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Books from Karen Rose tend to be my faves.

Bone mans daughters - Ted Dekker is my FAVE book of all time. It was amazing, loved it. LOVED it. Did i mention i loved it?!

Daniel - Ted Dekker is another good book, not quite as amazing as Bone mans daughters though.

Thr3e - Ted Dekker is another amazing book, but not quite as amazing as bone mans daughter....

i may have others to list soon when i've read a new book i recently got from an author i've never read before called Peter Robison. But i'm currently reading a Karen Rose book. "You can't hide" is one of my many faves of hers.

Not many knew i was a book worm did they? :P

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Books from Karen Rose tend to be my faves.

Bone mans daughters - Ted Dekker is my FAVE book of all time. It was amazing, loved it. LOVED it. Did i mention i loved it?!

Daniel - Ted Dekker is another good book, not quite as amazing as Bone mans daughters though.

Thr3e - Ted Dekker is another amazing book, but not quite as amazing as bone mans daughter....

i may have others to list soon when i've read a new book i recently got from an author i've never read before called Peter Robison. But i'm currently reading a Karen Rose book. "You can't hide" is one of my many faves of hers.

Not many knew i was a book worm did they? :P

I got a copy of "Our Man in Havana",,,guess you know the author hun!!!

So funny,,,,read it now and then ,,therapy. luv,viv :)

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This is an interesting topic for me.. I LOVE books..

My all time favorite is Romeo + Juliet. It is a tragedy, but it's also the second greatest love story ever written. (The first greatest love story ever written is your own ;) )

I'm also a big fan of The Twilight Saga. (particularly Breaking Dawn)

The House of Night series.

Immortal (It's a collection of vampire love stories)

Thirst No. 1 & 2

I could go on forever.

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"Animal Farm" by George Orwell - it is a must read for any would be revolutionaries (includes the blueprints for how to stage it with all of its lofty ideals and why it eventually all falls into decay as time goes on and corruption takes over)

The soon to be published (keep your fingers crossed) "Poems From A Transgendered Heart" By Me (have your tissues handy!)

"Fables for Modern Times" by James Thurber

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest cael

my favorite books of all time are a follows:

Green eggs and Ham - hey it counts :P

molly moon's incridible book of hypnotism

rainbow boys

luna

keeping you a secret

wish

bone

vampire knight

interview with a vampire

bleach

and of mice and men ;)

(i have manga books in there too lol)

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Guest Rafferdy

My favorite novel is From E to You by Chris d'Lacey and Linda Newbery, which no one else has every heard of and is a completely ridiculous YA novel about two kids jumping to increasingly insane conclusions about the relationships between their parents. IT IS AWESOME.

I also love The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross and The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie.

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Guest Isabel Archer

I don't see him here, so I have to mention the novels of Vladimir Nabokov. I've read three. Lolita and Pale Fire were both extraordinary: like nothing else I've ever read and brilliantly written. Bend Sinister is also very interesting. I also like what I've read by David Foster Wallace; his book of short stories, Oblivion, is fantastic. I also read some cool essays by him in some collection that I forget the name of. One day I'd like to read his novel Infinite Jest, but it's supposed to be very difficult.

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Guest Jessie05

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(Douglas Adams just makes me laugh every page)and Animal Farm, nothing is better than a tale of the fall of a wonderful government style into Anarchy.

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Guest vertigo

I'm pretty much into the classics when it comes to literature... "The Trial" by Franz Kafka and "The Forest of the Gods" by Balys Sruoga are probably my favourites. I also liked Nabokov's "Lolita" a lot.

My list of 'least favourite books' is a lot longer, thouhg :D I'm picky.

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Guest Cowboy

Im with books, the same way im with my movies... if it grabs my attention, ill read it.

Cant remember the last time i actually bought a new book to read though. Anyway.. favorites...

The Shining- Steven King (anything by him really.)

Crank- Ellen Hopkins (simple read, but worth it.)

Microserfs- Douglas Coupland (in all of my nerd-ness.)

The Harry Potter Series- J.K. Rowling (Just BOMB.)

The Hunt For Red October- Tom Clancy (as well as many other titles by him.)

Dr. Suess ( B) )

Series of Unfortunate Events- Lemony Snicket (Really fun read.)

The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton (Read in 7th Grade, been a favorite since. I recommend.)

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Guest Roux

"The Trial" by Franz Kafka [. . .] I also liked Nabokov's "Lolita" a lot.

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The Blue Sword -- Robin McKinley

Sunshine -- Robin McKinley

Pride & Prejudice -- Jane Austen

Jane Eyre -- Charlotte Brontë

A Song of Ice and Fire (series) -- George R. R. Martin

The Lions of Al-Rassan -- Guy Gavriel Kay

Tigana -- Guy Gavriel Kay

And, uh. I'll stop there.

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Guest Nikki A

a year has passed and has my taste in books changed? hmmm, i still love the bell jar! im going to add down anything written by faulkner! idk y but i love his writing!(my fav is the sound and the fury, but i love as i lay dying too!) i have a chapter from As I Lay Dying memorized, want me to recite it? "my mother is a fish" vardammon

hugs, Nikki

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Guest sphere

The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde and the LOTR trilogy by JRR Tolkien have forever been tied for my favourite novels.

I also adore everything by Isaac Asimov.

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Guest Adalia

The complete trilogy of Hitchhiker's Guide to the UNiverse - all five books

It's the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy I love them also Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, Starship Titanic, 2001, 2010, 2061, 3001, Contact, Rendezvous with Rama, Starship Troopers, The Puppet Masters, Ender's Game, Starman Jones, The Rolling Stones, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Ringworld, The Time Machine, The Time Ships among others

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Guest Redbeard

Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg is my current favorite, it's about a genderqueer anti-war and LGBTQ activist in the years right after 9/11.

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The Catcher in the Rye

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Fingersmith - Sarah Waters

The Mists of Avalon (just the books in the series that MZB wrote)

LOTR

There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say - Paula Poundstone

the Princess Diaries series

Used to be ashamed of the last one 'cause it wasn't a "guy" thing to read, but no more. I like what I like, and that's that! :)

Really want to read The Age of the Pussyfoot also.

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