What is your favorite book & Why?

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djatlake
djatlake Member Posts: 128
edited June 2014 in Bonded by Breast Cancer

My favorite book is "The Things They Caried" by Tim O'Brien. It's about the Viet Nam war and so much more. It's about the things we all carry -physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Great book. Lots to think about. I give it ***** (5 stars!)

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  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 4,289
    edited May 2007
    A Tale of Two Cities, I always cry at the love story. Guess it's because I read it at such a young age and have reread it so many times.
    I also love the The YaYa Sisterhood. Another good tear jerker, but with a lot of laughs.
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  • BMD
    BMD Member Posts: 1,492
    edited May 2007
    The Earth's Children series by Jean M Auel. The first book is The Clan of Cave Bear. I think my favorite was the Valley of the Horses though. I also read them several years ago and then again later. I never read books more than once but did these. I think there were 5 in the series. I let my sisters and mother borrow them and they also really enjoyed the stories. The movie they made out of The Clan of Cave Bear was not very good though.

    The stories are about a very empowered woman. They are of course fictional but just a really good read. You get all tied up in them and can't wait to get onto the next book. I waited for years for the author to finish the last book of the series.
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  • LisaSDCA
    LisaSDCA Member Posts: 2,230
    edited May 2007
    EttaPlace - if you enjoyed The Things They Carried, you absolutely must track down O'Brien's Tomcat in Love. Different from his other novels in that there is not a VietNam or war element, so it was quite a surprise for some reviewers. It is, of course, masterfully written, with believeable, engaging characters (the 'protagonist' is both lovable and pitiful - a real hoot). But the surprise is that it is hilarious, too.

    My favorite living American author is Mark Helprin. I can't tell you whether I like Soldier of the Great War best or Winter's Tale - it seems to depend on my mood. Both are stunning.
    Another top contender on my best-of list is A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving. I don't like his later works nearly as much as his earlier (incl. Hotel New Hampshire).

    Lisa
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  • KariLynn
    KariLynn Member Posts: 1,079
    edited May 2007
    Gone With the Wind

    I read it every summer during high school and college - need to read it again! I love Scarlett's never say die attitude and her ability to get what she wants.
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  • CherrylH
    CherrylH Member Posts: 1,077
    edited May 2007
    Lisa,
    I am with you on A Winter's Tale and Owen Meany. The Secret Lives of Bees is another great favorite of mine. I'm having a hard time naming just one. Oh, yeah, Like Water for Chocolate is also up there. Better stop now.

    love,
    Cherryl
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  • cbr2004
    cbr2004 Member Posts: 14
    edited May 2007
    Can I name three?

    (1) A Tale of Two Cities (mainly for the first sentence and the last sentence, but you really have to read everything between them in order to appreciate them.
    (2) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The language and translation are outstanding.
    (3) Maus by Art Speigelman. This is new on my all-time favorites list, as I just read it a few months ago. I never would have expected to find it so brilliant. It is definitely worth getting.

    - Clare
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  • junie
    junie Member Posts: 1,216
    edited May 2007
    Clare--"One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a powerful read. Very great book!

    But, if I could only have two books to be shipwrecked with--they would be: "Ceremony of the Innocent" by Taylor Caldwell and "Calico Palace" by Gwen Bristow....
    hope I got the book names and authors correct, been a long time since I've read them--they're packed in boxes somewhere...but they're two books I've read over and over. One is depressing--life's not all it's cracked up to be and kids can be monsters (Caldwell)--and one is a keep smiling when life knocks you down (Bristow)

    I love to read--my house is full of books--but, these are the only two I'd fight to keep....

    huggss...

    will be watching to see what other's like to read.......
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  • ADK
    ADK Member Posts: 2,259
    edited May 2007

    I am with KariLynn - Gone with the Wind because I admire women who stand up for themselves. Scarlett was a little dumb for giving up Rhett, but her way getting through the war was admirable. My second favorite was The Stand by Stephen King because good triumphed over evil. Also, it seemed so plausible to me. My favorite author, though, is Dean Koontz - Watchers is my third favorite book. He writes so well.

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