Author Topic: your favorite book? (Read 14442 times)

Francis D'Anconia · « **on:** September 15, 2005, 04:31:09 PM »

Beirut to Jerusalm by Tom Friedman
and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

John_5_24 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2005, 09:53:07 PM »

Bible By God

Hard to Believe by John MacArthur

RadRides · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2005, 09:55:40 PM »

Mere Chrisitanity and Screwtape Letters

Clive Staples Lewis

Alchemist · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2005, 10:06:27 PM »

Quote from: Francis D'Anconia

Beirut to Jerusalm by Tom Friedman
and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

love monte cristo.....
don quixote by cervantes
a fine balance by rohinton mistry
the alchemist by paulo coelho

and my current read which is going on my list of favorites: the hobbit by j.r.r tolkien

RadRides · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2005, 08:36:46 PM »

Quote from: Alchemist

Quote from: Francis D'Anconia
Beirut to Jerusalm by Tom Friedman
and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

love monte cristo.....
don quixote by cervantes
a fine balance by rohinton mistry
the alchemist by paulo coelho

and my current read which is going on my list of favorites: the hobbit by j.r.r tolkien

I haven't read the alchemist since sophomore year of college, but it was a great reading. i'm still on Lord Of The Rings and I want to check out Chronicles of Narnia along with The Hobbit.

Alchemist · « **Reply #5 on:** September 16, 2005, 10:12:13 PM »

im waiting for the chronicles of narnia to be shipped .. i ordered them online a while back .... me n assyrian_dude r plannin on readin all the books .. lol they're kinda long so we need some motivation .. so since we're both part of the bookclub, i thought it'd be fun to add that to our reading list ...

we're reading "the hobbit" right now, soon "the chronicles of narnia" .. and the "lord of the rings" trilogy ... n im gonna try to convince him to read "harry potter" .... good books, but ppl get turned off by them cuz they think they're childrens books...

i jus wanna read the chronicles of narnia again before the new movie comes out ... i read them in gr.3, but dont remember anything except the "turkish delight" obsession

shoemaker · « **Reply #6 on:** September 16, 2005, 10:58:47 PM »

i tried reading the lord of the rings and i just couldnt get through it.

RadRides · « **Reply #7 on:** September 17, 2005, 06:15:38 AM »

Quote from: shoemaker

i tried reading the lord of the rings and i just couldnt get through it.

the book is full of names, languages, and immense imagery. i love that in a book, sorta of why im attatched to it. i read it too because jrr tolkien and cs lewis were best of chaps back in good ol england.

SillySally · « **Reply #8 on:** September 21, 2005, 06:01:54 AM »

Quote from: Alchemist

im waiting for the chronicles of narnia to be shipped .. i ordered them online a while back .... me n assyrian_dude r plannin on readin all the books .. lol they're kinda long so we need some motivation .. so since we're both part of the bookclub, i thought it'd be fun to add that to our reading list ...

we're reading "the hobbit" right now, soon "the chronicles of narnia" .. and the "lord of the rings" trilogy ... n im gonna try to convince him to read "harry potter" .... good books, but ppl get turned off by them cuz they think they're childrens books...

i jus wanna read the chronicles of narnia again before the new movie comes out ... i read them in gr.3, but dont remember anything except the "turkish delight" obsession

Can you read the books to me Alche?

That can be a kind of serenade. Or, if you'd prefer you can read me my all time favourite book, 'Where's Waldo?' How about it eh? ;-)

Crocodile Bani · « **Reply #9 on:** September 21, 2005, 06:08:39 AM »

Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters" by Johnny Warren.

BuNzZz · « **Reply #10 on:** September 23, 2005, 11:50:06 PM »

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

Senan · « **Reply #11 on:** September 24, 2005, 01:21:47 AM »

Death of Salesman by Arthur Miller

The Outsiders By S.E Hinton

Catcher in the rye by J.D Salinger

and

Hamlet By William Shakespear

SlitUrAnkles · « **Reply #12 on:** September 24, 2005, 02:19:34 AM »

camille by alexander dumas akhhhhhhhh so beautiful

A2reta4Eternity · « **Reply #13 on:** October 13, 2005, 01:46:39 PM »

"sentenced to death by stoning" Safiya Hussaini
"Desert flower" Waris Dirie
"Desert Dawn" Waris Dirie
"Robinson Crusoe" Daniel Defoe (I learned not to judge the book by it's cover, when my teacher insisted on reading this book I wanted to "shot" her, but actually after reading a few pages, I was facinated)

John_5_24 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 13, 2005, 10:25:44 PM »

Quote from: BuNzZz

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

One of the worst books I've ever read.

