The Best Book You Ever Read

[sharon]

The Stand

The Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Chronicles of Narnia

I have read them all quite a few times.

Sad to say, I can't read much anymore. The fibro has affected me so that if I try to read anything like a novel, the words start to swim around the page and smash together and I get all confused and can't get past the first paragraph.

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Just little blubs like on the forum and captions in magazines and such.

 

[Jill]

This is fun "hearing" what you all like to read! I don't have a lot of time to read for fun these days (working on my CFP), but it's one of my favorite pastimes.

Sharon -- can you listen to books on tape or CD? I have gotten tons of unabridged audio books over the years from eBay at really good prices. One of my "ahhhh... heaven" feelings is to lay down and listen to a book. Only problem is it usually puts me to sleep!!!

 

[Cronewolf]

The one book I have at least once a year since it came out is Fith Sacred Thing by Starhawk. I've read all of the Walter Farleys and most of the Albert Payson Therhunes {Lad a Dog etc.}

:aktion033: If you like Cromwell you will ost likely like Kathy Reisch her books are what Bones is based on.

I think my favorite books are the Patricia Cromwell's "Kay Scarpeta" stories. I love the realizm she portrays in them.

I really enjoyed Jimmy Buffett's "A Pirate Looks at Fifty" and his other book "Tales from Margarittaville". I haven't read "Salty Piece of Land" yet.

 

[shortymisty]

Fast Women by Jennifer Cruise

Sullivan's Island by Doretha Frank

Colony by Ann River Siddons

 

[rabbitsfizz]

How could I forget the "Jill" books??

Anyone read the "Golden Stallion" books???

I haven't read "the Taking" is it new??

 

[Pandora]

This is fun "hearing" what you all like to read! I don't have a lot of time to read for fun these days (working on my CFP), but it's one of my favorite pastimes.

Sharon -- can you listen to books on tape or CD? I have gotten tons of unabridged audio books over the years from eBay at really good prices. One of my "ahhhh... heaven" feelings is to lay down and listen to a book. Only problem is it usually puts me to sleep!!!

Check out Audible.com. YOu can download novels and burn to CD. I fyou have a compatible MP3 player, you can download directly to that. I love that site. You can get a book for $13 or less!

 

[JumpinJackFarm]

Well I am going to go out and buy the "Stand"

: But my favorite that really stands out in my mind is "Roots" It was a great book...I was 13-14 yrs old at the time and I thought NO way was I going to read that BIG book....but it was a breeze...couldn't put it down.

 

[Cimarron]

If you love dogs you have to read Marley and Me. I just finished it and it was truly one of the best books i have ever read! As soon as my husband gets done with it, I am going to read it again. I encouraged my husband to read it and he didnt really want to but i have noticed he is spending alot of time each evening reading it!

 

[Pandora]

Well I am going to go out and buy the "Stand"

: But my favorite that really stands out in my mind is "Roots" It was a great book...I was 13-14 yrs old at the time and I thought NO way was I going to read that BIG book....but it was a breeze...couldn't put it down.

I read that in 6th grade and also coulnd't put it down. But in 8th Grade I did a book report on "Roots" and didn't have to read it again..LOL

"The Stand" is also one of my faves and also any Terry Pratchett book. I laugh out loud reading those :aktion033:

 

[kaykay]

the green mile by stephan king

 

[Margo_C-T]

Jill, this is EERIE...when I saw the thread title, I thought about it-and the book that came FIRST to my mind was 'The Stand'--before I ever opened the thread!!

However, it is hard to say only one-I LOVE to read, so have read lots of books-loved the Black Stallion books, the Thunderhead/Flicka books, Marguerite Henry's, etc.-as well as Nancy Drew and the Little Women books-among others-as a kid. Agree with Kay on 'The Green Mile', along with many others mentioned--and, I really enjoyed the Harry Potter books, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, too. So many good books, so little time!!

Great thread!!

(Can you tell? It is a dreary, drippy day, so I am stuck in the house-so computer, here I come!! I *should*be out in the barn unloading and stacking the rest of a load of hay, but am procrastinating....(she says with a grin!)-am just glad I went ahead and got the hay, as it is being VERY hard to find, here, and getting harder every SECOND....) The noontime news is on; forecaster just said the Edgewood high would be 70--HA! It is after noon, and 52 degrees...if this keeps up, I will need to BUILD A FIRE tonight....dang strange weather. Apologies for the trip off-topic; just venting a bit!

Margo

 

[LizardBreath]

Without a doubt, my favorites are The Dark Tower books, by Stephen King.

However, I highly suggest everyone here read "Modoc" . Fantastic book :aktion033:

 

[MBennettp]

I like series books too. I have read the Spanish Bit series several times and it was pretty interesting. I also read all of the Left Behind Series. I actually read a wide variety of books. I might read something totally off the wall stupid then non fiction next. I hate to think about what I am going to do with all these books when we start moving. I'm sure going to have to make some decisions on what to sell and what to keep, I have quite a collection. I come from a large family of readers and my hubby reads too. We pass books from family member to family member until everybody has read them.

 

[Sonya]

I go through spells where I read alot and then don't read for months. I haven't been reading in a while. I tend to like books by David Baldacci, John Grisham. I'm not much into Stephen King type stuff. Love stories...no way. The last book I read was called "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. Not the normal kind of stuff I read, but it was fantastic. I highly recomend it.

 

[Jill]

This is fun

How ironic is it that I seem to be the only one who does not know what the "Jill Books" are??? Can someone enlighten me?

The Stand is just amazing. I read it several times, both versions, and saw the mini series 2x. Right after 9/11/01, I didn't like the book nearly as much as I had previously. I kept thinking about it, and thinking something like that could really, truly happen.

 

[twister]

This is fun

How ironic is it that I seem to be the only one who does not know what the "Jill Books" are??? Can someone enlighten me?

The Stand is just amazing. I read it several times, both versions, and saw the mini series 2x. Right after 9/11/01, I didn't like the book nearly as much as I had previously. I kept thinking about it, and thinking something like that could really, truly happen.

The Jill series of books were set in England and were about the adventures of a little girl called Jill who had ponies and helped at the local riding stable. The name of the author escapes me (so long ago when I read them, nearly 40 years but who is counting lol) They were great fun to escape into on a foggy, wet English day.

Yvonne