The First Law Trilogy is a trilogy but if you read it you'll know why I don't pick just one. They all hold their own appeal and each have their problems but I love the ideas behind them and style of writing he uses. His characters are all quite dark and evil and he isn't afraid to hurt them. Everyone should give it a look.
Really? Thats great cause it means you get three wonderful books for free. Oh, I should warn you that its a quite additcive series especially since he throws you into the land as soon as possible.
Probably not the place to ask, but I'm searching for something in the style of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Big Fish and Forrest Gump. I don't know why, but these kind of books (or films) have a great appeal.
I will, thanks. And after this I have Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? to read. After that I'm reading all the new books I bought but didn't have a chance to read yet.
Favorite books ? There are so many, and in so many different categories! Here is what comes to mind at the moment: Favorite Novel: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Favorite Non-fiction: A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis Favorite Classic: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Favorite Children's Book: Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne Favorite from American Literature: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Favorite Play: Our Town by Thornton Wilder Could go on and on!!!!:redface:
I haven't read much literature as an adult, besides heaps of textbooks. Most of my favorite books are probably the ones of my youth and those that were part of my NYC public education: Portrait Of The Artist The Pearl Lord Of The Flies Hamlet Othello Pride and Prejudice Redwall Goosebumps The Greek Classics.....
Do I have to pick one? I love so many! Well, I love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy". I know it has very little plot, and seems just drifting somewhere, but c'mon, the writing just completely makes up for that. It was hilarious Lord of the Rings. I finally read the book, and well, no need to say that I was astonished. A masterpiece, without a doubt. I'm a big fan of Tonke Dragt's two books De brief voor de Koning and Geiheimen van het Wilde Woud. I haven't read them in a long time, but these books were what I listened to when I was in kindergarten. Even if I would find them less fantastic after re-reading them now, I just have to give them credit, after all the happy years together. Last, but not least, Thea Beckman's Crusade in Jeans. This book may not be a literature masterpiece, but it is really entertaining, and I really look up to the amount of research. It was so surprising to hear, that almost everything was accurate: even their names.
I agree with katsparrow. There are why too many favourite books for me to choose. But If I had to pick, it would be for now: Favorite Novel: Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks Favorite Non-fiction: Goodbye to All that by Robert Graves Favorite Classic: Moby Dick by Herman Melville Favorite Children's Book: Holes by Louis Sachar Favorite from American Literature: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Favorite Play: The Caretaker by Harold Pinter, Doll House by Henrik Ibsen Favourite Poems in poetry books: William Blake Songs of Innocence and Experience I could continue, but this whole page will be filtered up.
My favorite non-fiction has to be the memoirs of Nathaniel Fick; One Bullet Away, the Making of a Marine Officer. The man is clearly intelligent and makes me proud to be an American. He is an upstanding role-model. My favorite novel at the moment is The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Such an incredible work of literature. I really do need to read more of his work. My favorite bit of "light" reading is probably Titanicus by Dan Abnett or Legion by Dan Abnett. I love the Warhammer 40,000 universe (I really am a nerd) and he is probably the only writer in that fictional settings repertoire that is actually talented to the point that people who are not fans of 40k would read him.
I found the Road really well done, but so harrowing. I cried near the end, it is a must read book, it will really make you think about family and the end of the world. It is so well written.
Favorite books? Hmmm.... Have to say It's Not Easy Bein' Me by Rodney Dangerfield is definitely a book I've read several times. The Hobbit is the first book out of school that I actually enjoyed. Every chapter pulled me wanting more. For some reason, Lord of the Rings Trilogy I got bored of. I only remember the part where Sam is rescuing Frodo after defeating Shelob. My Boring Ass Life by Kevin Smith was a very enlightening read about his daily rituals. Lastly, this is a guilty pleasure of mine that very few people in my life know about. It's a paranormal romance series called The Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward. It's full of vampire romances that puts Twilight into shame. There are 7 novels in this series and every single one is as engrossing as the next. Plus with humor too.
Word. I hated Lord of the Rings trilogy --I had to force my way through. I very much enjoyed The Hobbit however, and read it all in one sitting. Probably had something to do with the length, but also the fact that The Hobbit had a better plot. I've already posted my favourites a number of pages back, but I'm reading Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead right now. I wish I had read it before Atlas Shrugged, as it's apparently a precursor (and Atlas Shrugged supposedly outshines The Fountainhead), but it's still quite good. Whether you agree with Rand's beliefs or not, it's worth a read.
Lolita is a good book, worthy of the title "Literature", but it is so sad and harrowing that I won't read it often, but that's because it's one of those books that make cry.
I don't have a specific favourite, but during Hover Car Racer by Matthew Reilly I found myself cheering on the mc: "come on, come on..."
I'm a fan of some of Clive Barker's work - I like The Hellbound Heart and Cabal, and a few of the stories in his Books of Blood anthologies are quite good: A lot of his other works are kinda 'samey', but I normally give them a shot to see what they're like. I prefer his writing style to Steven King - I just finished the Stand last week, which took me about 4 years to read: I just couldn't get into it, but felt like I'd started it, and had to slog through until the end. It was only the last 30 pages I really got into it. I really enjoyed the Necroscope saga - I got through all those books in the space of about a year and a half, and thoroughly enjoyed reading them all. They were all about 700 pages long, more or less, but I'd happily read through them all again, even knowing how they end.
