josiespcah6ojsh
Cathlete
Morningstar,
we seem to like the same kind of books.
are Wilder and Melancholy Elephants fantisy?
laura
we seem to like the same kind of books.
are Wilder and Melancholy Elephants fantisy?
laura
Do you have a favorite book?
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morningstar
Cathlete
Well, Laura Ingalls Wilder is the author of the Little House on the Prairie books, which is a biography series. Melancholy Elephants is a book of short stories by a science fiction author (but Spider Robinson sort of works within the SF genre to get his point across rather than being a typical SF writer). Spider is an amazing writer, and will always make you cry and feel good at the same time.
rjroubi
Cathlete
I guess it depends on my favorite most recently read book and that would have be "The Vagrants" by Yiyun Li. I like that it's loosely based on real life events and the characters are really complex and unpredictable (not just good and bad). If anyone has a little time, it's so worth reading. You won't be able to put it down and it's a very fast read.
http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/01/23/yiyun-lis-powerful-new-novel-the-vagrants/
http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/01/23/yiyun-lis-powerful-new-novel-the-vagrants/
morningstar
Cathlete
GMonkey
Cathlete
I don't have one single favorite, but lately I've been reading biographies and historical fiction. I'm trying to wade my way through a Teddy Roosevelt bio (good but extremely detail oriented), Devil in the White City, Home (Julie Andrews bio).
One of my all-time favorite books is by Steve Martin called "The Pleasure of My Company". I literally cried when I finished it because I was so sad that it was over. I felt like I was losing my friend by not having that book to read and enjoy.
One of my all-time favorite books is by Steve Martin called "The Pleasure of My Company". I literally cried when I finished it because I was so sad that it was over. I felt like I was losing my friend by not having that book to read and enjoy.
Shoegal
Cathlete
Me too - My favorite by far - it never fails to impress me. It is one book that has never been out of print since it was published in 1847.
I love this book too!
I love this one, too. This was my dear aunt's favorite book and I never took the time to read it until after she died. I wish that I had read it while she was alive and we could have talked about it. I don't read a lot of fiction, but I love this book.
Erica
janie1234
Cathlete
Wow you guys are good. I have to many and interesting enough a lot of them are listed here. I have to break my own rule.
Persuasion and all things Jane Austin
I Know This Much is True
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
All Harry Potter
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Mosquito Coast
Lord of the Flies
Jurassic Park
To Kill a Mockingbird
Interview With a Vampire
Different Seasons, The Shinning, Carrie, Salems Lot (Stephen King)
The Andromeda Strain
The Left Behind Series
Shakespear the Complete Works
Les Liaisons dangereuses
The Age of Innocence
The Great Gatsby
The Painted House
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
The Rain Maker
A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
and on and on . . . . . . . .and on I just can't pick one.
Persuasion and all things Jane Austin
I Know This Much is True
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
All Harry Potter
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Mosquito Coast
Lord of the Flies
Jurassic Park
To Kill a Mockingbird
Interview With a Vampire
Different Seasons, The Shinning, Carrie, Salems Lot (Stephen King)
The Andromeda Strain
The Left Behind Series
Shakespear the Complete Works
Les Liaisons dangereuses
The Age of Innocence
The Great Gatsby
The Painted House
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
The Rain Maker
A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
and on and on . . . . . . . .and on I just can't pick one.
