep Chase," by Haruki Murakami

Mystery: Anything by Patricia Cromwell

Poetry: "I Heard God Laughing; Renderings of Hafiz," tr. from Persian by Daniel Ladinsky

"The Essential Rumi," tr. from Persian by Coleman Barks

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by IndianaJohn on Sep 23rd, 2004, 1:05pm
I like the "wheel of time" series by Robert Jordan.  It's fantasy adventure typre novels about six kids that become part of the classical struggle of good vs. evil.  It's very well written and there are ten novels in the series.  Once you get past the first chapter, it really takes off.  It kept me occupied for a month ;;D

PFDAN!

John

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Ronny on Sep 23rd, 2004, 1:16pm
A good book, hmm

I liked James Clavell's  "Noble House", "Tai Pan" and "Gai Jin"
a lot.

I also liked the series of "The earth children" from Jean M Auel. But i dont know the english names, just search for the author.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Kirk on Sep 23rd, 2004, 1:33pm
"The Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny has allways been a favorite of mine.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by stevegeebe on Sep 23rd, 2004, 1:55pm
A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson.

LOL funny.

Steve G

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by thomas on Sep 23rd, 2004, 2:03pm

on 09/23/04 at 13:05:34, IndianaJohn wrote:
I like the "wheel of time" series by Robert Jordan.  It's fantasy adventure typre novels about six kids that become part of the classical struggle of good vs. evil.  It's very well written and there are ten novels in the series.  Once you get past the first chapter, it really takes off.  It kept me occupied for a month ;;D

PFDAN!

John

If you like this you will love Terry Goodkind's "Wizard's First Rule" series.  Also check out George R. R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones".

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Tom K on Sep 23rd, 2004, 2:07pm

on 09/23/04 at 13:03:16, Jeepgun wrote:
Suspense: "The DaVinci Code," by Dan Brown


DaVinci Code is really good, but I feel "Angels and Demons" is better.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Jeepgun on Sep 23rd, 2004, 2:14pm
That's the other one I was trying to remember. "Angels & Demons" is fantastic. :) I've got another one of his, but I have to finish, "Blowfly" by Patricia Cromwell first. I'm also reading Brother Lawrence's, "Practicing The Presence Of God," and finding it very interesting.

"Illusions," by Richard Bach

"The Prophet," by Kahlil Gibran

"Conversations With God," (first book) by Neale Donald Walsch

"A Course In Miracles"

"How To Know God," by Deepak Chopra

"The Heart Of The Mind," by Jane Katra and Russell Targ

"The Soul's Code; In Search Of Character & Calling," by .... (forgot the author's name...)

"Musashi," by Eiji Yoshikawa

(Give me a minute... I'll think of a bunch more)

Bibliophile,
-Frank

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Charlie on Sep 23rd, 2004, 2:25pm
I have history stuff here so that's probably not your cup of tea.

Lots of SF read around here. I do like SF by Larry Niven. Some of it has a little humor but it's usually based on hard science.  His "Known Space" stories can be fun. His big one is "Ringworld."  

For something light, Keith Laumer wrote a lot of pretty funny SF. Not very technical but I enjoyed his lunacy.

I haven't read much new fiction in a long long time. Some modern histories can be interesting. Stuff by David Halberstam can be enjoyable. I'm reading his "The Fifties" at the moment.

Hope you get a break soon.

Charlie

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by nani on Sep 23rd, 2004, 2:37pm
Some good dysfunctional family fiction: Beach Music by Pat Conroy. He wrote the Great Santini. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt is also good. My other faves are mostly chick lit. Alice Walker, Amy Tan, etc

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by lionsound on Sep 23rd, 2004, 2:43pm
A thousand hugs and kisses for all of you!


This is so much better than being depressed!


I've got one window open for here and another one on Amazon.
I think I'll venture out to the book store later.

Thank you,
-lionsound



Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Tom K on Sep 23rd, 2004, 2:44pm
"I, Robot" is supposed to be really good, nothing at all like the movie.  Haven't started it yet, so I am only going by what I was told.

T

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Charlie on Sep 23rd, 2004, 2:45pm
Glad to hear it but screw Amazon. Go to the library. You get exercise that way. Good for depression  8)

In any case happy shopping or crawling through the stacks.

Charlie  (Shit; I can you you the SF I mentioned. I have multiples of it in PB. Let me know)

Charlie

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by E-Double on Sep 23rd, 2004, 3:24pm
1)  B.F. Skinner's Analysis of Verbal Behavior ;)
2)  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
3)  Nugget Magazine
4)  Davinci Code
5)  My Resume


Cheer up my friend :)

Eric

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Jimi on Sep 23rd, 2004, 3:28pm
  1. Old Yeller
  2. The Odessey and the Ectasy ;;D

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Sep 23rd, 2004, 3:33pm

on 09/23/04 at 14:45:54, Charlie wrote:
Go to the library. You get exercise that way.


Use the public systems and keep me working.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Jonny on Sep 23rd, 2004, 3:39pm
http://www.liddyshow.us/images/03282441161679.jpg

................................;;D

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by miCHel on Sep 23rd, 2004, 3:43pm
Anything by Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Henning Mankell does it for me.

Lehane stories are mostly set in Boston.  I wouldn't be surprised to see a Jonny-based character pop-up in one of his books.  Although the Bubba character might actually be Jonny... [smiley=laugh.gif]

He's a crazy mo-fo but you gotta love the guy ;).

miCHel

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by kissmyglass on Sep 23rd, 2004, 4:35pm
"Lie to me" by David Martin

Anything by Robert McCammon is good too....


Kev

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Bob P on Sep 23rd, 2004, 4:37pm
"Unfit for Command" by John O'Neil (Kerry sucks!)

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Jeepgun on Sep 23rd, 2004, 4:45pm
Can anyone recommend a good cyberpunk author? I don't care for sci-fi that much, but the cyberpunk genre has become something of an addiction for me...

Thanks!

-Frank

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Lizzie2 on Sep 23rd, 2004, 4:48pm
Right now I'm reading "Aidan's Way" by Sam Crane.  Very good book, but not exactly a lite read!!  Though...it isn't a hard book to read...just not a trashy romance or a murder mystery.   :)

I love reading books by James Patterson.  Those are my murder mystery read for fun books! ;)

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by firebrix on Sep 23rd, 2004, 4:59pm
If you enjoy a L O N G read, Stephen Donaldson's double trilogy "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever"  will keep you entertained for a while. Altho' these books have been compared to Tolkien, they are quite different from LOTR -  but have wonderful use of language, amazing tales and as you proceed thru' the books, you get more and more involved. Highly recommended, and Covenant's condition is certainly something CHers will relate to.

Rchard Bach's books "Bridge across forever" and "Illusions" are good too, but as books are very close to my heart, I'd better stop here!

Happy days
firebrix



Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by StueyStu on Sep 23rd, 2004, 5:24pm
Patricia Cornwell rocks and rolls.  Her chief medical examiner of Viriginia is great reading.  The last few books were so intense.  I just bought her newest but haven't started reading it.  She's one of those though that her books sorta evolve and you sorta want to read them from the beginning books up.  I was told not to read "Southern Cross or Isle of Dogs".  But other than that those maybe she is great.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Jonny on Sep 23rd, 2004, 6:02pm

on 09/23/04 at 16:37:47, Bob P wrote:
"Unfit for Command" by John O'Neil (Kerry sucks!)


Com'on Boob, I covered that on page one.....LOL ;;D


http://www.liddyshow.us/images/03282441161679.jpg

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Rock_Lobster on Sep 23rd, 2004, 6:06pm

on 09/23/04 at 16:59:47, firebrix wrote:
"The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever"  


Oh yes... top notch.  

This fall... the first of four more books...
The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Scope it out at http://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Rock_Lobster on Sep 23rd, 2004, 6:15pm
If you like Bruce...

If Chins Could Kill : Confessions of a B Movie Actor
by Bruce Campbell

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Bob P on Sep 23rd, 2004, 6:44pm

Quote:
Com'on Boob, I covered that on page one.....LOL  
Oops, didn't scroll that far down the page (but I actually read the book).  Fun to watch him spew the same doom & gloom that he did in the 70's.  Wonder if he's had a secret meeting with Bin Laden and Arafat yet?

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Drk^Angel on Sep 23rd, 2004, 7:54pm
I'm reading The Dark Tower VII:  The Dark Tower by Stephen King... Over 800 pages and a real page turner, but you'd prolly want to read the first six books in the series before tackling it.  The Dark Tower rocks!

PFDAN................................... Drk^Angel

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by vig on Sep 23rd, 2004, 8:00pm
the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Groucho and Me... Groucho Marx.
Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Kesey
On Food and Cooking - Harold McGee
Paris in the 19th Century - Jules Verne
Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Redd715 on Sep 23rd, 2004, 8:32pm
I'd recommend anything by Ann Rice...good reading, great imagery, and complete distraction from all the cares of the world.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Donna_D. on Sep 23rd, 2004, 9:01pm

on 09/23/04 at 19:54:03, Drk^Angel wrote:
I'm reading The Dark Tower VII:  The Dark Tower by Stephen King... Over 800 pages and a real page turner, but you'd prolly want to read the first six books in the series before tackling it.  The Dark Tower rocks!

