Rate the favorite book of the person above you

[pjaya89]

Just rate the favorite book of the person above you.Simple right?.I will start.


A child called it by Dave Pelzer 8)

[Alexis Ma]

Came across this dead thread.

Let's try this -

Ben Hur by Lewis Wallace :D

[vikraman]

Haha. Ben Hur. Old school shit my friend.

The Odessey and The Illiad by Homer (and God knows who else. Nobody really knows who ACTUALLY wrote them. Could've been Homer, could've been any other unknown Greek author.)

[jupiter]

We should rate the book posted by the person above right?Rate, as in, giving it 3 or 4 stars sth like that?


Well, I've never read The Odyssey/ The Illiad by Homer so can't rate.

My book would be...

Dreams From My Father by Barry Hussein Obama!

[gabrielle]

I'm halfway through Dreams From My Father. Maybe I'll get back to you later.

Mine's I Have A Dream: Text and Speeches That Changed The World by Martin Luther King Jr.

[Alexis Ma]

Haha. Ben Hur. Old school shit my friend.

The Odessey and The Illiad by Homer (and god knows who else. Nobody really knows who ACTUALLY wrote them. Could've been Homer, could've been any other unknown Greek author.)

Gotta comment on the Odessey. Most cliched and stereotyped "drama-epic" ever written. Probably set guidelines for novels for centuries. :D

I'm halfway through Dreams From My Father. Maybe I'll get back to you later.

Mine's I Have A Dream: Text and Speeches That Changed The World by Martin Luther King Jr.

Sounds like a great book. Didn't know it exists. Gonna look for it.

Lets see... "Kafka on the Shore", Haruki Murakami.

[vikraman]

For centuries? More like millenia heh. These books are getting a bit heavy reading. How about LOTR? Classic :P

[Alexis Ma]

Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien is one of the best books I have read.

The way he changes from frivolous (describing Hobbits) to kingly and serious (war) is admirable. Plus, the story is well-crafted and leaves no holes.

I have to admit the "Ride of the Rohirrim" made me teary.

"Up to me, Eorlingas, fear no darkness!"

[Gabrielle90]

i have never read LOTR. the movies are not bad though.

how about

the five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom?

i like mitch albom's books.

[vikraman]

I read the three books so many times i can't even remember. Honestly one of the best books i've ever read. Highlight is undoubtedly Aragorn's speech at the gates of Mordor.

"A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day."

Tolkien is truly a wizard in building a world that stands up to the most rigorous literary analysis. (There's a university in America somewhere that offers LOTR as a major lol!)

Five people is a pretty good book. Very nice perspective narrating.

D.H. Lawrence fans here?

[nickvl]

Never read LOTR cuz i'm not into fantasy-type books (I have a uncreative and unimaginative mind)

Any Jeffrey Acher or Jeffrey Deaver fans here?

[qedx]

Never heard of Jeffrey Archer or Deaver. They probably write real-world, present time fiction? I never read those. :(

My favourite book at the moment is Infected by Scott Sigler simply for the amount of gore and violence in it. I'm reading its sequel, Contagious, now. Seems to be equally gory and violent. :))

"A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day."

I don't think that's in the book :p It's kinda hard to separate the contents of book and movie these days. It gets all mixed up. Aragorn is also permanently Viggo Mortensen :(

[vikraman]

A well made movie about the book enriches the content of the book. I'm sorry for misquoting though.

[nickvl]

Never heard of Jeffrey Archer or Deaver. They probably write real-world, present time fiction? I never read those. :(

My favourite book at the moment is Infected by Scott Sigler simply for the amount of gore and violence in it. I'm reading its sequel, Contagious, now. Seems to be equally gory and violent. :))


OMG. U never heard of them?? Those books are fantastic! Deaver writes thriller/murder stuff seriously great reading. (His book called 'the bone collecter' was made into a movie starring denzel washington). But for the unintiated u must read his short story collection "Twisted" and " More Twisted"

Archer writes many genres. His latest book was 'the prisoner of birth'

p/s : We are complete opposites! U dun read present time real world, while i can't digest any fantasy stuff or even poignant, beautifully written works(except 'To kill a Mockingbird.) Think all those putlizer prize winners. Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road" made me swear off those kind of books. i know i know...i have a very simple mind.

Okay, how about Animorphs series (rather childish choice but i feel the message behind it is very complex and mature)

[KID_KXE3]

Animorp? r u talking about the Shapeshifter, wher the boy dax turn in2 a fox?
i hav read finding the fox 4 many times, dying 2 read the following books but cant find.........55555555555 haiz........
do any1 here read eragon?

[nickvl]

Animorp? r u talking about the Shapeshifter, wher the boy dax turn in2 a fox?
i hav read finding the fox 4 many times, dying 2 read the following books but cant find.........55555555555 haiz........
do any1 here read eragon?

Well, Animorphs are like a sci-fi series where the main characters can morph into any animals they touch. Never heard them refered to as Shapeshifters though.

There are five main characters and they take turns in narrating the story so each book is narratted by one character at a time

[phoenix1892]

The Picture of Dorian Gray is my favourite. It's like my own philosophy book. It's very astistic, hedonistic, yet so vain, corrupting, unconventional, and made quite a stir at the time of release. Examples in the quotes below:

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all"

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about"

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it"

"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed"

"It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution"

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself"


BTW, I thought we were rating fav books of previous posts? I used to love Animorphs. I'd give it a 3.5 or 4 out of 5.

[KID_KXE3]

Well, Animorphs are like a sci-fi series where the main characters can morph into any animals they touch. Never heard them refered to as Shapeshifters though.

There are five main characters and they take turns in narrating the story so each book is narratted by one character at a time

oo,tats a totally different series,i think....

[ninjamole89]

The Picture of Dorian Gray is my favourite. It's like my own philosophy book. It's very astistic, hedonistic, yet so vain, corrupting, unconventional, and made quite a stir at the time of release. Examples in the quotes below:

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all"

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about"

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it"

"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed"

"It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution"

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself"


I remembered the last quote best. I loved the book. Deliciously and elegantly evil, dark and dirty. Maybe even a bit erotic. Imagine being beautiful (I imagined Dorian gray as beautiful. Not handsome) enough to get away from any crime. I'd give it 4/5, and would insist all young teens to read it, coz yeah, it's like a philosophy book.

This might sound queer, but, I'd put Wind in the Willows as my most favourite book. (Second would be....Frankenstien...or Treasure island). I bet half of mlaysian kids won't stand reading the whole book due to the 'very english' language and style of the book. I think the author painted the english countryside beautifully and whimsically. It made me think of jumping straight to england and live in the countryside. Anyway, everytime i read it, i feel a sense of peace, and melancholy, and makes me forget the woes of living my life for a bit.

[Li Shan Shung]

Agatha Christie anyone?

"And Then there were none". 12 victims, no detective, 1 confession

[Fire_Spectar]

Agatha Christie anyone?

"And Then there were none". 12 victims, no detective, 1 confession

Classic~!! I love her

I'd give that book a 9 out of ten.

Ok, how about "Firestarter" by Stephen King anyone? A very touching story, the ending was victorious for a small child as the hero, err heroine!!!