kibblesandbits
Pearl Clutcher
At the corner of Awesome and Bombdiggity
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Post by kibblesandbits on Apr 19, 2017 8:58:39 GMT
The World According to Garp
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lesley
Drama Llama
My best friend Turriff, desperately missed.
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Location: Scotland, Scotland, Scotland
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Post by lesley on Apr 19, 2017 8:59:07 GMT
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
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lesley
Drama Llama
My best friend Turriff, desperately missed.
Posts: 7,180
Location: Scotland, Scotland, Scotland
Jul 6, 2014 21:50:44 GMT
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Post by lesley on Apr 19, 2017 9:01:33 GMT
"The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay. That is one of my favourite books ever, and but for Owen Meany, would have been number one. No doubtski aboutski!
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Post by nitad on Apr 19, 2017 9:13:03 GMT
Oh jeez! I could NOT get through Owen Meany and I really tried!
I'm going to suggest The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Definitely not one book! LOL. I have re-read them all countless times and so has my daughter.
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Post by pjaye on Apr 19, 2017 9:20:14 GMT
Oh jeez! I could NOT get through Owen Meany and I really tried! I finished it (just), but I hated it! Owen was such an obnoxious little brat, and I couldn't buy into the storyline at all.
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Post by stampnscrap1128 on Apr 19, 2017 12:04:48 GMT
Another vote for "To Kill a Mockingbird." While it is not my all time favorite book, it is a classic whose message still stands in today's world.
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Post by CarefreeSadie on Apr 19, 2017 12:09:51 GMT
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. It is the one book that I read as a young girl and reread every few years.
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Post by not2peased on Apr 19, 2017 12:23:18 GMT
flowers for algernon
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Nanner
Drama Llama
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Post by Nanner on Apr 19, 2017 12:42:49 GMT
I will never read Harry Potter, Lord if the Rings or books like that because I don't care for that genre.
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Post by threecs on Apr 19, 2017 12:45:34 GMT
The Four Agreements
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Post by quinlove on Apr 19, 2017 12:50:16 GMT
I've never thought any book was one everyone should read. I'd rather whittle my own leg into an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower than read Harry Potter. Love your answer. And, I totally agree. May even borrow it in RL.
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Post by lbp on Apr 19, 2017 13:43:18 GMT
The Five People you Meet in Heaven... Made a huge impact on me. How just small things that you do daily impact others so much.
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rodeomom
Pearl Clutcher
Refupee # 380 "I don't have to run fast, I just have to run faster than you."
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Location: Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma
Jun 25, 2014 23:34:38 GMT
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Post by rodeomom on Apr 19, 2017 14:50:56 GMT
I'm going to cheat....... The Outsiders and "That was then, This is now"
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rodeomom
Pearl Clutcher
Refupee # 380 "I don't have to run fast, I just have to run faster than you."
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Location: Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma
Jun 25, 2014 23:34:38 GMT
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Post by rodeomom on Apr 19, 2017 14:54:37 GMT
Ok tell me about "the Stand" Scary? Love? want something for the plane ride We had a thread about this the other day. Let me see if I can link it. The Stand
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 14:54:58 GMT
Go, Dog,Go
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 19, 2017 14:56:58 GMT
Have you read her other ones? Little Men, Jo's boys, etc.? They are just as good IMO. LMA was an amazing writer!! I own copies of all of her books, actually... I re-read them all every couple years. I think my favorites are actually Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom, but I figured no one would recognize those titles, lol! I also really like Jack and Jill and An Old-Fashioned Girl. The only thing I haven't read by her is any of the short stories that she wrote when she was just starting out.
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M in Carolina
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 19, 2017 15:02:51 GMT
Little House on the Prarie series. (they also show you the heartbreak of what communicable diseases can do) Laura Ingalls Wilder was an amazing woman. Plus the time period she lived in was one of the most fascinating. Imagine going from traveling behind an ox drawn covered wagon to cars, airplanes, and fast trains. Her daughter Rose was also really amazing. I just read a biography of Laura and her husband, Manny (Almanzo). He and Laura got really sick right after they got married-- historians believe it might have been dyptheria. But they also think Manny had a stroke during that illness. He had partial paralysis in his legs and had to walk with a cane. He and Laura struggled, had Rose, lost a son a few months after he was born. Their crops failed, they had to move in with Manny's family for a while, but finally bought a farm, Rocky Ridge in the Ozarks in Missouri. **They cleared 20 acres of timber in a winter! Laura was a little over 5' and weighed less than 120lbs. Manny walked with a cane. He would load up a cart with the timber and take it to town for money for food and for the apple trees they planted. Then they cleared the other 20 acres of rocky ground. What they went through and had to do just to survive is mind boggling. We are so spoiled and so fortunate! I love Little Women and Little Men--since it's the continuing story of Jo, which I related to the most. I'm re-reading 'The Gift of Fear' right now, and it's extremely good. The author talks a lot about why people do the horrible things they do, and how they don't 'just snap' and aren't inhumane monsters. But it's about listening to your gut and intuition and by realizing why people do the things they do, you can minimize your risk of being a victim. **Not ignoring your gut because you don't want to insult the lone guy in the elevator in a quiet building by waiting for another car, etc. Don't put yourself at risk just because we're afraid of hurting some guys' feelings. If some guy is insulted that you don't want to ride in a windowless steel box with him in a deserted building, he's the kind of guy you *need* to stay away from. They're either a predator or a freaking moron, so don't stress over it. Louis CK has the best quote about the daily risks women make--We're the worst thing that has ever happened to women in the history of the world. Louis CK has the best quote about the daily risks women make--We're the worst thing that has ever happened to women in the history of the world. Women dating He made the comparison that it's like guys going out with a half lion/half bear going 'ooh, I hope *this* one is nice' When I've talked to women about the stuff we go through on a daily basis to stay safe, they're shocked. We do all this crap and still get blamed when men hurt us. They're clueless. The book is empowering. Our bodies know when something isn't right, and that six sense can literally save our lives.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 15:03:24 GMT
The Stand by Stephen King That would be my choice too.
