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Loved:
Lord of the Flies- William Golding
Bag of Bones- Stephen King
Gone With the Wind- Margaret Mitchell
Hogfather- Terry Pratchett
Silence of the Lambs- Thomas Harris
Hated:
Anything by Jane Austen
Hannibal Rising (though I enjoy the other books in the series)
Favorites:
Crime and Punishment
The Borther Karamazov
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikabu, this one ive never seen mentioned on this site, oh well, great book anyway.
Least Favorites:
Great Expectations
Moby Dick was a goos story buta bit bring, not saying that was a least favorite btw.
Thanks, I will keep that in mind and definitely stick with it. It's tough though because I don't have time to read it, and it is a slow read, so overall it isn't as much of a pleasure to read as it could be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woland
Do stick with it. As I said earlier, reading it is like trudging through mud, but once you finish it, you just sort of sit there in awe of it. At least I did. It's slow, but it's profound. Even if you don't like it, you can at least appreciate it. And it's nice to understand the context of the famous words, "The Horror, the horror"Quote:
Originally Posted by grace86
Matrim Cuathon - 'there are so many posts i wish toc omment on but they are all years old.'
I never even noticed Matrim (so you're more net alert than I am) and I began commenting on 'old' threads. I don't think it matters too much because in a sense everything on here is 'live' and even replying to questions posted some time ago, while it may not help the original poster, may help someone else. I've noticed lots of similar queries from young students and schoolchildren appearing over and over. Maybe I'll be smacked on the ethereal wrist for saying this but I think you should pass a comment on anything you find interesting.
What a shame that no one here appreciates Moby Dick (and all the while commends the literary merit of Ender's Game).
Moby Dick is a wonderful book - one of the best ever written. Melville's ponderings of the nature of reality are fascinating.
Favourite . . . um, well, here are some I really really liked and/or loved . . .
*Little Women
*The Moscow Vector
*Crimes of the Century
*Edge of Light (I know, a romance book, but it's sooo much more than that to me)
*Where Many Rivers Meet (poems by David Whyte-love "The Well of Grief"- and am currently reading)
*The Hell with Love: Poems to Mend a Broken Heart (one of my all time favourite poetry anthologies- have gone back to it many many times . . .)
I'm sooo daft . . . the Bible . . . there isn't another book I read every day, quote so often, try to live by, learn from to such an extreme extent, talk about as often as I do, am as inspired by, or uplifted and reassured by as the Bible . . . no book has ever offered to me as much as it has and will continue to offer . . . The Lord is . . . my shepherd . . . my strength . . . my shield . . . my comfort . . . my light . . . my salvation . . . my hope . . . my all in all . . .
No book could be as lovely and important to me as it is . . . it's answers and guidance I seek first (or try to - I usually make a big mess of things when I don't!) some aspect of it is applicable in every situation
My favourite book is without a question The Bible
Remember The Bible is an anthology and there are differing versions of it rather than one single agreed version. I read it every day also.
Well said: I agree fully.Quote:
Originally Posted by GimmyDiamond
here's the link to the book of judas if anyone is interested:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lo...geographic.com
I saw it on the National Geographic Channel and I decided to go find a version I can read.
Personally, from an atheist perspective, I found the bible to be quite dull. I enjoyed Hesiod's Theogony much more than Genesis, and Homer's Iliad far more than the Israelites in Egypt. I guess the text speaks to different people in different ways. You perhaps may find wonder and meaning in its words, but from a non believer's perspective, the writing in my opinion is quite dull.
The books I truly loved, in no particular order
The Name of the Rose -- Umberto Eco. Absolutely brilliant
The Count of Monte Cristo -- Alexandre Dumas
The Odyssey -- Homer. Odysseus' quest to get home is magnificent, and a timeless classic.
Candide -- Voltaire. Brilliant.
plays:
Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
The Miser by Moliere
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (I think he wrote it, I don't remember)
Oedipus Trilogy by Sophacles
Electra by Euripides (I think he wrote that, I may have mixed up Greek play writes)
Probably though, if I had to choose one book to stick with, it would have to be The Name of the Rose. That book captures the early 14th century church almost perfectly, and the plot is just brilliant.
Yes, The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller
but Electra was written by Sophocles.
My favorites are:
Walden by H.D.Thoreau
Notes from Underground by Dostoyevsky
Greetings
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy.