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KartveliT
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Lets talk BOOKS
-What was the last book that you read and you found to be one of the best?
-What is your favorite book(s)?
I 'll start :
Last book I read and really loved was - "Do they hear you when you cry"
I have many favorites (including some Russian and Georgian books), but my absolute favorites are:
The kite runner
The human stain
For kings and planets
The Da Vinci code
Looking forward to reading "A thousand splendid suns"
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nicrae
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
How long is it going to take for this to get moved to the story board????
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| Posted 12/17/08 7:05 PM |
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justbeachy
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Because my kids are obsessed right now I'm DEVOURING 'Twilight.'
It's a lot better than I thought!
Last book before that I read "Into the Wild." (Yes, I am behind in the times and trying to catch up on older books)
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| Posted 12/17/08 7:20 PM |
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kimbalina
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
I read Into the Wild also last year and it was pretty good.
I am almsot done with reading the entire Twilight series. I am about 500 pages into Breaking Dawn at this point.
Last book I LOVED- The Last Lecture
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| Posted 12/17/08 7:40 PM |
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kristinel
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Last book I actually finished:
A Passage to India-E.M. Forster
Started Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Didn't like it. Then went to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens and was bored. Now I'm reading two books at the same time: Black Rednecks, White Liberals by Thomas Sowell and King Leopold's Ghost by Eric Hochschild. Last book that I read and simply fell in love with: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Favorite book of all time: tie between Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. (Sorry for the length. I really like to read!)
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| Posted 12/17/08 7:42 PM |
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KartveliT
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Posted by kristinel
Last book I actually finished:
A Passage to India-E.M. Forster
Started Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Didn't like it. Then went to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens and was bored. Now I'm reading two books at the same time: Black Rednecks, White Liberals by Thomas Sowell and King Leopold's Ghost by Eric Hochschild. Last book that I read and simply fell in love with: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Favorite book of all time: tie between Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. (Sorry for the length. I really like to read!)
oh no no need to say sorry,lol. I enjoy this, I love to read and it gives me some ideas for the next book. I need to read Middlesex.
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| Posted 12/18/08 8:16 AM |
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KartveliT
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Posted by niikki-8-18-06
How long is it going to take for this to get moved to the story board????
AHOH I didn't realize there was a separate board for this Anyway if it gets moved oh well.... but I hope it doesn't
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| Posted 12/18/08 8:18 AM |
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2BEANS
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Posted by SupaBonBon
Because my kids are obsessed right now I'm DEVOURING 'Twilight.'
Everyone at my job is reading this and they are OBSESSED and cant put it down either!! Some finished in 2-3 days b/c they said it was soo good. I would like to read, but dont really have the time right now.
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| Posted 12/18/08 8:40 AM |
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HeathKernandez
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
The Time Traveler's Wife.
BEST
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| Posted 12/18/08 8:41 AM |
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kristinel
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Posted by dediko
Posted by kristinel
Last book I actually finished:
A Passage to India-E.M. Forster
Started Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Didn't like it. Then went to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens and was bored. Now I'm reading two books at the same time: Black Rednecks, White Liberals by Thomas Sowell and King Leopold's Ghost by Eric Hochschild. Last book that I read and simply fell in love with: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Favorite book of all time: tie between Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. (Sorry for the length. I really like to read!)
oh no no need to say sorry,lol. I enjoy this, I love to read and it gives me some ideas for the next book. I need to read Middlesex.
Middlesex is GREAT!
Does anyone here consider themselves a book snob? I have to admit, I'm guilty of this.
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HeathKernandez
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Posted by kristinel
Posted by dediko
Posted by kristinel
Last book I actually finished:
A Passage to India-E.M. Forster
Started Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Didn't like it. Then went to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens and was bored. Now I'm reading two books at the same time: Black Rednecks, White Liberals by Thomas Sowell and King Leopold's Ghost by Eric Hochschild. Last book that I read and simply fell in love with: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Favorite book of all time: tie between Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. (Sorry for the length. I really like to read!)
oh no no need to say sorry,lol. I enjoy this, I love to read and it gives me some ideas for the next book. I need to read Middlesex.
Middlesex is GREAT!
Does anyone here consider themselves a book snob? I have to admit, I'm guilty of this.
I haaaaaaaaaaaated middlesex. I couldn't get into it... So I gave up.
