Favorite, book and/or author Options

[jordanriane]

I searched through the [entertainment] forum to see if a prior thread pertaining to the aforementioned subject had been made, and didn't see any.. soo.

Personally, I'm a book-worm. Always have been since I was younger (was an avid collecter of the The Berenstain Bears' books).

List your favorite books and/or authors.

Authors:
- Richard Wright
- Alice Sebold
- Dean Koontz
- Anne Rice
- Stephen King
- Sandra Brown

Books:
- Native Son by Richard Wright
- Good In Bed by Jennifer Weiner
- From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz
- The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy
- White Hot by Sandra Brown

[clarissa]

walk two moons, even though it's below my reading level.. i still cry. i love that book.

[silver-rain]

For this year I decided to make a list of every book I read and/or reread, so I can see how many books I've read, and whatnot.

For school I probably read more books then I did after I was done with it. I was either bored in class, so I brought books to read, or I finished the required reading for my Lit and American Novel classes, so I just read books for enjoyment. I had this thing where I would read beyond the homework given (aka, read chapters 1-3) because well, I don't read a book, and just put it down until I have to read it again. So I always read the book the first two days I got it.

Well, except for the Scarlet Letter. The one book in my entire education thus far that I never read. I skimmed it for quizzes and such, but. yeah. Worst  book, ever.

I agree- The Scarlet Letter was a terrible book. It was the only book that I actually read through the whole way, and I didn't like it that much. And same here with the chapter thing, I usually go beyond the required reading, unless it's really boring or something.
Hah, my boyfriend and I were just having a talk similar to this earlier today on the train. Well, some of my favorite books are:
Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown
Catcher in The Rye- J.D. Salinger
Of Mice and Men, The Pearl- John Steinbeck
Harry Potter- J.K. Rowling

Oh, I'm reading The Great Gatsby now, for an APUSH term project, and it seems interesting to far.

[CUTEBUNNY160]

um.lol rl stine fear street sagas

[*tweeak*]

I can't remember much of what books I read during my sophomore year. That was my year of rebelling aka dropping out of all of my honors classes to piss off my parents.

I think we read some Greek Mythology, always a favorite of mine.
Oh, it was Othello we read. I remember, I got the only A +5 ec points.
mwaha.

That, and when she played the newer version of the movie 'O', she didn't know about the newer sex scene, so of course immature comments went throughout the room. hah.

i love mythology. last year we read the abriged oddysey and considered it the extent of our mythology lesson. i resented it immensely.

haha, we wanted to watch the crucible movie, so we did, but they cut out the nudity

Oh, I'm reading The Great Gatsby now, for an APUSH term project, and it seems interesting to far.

i just finished it. it was great

[xXirockhardXx]

I dont have any favorite authors but i i love reading A Series of Unfortunate Events. Even though i havent read all the books.

[*tweeak*]

^i hated the way they defined words. pissed me off. i got halfway through the first one and had to stop

[jordanriane]

i love mythology. last year we read the abriged oddysey and considered it the extent of our mythology lesson. i resented it immensely.

Aw, I loved reading the Oddysey.
Other books we read:
The Iliad
Antigone
Oedipus

I'm sure there were others; I can't remember them anymore.
That being said, I'm definitely making sure I register for either a ancient Roman Literature, or Greek Mythology Class for next semester.

[*tweeak*]

ooo i would love to take classes like that. but so while i generally lile the oddyssey, the lit books version wasnt the best

[jordanriane]

Yeah, for Oedipus, we read from a book, and I believe Antigone was through the literature book.

Once you register/go to college, you'll be able to register for classes like that. :) That's the great thing about it, you can specify what you'd like to take, rather then how general highschool classes are.

[*tweeak*]

i hate my high school. we only have 6 periods so i cant even take the academics i want to take, let alone electives. i really wanted to take TOK and or art history, but i cant

[b0st0ngrl]

My favorite author is Sophie Kinsella and her book, Confessions of a Shopaholic. I'm reading the second one now. I also like The Face on the Milk Carton. That was a good book.