PFDAN................................... Drk^Angel




No Fair...you took my answer!!



But I do have a couple of other suggestions....

Classics of course....


Where the Red Fern Grows
My Friend Flicka
IT by Steven King
Lightning by Dean Koontz
and my all time favoirete

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee


Happy page turning....


DD

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Jayne on Sep 23rd, 2004, 9:08pm
The last time I needed distraction from an aching heart I read "Bridget Jones Diary"
It made me laugh my head off

P.S they say any woman can see herself in this book.
That was so true

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by pubgirl on Sep 24th, 2004, 2:53am
For Jayne and all the Bridget Jones fans (and any working Mum with kids) try
"I Don't Know How She Does It" by Allison Pearson

It made me laugh out loud in public

Wendy

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Woobie on Sep 24th, 2004, 3:04am
False Memory ---  Dean Koontz


Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Filbert on Sep 24th, 2004, 4:52am
Anything by Raymond Carver-"Americas' Chekov"

                     Filbert

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Jeepgun on Sep 24th, 2004, 8:41am
Oh yes: Anne Rice ROCKS!! (I would steer clear of the books she wrote under a pen-name, though. "Exit To Eden," and her, "Beauty Trilogy." ) Ugh.. Dreadful stuff. Her books on the Mayfair witches are magnificent, but the first book takes a long time to get through. "Blackwood Farm," is the latest in that series, and wow.... What an amazing book! Great writer....

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Jimmy_B on Sep 24th, 2004, 8:49am

on 09/23/04 at 16:59:47, firebrix wrote:
If you enjoy a L O N G read, Stephen Donaldson's double trilogy "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever"  will keep you entertained for a while. Altho' these books have been compared to Tolkien, they are quite different from LOTR -  but have wonderful use of language, amazing tales and as you proceed thru' the books, you get more and more involved. Highly recommended, and Covenant's condition is certainly something CHers will relate to.



Happy days
firebrix


I remember reading that as a late - teen years ago. "White Gold Dude" right. Great set of books.

Jimmy

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by StueyStu on Sep 24th, 2004, 1:03pm
You want good Anne Rice, read Vittorio the Vampire or The Mummy.  Great ones in my opinion.  The last Mayfair witch book I read was great, couldn't get into all the witch ones though.

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Sep 24th, 2004, 1:12pm

on 09/23/04 at 17:24:42, StueyStu wrote:
Patricia Cornwell rocks and rolls........


I just recently read Portrait Of A Killer. This is an awesome book about Jack The Ripper.

I'm convinced..............

Pat

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by AlienSpaceBabe on Sep 24th, 2004, 3:48pm
When the Wind Blows -- James Patterson

The Devil Wears Prada -- Lauren Weisberger

The First Wives Club -- Olivia Goldsmith  (MUCH better than the movie!)

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by PittsburghJoe on Sep 24th, 2004, 4:36pm
I'll third the Dark Tower series... I haven't gotten book 7 yet, but it's next on my list!

And yeah, if you're a fan of fiction, you could read the GOP Propaganda that is "Unfit for Command." I hear it's an interesting tale by people who have NO hidden agenda at all! </sarcasm>

I won't turn this into a political rant, so I'll end that line of discussion there.

Some others I've always enjoyed:

Anything by Stephen King or Anne Rice

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

Anything by Douglas Adams

Anything by John Irving (Esp. The Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Owen Meany and A Widow for One Year)

Tons of others... I read for escape, though I've been known to read to expand my horizons as well...

Joe

Title: Re: I need a good book, what's your favorite?
Post by Ree on Sep 24th, 2004, 4:37pm
I love Stephen King although I get pissed off when he kills kids like in Cujo... Pet Cemetary etc... anything Dean Koontz is great... Door to December was great.   VC Andrews series  Flowers in the Attick, Petals in the Wind etc was good too. My all time favorite book is "The Other Side of Midnight"  by Sidney Sheldon  I read that like 25 years ago or something.
I just read Tell No One by Marlan Coben... it was cool.  I tried to start the DiVinci code and got side tracked and kept falling asleep. Everyone says its great if you get through the first chapter. For some strange reason I can't... I am now reading 2 books (and you didnt think I was deep)The 4 agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and I highly recommend it and Jar Head written by a gulf war veteran Anthony Swafford...(Sean is making me read it, and its not for the weak or timid...or the swear free either. I wonder if this guy kisses him mom with that mouth) nuff said  just read its good for you to..............love your mom  ree






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