MXJSPH · « **Reply #15 on:** October 14, 2005, 12:21:52 PM »

Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche (Basically anything by Nietzsche or Shopenhauer)

Dragonlance Chronicles - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (The best fantasy I've ever read, which is saying something)

The Soulforge - Margaret Weis

I Have a good few anyways. Nice topic.

Angel2 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 22, 2005, 06:57:53 PM »

The Gospels Interwoven by Kermiy Zarley

It's basically a chronological narrative of the life of Jesus interweaving details from the four Gospels.....

It lets you see Jesus in a different light..................As a kind, caring, forgiving, loving and not as a "police authority."

Throughout my life I was taught that do wrong and get severely punished and to be scared.................BUT Jesus is much more than this...........God wants us to have a relationship with him and Assy. churches prevent U from doing that because they mold God into something harsh and un-relatable...........

After all we are made in the image of God

chaldean86 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 23, 2005, 01:31:48 AM »

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton.. lol.. i dun care best book evr

Hebrew · « **Reply #18 on:** November 01, 2005, 07:28:14 PM »

Quote from: Francis D'Anconia

Beirut to Jerusalm by Tom Friedman
and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

I just finished Friedman's book. Some biased but interesting info there but I think Friedman himself is just a self -promoting pompous journalist.

Francis D'Anconia · « **Reply #19 on:** November 01, 2005, 09:55:43 PM »

Quote from: Hebrew

Quote from: Francis D'Anconia
Beirut to Jerusalm by Tom Friedman
and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

I just finished Friedman's book. Some biased but interesting info there but I think Friedman himself is just a self -promoting pompous journalist.

He writes books! Of course he's self-promoting. That's like saying, 'that car salesman tries to sell cars just to make money'...no kidding!

But what makes you say he's pompous? I've only read beirut to jerusalem, and his articles.

Phiruel · « **Reply #20 on:** November 02, 2005, 12:08:45 PM »

Sophie's world by Jostein Gaarder

Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic by Andrew George

Hebrew · « **Reply #21 on:** November 03, 2005, 07:34:26 PM »

Quote from: Francis D'Anconia

Quote from: Hebrew
Quote from: Francis D'Anconia
Beirut to Jerusalm by Tom Friedman
and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

I just finished Friedman's book. Some biased but interesting info there but I think Friedman himself is just a self -promoting pompous journalist.

He writes books! Of course he's self-promoting. That's like saying, 'that car salesman tries to sell cars just to make money'...no kidding!

But what makes you say he's pompous? I've only read beirut to jerusalem, and his articles.

I just don't like the dude , he's arrogant.

shoemaker · « **Reply #22 on:** November 04, 2005, 10:54:31 AM »

the sword of shannara sereies by terry brooks!

gone through 10 of the 14 so far.

BroonitBeita · « **Reply #23 on:** December 10, 2005, 08:32:12 AM »

Bible, first and foremost (not fair though, this is a book written by God)

books by men.
"the assyrian" by nicholas guild (a must read, fiction, it takes you there, you can almost hear, see and smell Assyria)

"twelve ordinary men" john macarthur

"evidence that demands a verdict" josh mcdowell (AWESOME)

John_5_24 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 10, 2005, 02:41:29 PM »

Quote from: BroonitBeita

Bible, first and foremost (not fair though, this is a book written by God)

books by men.
"the assyrian" by nicholas guild (a must read, fiction, it takes you there, you can almost hear, see and smell Assyria)

"twelve ordinary men" john macarthur

"evidence that demands a verdict" josh mcdowell (AWESOME)

I read Josh McDowell's book "God Wrote a Book". It was a great read. Short little book that gave some great information on the validity of Scripture for both young Christians, and those who may be more mature in the faith.

And as far as MacArthur, if you haven't read "Hard to Believe", you need to get that ASAP. It was awesome.

babylonx · « **Reply #25 on:** December 11, 2005, 02:34:41 AM »

I would have to say the bible! I haven't completely read the whole bible yet, but i read everything so far up to the Acts of the apostles! Im slowly reading the rest. The parts that interested me the most where:
-the old Genesis stories(Noah, Abraham, etc.) because its interesting to hear about life so long ago
-all the parts about the Assyrians/Babylonians!
-and the gospels because when I was reading some parts of the gospels, its like every problem or issue i was facing in my life Jesus would mention it as if he was talking directly to me!

Besides the bible, I think Shakespeare's Macbeth was really good!

Blue · « **Reply #26 on:** December 11, 2005, 05:06:28 PM »

Angela's Ashes...By Frank McCourt....

One of my favorite books...awesome...

Blue · « **Reply #27 on:** December 11, 2005, 05:09:04 PM »

Also...The Davinci Code...by Dan Brown...

Even though I don't believe in its idealism. It is a rather well written book ...

