Favorite books

[Bubba]

Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
A Lesson Before Dying - Earnest Gaines
The Lovely Bones - Sebold
Anything by Jonathan Tropper
The Shack

Non-Fiction -- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote


The Hunger Games is pretty good, too. In fact, I think the book was better than the movie. Reading the 2nd book now and it may even be better than the 1st one.

 

[NankerPhelge]

You can learn a lot from Elephant Droppings; mainly to stay out from under them.


By the way: was this post an elephant dropping??

No, droppings of another species, namely, just my typical BS.

 

[palinurus]

Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
A Lesson Before Dying - Earnest Gaines
The Lovely Bones - Sebold
Anything by Jonathan Tropper
The Shack

Non-Fiction -- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote


The Hunger Games is pretty good, too. In fact, I think the book was better than the movie. Reading the 2nd book now and it may even be better than the 1st one.

"You can get pretty sexy with her" is the line I always remember from Catcher in the Rye, lol. ....

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

Lord of the Flies
Behold a Pale Horse
The Rook
The Sister's Brothers
Any R.A. Salvatore book (especially the Drizzt series)
Tolkien's fantasies
Harry Potter series
The Illiad and The Odyssey
Beowulf
The Dragonlance series
So many more..

 

[irish0227]

1.) About Face
2.) Killer Elite
3.) Duke Sucks
4.) Matterhorn

About face is good if you have time as it can throw some people off with its 830 pages but it's a good book about the Korean, and Vietnam wars

 

[NankerPhelge]

These were my favorites when I was a kid:

1. You Are Different and That's Bad.

2. Curious Ricky and the High-Voltage Fence.

3. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables.

4. Strangers Have the Best Candy.

5. Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way.

6. Pop Goes the Gerbil and Other Great Microwave Games.

7. Some Kittens Can Fly.

8. Fun Four-letter Words to Know and Share.

9. The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy.

10. Eggs, Toilet Paper and Your School.

11. Dad's New Wife Bernard.

12. The Childrens' Guide to Hitchhiking.

13. The Little Sissy who Snitched.

14. You Were an Accident.

15. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will.

16. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry.

17. The Man-in-the-Moon is Actually Satan.

18. Your Nightmares Are Real.

19. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Mrs. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?

20. Places Where Mummy and Daddy Hide Neat Things.

 

[dshans]

These were my favorites when I was a kid:

1. You Are Different and That's Bad.
2. Curious Ricky and the High-Voltage Fence.
3. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables.
4. Strangers Have the Best Candy.
5. Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way.
6. Pop Goes the Gerbil and Other Great Microwave Games.
7. Some Kittens Can Fly.
8. Fun Four-letter Words to Know and Share.
9. The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy.
10. Eggs, Toilet Paper and Your School.
11. Dad's New Wife Bernard.
12. The Childrens' Guide to Hitchhiking.
13. The Little Sissy who Snitched.
14. You Were an Accident.
15. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will.
16. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry.
17. The Man-in-the-Moon is Actually Satan.
18. Your Nightmares Are Real.
19. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Mrs. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?
20. Places Where Mummy and Daddy Hide Neat Things.

Rolling Straight To Hell, are we?

"... But what confuses you is the nature of my game."

or maybe "... But 'what confuses you,' is the nature of my game."

 

[rikkitikki08]

I just started the game of thrones books.....hard as all hell to read though

 

[gkIrish]

I just started the game of thrones books.....hard as all hell to read though

Once you get a grasp of the names of characters and what family they're in it gets lot easier

 

[IrishLax]

So... without getting into spoilers... I just got to the part of Storm of Swords where George R.R. Martin kills about half the characters I was rooting for in one swift chapter.

Holy sh*t. These books are great for their unpredictability.

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

So... without getting into spoilers... I just got to the part of Storm of Swords where George R.R. Martin kills about half the characters I was rooting for in one swift chapter.

Holy sh*t. These books are great for their unpredictability.

Just started... Thanks for the spoiler J@ckass. Guess I don't have to read now.

