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# 1 22-03-2009 , 10:31 PM

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I just finished reading the twilight books and I forgot how much I could enjoy a good book...

I was wondering if anybody else is found of reading?
What books did you find interesting and you recommend ?

Here's my list so far (Best of):
- Anything by Jeffrey Archer (I've read "Kane and Abel", "Honour Among Thieves", "The Eleventh Commandment", "False Impression", "The Fourth Estate" and "A Prisoner of Birth" *Last three in Hebrew)

- Twilight 1 - 4

- Harry Potter 1 - 7

- A few books by Harlan Coben (They get too repetitive)

Somebody?
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# 2 23-03-2009 , 03:45 AM

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I love reading, and I have a mini library on my computer desk user added image

ooh, I will list the ones on my desk:

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward -
Hay Fever by Noel Coward -
Private Lives by Noel Coward -
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne -
Republic by Plato
Jude the Obscure by Thomas hardy
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare
The Federalist by Hamilton, Madison, and John Jay
Lolita by Vladamir Nabokov
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Anthem by Ayn Rand
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural by lots of authors
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror by lots of authors
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
The Road to Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut
King Lear by Shakespeare
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Sabriel by Garth Nix -
Lirael by Garth Nix
Abhorsen by Garth Nix
Something Wicked this way comes by Ray Bradbury
Dreams of Terror and Death by H.P. Lovecraft
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
1984 by George Orwell
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson
The complete tales of Edgar Allen Poe
The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Anastasia by Vladamir Megre
Candide by Voltaire -
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald -
H.P. Lovecraft's complete works
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Knocked out by my Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

and really, I have yet to read most of those, but I am slowly chipping away user added image

So far, they are amazing..
I highly suggest all of those..
My favorite author is H.P. Lovecraft, he is amazing...
-Andy

EDIT: bought some new ones user added image

and again.
dashes are next to ones I have read, plus they are bolded, WIP is the one I am reading now..., which is italicized and bold

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# 3 23-03-2009 , 06:49 AM

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Heelloo??? user added image

This is a simply maya website . Not a book club!
Nice to know your sharing books.
I like His dark Materials Trilogy, A series of unfortunate events and Harry Potter:p

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# 4 23-03-2009 , 08:46 AM

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Originally posted by monkey99
Heelloo???
This is a simply maya website . Not a book club!

Originally Posted by

Not quite true. While it's a Maya website, the "Members Lounge" area is a place where you can kick back and talk about anything, except politics and religion.

As for favourite books / Authors...

The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E Feist
Dargonbone Chair Story - Tad Williams
Otherland Saga - Tad Williams
Harry Potter
Various books by Tom Robbins (Jitterbug Perfume being a fave)
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
Various by Tom Holt (Portable Door, Barking etc)
Robotech Series - McKinney

+ Lots of others!

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# 5 23-03-2009 , 08:50 AM

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Originally posted by halfloaf
Not quite true. While it's a Maya website, the "Members Lounge" area is a place where you can kick back and talk about anything, except politics and religion.

Originally Posted by

quoting the forum description... *sigh* so mean :p

check out Soul of the Fire from Terry Goodkind
there are books around that too, prequals and sequals, but i only have one

also a book called... i think it was called How to Row a Boat on a Wooden Sea
it was a great story

i don't read much... and i dont have anywhere near as many books as andy does...

all my books are kids books... like animals of farthing wood and buried somewhere in the row or column of books is chip and dale rescue rangers... oh the fun times of being a kid :blush:

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# 6 23-03-2009 , 10:16 AM

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Thanks guys,
Joospon: My library is much bigger user added image

but it consists of lots of stuff I never heard of... Nice collection - I might find it useful user added image

monkey99: how old are you?

halfloaf: Nice collection as well... Closer to my taste I'd bet.
I was planning to read J.R.R. Tolkein for a while but I can't seem to find his books nowadays... I liked the movies a lot. Perhaps I'll find an ebook somewhere user added image

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Chirone: Shame on you! user added image

I'll take a look at Terry Goodkind though...

Thanks again,
Benny

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# 7 23-03-2009 , 12:51 PM

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anything by kurt vonnegut and haruki murakami - you can't go wrong.

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# 8 23-03-2009 , 03:54 PM

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Originally posted by BennyK
Thanks guys,
Joospon: My library is much bigger but it consists of lots of stuff I never heard of... Nice collection - I might find it useful

monkey99: how old are you?

halfloaf: Nice collection as well... Closer to my taste I'd bet.
I was planning to read J.R.R. Tolkein for a while but I can't seem to find his books nowadays... I liked the movies a lot. Perhaps I'll find an ebook somewhere .

Chirone: Shame on you!
I'll take a look at Terry Goodkind though...

Thanks again,
Benny

Originally Posted by

Im only 11!!!! Read my thread called Maya Kid! :headbang:

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# 9 15-06-2009 , 10:41 PM

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Any other book lovers out there?

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# 10 15-06-2009 , 11:19 PM

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I read Moby Dick on my holidays this past month... quite good, but I'm sure most of it was over my head. I also just finished Gulliver's Travels, Zorba the Greek and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

So in answer to your question, yes, I am a book lover, but I don't spend enough time reading... and Tolkien is my favorite author...

PS I should probably add that those are the first leisure books I've actually read in many many months.