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Has anyone read The Education of Little Tree? I read it on the recommendation of my Mother, secretly thinking it was going to be a sappy read. It has become one of my favorite books. Very inspirational. Apparently they tried to make a movie from the book that was awful. Don't judge this book from that movie.
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02-15-2006, 10:44 PM | #32 |
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Speaking of fantasy novels when I was in Jr High and High School and even after my mission I loved reading those kinds of adventures.
Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms were wonderful adventures that took me to another time. While I never completely geeked out and played D&D while growing up the genre appealed to my sense of imagination. Onne series in particular was the excellent "Dark Elf" series written by R.A. Salvatore. He's an excellent writer. |
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02-16-2006, 12:32 AM | #34 |
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I forgot to add to my list, a few that are the epitome of page turners:
All Bloom County collections All Calvin and Hobbs collections I've been known to forget that I'm sitting on the throne when I'm reading those things.
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OK, here are some of my favorite novels/"page turners":
Most Scott Turow novels (esp. Presumed Innocent) Just about anything by Michael Connelly Cold Mountain All the Pretty Horses (and the rest of the "Border Trilogy") Blood Meridian A Thousand Acres Angelas Ashes The Corrections Snow Falling on Cedars The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint Bonfire of the Vanities A Man in Full Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance The Kite Runner Angela's Ashes And for pure brain candy: John Grisham Robert Crais Steve Martini |
02-16-2006, 03:06 AM | #37 |
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Some of my favorites along the way:
Milan Kundera - The Joke, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hemingway - just about everything. My favorite is probably For Whom the Bell Tolls Steinbeck - about anything he wrote (though I haven't read everything yet) Ghandi's autobiography The Remains of the day (excellent, excellent subtly poignant book) The THings they Carried by Tim O'Brien (excellent series of related short stories about the Vietnam War) poetry by Charles Bukowski (even if you never really like poetry you might like this stuff) Just for starters. and just to prove I'm human, the book that I haven't read since the 5th grade, that made me cry: WHere the Red Fern Grows |
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