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Post by snowsilver on Apr 19, 2017 15:26:50 GMT
I'll add my very favorite book ever to the list, although I'm going to guess that not many people nowadays have even read it. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott No, no, Crimson, I most definitely have read Little Women. Over and over and over again. I used to just break out sobbing when Jo told Laurie "no". I never thought he was right for Amy! Never! And it took me a long time to warm up to Professor Bhaer. I loved ALL her book....Little Men, Jo's Boys, Rose in Bloom, Eight Cousins, Under the Lilacs......... So sad that kids don't read them anymore.
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Rhondito
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MississipPea
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Post by Rhondito on Apr 19, 2017 15:32:13 GMT
Freakonomics. Particularly the chapter on naming your child.
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oh yvonne
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Jun 26, 2014 0:45:23 GMT
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Post by oh yvonne on Apr 19, 2017 15:34:33 GMT
I loved Little Women too! and I was going to recommend the Little House books for the same reasons as listed by M in Carolina.
Anne Frank's Diary hasn't been mentioned
The Red Tent I loved so much I was sad when it ended
I know The Giving Tree is a favorite beloved book but I hate it, I think its so depressing
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ginacivey
Pearl Clutcher
refupea #2 in southeast missouri
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Post by ginacivey on Apr 19, 2017 15:41:00 GMT
The World According to Garp i've found my people! John Irving's - The Cider House Rules - by far his best book (if you saw the movie --- it was a great screenplay - but it leaves out SOOO much) if you are going to ever read another Irving book (so many are familiar with Garp and Owen) read The Cider House Rules (and then read A Widow for one Year) gina
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 19, 2017 15:44:55 GMT
I will never read Harry Potter, Lord if the Rings or books like that because I don't care for that genre. What is that genre called? I don't like it either. I had and never read the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and I have no interest in wizards or sorcery schools or whatever Hogwarts is.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 19, 2017 16:05:44 GMT
I would call that genre of books 'fantasy' as opposed to 'science fiction' because science fiction is more based on things that could possibly actually happen someday with science (or at least sound scientifically based).
Fantasy is more wizards, magic, vampires, etc.
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rickmer
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Post by rickmer on Apr 19, 2017 16:11:17 GMT
infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Post by ntsf on Apr 19, 2017 16:13:45 GMT
I am a big reader and hated the writing in outlander. don't care for irving either.. little women and alcott's other books are good.
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Apr 19, 2017 16:23:55 GMT
I don't think there is one book that everyone should read. We're all different and I have read a lot of the books that people are listing here and I didn't enjoy them. Some, I outright loathed (coughTuesdayswithMorriecough).
ETA* The Five People you Meet in Heaven... Made a huge impact on me. How just small things that you do daily impact others so much. And there's another one. . .
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Post by pondrunner on Apr 19, 2017 16:27:36 GMT
I don't think there is one book that everyone should read. We're all different and I have read a lot of the books that people are listing here and I didn't enjoy them. Some, I outright loathed (coughTuesdayswithMorriecough).
ETA* The Five People you Meet in Heaven... Made a huge impact on me. How just small things that you do daily impact others so much. And there's another one. . . Tuesdays with Morrie was probably my most hated book of all time
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Post by Skellinton on Apr 19, 2017 16:27:43 GMT
I love all of Louisa May Alcott's books too- I think more people have read them then you think!
Just curious of those that chose HP, why do you think everyone should read them? I enjoy the books, I have read them all twice and will absolutely read then again, but I don't feel like everyone needs to read them.
I figured that a book should everyone should read would be a book that has some either literary merit or social commentary, or some sort of "lesson" but maybe I am overthinking it?
I really enjoy the HP books, but have zero interest or concern if anyone else reads them. They are a good escape, have a nice message, but certainly don't think they are thought provoking or life changing or informative.
I think To Kill a Mockingbird and Anne Frank are books everyone should read.
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huskergal
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Post by huskergal on Apr 19, 2017 16:28:37 GMT
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