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Topic: Book - Favourite books, favourite genre, current book?
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Fri 08/23/13 02:07 AM
Ok, mine are:

Current:

'11:22:63' By Stephen King. First King book ive read in a long time. Its about a guy that goes back in time to 1958 to try and stop the Kennedy assasination. Actualy realy enjoying it and cant put it down!

Genre:

Sorry, but I need to be greedy here and take two - Fantasy first of all. Anyone ever heard of David Gemmell? If you think Tolkien was the king of fantasy, think again! The other is warfare, or specificaly the history of war. Just finished reading Eugene Sledge's With The Old Breed, superb account of war in the Pacific.

Favourite books:

The Swords Of Night and Day, by David Gemmell
Helmet For My Pillow, Robert Leckie

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Fri 08/23/13 06:02 AM
11/22/63 is fantastic.


Current:

Once Upon A Halloween - Richard Laymon. Horror, set on Halloween. Satanic cult, and ghosts. Like all the Laymon books I've read, they're fun fast reads.


Genre:

Don't really have a favorite genre, I like scifi, horror, fantasy, mystery, thriller. I like King, John Irving, Richard Laymon, Robert McCammon, Larry McMurtry


Favorite:

Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Steel Beach - John Varley
The Hotel New Hampshire - John Irving
The Drawing Of The Three - Stephen King
Lord Of The Rings - Tolkien

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Fri 08/23/13 06:14 AM

11/22/63 is fantastic.


Current:

Once Upon A Halloween - Richard Laymon. Horror, set on Halloween. Satanic cult, and ghosts. Like all the Laymon books I've read, they're fun fast reads.


Genre:

Don't really have a favorite genre, I like scifi, horror, fantasy, mystery, thriller. I like King, John Irving, Richard Laymon, Robert McCammon, Larry McMurtry


Favorite:

Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Steel Beach - John Varley
The Hotel New Hampshire - John Irving
The Drawing Of The Three - Stephen King
Lord Of The Rings - Tolkien


Thanks, ill need to look them up!

I have just finished 11/22/63 - superb book. Bit of a sad ending but i suspected thats what would happen.

Honestly, if you like Lord Of The Rings, you should order some David Gemmill books. There are whole ranges, but they are superb reads. Anyone ive ever told them about ends up buying all his work!

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Fri 09/06/13 07:25 AM
OK, fantasy fans. Has anyone ever read anything by Steven Brust? I love his Vlad series (top-selling over the last 30 years), but I love his non-series books even more. And there's a new one coming out this month called "The Incrementalists." I got a sneak peak and reading, and it's great! There's a preview excerpt posted on www.tor.com.

Favorite genre: obviously Fantasy, but also some mysteries, historical romance, nonfiction sometimes.

Most recent favorite read: Davita's Harp, by Chaim Potok.

If you like history and fantasy, have you read any of Harry Turtledove's alternate histories? I like the civil war ones the best, but maybe that's because I know more about the civil war than the others.


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Thu 10/10/13 01:48 AM
Ah love all genre

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Fri 10/11/13 07:25 AM
I love paranormal fantasy YA books. My favorite books are JR Ward BDB Series so far. And my current all time favorite is The Selection by Kiera Class.

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Thu 12/12/13 01:42 PM
I am a big reader I really enjoy reading Simon Scarrows books about 2 roman officers that survive through a lot together from fighting on the rhine against Germanic tribes, conspiracy's to assassinate the emperor, battling barbarians in Britannia and a lot more.

Great read if your into that sort of thing

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Sat 12/14/13 10:19 AM
hi everyone i'v just been reading the thursday next series by jasper fforde really enjoyed the erye affair has anyone else read any of these ?

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Sun 12/15/13 07:15 AM

I love paranormal fantasy YA books. My favorite books are JR Ward BDB Sneries so far. And my current all time favorite is The Selection by Kiera Class.

Hey buddy!! Have you tried JRWard's
Fallen angels series? It's awesome!! Also look into Sherilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series along with her YA series The Chronicles of Nick!