 

[STLDomer]

1. Catcher in the Rye

Others: Lord of the Flies, Catch-22, The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter Series, The Book Thief, many others

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

Haven't read for pleasure in a few months but The Black Hand: The Story of Rene "Boxer" Enriquez and His life in the Mexican Mafia was fascinating.

Debating what book to read during Thanksgiving break...

 

[Riddickulous]

So... without getting into spoilers... I just got to the part of Storm of Swords where George R.R. Martin kills about half the characters I was rooting for in one swift chapter.

Holy sh*t. These books are great for their unpredictability.

He kills his characters indiscriminately, regardless of their importance. Pretty awesome.

 

[IrishLax]

Just started... Thanks for the spoiler J@ckass. Guess I don't have to read now.

That's why I purposely didn't put any names in. You have absolutely no idea who I might be talking about it.

 

[kmoose]

-All the King's Men (number 1 on every list for me)
-A Prayer for Owen Meany
-A Confederacy Of Dunces
-Go Dog Go
-The Illiad
-Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
-Angela's Ashes
-Unbroken

Go Dog Go is junk. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish rocks!

The Dead Zone, by Stephen King
The Hunt For Red October, by Tom Clancy

 

[NDBoiler]

I am a strict reader of non-fiction only. Somethign about fiction just seems...made up to me:

1. Team of Rivals
2. George Washington: A Life
3. Any book by Steven Ambrose
4. The Year of Living Biblically
5. New Ideas From Dead Economists

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

Martin needs to focus on books. **** TV production.

 

[Seanthornton]

1. Rise to Rebellion

2. Distant Valor

3. Blood Honor

4. The longest Day

5. The mighty eighth

6. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo



KEEP THE FAITH !!!

GO !!! IRISH !!! GO !!!

 

[Old Man Mike]

Bit of a shocking coincidence: I'm reading the old science fiction classic When Worlds Collide --- precisely the chapter when the near-missing planets cause a huge tidal wave which pushes into NYC and inundates it. It was a creepy chapter under current conditions.

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

That's why I purposely didn't put any names in. You have absolutely no idea who I might be talking about it.

I know... Figured that I may as well be the first to scream at someone for spoiling.

 

[kmoose]

1. Rise to Rebellion

2. Distant Valor

3. Blood Honor

4. The longest Day

5. The mighty eighth

6. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo



KEEP THE FAITH !!!

GO !!! IRISH !!! GO !!!

This wouldn't happen to be the one about Hitler's invasion of Poland, would it? If so, fantastic book.

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

1. Catcher in the Rye

Others: Lord of the Flies, Catch-22, The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter Series, The Book Thief, many others

Definitely. Holden is by far my favorite character of all time. My best bud just named his kid Holden. Hopefully that doesn't mean my future son has to be named Ackley...

 

[McGlovin]

"Life" by Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)...absolutely crazy, as you'd suspect from the legend himself.

 

[WaveDomer]

Definitely. Holden is by far my favorite character of all time. My best bud just named his kid Holden. Hopefully that doesn't mean my future son has to be named Ackley...

There is a sequel to The Catcher in the Rye coming out soon. It's only being published in Europe though, I believe until the copyright expires on the original. It's written by some Swedish author.

 

[irishog77]

There is a sequel to The Catcher in the Rye coming out soon. It's only being published in Europe though, I believe until the copyright expires on the original. It's written by some Swedish author.

I hope that author's name is Dolph Lundgren.

 

[WaveDomer]

I hope that author's name is Dolph Lundgren.

No. He's writing the sequel to Moby Dick.

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

There is a sequel to The Catcher in the Rye coming out soon. It's only being published in Europe though, I believe until the copyright expires on the original. It's written by some Swedish author.

Oh yeah. Huge infringement lawsuit by Salinger and his estate. I think it was published, but the District Court said it is banned in the U.S. and Canada. Probably not worth a glance.

 

[North Buffalo Irish]

Under the Tarnished Dome

 

[Seanthornton]

This wouldn't happen to be the one about Hitler's invasion of Poland, would it? If so, fantastic book.

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan . Its about D-DAY The book was based on all true facts from both sides.