Atour · « **Reply #28 on:** December 12, 2005, 12:01:27 AM »

way too many to mention:
1) Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
2) Stanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3) David Copperfield by Charles ****ens
4) On Wealth and Poverty by St. John Chrysostom (Translated by Catharine P. Roth)
5) every single book written by Noam Chomsky.
... and oh so many more!!

RadRides · « **Reply #29 on:** December 12, 2005, 04:22:51 AM »

Quote from: Atour

way too many to mention:
1) Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
2) Stanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3) David Copperfield by Charles ****ens
4) On Wealth and Poverty by St. John Chrysostom (Translated by Catharine P. Roth)
5) every single book written by Noam Chomsky.
... and oh so many more!!

I have to check that one out. "Golden Mouth's" entire existence was aiding the poor. A true man of God.

Atour · « **Reply #30 on:** December 13, 2005, 12:49:39 PM »

Quote from: RadRides

Quote from: Atour
way too many to mention:
1) Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
2) Stanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3) David Copperfield by Charles ****ens
4) On Wealth and Poverty by St. John Chrysostom (Translated by Catharine P. Roth)
5) every single book written by Noam Chomsky.
... and oh so many more!!

I have to check that one out. "Golden Mouth's" entire existence was aiding the poor. A true man of God.

It's an amazing book... highly recommended.

Phiruel · « **Reply #31 on:** December 17, 2005, 07:21:23 PM »

tour

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way too many to mention:
1) Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
2) Stanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3) David Copperfield by Charles ****ens
4) On Wealth and Poverty by St. John Chrysostom (Translated by Catharine P. Roth)
5) every single book written by Noam Chomsky. ... and oh so many more!!

Noam Chomsky is great.

asH · « **Reply #32 on:** December 17, 2005, 08:30:38 PM »

lord of the rings.. oh oh and the hobbit hehehe

Francis D'Anconia · « **Reply #33 on:** December 17, 2005, 08:38:15 PM »

Quote from: eanna

tour

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way too many to mention:
1) Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
2) Stanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3) David Copperfield by Charles ****ens
4) On Wealth and Poverty by St. John Chrysostom (Translated by Catharine P. Roth)
5) every single book written by Noam Chomsky. ... and oh so many more!!

Noam Chomsky is great.

He's great if you live in a vacuum and consider realpolitik a nothing but a joke of the cold war, and absolutely obsolete and outdated. He's horrible, as a political spokesperson, if yo want to call him that, if you take into consideration human nature's desire to win and succeed, or history of war and empire.

Here's a good one: why is noam, an 'enlightened' professor of speech communication at MIT so well known in the leftist political realm?

To me he's nothing more than an intelligent Micheal Moron, with a snazzy Ph.D in whatever speech communication is or teaches, that makes a ton of money preaching to peaceniks and hippies because they dont bother to 'teach themselves' aobut the realities of globalization, political islam, and whatever else...oh yeah the 'American Empire'. So you get this guy that knows how to articulate himself clearly and succintly, and he mindscrews all the naive youngens and leaves in his wake a plethora of ignoramous hippies and peaceniks with no grip on reality.

I dont mean to sound harsh, but I will never speak highly of a man who condones and even supported Pol Pot and the Khemer Rouge. Did you know that?

Francis D'Anconia · « **Reply #34 on:** December 17, 2005, 08:39:18 PM »

Quote from: asH

lord of the rings.. oh oh and the hobbit hehehe

Your avatar umm ...raised my attention

Atour · « **Reply #35 on:** December 18, 2005, 09:39:42 AM »

Quote from: Francis D'Anconia

Quote from: eanna
tour

Quote
way too many to mention:
1) Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
2) Stanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3) David Copperfield by Charles ****ens
4) On Wealth and Poverty by St. John Chrysostom (Translated by Catharine P. Roth)
5) every single book written by Noam Chomsky. ... and oh so many more!!

Noam Chomsky is great.

He's great if you live in a vacuum and consider realpolitik a nothing but a joke of the cold war, and absolutely obsolete and outdated. He's horrible, as a political spokesperson, if yo want to call him that, if you take into consideration human nature's desire to win and succeed, or history of war and empire.

Here's a good one: why is noam, an 'enlightened' professor of speech communication at MIT so well known in the leftist political realm?

To me he's nothing more than an intelligent Micheal Moron, with a snazzy Ph.D in whatever speech communication is or teaches, that makes a ton of money preaching to peaceniks and hippies because they dont bother to 'teach themselves' aobut the realities of globalization, political islam, and whatever else...oh yeah the 'American Empire'. So you get this guy that knows how to articulate himself clearly and succintly, and he mindscrews all the naive youngens and leaves in his wake a plethora of ignoramous hippies and peaceniks with no grip on reality.

I dont mean to sound harsh, but I will never speak highly of a man who condones and even supported Pol Pot and the Khemer Rouge. Did you know that?

We can all agree to disagree.

