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What book do you think everyone should have on their bookshelf?
I'll go first;
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Ok.. go!
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Excluding lexicons (ie. dictionary, thesaurus, etc)
I'll go first;
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Ok.. go!
I'll go first;
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Ok.. go!
It's a three way tie between Night by Elie Wiesel, Slaughterhouse Five, and What Was Asked of Us (accounts of Iraq war soldiers)
Go Ask Alice.
omgosh, so good.
omgosh, so good.
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Great Gatsby ( forgot who's it by)
A more modern book that's really good is called CANDY.
The Great Gatsby ( forgot who's it by)
A more modern book that's really good is called CANDY.
QUOTE(mizzkewl06 @ Jun 4 2008, 08:09 AM) 
100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Most definitely! His other book Love in the Time of Cholera is also a classic and a wonderfull book. I couldn't put it down.
^ yeah. such a great writer. you should read Memories of My Melancholy Whores, it's a really good book too. I've read all three in english & spanish.
QUOTE(mizzkewl06 @ Jun 4 2008, 12:23 PM)
^ yeah. such a great writer. you should read Memories of My Melancholy Whores, it's a really good book too. I've read all three in english & spanish.
Yeah I'm trying to read that one next. I've read both the other two in english & Spanish also.
Oh other good spaish books that have been translated into English:
Ines of my Soul <-- (I almost cried when I finished the book cuz there was so much power and story behind it.) and Zorro; both by Isabel Allende
QUOTE(imnoxonesmemory @ Jun 4 2008, 10:23 AM)
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Great Gatsby ( forgot who's it by)
A more modern book that's really good is called CANDY.
The Great Gatsby ( forgot who's it by)
A more modern book that's really good is called CANDY.
F. Scotts FitzgeraldQUOTE(imnoxonesmemory @ Jun 4 2008, 11:23 AM)
The Great Gatsby ( forgot who's it by)
A more modern book that's really good is called CANDY.
A more modern book that's really good is called CANDY.
Fitzgerald!
Kevin Brooks is great. I love that book.
Everyone should have Lucas, also written by Brooks.
The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger.
I've read that book more times than I can remember, and i still love it everytime.
I've read that book more times than I can remember, and i still love it everytime.
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
^ Those suck. *gasp* My girl read them and she repeats the phrases "bella glared" and stuff. Good writers don't repeat the same stuff (over and over again)
House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer
and
Milkweed Jerry Spinelli
House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer
and
Milkweed Jerry Spinelli
^ 
and did 'your girl' like them
and did 'your girl' like them
QUOTE(ersatz @ Jun 4 2008, 11:02 AM)
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
That's definitely one I would recommend. 1984 by George Orwell is also terrific.
Nabokov's Lolita
William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch
Dennis Wheatley's The Haunting of Toby Jugg
There's some other fun stuff out there, but those I consider an asset to any library's arsenal.
William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch
Dennis Wheatley's The Haunting of Toby Jugg
There's some other fun stuff out there, but those I consider an asset to any library's arsenal.
The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
The movie is interesting too.
The movie is interesting too.
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