Your Favorite Book?

[CowboyMcCoy]

No, not the last one you read. We already have that. What is your favorite book and why? Mine is Basketball Diaries...

The movie is nothing like the book. I don't recommend either for children, but wow what a great read.

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Lord of the Rings. I have loved those books since I was a kid.

[Hostile]

Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

[chip_gilkey]

Tough question but I'd have to go with 1984. Another really good one is Feed by M.T. Anderson.

[Rogah]

No, not the last one you read. We already have that. What is your favorite book and why? Mine is Basketball Diaries...

The movie is nothing like the book. I don't recommend either for children, but wow what a great read.The only book that I've enjoyed so much that I actually read cover to cover more than once is 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke. A wonderful read and the textbook example of how a book can convey information so much more thoroughly than its movie counterpart.

[Eskimo]

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

[CowboyMcCoy]

The only book that I've enjoyed so much that I actually read cover to cover more than once is 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke. A wonderful read and the textbook example of how a book can convey information so much more thoroughly than its movie counterpart.

I can appreciate your honesty and I'm glad you came away from that.

[Sam I Am]

For fiction: Legend of Huma by Richard Knaak.

[jksmith269]

For fiction: Legend of Huma by Richard Knaak.

That was a good book.

Hard call for myself since I read so much. So I have more than just one.

Horror: The Shinning by Stephen King (much better than the movie)

Drama: The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, any R.A. Salvatore book set in FR.

And the best for last. King James Bible.

[casmith07]

To Kill A Mockingbird

[zrinkill]

For fiction: Legend of Huma by Richard Knaak.

That is good ..... Love Kaz.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Shogun - James Clavell

[Hostile]

To Kill A Mockingbird
This is a fantastic novel. It's a shame she didn't write more. None of her other writings ever won the acclaim that book did, but she poured soul into it. I love the movie with Gregory Peck, and I have seen it performed at the Tucson Theater of the Arts. It is really one of the great American Tales of our time.

[Hostile]

Shogun - James ClavellTwoDeep3 got me hooked on that novel. It is really a great read.

[Sam I Am]

That is good ..... Love Kaz.

I know. It's a shame Kaz: the Minotaur book wasn't better. The Minotaur Wars trilogy I did enjoy though.

[davidyee]

...really put my decision to have a family in perspective.

Made me think about the gift of children.

[Arch Stanton]

I've always been a fan of the James Herbert and Stephen King novels. The Stand has always been a fave of mine.

[notherbob]

My favorite book became dog-earred enough for me to have to buy another copy because I refer to it so often. It has the unlikely title "Garlic, the Science and Therapeutic Application of Allium Sativum L and related species" by Larry Lawson, Ph. D. and Heinrich Koch, Ph. D. I have met and had many discussions with Larry Lawson.

I almost never read novels as I prefer truth to made up stuff and this non-fiction book I bought in 1999 has affected my life more than any other single book I have ever read and it has allowed me to understand enough of the chemistry of garlic to understand how it works within human physiology. We are electro-chemical beings and this book has helped me understand how the various breakdown metabolites of allicin, both fat-soluble and water-soluble, circulate around and interact with the human body and kill the microbial things and other kinds of things that can afflict us.

This allows me to devise novel ways of applying this information and coming up with unconventional herbal treatments that really work. For example, when you crush natural, non-irradiated garlic, let it set a while and mix it with water, that water becomes highly antimicrobial and kills all bacteria it comes into contact with, including MRSA, which cannot become resistant to it because it kills in a different way than antibiotics, which depend on specific chemical bonds to work.

There are other medical conditions that can be successfully treated with garlic used in different ways. We are just now scratching the surface of what garlic can do when used in different ways. There's a lot more to it than eating it. Wanna learn more> Google the Garlicmeister.

You had to ask, didn't you? :laugh2:

[CowboyMcCoy]

My favorite book became dog-earred enough for me to have to buy another copy because I refer to it so often. It has the unlikely title "Garlic, the Science and Therapeutic Application of Allium Sativum L and related species" by Larry Lawson, Ph. D. and Heinrich Koch, Ph. D. I have met and had many discussions with Larry Lawson.

I almost never read novels as I prefer truth to made up stuff and this non-fiction book I bought in 1999 has affected my life more than any other single book I have ever read and it has allowed me to understand enough of the chemistry of garlic to understand how it works within human physiology. We are electro-chemical beings and this book has helped me understand how the various breakdown metabolites of allicin, both fat-soluble and water-soluble, circulate around and interact with the human body and kill the microbial things and other kinds of things that can afflict us.

This allows me to devise novel ways of applying this information and coming up with unconventional herbal treatments that really work. For example, when you crush natural, non-irradiated garlic, let it set a while and mix it with water, that water becomes highly antimicrobial and kills all bacteria it comes into contact with, including MRSA, which cannot become resistant to it because it kills in a different way than antibiotics, which depend on specific chemical bonds to work.

There are other medical conditions that can be successfully treated with garlic used in different ways. We are just now scratching the surface of what garlic can do when used in different ways. There's a lot more to it than eating it. Wanna learn more> Google the Garlicmeister.

You had to ask, didn't you? :laugh2:

I've been munching on garlic cloves here and there. The problem is it gives me halitosis for days. LOL

[casmith07]

This is a fantastic novel. It's a shame she didn't write more. None of her other writings ever won the acclaim that book did, but she poured soul into it. I love the movie with Gregory Peck, and I have seen it performed at the Tucson Theater of the Arts. It is really one of the great American Tales of our time.

Great movie as well. One of the best book-to-movie translations.

It's my all time favorite fiction book. Just love it.

[Duane]

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge has always stuck with me. It was a book I read in my early teens when I was fascinated with war but didn't really know what war was like. Sledge's book took away any romantic notions I might have had and really drove home the horrors that those men faced.

His book was used as source material for both Ken Burns's PBS documentary, The War, as well as the HBO miniseries The Pacific.

[jterrell]

Classics
Invisible Man by Ellison
Heart of Darkness by Conrad

Sci-Fi
Wheel of Time series by Jordan

Horror
The Stand by King

[mehamgul101]

one of my favorite Book is the Hunt which is amazing and full of entertainment and the story is wonderful and enjoyable and you could enjoy a lot of through this book and thanks you share it with us in this forum

[Rynie]

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Amazing memoir.

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge has always stuck with me. It was a book I read in my early teens when I was fascinated with war but didn't really know what war was like. Sledge's book took away any romantic notions I might have had and really drove home the horrors that those men faced.

His book was used as source material for both Ken Burns's PBS documentary, The War, as well as the HBO miniseries The Pacific.

Great book! I'm a war book buff and have read just about everything I could get my hands on. This is one of the best. If you like books on Vietnam, try 365 Days. It's one of my favorites.

Favorite book for me is a real tough choice. I'll say A Journey To The Center Of The Earth by Jules Verne.

[VietCowboy]

My many colored days by Dr. Seuss

I read this book with every kid I work with.

Helps kids better understand emotions

[Kangaroo]

Count of Monte Cristo
By
Alexandre Dumas


The Movies where terrible

[Sam I Am]

Helps kids better understand emotions

Send a copy to a few of the guys in the Fan Zone right now. They could use it.

[reddyuta]

Catch-22 by joseph heller.

[VietCowboy]

Count of Monte Cristo
By
Alexandre Dumas


The Movies where terrible

The TV show Revenge is supposed to be loosely based on this book.

[CowboyMcCoy]

My many colored days by Dr. Seuss

I read this book with every kid I work with.

Helps kids better understand emotions

That's the hot topic being taught these days, emotional intelligence.