What's a book that you could read OVER and OVER and OVER again?

Mine...would haveta be my Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban book.

That is one of my most prized possessions actually. I mean, I LOVE the book, it's the best one outta the 5...and EVERYTIME I read it, I love it more and more...but it's one of my prized possessions b/c 1.) My dad gave it to me in 4-5th grade as a gift one night. I remember it perfectly...I just got it out of the library...and the hold lists were ridiculously long...and NEwayz...I came home and I'm like, "I GOT THE THIRD HARRY POTTER BOOK!" and my dad says, "I just bought that for you today!" He had bought Jane (from Tarzan) Barbie dolls for my sisters...and that for me, and he wrote a message in it, and he was gonna put it on my pillow. 2.) My Ewan McGregor autograph is the bookmark...hehehe...I really hope that autograph is authentic.


So does NE1 else have NE books they are obsessed with or am I just a freak of nature?

Nine Princes in Amber
by Roger Zelazny

I would be embarassed to admit how many times I've read it over the years. It's the first book in a ten volume series about alternate universes. It was kind of a life changing experience.

I love the book "Daddy Long Legs" by Jean Webster (great niece of Mark Twain). An obscure book from 1912 that I just love. I've read it like 20 times and own 5 copies of it :crazy:

Also love:

"Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen

"Rebecca: by Daphne DuMaurier

"Alice Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll

Helter Skelter. Ive read it a number of times.

i've got a few
I LOVE Practical magic by Alice Hoffman its MUCH better then the movie and goes into more Detail
and currently I'm HOOKED on the CSI books (even if theres WAY TO MUCH Grissom/Saraness in there ITS SUPPOSED TO BE Nick AND SARA DANG IT okay i'm fine now REALLY) Anyways the books are great if you love the show I suggest reading the books as well

I liked 'Through the Looking Glass' as well, but 'Adventures in Wonderland' was nowhere near as good.

Ellen's first book is great (her second is out next month) and when I was about 7 or 8 I read RL Stines Fear Street Series, I read the 'Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave' about 8 times, and I read the 'Night of the Living Dummy' series about 4 times (even when a new 'Night of the Living Dummy' comes out I still but them, just to see where the story goes).

Originally posted by Liza

"Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen


and
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Summer of My German Soldier and Morning is a Long Time Coming by Bette Greene
Time Enough for Drums and The Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi
Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan

Also, plays...
A Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It and Othello by Wm Shakespeare
The Glass Menagerie, Summer and Smoke, and Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Geez way too many....

all of Gregory McDonald's Fletch series
James Bond (I think i have 43?44? of them now)
anything by Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, William Gibson, Stephen King, oooh Sparkle Hayter!!! Isaac Asimov.....

The Diary of Anne Frank, Angela's Ashes, and the Harry Potter series

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

I love that book ^^

To Kill a Mockingbird.

Originally posted by Mijada
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Same here. I love that book!

I guess mine would have to be any of the Harry Potter books. Oh, and I loved To Kill a Mockingbird, also! :D

Originally posted by Mijada
To Kill a Mockingbird.
I loved that book too.

Originally posted by Titania

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene


I loved that book, I read it in school...but omg...it made me cry so hard.

Originally posted by Titania
and
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan

Also, plays...
A Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It and Othello by Wm Shakespeare
The Glass Menagerie and Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

I agree with all of those :) I love Portrait of Jennie!

She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb

The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough

Cane River, by Lalita Tademy

And all of Stephan King's earlier books.

Originally posted by little insomniac
And all of Stephan King's earlier books.
His earlier works are amazing. The only later works of his that come to mind as really great are "The Green Mile" and "The Girl who loved Tom Gordon."

Originally posted by BrandonS
His earlier works are amazing. The only later works of his that come to mind as really great are "The Green Mile" and "The Girl who loved Tom Gordon."

I've never read The Girl who loved Tom Gordon, but I've seen it at the book store several times. Just never bothered to pick it up. Guess I will now!

I've read Night Shift so many times, I've lost count.

Summer Sisters
She's Come Undone
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn


I have so many favorite books that I want to read over and over again, but I'm so busy and I have all these other books I want to read. I've been meaning to read the Patricia Cornwell books ever since Karli became obsessed with the them and talked about them non-stop, but have yet to. lol...

