Best Book

[DriveTBSthru]

What is your favorite book?

My favorite book so far is billy bathgate.

[alpha21]

reading sux

sorry, no offense to all those who like it, I am just a visual person

[Billy]

I don't like reading but James Patterson owns. I can't help but read his books.

[angie710]

"Fine Things" Danielle Steele - Touching...

Anything by John Grisham and Stephen King...Pure brilliance...

[DriveTBSthru]

well if you dont read maybe yo uwont get any good knowledge.

[DriveThruRawker]

the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chobsky i duno if i spelled that right. good book anyways

[Charlito Cafe]

I just read The Republlic by Plato, and as far as philosophy is concerned I really enjoyed it. A very enlightening read. I don't really know what my favorite novel is......right now I'm hooked on a series by Terry Goodkind, a fantasy writer. They're awesome.

[ifeelused]

i like reading :)

[neb nawoc]

"Choke" or "Survivor" by Chuck Palahniuk

"Gods Debris" by Scott Adams

[DriveTBSthru]

did anyone read presumed innocent yet?

[angie710]

^ Great, Great , Great book...Go get it...NOW!!!!

[Charlito Cafe]

Originally posted by neb nawoc
"Choke" or "Survivor" by Chuck Palahniuk

"Gods Debris" by Scott Adams

My friend reccomended God's Debris. Isn't it by the guy who writes Dilbert?

[**michelleV**]

My favorite book is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton that book is the best i've read like 20 times and i never get tired of it i like any books written by S.E. Hinton

[alpha21]

Originally posted by DriveTBSthru
well if you dont read maybe yo uwont get any good knowledge.

like spacing in sentences

[**michelleV**]

Originally posted by DriveTBSthru
did anyone read presumed innocent yet? i think i've heard about that book whats it about?

[angie710]

Originally posted by alpha21
like spacing in sentences


Marry me....

[alpha21]

Originally posted by angie710
Marry me....

sold!

[pUnKrOcKgIrL917]

"the great gatsby" by f. scott fitzgerald owns. also "the rules of attraction" and "glamorama" by bret easton ellis.

[angie710]

Originally posted by alpha21
sold!


Where's my diamond bling bling bitch??!!!! :D

Back to reading......

The Outsiders was a classic...Good choice..

The Stand , Tommyknockers, Geralds Game, Delores Claiborne and Pet Semetary (Spelled that way on the book for you fucks who wanna be all English 101 on me..) are my favorite novels by Stephen King...

Thank You....

[DriveTBSthru]

yea the book presumed innocent is good i am reading it now.

[alpha21]

Originally posted by pUnKrOcKgIrL917
also "the rules of attraction" .


was that made into a movie, because that movie's awesome

[angie710]

Originally posted by angie710
Where's my diamond bling bling bitch??!!!! :D

Back to reading......

The Outsiders was a classic...Good choice..

The Stand , Tommyknockers, Geralds Game, Delores Claiborne and Pet Semetary (Spelled that way on the book for you fucks who wanna be all English 101 on me..) are my favorite novels by Stephen King...

Thank You....

I felt this went unnoticed....:eek:

[ifeelused]

Originally posted by angie710
Where's my diamond bling bling bitch??!!!! :D

Back to reading......

The Outsiders was a classic...Good choice..

The Stand , Tommyknockers, Geralds Game, Delores Claiborne and Pet Semetary (Spelled that way on the book for you fucks who wanna be all English 101 on me..) are my favorite novels by Stephen King...

Thank You....

have u read "The Black House" by stephen king?

[fezwik80]

perloo the bold, but i think it was written for like eight year olds

[DriveTBSthru]

woah no i havent read that book.

[pUnKrOcKgIrL917]

Originally posted by alpha21
was that made into a movie, because that movie's awesome

yeah it was. the movie is really good.

[angie710]

Originally posted by ifeelused
have u read "The Black House" by stephen king?


Thats fairly new, right?

Im old school Stephen King...He's weakened in his shock factor...I still <3 him, though...What about....ShiT!!! Whats the name of that one....The Storm?? Quiet Storm?? FUCK! I forgot, but that was pretty good...Denise Macabre was another good one...Nightflyer was a flop, and....of course...The Shining..

[neb nawoc]

Originally posted by Charlito Cafe
My friend reccomended God's Debris. Isn't it by the guy who writes Dilbert?

yes, but its not comedy.

[fezwik80]

that shits deep like lindas anus

[DriveTBSthru]

waht other book did stephan king write?

[fezwik80]

stephen king? in that case like 300 others

[alpha21]

Originally posted by pUnKrOcKgIrL917
yeah it was. the movie is really good.

that is a good example of my previous post that I'm visual.

I like that movie because of the camera angles and backwards filming, not because of the plot. So reading the book wouldn't do much for me.

Plus I just am unable to concentrate while reading, so I just forget everything that I have read.

[ifeelused]

Originally posted by angie710
Thats fairly new, right?

Im old school Stephen King...He's weakened in his shock factor...I still <3 him, though...What about....ShiT!!! Whats the name of that one....The Storm?? Quiet Storm?? FUCK! I forgot, but that was pretty good...Denise Macabre was another good one...Nightflyer was a flop, and....of course...The Shining..

you should read it its really good, although its like 600 pages. it has quite a surprise to it

[XthesunsleepsX]

sorry guys but how can you say stephen king and john grissom are great authors when every book they write is a mirror image of the one before it, like music, writing is about evolution and i cant have much respect for authors who write to make money on thier book as thier only purpose, books should make you think, try reading J.D. Salinger "the catcher in the rye, thats some great reading

[Clarett'sGreyGoose]

I've been meaning to get around to getting The Shining from my library..but i think my membership ran out like....2 years ago. heh. I can't concentrate when I read.

[ifeelused]

Originally posted by XthesunsleepsX
sorry guys but how can you say stephen king and john grissom are great authors when every book they write is a mirror image of the one before it, like music, writing is about evolution and i cant have much respect for authors who write to make money on thier book as thier only purpose, books should make you think, try reading J.D. Salinger "the catcher in the rye, thats some great reading

i agree with you, although sometimes its nice to get into a good horror novel for fun.

[FallingOut]

Tthe best book ever written is the Catcher in the Rye.

[angie710]

Yeah, maybe Ill check it out then...

Here are some of his works...

Carrie - 1974
’Salem’s Lot - 1975
Rage (as Richard Bachman) - 1977
The Shining - 1977
Night Shift (a collection of stories) - 1978
The Stand - 1978
The Long Walk (as Richard Bachman) - 1979
The Dead Zone - 1979
Firestarter - 1980
Roadwork (as Richard Bachman) - 1981
Cujo - 1981
Danse Macabre - 1981
Creepshow (Comic format) - 1982
The Running Man (as Richard Bachman) - 1982
The Gunslinger: DT1 - 1982
Different Seasons (four novellas) - 1982
Christine - 1983
Pet Sematary - 1983
Cycle of the Werewolf - 1983
The Talisman (with Peter Straub) - 1984
Thinner (as Richard Bachman) - 1984
The Eyes of the Dragon - 1984
Skeleton Crew (a collection of stories) - 1985
The Bachman Books (Four early novels by Stephen King) - 1985
It - 1986
The Drawing of the Three: DT2 - 1987
Misery - 1987
The Tommyknockers - 1987
Nightmares in the Sky - 1988
My Pretty Pony - 1988
The Dark Half - 1989
Dolan’s Cadillac - 1989
The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition - 1990
Four Past Midnight (four novellas) - 1990
Needful Things - 1991
The Wastelands: DT3 - 1992
Dolores Claiborne - 1992
Gerald’s Game - 1993
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (collection of stories) - 1993
Insomnia - 1994
Rose Madder - 1995
The Green Mile (a six-part Serial Thriller) - 1996
Desperation - 1996
The Regulators (as Richard Bachman) - 1996
Wizard and Glass: DT4 - 1997
Bag of Bones - 1998
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - 1999
Hearts in Atlantis - 1999

[fezwik80]

Originally posted by angie710
Yeah, maybe Ill check it out then...

Here are some of his works...

Carrie - 1974
’Salem’s Lot - 1975
Rage (as Richard Bachman) - 1977
The Shining - 1977
Night Shift (a collection of stories) - 1978
The Stand - 1978
The Long Walk (as Richard Bachman) - 1979
The Dead Zone - 1979
Firestarter - 1980
Roadwork (as Richard Bachman) - 1981
Cujo - 1981
Danse Macabre - 1981
Creepshow (Comic format) - 1982
The Running Man (as Richard Bachman) - 1982
The Gunslinger: DT1 - 1982
Different Seasons (four novellas) - 1982
Christine - 1983
Pet Sematary - 1983
Cycle of the Werewolf - 1983
The Talisman (with Peter Straub) - 1984
Thinner (as Richard Bachman) - 1984
The Eyes of the Dragon - 1984
Skeleton Crew (a collection of stories) - 1985
The Bachman Books (Four early novels by Stephen King) - 1985
It - 1986
The Drawing of the Three: DT2 - 1987
Misery - 1987
The Tommyknockers - 1987
Nightmares in the Sky - 1988
My Pretty Pony - 1988
The Dark Half - 1989
Dolan’s Cadillac - 1989
The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition - 1990
Four Past Midnight (four novellas) - 1990
Needful Things - 1991
The Wastelands: DT3 - 1992
Dolores Claiborne - 1992
Gerald’s Game - 1993
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (collection of stories) - 1993
Insomnia - 1994
Rose Madder - 1995
The Green Mile (a six-part Serial Thriller) - 1996
Desperation - 1996
The Regulators (as Richard Bachman) - 1996
Wizard and Glass: DT4 - 1997
Bag of Bones - 1998
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - 1999
Hearts in Atlantis - 1999

my mom has probably read every single one of those..... twice shes one of those creepy speed readers and a big stephen king fan

[angie710]

Originally posted by XthesunsleepsX
sorry guys but how can you say stephen king and john grissom are great authors when every book they write is a mirror image of the one before it, like music, writing is about evolution and i cant have much respect for authors who write to make money on thier book as thier only purpose, books should make you think, try reading J.D. Salinger "the catcher in the rye, thats some great reading



~Sigh~ Have you even read multiple books from each of these Authors to base your "Mirror Image" dispute on? I doubt that very highly seeing as how you spelled Grisham...Grissom....

Please explain how Danse Macabre and The Dark Side have any bearing on the other? Or are similar?

It and Carrie?

The Shining and The Stand?

Catcher In The Rye? Thats surface bullshit that was given as light summer reading in 5th grade...Come on now...

Stephen King is a WORLD RENOUND AUTHOR!!! He has been since the late 70's, early 80's! Best Seller! Please read The Stand, and then tell me that book didnt make you think....

It has to be the age bracket....It HAS to be...Im so pissed....I've never heard so much horseshit in my life....

[Charlito Cafe]

Originally posted by angie710
~Sigh~ Have you even read multiple books from each of these Authors to base your "Mirror Image" dispute on? I doubt that very highly seeing as how you spelled Grisham...Grissom....

Please explain how Danse Macabre and The Dark Side have any bearing on the other? Or are similar?

It and Carrie?

The Shining and The Stand?

Catcher In The Rye? Thats surface bullshit that was given as light summer reading in 5th grade...Come on now...

Stephen King is a WORLD RENOUND AUTHOR!!! He has been since the late 70's, early 80's! Best Seller! Please read The Stand, and then tell me that book didnt make you think....

It has to be the age bracket....It HAS to be...Im so pissed....I've never heard so much horseshit in my life....


Hey don't generalize. I'm 16, and I enjoy Stephen King, a lot.

[Charlito Cafe]

Originally posted by neb nawoc
yes, but its not comedy.

Yeah, he said it was some kind of thought experiment. It sounded interesting, but I haven't had the time to pick it up yet.

[In Your Eyes]

I dont really read... but i read this book freedom crossing it was alright.

[Clarett'sGreyGoose]

Originally posted by In Your Eyes
I dont really read... but i read this book freedom crossing it was alright.

my class read Freedom Crossing in 4th grade...i'm pretty sure that was the title of it.

[BrandNewDream]

some of my favorite books...

"Fight Club", "Choke" - Chuck Palahniuk
"Diamond Dogs" - Alan Watt
"The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" - Stephen Chbosky

[Clarett'sGreyGoose]

Originally posted by Charlito Cafe
Hey don't generalize. I'm 16, and I enjoy Stephen King, a lot.

me too, and i'm 15

[angie710]

Ok, there must be some exceptions, but damn, this person is a moron...Sorry, Im very offended....

[SnowintheSummer]

this much i know is true-wally lamb
also i like jane eyre a ot

[MapleLeaf]

Originally posted by XthesunsleepsX
sorry guys but how can you say stephen king and john grissom are great authors when every book they write is a mirror image of the one before it,

i think palahniuk is pretty much the same. after reading a couple of his books you can predict how the next one is going to go. its very formulated. but invisible monsteres > choke.

[OscarMurder]

rule of the bone, dont remember who wrote it, but it was fucking good

[MapleLeaf]

Originally posted by OscarMurder
rule of the bone, dont remember who wrote it, but it was fucking good

nice avatar

[OscarMurder]

Originally posted by Banned
nice avatar


thanks

[oc_dodo]

i love to read my favorite writer is dean koontz and stphen king. i like crime books too.

[angie710]

Originally posted by oc_dodo
i love to read my favorite writer is dean koontz and stphen king. i like crime books too.


Dean Koontz is good, too...Sometimes...

[oc_dodo]

Originally posted by angie710
Dean Koontz is good, too...Sometimes...
i know after 12, 13 books they all start sounding the same. i have started to read patrica corwell i don't knowif that is how you write her name. but she is a good murder mystery writer.

[evil zach]

The Cider House Rules-John Irving
The World Acording To Garp-John Iriving
1984-George Orwell
Catcher In The Rye-JD Salenger

[rockgirl741]

i don't really read much at all anymore but when i was little i used to love books by rohald dahl. he's the guy that wrote charlie and the chocolate factory. my favorite book by him is the witches, its weird, but i like it.

[drivthru182]

cat in the hat owns!

the outsiders, to kill a mockingbird, and the oddesey

[cantnokdahustle]

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead- tom stoppard
the crying of lot 49-thomas pyncheon
american psycho- brett easton ellis
solaris- stanislaw lem

[cantnokdahustle]

Originally posted by cal1082
the Left Behind books are good.

if your a christian fundamentalist . who infact claims that they are not a jesus freak.

[blaarg]

too many to chose one, here are a few:

1984
animal farm
brave new world
the hitchikers guide to the galaxy
red dragon
silence of the lambs
and any collection of calvin and hobbes comics, if that counts

[Charlito Cafe]

Oh yeah, once my brother found this crazy book called the Gospel According to Larry. I think it had a fairly young target audience, but it was really good. The main character was a transcendentalist.

[DriveTBSthru]

woah cool.

[HIPVTENTSL]

the best book is by far playboy.....i love the articles

[MaybeOneDay]

the only books ive like ever read, or can ever remember reading, are the 5 harry potter ones. and those books fucking own. good stuff. they take the cake.

[angie710]

Thats if you enjoy that genre...Fantasy or what-not...~Meh~

[yeat182]

Phantom Tollbooth.

[BleedingMe]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Walden
Grapes of Wrath
Kurt Cobain's Journals
Catch 22
Marine Sniper
Rouge Warrior Series
Lord of the Rings (all, including the Hobbit)

[kevin]

To Kill A Mockingbird

[CupidsVictim]

Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh

[Ronin]

Originally posted by angie710
"Fine Things" Danielle Steele - Touching...

Anything by John Grisham and Stephen King...Pure brilliance...

Don't get me wrong, I've read most of John Grisham's books myself, but you can't call him a genius. His books are light creamy filler with no substance whatsoever. They're the literary equivalent of an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.

