Favorite novel?

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Originally Posted by slowlickitysplit

EzRyder,
On the road? I always ment to read that just to see what all the fuss was about. Was it a good read?

- Slow -

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Hey it was ok. I liked its pace but some ppl thought it was kinda off beat. I think you should read it.

Fahrenheit 451, The Pearl, The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Ring trilogy, Catch 22

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

But in the brief time right now that I have to read things other than school books, I'm leaning toward biographies. Love to read about people's lives.

A Million Little Pieces - James Frey

Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

I can strongly recommend the following:

Raymond E Fiest's Riftwar Saga - (Magician,Darkness At Sethanon,etc)
"State Of Fear" by cant remember lol

and loads more, but too stoned to think lmfaoooo

oh dear

Oh yeah...
The Hitch-Hikers Guide...by Douglas Adams...anything by him is FAF

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Originally Posted by Diary of a Madman

Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins. Weird stuff. Very cool..

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Weird stuff, very cool describes Tom Robbins percfectly. Haven't read that one, but of the ones that I have read (even cowgirls get the blues, jitterbug perfume, and skinny legs and all) I LOVED 'skinny legs and all'. He's a really fun author- VERY intelleigent and irreverent.

- lord of the flies
- the lord of the rings
- the god dellusion
- the amber spy glass
- frankinstein

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Originally Posted by TX Girl

:upsidedow :bonghit: I don't know if it's pointless, but it sure is excruciating. I've forced myself to keep reading another chapter or two to see if I could eventually get into it. Usually I decide not to waste any more of my life and move on to a different book.
I'm trying to think of a book that took me a long time to get into that I luved....mmmm, I got nothin -but I know there've been a couple.

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well the beginning is always the slowest part

yeah i guess it isnt pointless but to me reading a book that i cant get into is best compared to forcing myself to watch cspan like i may learn something but god i hate it

1. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - best writer in my opinion. if you really read it and pay attention to his choice of words and how well he describes everything its amazing.

2. survivor - chuck palahnuik

3. choke - chuck palahnuik

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Originally Posted by in.music.u.trust

1. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - best writer in my opinion. if you really read it and pay attention to his choice of words and how well he describes everything its amazing.

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I also love Fitzgerald for that exact reason. While Gatsby is by far the better novel, This Side of Paradise has that beautiful writing style, I think even better, although the story is not as well-turned.

As an aside, have you ever read anything by A.S. Byatt? I tend to think of them as writers with something in common- but I can't quite put my finger on it- whether it is writing style or what- I though Posession was a LOT of fun, and one of the short stories in Angels and Insects (Morpho Eugenia) was particularly beautifully done, haunting and very disturbing.

i thought great gatsby was a pile of self indulgent shit. just offering a different opinion:jointsmile:

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Originally Posted by suhl

i thought great gatsby was a pile of self indulgent shit. just offering a different opinion:jointsmile:

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As I consider myself a bit of a hedonist, I can forgive Fitzgerald his indulgences :D

the picture of dorian gray - oscar wilde

shit hot

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

But in the brief time right now that I have to read things other than school books, I'm leaning toward biographies. Love to read about people's lives.

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i'm a big biography fan. im also a big fan of books about the military, i've read every biography i could get my hands on written about the war in Vietnam.

The Profits of Death
The Color Purple
Flowers For Algernon (It's a novella, but a really good read.)
Dracula
Candle Bay

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Originally Posted by GreenLadyOfDankDowns

The Profits of Death
The Color Purple
Flowers For Algernon (It's a novella, but a really good read.)
Dracula
Candle Bay

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Yea I love The Color Purple and Flowers for Algernon as well. Dracula was a damn good book but to me Frankenstein was far superior. Just like the misunderstood man who creeps through windows!