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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#391  Postby Wintermute » 31 Jan 2012, 17:01

Gannon wrote:
Wintermute wrote:Neuromancer!


Hi there Wintermute. I also love Neuromancer and Count Zero. They are both great books. I would be very interested to know if you have read "Zero History". I got it after reading the other two and just could not get into it. I got half-way through it but had to stop it was just so boring.

The only Gibson I've read is the Sprawl Trilogy and the Johnny Mnemonic short. I'm sure I'll read more eventually, but I have too many other books on my plate. Have you read Mona Lisa Overdrive? It's the third book in the series, and it's a bit more laid back than Neuromancer and Count Zero.
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#392  Postby Gannon » 31 Jan 2012, 17:06

Wintermute wrote:
Gannon wrote:
Wintermute wrote:Neuromancer!


Hi there Wintermute. I also love Neuromancer and Count Zero. They are both great books. I would be very interested to know if you have read "Zero History". I got it after reading the other two and just could not get into it. I got half-way through it but had to stop it was just so boring.

The only Gibson I've read is the Sprawl Trilogy and the Johnny Mnemonic short. I'm sure I'll read more eventually, but I have too many other books on my plate. Have you read Mona Lisa Overdrive? It's the third book in the series, and it's a bit more laid back than Neuromancer and Count Zero.


No I have not read it, I will check it out. Cheers. :)
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#393  Postby Wintermute » 31 Jan 2012, 17:17

I did not enjoy it as much as Neuromancer and Count Zero, but it is a good read. There are 4 intertwining story lines. Count Zero (Bobby) is in the book in limited quantities. Molly Millions returns as a significant character in one of the story lines.
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#394  Postby Gannon » 31 Jan 2012, 17:21

Wintermute wrote:I did not enjoy it as much as Neuromancer and Count Zero, but it is a good read. There are 4 intertwining story lines. Count Zero (Bobby) is in the book in limited quantities. Molly Millions returns as a significant character in one of the story lines.


That sounds really good, I am going to add it to my TBR list. :)
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#395  Postby kg211970 » 05 Feb 2012, 14:05

I have a lot of favorite books, but the top ones are Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts, Daughters of Fortune by Tara Hyland, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, and the biography of J. Edgar Hoover..... there's more, just can't think of all of them lol.... anyway .... those are my top pics
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#396  Postby Ant » 05 Feb 2012, 18:25

kg211970 wrote:I have a lot of favorite books, but the top ones are Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts, Daughters of Fortune by Tara Hyland, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, and the biography of J. Edgar Hoover..... there's more, just can't think of all of them lol.... anyway .... those are my top pics

There is a theme somewhere that you list your top ten, you have some interesting choices there, really like Mark Twain and have been meaning to read Nora Roberts for ages. Lets see your top 10 Kg :D
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#397  Postby Trinity31 » 28 Feb 2012, 10:23

Ive read a lot of books but my all time favorites would have to be Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith, Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt, and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. There are more and the order changes all the time but right now those our my top favorites.
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#398  Postby suea46 » 28 Feb 2012, 15:49

I don't really think I have a favorite author...I love different ones for different reasons...I also seem to wax and wane with them.

I do know get terrifically disappointed when a fave.."phones it in"..almost like a personal betrayal.

I have to give a few kudo's to Rebecca Wells and "The Divine Secrets of the YAYA Sisterhood" as it brought a ton of friends my way via Harper Collins old forum with Ms Wells. I loved the camaraderie we 'sisters'' had for more than 6 years. Sadly the forum is long gone but have retained fond memories just the same. To have a book do that is quite extraordinary!

I guess though, one might say in answer to who is my favorite? The next one I find....:)

-- 28 Feb 2012, 15:51 --

Trinity31 wrote:Ive read a lot of books but my all time favorites would have to be Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith, Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt, and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. There are more and the order changes all the time but right now those our my top favorites.



Bronte's Eyre is wonderful! Loved it and still do...

I do love the old classics, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gone With the Wind, Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, those books I can re-read. :)
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#399  Postby Trinity31 » 28 Feb 2012, 21:26

suea46 wrote:I don't really think I have a favorite author...I love different ones for different reasons...I also seem to wax and wane with them.

I do know get terrifically disappointed when a fave.."phones it in"..almost like a personal betrayal.

I have to give a few kudo's to Rebecca Wells and "The Divine Secrets of the YAYA Sisterhood" as it brought a ton of friends my way via Harper Collins old forum with Ms Wells. I loved the camaraderie we 'sisters'' had for more than 6 years. Sadly the forum is long gone but have retained fond memories just the same. To have a book do that is quite extraordinary!

I guess though, one might say in answer to who is my favorite? The next one I find....:)

-- 28 Feb 2012, 15:51 --

Trinity31 wrote:Ive read a lot of books but my all time favorites would have to be Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith, Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt, and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. There are more and the order changes all the time but right now those our my top favorites.



Bronte's Eyre is wonderful! Loved it and still do...

I do love the old classics, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gone With the Wind, Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, those books I can re-read. :)


I think I own more classics then anything else they really are the most wonderful books in the world. I do want to read the ya ya sisiterhood though its on my to read list.
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#400  Postby Connie_88 » 29 Feb 2012, 12:52

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, but Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier is a close second. Both very intense and atmospheric.
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#401  Postby MazeRunner Rocks » 05 Mar 2012, 21:13

My favorite book is "The Maze Runner", it is AWESOME!!! :D
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#402  Postby Patty326Bw » 09 Mar 2012, 23:00

My all time fave is

Jewels by Danielle Steel
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#403  Postby Samantha Harvey » 14 Mar 2012, 17:32

Perhaps an obvious choice, but one of my all time favourite novels is To Kill a Mocking Bird. I love the wonderfully innocent tone of the book as it is from the children's point of view. I studied this book at School and it has stayed with me ever since. I think this is just an all round perfect novel.
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#404  Postby Connie_88 » 14 Mar 2012, 19:30

Samantha Harvey wrote:Perhaps an obvious choice, but one of my all time favourite novels is To Kill a Mocking Bird. I love the wonderfully innocent tone of the book as it is from the children's point of view. I studied this book at School and it has stayed with me ever since. I think this is just an all round perfect novel.


I studied To Kill a Mockingbird at school as well and that's when I fell in love with it. It's now in my top 10 books ever :)
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Re: What's your favorite book?

Post Number:#405  Postby siddi » 23 Mar 2012, 15:06

i totally agree with Samantha and Connie, To Kill A Mocking Bird is my all time favorite too. And since I also read it in high school and loved it , everytime i re-read it,it triggers all the good memories of my high school.
Besides that, i also loved Gone with the wind. Since i was totally unaware of American history,while reading Gone with the Wind, I happened to watch a movie based on American civil war "Glory", and was terribly shocked to see confederates losing the war,and the cotton fields burned by yanks. I dreaded for scarlette and my worst fears turned true in later chapters. All in all , it was an amazing experience.
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