I'm a little bit of a book snob. Normally I won't give up on a book, especially one my mother suggested... I'm stubborn and even though I hate a book, I'll still read it.
On Beauty is a perfect example.
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Kara
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Last book I read and REALLY loved was My Friend Leonard by James Frey. (Before that was, you guessed it, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey)
I also recently read Hot Blood... I was glued to the book for the story (based on a true story I knew a lot about), but it wasn't incredibly well-written.
More recently I have been reading nonfiction / horse-related books.
My favorite book of all time is A Separate Peace by John Knowles.
ETA -- I asked hubby to get me I am America and So Can You for Christmas. :lol
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CookiePuss
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
The last book I read that really stayed with me was "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
To the OP, A Thousand Splendid Suns is better then Kite Runner.
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| Posted 12/18/08 9:02 AM |
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isabelle2137
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
I am currently reading The 19th Wife.
At first I thought, eh, but now I am into it. It's pretty fascinating actually.
Favorite book of all time is way too hard. I have too many!
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| Posted 12/18/08 9:11 AM |
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kristinel
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Posted by Kara
Last book I read and REALLY loved was My Friend Leonard by James Frey. (Before that was, you guessed it, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey)
I also recently read Hot Blood... I was glued to the book for the story (based on a true story I knew a lot about), but it wasn't incredibly well-written.
More recently I have been reading nonfiction / horse-related books.
My favorite book of all time is A Separate Peace by John Knowles.
ETA -- I asked hubby to get me I am America and So Can You for Christmas. :lol
A little bit of trivia. The school A Separate Peace is set in is the same school that John Irving attended and based his novel Owen Meany in.
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KartveliT
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Posted by Kara
Last book I read and REALLY loved was My Friend Leonard by James Frey. (Before that was, you guessed it, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey)
I read both when they first came out . They were both very interesting , but I was sooo disappointed to find out that the author made up most of it
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| Posted 12/18/08 11:42 AM |
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kimbalina
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Posted by dediko
Posted by Kara
Last book I read and REALLY loved was My Friend Leonard by James Frey. (Before that was, you guessed it, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey)
I read both when they first came out . They were both very interesting , but I was sooo disappointed to find out that the author made up most of it
I read both and LOVED both.. it doesnt bother me that it was made up, because I read for the idea of being emersed in the story,. For me at least it didnt matter if it was true or not.
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Posted by shamrock124
The last book I read that really stayed with me was "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
To the OP, A Thousand Splendid Suns is better then Kite Runner.
YES .Tree gorws in Brooklyn was great.
OOH I can't wait to read Thousand Splendid Suns. Waiting for a friend of mine to fiish it.
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Posted by kimbalina
Posted by dediko
Posted by Kara
Last book I read and REALLY loved was My Friend Leonard by James Frey. (Before that was, you guessed it, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey)
I read both when they first came out . They were both very interesting , but I was sooo disappointed to find out that the author made up most of it
I read both and LOVED both.. it doesnt bother me that it was made up, because I read for the idea of being emersed in the story,. For me at least it didnt matter if it was true or not.
Oh no I know. They were both great and looved them both.
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JenBenMen
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Last one I really loved was "Unaccustomed Earth"
My faves:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Kite Runner
The Namesake
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| Posted 12/21/08 8:06 PM |
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LemonHead
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Posted by KeithHernandez
The Time Traveler's Wife.
BEST
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ITA
My favorite ever!
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| Posted 12/23/08 9:58 AM |
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vmac
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
The last book I read was World Without End, by Ken Follet. It was the sequel to Pillars of the Earth. I liked Pillars better, but they were both good books.
I have a lot of favorites recently:
I loved loved loved Middlesex.
Over the summer I read all of the Phillipa Gregory books about the wives of Henry VIII. They were all great. I loved the entire series.
Abundance was also very good. It's about Marie Antionette.
As you can see, I'm on a historical fiction kick.
I like this post, I haven't read Twilight, but plan to eventually. I like to see what others have liked.
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| Posted 12/27/08 5:18 PM |
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KartveliT
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Re: Lets talk BOOKS
Over the summer I read all of the Phillipa Gregory books about the wives of Henry VIII. They were all great. I loved the entire series.
Abundance was also very good. It's about Marie Antionette.
As you can see, I'm on a historical fiction kick.
OMG me too and I read and loooooved all of the books you listed above.
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