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elizabeth rose
 Jun 12, 06 - 5:44 AM |
best read
what is the best book you've ever read what made it so outstanding? 
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The Doyen
Jun 12th, 2006 - 10:55 AM |
Re: best read
too hard a question to answer. Maybe Wasp Factory, maybe Pygmalion. Something trashy by Mike Gayle when I want some light reading, or some Machiavelli when I want something deeper. The Turner Diaries probably left the biggest impression, so if forced, I'll plump for that one. |
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elizabeth rose
Jun 12th, 2006 - 11:47 AM |
Re: best read
i liked wasp factory and pygmalion also but prefer to see plays on stage . . . i love most books by Mishima - particularly Forbidden Colours (the first i read - thanks morbid) and The Sea of Fertility - that was amazing. he committed hara kiri after completing it. his books contain a lot of homosexuality, confusion, mind games, sinister actions but pure thoughts. i think Haruki Murakami is outstanding - the wind up bird chronicles and kafka on the shore in particular - i love the way he entwines the bizarre into everyday life - so very realistic. always thrilling reads i love Paulo Coehlo - especially The Road to santiago - the darkness, and passion has led him to so much goodness and sense - i definately admire his sentiments. another book that has this calming effect is Soul Mountain - so tranquil. then there's Wuthering Heights and Monkey (Wu Cheng-en) - i adore the character Heathcliffe in the former, the passion, the anger, eros as it is meant to be. but i love the comedy, mystery and tradition in the latter. so, basically, i have posted a question i can not answer!!! sorry! 
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geoff
Jun 14th, 2006 - 1:21 PM |
Re: best read
GOD, WHAT A TOUGHIE - I LOVE HIS DARK MATERIALS BY PHIL PULLMAN AND lotr i would have to say either fevre dream or the dice man as a novel mr nice, the autobiography of howard marks is my fave of that genre 
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Natalie Scott
Jun 19th, 2006 - 7:04 AM |
Re: best read
 My fave books have got to be the Harry Potter series. I don't have a favourite, but they get better and better. I am waiting for the seventh one now!! Nat    
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Jonaldinho
Jul 4th, 2006 - 10:59 AM |
Re: best read
I would have to say Charles Dickens's "Bleak House" I'm not trying to be intellectual as those who know me well would laugh. However, it's a serious question and, yes, "Bleak House" As its name suggests this is a dark, brooding tale of murder, deceipt, treachery, love, jealousy and sacrifice. If you have never read Dickens, then just read this one - you won't regret it - trust me. Cheers, Jon R. |
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elizabeth rose
Jul 5th, 2006 - 8:26 AM |
Re: best read
re - bleak house i agree jon - its my favourite dickens book. i first read it when i was 8, and was hooked. i must have read it 6 times, but its always as fantastic . . . |
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elizabeth rose
Aug 6th, 2006 - 5:11 AM |
Re: best read
i forgot about autobiographies - i love to read about people and their lives. Wild Swans remains my favourite though many others followed and from other nations too, but i also loved reading about Chairman Mao, Mishima,Paulo Coehlo and at the moment i'm reading various reflections on Picasso. |
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vitani
Aug 6th, 2006 - 6:38 PM |
Re: best read
Okay... this is real tough cuz i've read so many good books... The whole lot of "Sephen King" does good but i cant pick on one to rave about... I loved the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Along with the heap of Narnia... And the Dune trilogy... And when i'm feeling real innocent and childish? "Alice in Wonderland" and the sequel "Through the Looking Glass" Then there's Valdermir Nabakovs(*Can't be sure of how to spell his name thogh:))"Lolita" If i chose... I'd plump for The Lord o the Rings... |
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elizabeth rose
Oct 17th, 2006 - 5:06 AM |
Re: best read
i could never get into lord of the rings though i love the films. alice in wonderland - i love the language used. there's something about old children's books.they were always more complex and tantalising than the stuff written for teenagers these days. young children's books these days are amazing, however... i loved stephen king as a young teenager - needful things was my favourite. thanks for joining in 
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donna
Oct 20th, 2006 - 1:17 PM |
Re: best read
Let's Talk about Kevin -author, can't remember To anyone feeling broody and maternal- this will PUT YOU OFF!!!! ... 
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jon
Oct 22nd, 2006 - 3:08 AM |
Re: best read
the author is a woman called lional shriver |
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elizabeth rose
Feb 23rd, 2007 - 1:30 PM |
Re: best read
just read the alchemist...loved it |
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elizabeth rose
Mar 5th, 2007 - 7:47 AM |
Re: best read
i am currently readin a great book by Elizabeth Kostova "the historian"...history, travel, Drakula and great writing...excellent! thanks andria for bringing it to my attention(and lending to me!!) |
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