Question of the day: They still exist
by b | November 11, 2009 at 6:00 am
Posted in Your Say, b the paper, question of the day
What’s your favorite book?
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November 11th, 2009 at 8:55 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Gone With The Wind; I read it every year.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:56 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:06 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
"Watchmen" by Alan Moore. Its the most complex and mind blowing story I've ever read (unlike the Zach Snyder film version).
November 11th, 2009 at 9:25 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Of Mice and Men in high school. Tuesdays with Morrie in early adulthood. And I must be regressing because I have recently been enjoying the Twilight series.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:40 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
I read this book in 4th grade, but I still love it! Where the Red Fern Grows.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:55 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
"I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell". Its a totally easy read, but I have never laughed more while reading a book.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:24 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
"the stranger"
November 11th, 2009 at 10:36 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Joseph Heller's "Catch-22." Everything it states about life and authority has turned out to be 100% factual. And, its one of the most darkly humorous books ever written.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:02 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Going to second that. Heller was a genius. Nabokov's Lolita is a close second.
Both guys make prose seem totally effortless.
November 11th, 2009 at 5:39 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Lo. Lee. Ta. One of the best opening lines...
November 11th, 2009 at 2:26 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewelyn.
It's from the 30's or 40's... I have a copy from the late 40's, something like the 7th printing. It's old and beat up and exactly what a book should be... well read. I've read it probably 9 times.
November 11th, 2009 at 2:51 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
The Lovely Bones
Looking forward to the movie next month.
November 11th, 2009 at 3:22 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
"all quiet on the western front"
timely for today.
November 11th, 2009 at 5:19 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
The Talisman by Peter Straub/Stephen King. I really wanted to be Travellin Jack :)
(Could be onscreen soon from what I hear)
November 11th, 2009 at 5:31 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
November 11th, 2009 at 5:31 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
"Leaves of Grass" is pretty much my Bible.
November 11th, 2009 at 5:33 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
i still have yet to read this!! a teacher my senior year of college said i had to if i knew what was good for me. clearly i have failed him.
November 11th, 2009 at 5:45 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Definitely my all-time fave is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, but alas...Chelsea Handler's a new fave with Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea and My Horizontal Life-A Collection of One-Night Stands!
November 11th, 2009 at 6:44 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
"Jhereg", by Steven Brust. Easy read, but pulls you in like nothing I've ever seen.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:47 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
November 11th, 2009 at 11:30 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Sometimes a Great Notion. Catch-22 is great as well. I could read that an infinite number of times and not get tired of it.
November 12th, 2009 at 4:43 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Anything by Dean Knootz is great. I especially enjoyed his book, "Watchers". Good reading from beginning to end.
November 18th, 2009 at 1:37 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
kitchen confidential, by bourdain. truly epic for all chefs that really get it.