Francis D'Anconia · « **Reply #36 on:** December 18, 2005, 06:10:42 PM »

What about him do you like?

Nuray · « **Reply #37 on:** December 21, 2005, 02:10:43 AM »

Some of my favorite books are The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, Robinson Crusoe and Ain't No Makin' It.

Ginger Snap · « **Reply #38 on:** December 22, 2005, 12:22:26 AM »

i would have to say "the catcher in the rye", all harry potters

, "summer sister's", "the bluest eye"

Books i have to read: "fall on your knees", "five people you want to meet in haven", i cant think of any more right now but i have more

Hookah · « **Reply #39 on:** December 22, 2005, 12:35:36 AM »

The Power of One (no its not a self-help book)

vanity_fair · « **Reply #40 on:** December 22, 2005, 12:46:44 AM »

pride and prejudice owns you all!! and of course, vanity fair

junky, the eyre affair, lamb: the gospel according to biff, mila 18, catch 22 just for the Assyrian factor

gah, too many others.

assyrian_dude · « **Reply #41 on:** December 22, 2005, 01:45:52 AM »

i cant really pick one book to be my fav. since i read a lot of interesting books in the last year thanks to one man, most of the books joe(Alchemist) recommended were absolutely amazing

right now im almost done with The Da Vinci Code, i started two days ago and i have about 100 pages left....this book is worse then cocaine i swear lol you get into it so much its not even funny

i've never done this with other books before

like i stay up till 6 am reading it till i cant keep my eyes open anymore

anywho, last week i finally finished the hobbit (loved it) and today i bout the chronicles of narnia book set and hopefully i'll finish those before february. so t so i can go see the movie. i've been told that they are really good, so hopefully i'll enjoy them. but before i jump into these books, im really pushing myself to read angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Whatever · « **Reply #42 on:** December 22, 2005, 04:32:19 PM »

1984 - George Orwell is my favourite but there are many that run it close

vanity_fair · « **Reply #43 on:** December 22, 2005, 10:58:29 PM »

a wrinkle in time. oh, so good.

Hebrew · « **Reply #44 on:** March 26, 2006, 07:05:34 AM »

Quote from: Blue on December 11, 2005, 05:06:28 PM

Angela's Ashes...By Frank McCourt....

One of my favorite books...awesome...

all of frank and his brother malachy mccourt's boks are great.

~*Merooona*~ · « **Reply #45 on:** March 26, 2006, 01:05:14 PM »

lol way too many to name but..

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis... i love all seven books
The Giver by Lois Lowry
So long a Letter by Mariama Ba

Lately.. I want to read all 56 Sherlock Holmes adventures by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Free_Assyria · « **Reply #46 on:** March 27, 2006, 05:41:37 PM »

toa of jeet kune do - by bruce lee

baklawa · « **Reply #47 on:** March 27, 2006, 06:13:40 PM »

Fiction: The Map of Love, by Ahdaf Soueif

Non-fiction: This Side of Peace, by Hanan Ashrawi; Not Even My Name, by Thea Halo, and any book by Al Franken

Alchemist · « **Reply #48 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:31:49 AM »

Quote from: ~*Merooona*~ on March 26, 2006, 01:05:14 PM

lol way too many to name but..

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis... i love all seven books
The Giver by Lois Lowry
So long a Letter by Mariama Ba

Lately.. I want to read all 56 Sherlock Holmes adventures by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

wow .. i read that in gr6? maybe.. im not sure if it was gr5 and gr6 .. and just seeing the title brings back memories.. i forgot all about that book...... ooh and the outsiders as well...

i just saw this thread again.... and i've read a few books since i posted my favorites... n i still stand by what i wrote... a few books come close but not close enough to be on the same level...

'a fine balance' is still the best book i've read.

and for 'whatever', 1984 is a great book... i recently read 'animal farm' .. and i read part of 1984, but had to put it down to finish off a few other books.. i'll put up my review as soon as im done...

ASHOOR · « **Reply #49 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:51:32 AM »

Guys I skipped over, but I wonder if anyone has read these two books: "Freakonomics" and "The World is Flat"

These two books are taking over the charts.

If anyone has read them, tell us about it please. Is it worth buying? I read a few reviews about them.

ASHOOR

GodismyJudge · « **Reply #50 on:** March 30, 2006, 04:38:29 AM »

LOTR is awesome althoug the 3rd part as a little bit boring in the end.

Carol Edgarian - Rise of the Euphrates
Dan Brown - Da Vinci Cod and the Juvenalis Dilemma
Tonke Dragt - Brief voor de konging en Geheimen van het Wilde Woud
Sue Townsend - Adriaan Mole and all of his diaries :D.
Mike Gayle - Turning thirty
Mike Gayle - My legendary girlfriend

Tooooo much too name

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