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Sun 12/15/13 07:18 AM
Currently reading Lexi Blake series "Masters and Mercenaries"

Fave genre: Paranormal Romance

Fave books:
Masters of the Shadowland series by Cherise Sinclair

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Wed 12/18/13 08:16 AM
One of my favorite books are Danielle Steel-Full circle, this book called the Shack..
Gabrielle Zevin-Elsewhere (really good) and this booked called Burned. Forget the authors name.. Lol

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Sun 01/19/14 04:35 PM
I like,,,,
L Ron Hubbard - Mission Earth decology and Battlefield Earth.

Anything by Pieres Anthony, Greg Bear, Isaac Azimov and Anne Macaffery

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Sun 01/19/14 05:10 PM
Some of my favorite books: Vampire Chronicles, Lasher, Bram Stokers Dracula, Taltos, The Witching Hour, Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, Bloody Bones, The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings, Blue Moon, Obsidian Butterfly, Narcissus in Chains, Cerulean Sins, Incubus Dreams, Micah, Danse Macabre, The Harlequin, Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, Eternal Love, Prince of Twilight, Eternity, Voices of Blood, Fantasy Lover, Night Pleasures, Night Embrace, Dance with the Devil, Kiss of the Night, Night Play, Seize the Night, Animal Farm, George Orwells 1984, The Satanic Bible devil

Some of my favorite Authors are: H. P. Lovecraft, Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, Anne Rice, J. K. Rowling, Edgar Allen Poe, J. R. Ward, Lara Adrian, Kerrelyn Sparks, Lynsay Sands, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Maggie Shayne..:heart: .


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Sun 01/19/14 09:27 PM
Edited by joefinsternis on Sun 01/19/14 09:28 PM
My favorite novel is John Dies at the End by David Wong. It's the only book I've ever read that was equally as scary as it was funny. The horror made the humor that much more hilarious, and the humor made the horror that much more terrifying. There was recently a movie adaptation, but I don't recommend it. They tried making it all comedy and it just fell flat.

My favorite genre is horror. Behind JDATE, some other favorites would be The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell, The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft, and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I've always been interested in dark material.

And lastly, I'm currently reading Next by Michael Crichton. There are a few too many characters, but it's an entertaining read. I'm 178 pages in so far.

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Fri 02/07/14 04:13 PM
Favorite books: Walden by Thoreau/ the stranger by Camus/ Swanns way by Proust

Favorite genre: I don't know:sweat_smile: I tend to read classics

I'm currently reading Nietzsches gay science/ Ovids metamorphis/ and within a budding grove by Proust

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Thu 02/13/14 05:19 PM
I write them more than I read them. And all of my story's always end up with the guy and the girl sleeping together. A bad habit. I gotta stop that. laugh

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Thu 02/27/14 05:11 PM
I'm currently keeping several stories alive in my head because I like to read a lot of books at the same time. I'm almost done with the Eragon series,I'm in the middle of the Triskellion series, the Dragon King saga, the 21 balloons, the Chrestomancy series, the Redwall series, and maybe a few more I can't remember. I like fantasy and sci-fantasy.

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Fri 02/28/14 04:35 PM
Ok not a big reader but here it is

Dont really have a current book
North Sunderland Railway. by Oak Wood Press. Charting the history of the NSR from Chathill to Seahouse. reading up on the railway & also researching for my model railway

Dont have a favorite genre but tend to read a mix of books. so far read. Dam Busters. Mayday Mayday. For those in peril. (A trully great read retelling some unbeliveable rescues by the RNLI) . DRS the early years

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Fri 02/28/14 07:24 PM


The Hotel New Hampshire - John Irving
The Drawing Of The Three - Stephen King
Lord Of The Rings - Tolkien


Irving fan here as well. THNH is good, though I prefer World According to Garp. Cider House Rules as well. No real favourite genre, but sci-fi, fantasy are likes. Also enjoy carefully crafted storyies, Tom Clancy's in particular.

An obscure book, called Frozen Star, about the early days of radio astronomy and the search for black holes, is still a favourite of mine.

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Sat 03/01/14 03:06 AM
Anything by Noamh Chomsky. How society really works, he'll blow your mind!!

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