My Best Book ...and WHY -
By zakiduckie •
Folks,
To all the bookworms and bibilophiles out there - Here is a question:
Which is your best book you've ever read....and why do you classify it so.
You can list more than one book.
Give us a brief description of the book, the author, the subject and why you would reccomend it to others.
We are NOT discussing holy books - so please dont mention the Bible, the Quran or the Gita.
My all-time favourites are:
1. Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome
2. The Conquest of Happinness - Bertrand Russell
3. Swami & Friends - R.K. Narayan
The common thread with all the 3 books is that they are spontaneous.
What's your take?
What is your favourite book....and why ?
Let us know
:-)
zaki
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The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
Actually, I hated the book when I first read it. I was 16 and it was for
school. It was about a guy sitting on a boat telling the story of another who powered a boat up the Congo and back again.
Age and re-reading has made me appreciate it more. It delves into the limits (or limitlessness) of civility and has some of the best use of the English language that I've ever seen.
Hi,
My all-time favourite is 'the old man and the sea'. It shows how someone overcomes his physical weaknesses to tackle difficulties facing him. The book is written in a very human way that the old man does have monents of hesitation, loneliness and confusion, but he has his own ways to boost himself up.
Have 4 other all-time favourites, but better hide them as they are fairly academic and 'dry' ...
Think2
Difficult to pick 'top' three.
#1 because it changed my life
#2 because it's a joy to enter the world of Magic Realism
&
#3 because it makes your head spin in a very hallucinogenic way and you become part of the book, part of the story.
In no particular order (except in the order that I read them)
#1 The Plague - Albert Camus
#2 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
#3 Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
I really enjoyed Testament of Youth by Vera Britton. My father gave me a first edition to me as a gift when I started high school and I really loved it. Although it is seet during WWI, it is timeless.
I also really love A Beekeapers Apprentice by Laurie King. It is a mystery that revives the character of Sherlock Holmes and is so well written and fascinating. I really like the whole series.
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Yes shameful indeed especially feel for the kid who got abused. Screening with the producer, now that's cool. Wow !!!! Enjoy.
PM, if it is the same 'Kite Runner', where the story has a backdrop of Afganisthan you will be amazed that the movie has been recently made about it and the cast (child actors) are hiding in U.A.E. because of Taliban threat.
Folks,
What about these ones:
1. Godfather, Mario Puzo (FICTION)?
2. The Importance of Being Ernest, Oscar Wilde (PLAY) ?
3. Tales of the Unexpected, Roald Dahl (SHORT STORIES) ?
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster (Travelogue) ?
What do you think about these books ?
Is everyone sleeping ?
Helloooooooooo .................!!!!!!!!!!
:-)
z
Is autobiography of Steven Gearrad (My Story), real cool, he has written evrything abt himself honestly, NO fairy tales lol
U can buy it frm here if u fancy
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gerrard-My-Autobiography-Steven/dp/059305475X
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Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell...
REason....can't explain it, but it was much better than the movie and I adored the movie! such a shame she died before writing a sequel. What a waste of life and talent...
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
I'm not going to say it was my favourite book ever, but the last book I read that I thought was really good was LOSING MY VIRGINITY, by Richard Branson.
I liked it because it is a very pleasant reading and because he makes you feel like you too can do anything as long as you apply you mind to it.