Has anyone ever finished a John Grisham book and said "wow....I'll never look at life the same way again. The way those lawyers manipulated people....wow"

My favourite book is "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton. This also is not a literary masterpiece, and is pop-science crap, but I read all of Crichton's books when I was a kid, and I absolutely fucking love them.

The best book I've ever read is ether "Underworld" by Don DeLillo or "Pilgrim" by Timothy Findey

[Ronin]

Originally posted by blaarg
and any collection of calvin and hobbes comics, if that counts

That absolutely does count.

I'll throw any "Far Side" compilation in as well.

I love intellgent comics. Did you know that Calvin and Hobbes are named after philosophers? If you didn't, you do now.

[cantnokdahustle]

Originally posted by Ronin
That absolutely does count.

I'll throw any "Far Side" compilation in as well.

I love intellgent comics. Did you know that Calvin and Hobbes are named after philosophers? If you didn't, you do now.

what i dont get is why calvin's likeness is used as the little kid who pisses on car icons(the stickers you see on the back of red neck trucks).

i fucking loved those comics and hicks piss me off.

[blaarg]

Originally posted by Ronin
That absolutely does count.

I'll throw any "Far Side" compilation in as well.

I love intellgent comics. Did you know that Calvin and Hobbes are named after philosophers? If you didn't, you do now.
actually, yes i did, thomas hobbes, and i forget who calvin was named after, but i read that in one of bill waterson's commentaries in one of the many books i own of calvin and hobbes.

[Ronin]

Originally posted by blaarg
actually, yes i did, thomas hobbes, and i forget who calvin was named after, but i read that in one of bill waterson's commentaries in one of the many books i own of calvin and hobbes.

Man, if I was as cool as you when I was 15, I'd be a king among men now.

[blaarg]

Originally posted by Ronin
Man, if I was as cool as you when I was 15, I'd be a king among men now.
nah, it's all downhill from here

[theused_FSF]

::laughes as everyone pretends they can actually read::

[blaarg]

Originally posted by theused_FSF
::laughes as everyone pretends they can actually read::
yes, i would like some tea, why thank you

[theused_FSF]

heheheh

[rocktillyoudie]

i perfer books that make you rethink the way you live and give you ideas that can be applied to your life

i suggest everyone read the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

[BuriedAlive]

im sorry i dont read many books.

[**michelleV**]

here's a book most blink fans have read "tales from beneath your mom"

[Oxbig1106]

id rather watch a movie

[Oxbig1106]

Originally posted by **michelleV**
here's a book most blink fans have read "tales from beneath your mom"
i looked at the pictures

[charly horse]

Originally posted by **michelleV**
here's a book most blink fans have read "tales from beneath your mom"


a) i have that book
b) best book ever....the lovely bones
c) i just got done reading the last harry potter book......it took me 2 and 1/2 days to read it, and i say it was pretty good

[**michelleV**]

Originally posted by charly horse
a) i have that book
b) best book ever....the lovely bones
c) i just got done reading the last harry potter book......it took me 2 and 1/2 days to read it, and i say it was pretty good I've never read any of the harry potter books.

[suckerpunch_]

still life with a woodpecker is the best book ever

[lollirot]

jthm

[simplediscourse]

The Catcher in the Rye.

Enough said.

[blaarg]

Originally posted by lollirot
jthm
hehe, yea johnny the homicidal maniac is awesome, i just got z? woah, that looks wierd when it's in a sentence... "i just got z?"

[Seanmo]

ya, jthm rocks, i have everything jhonen has put out. Right now i'm starting "the best of h.p lovecraft: bloodcurtling tales of horror and the macabre" Fun stuff there.

[punkermcghee]

Catcher in the Rye without a doubt

The only book (except Mick Foley's autobiographies!!!) I read more than once.

[AudioBoxers]

my fav book is a book called "A Game Of Spies"

Its about 2 spies during ww2, one of the greatest books I have evar read

[NicoleC]

the good earth by pearl buck

candide by voltaire (seriously a very funny book)

and an oldy but a goody:
walk two moons by sharon creech i think it is

[AudioBoxers]

another great book is called Roses are blue