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Old 10-01-2011   #1
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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.

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Lord of the Rings. I have loved those books since I was a kid.
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
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Tough question but I'd have to go with 1984. Another really good one is Feed by M.T. Anderson.


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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.
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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.
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For fiction: Legend of Huma by Richard Knaak.
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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.
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That is good ..... Love Kaz.
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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.
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TwoDeep3 got me hooked on that novel. It is really a great read.
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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.
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