[karrar]

Wow ,how sorry is it that no one has said George Orwell's name ? ...... in my opinion Animal Farm and 1984 are the best books ever . Easy to read. Easy to understand . The symbols and theme of these 2 books come to you mind in a relaxing fashion . There pretty much the only books i have ever enjoyed reading .

[*tweeak*]

Wow ,how sorry is it that no one has said George Orwell's name ? ...... in my opinion Animal Farm and 1984 are the best books ever . Easy to read. Easy to understand . The symbols and theme of these 2 books come to you mind in a relaxing fashion . There pretty much the only books i have ever enjoyed reading .

oh, i love him too. i was so disappointed when i realized that 1984 and animal farm were his only books. i only didnt think to mention him, because ive read so many books that i cant keep track and even think of them at this point, because i have a really hard time picking favorites

[racoons > you]

oh, i love him too. i was so disappointed when i realized that 1984 and animal farm were his only books. i only didnt think to mention him, because ive read so many books that i cant keep track and even think of them at this point, because i have a really hard time picking favorites

i really dont think they are, nicki.

anyway, i have a million favorite authors, but the book which has made the bigges timperrsion on me as a person is definately 1984. stunning

Lord of the Flies was pretty powerful too, i read it in on enight because i couldnt put it down. the phrase in the index which described someone as being the king of anarcy drvoe me insane. grrr

oooo i thought of another, to kill a mockingbir, that was the last thing i read to make me cry

anyway ,other good books are the harry potters, the wheel of time, the banned and the banished, watership down, and so many others. o his dark materials

[*tweeak*]

i really dont think they are, nicki.

well theyre the only ones that are actually available anywhere. believe me, i checked

[WhiteLadyOfRohan]

Laurell K. Hamillton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings amongst others
Rowling's Harry Potter Series

speaking of which, I saw the cover art for the half blood prince today!

Anything Shakespeare
Anne Sexton

[mickybeans]

I just finished reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee as a class assignment. It was actually VERY good! I loved it!

other favoted books-

+ A Time for Dancing
+ The Outsiders
+ P.S. I Love you
+ A Door Near Here
+ A Bend in the Road

[to-devastate]

Mhm.
Authors- Lurlene McDaniel, Louis Sachar(sp?)
Books- A Rose For Melinda, Telling Christina Goodbye, Gossip Girl Series, and Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series.

[`SWTWiNKLE3YES]

Andrew Clements & Louis Sachar

[jordanriane]

I just re-read Go Ask Alice by Anonymous for probably the 100th time today.

mmm

[imadorkabledxd]

book :
roald dahl books
the kitchen god's wife - amy tan
and then there were none - agatha christie
middlesex - jeffrey eugenides
confessions of a shopaholic - sophie kinsella
pippi longstocking

authors:
roald dahl
agatha christie
amy tan

currently, i'm reading lolita by vladimir nobokov (i hope i spelled it right)....adn it's really good so far

[5ayuri]

^i hated the way they defined words. pissed me off. i got halfway through the first one and had to stop

haha yea ive only read the first one but when they defined the words im like omg wtf! shutup
one author i like is Phyllis Reynolds Naylor yea ive read some of her books and my favorite is Jade green

[teeners4]

authors:
nicholas sparks
margaret weis & tracy hickman

books:
the rescue
the guardian
harry potter series (i preorder them too )
dragon lance volumes
grapes of wrath
to kill a mockingbird

[c0oki3_m0n$tah]

hmmm...

don't know about favorite authors, but here are some good books i've read:

When Dad Killed Mom (kinda freaky title, but really good)
Sloppy First
Second Servings ^the sequel
Sushi for Beginners
True Meaning of Cleavage

i read alot too..but i forget most of the books i read..i only remember the really good ones..=P

[the_crox]

digital fortress----dan brown
the divide---- elizabeth kay?