Originally posted by little insomniac
I've never read The Girl who loved Tom Gordon, but I've seen it at the book store several times. Just never bothered to pick it up. Guess I will now!

I've read Night Shift so many times, I've lost count. The Girl who loved Tom Gordon is great - but it is different from a lot of his books, plus its short enough to read in an afternoon

Originally posted by Miss Karly
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

I love that book ^^

Originally posted by ~LadyJess~
Angela's Ashes

Those are the best two books ever. I loved them.

Originally posted by little insomniac
I've read Night Shift so many times, I've lost count.
I've read it a few times. The title story was pretty scary.

Originally posted by BrandonS
I've read it a few times. The title story was pretty scary.

The Boogeyman, The Lawnmower Man, I Know What You Need, and The Man Who Loved Flowers are my favorite stories.

Originally posted by little insomniac
The Boogeyman, The Lawnmower Man, I Know What You Need, and The Man Who Loved Flowers are my favorite stories.
Did you like, "Different Seasons?" I liked all four of the stories.

Originally posted by robyrob
The Girl who loved Tom Gordon is great - but it is different from a lot of his books, plus its short enough to read in an afternoon

That's what a friend of mine said. I'm willing to read just about anything the man writes, so I'm going to pick that one up.

Originally posted by BrandonS
Did you like, "Different Seasons?" I liked all four of the stories.

Yeah, I thought it was really good.

anything by Douglas Adams - but especially "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"

Catcher in the Rye.

I seriously love that book so much.

To Kill A Mockinbird

To Kill a Mockingbird
Catcher in the Rye
The Shining
Dolores Claiborne
Firestarter

Originally posted by Faith
To Kill a Mockingbird
Catcher in the Rye
The Shining
Dolores Claiborne
Firestarter
"Firestarter" was a totally awesome book. The movie made from it was good, but the book was outstanding.

My fave book is Salem's Lot by Stephen King. I just recently started reading again. Actually, Icouldn't find any books I liked b/c I hate books about mushy crap and those kind of books with Fabio on the cover. I'd rather read something that tells a good story.

Originally posted by Blair85
My fave book is Salem's Lot by Stephen King. I just recently started reading again. Actually, Icouldn't find any books I liked b/c I hate books about mushy crap and those kind of books with Fabio on the cover. I'd rather read something that tells a good story.

I just got that. My mom suggested for me to read The Shining...b/c I wanted a good book and she also said to read Karrie...Carrie...however it's spelled. And I was looking at them and I saw Salem's Lot and I thought that looked good too...and then I found a 3 in 1 book of The Shing, Karrie, and Salem's Lot.

Well I used to read that Goosebumps book called "Deep Trouble" over and over again. I loved that book.

Originally posted by Ewan's My Man
I just got that. My mom suggested for me to read The Shining...b/c I wanted a good book and she also said to read Karrie...Carrie...however it's spelled. And I was looking at them and I saw Salem's Lot and I thought that looked good too...and then I found a 3 in 1 book of The Shing, Karrie, and Salem's Lot.

I haven't read The Shining yet. I really liked Salem's Lot, it was pretty creepy. I thought it was very well-written too. Not too long ago, I read Carrie and it was really good too. I just finished reading The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (one of my faves) and now I'm reading "It".

1Deep Trouble-R.L Stine (this was the only book I owned at the time);-)
2. The Catuluna Chronicles: The Dark Secret-R. L. Stine
3.Heartthrob- Betty Jo Schuler(Funny romantic story about a girl who falls for a movie star who is incognito.)
4. First Love- Debra Spector( Sweet, romantic story about first love.)
5. The Cheerleader- Caroline Cooney(Great book about a Vampire and the quest for a girl to become a popular cheerleader).

Wrong Number 2- R.L. Stine
99 Fear Street: The Second Horror- R.L Stine
How I Got My Shrunken Head- R.L. Stine

Originally posted by Blair85
My fave book is Salem's Lot by Stephen King. I just recently started reading again. Actually, Icouldn't find any books I liked b/c I hate books about mushy crap and those kind of books with Fabio on the cover. I'd rather read something that tells a good story.

Salem's Lot is a great book. That sucker still scares me if I pick it up late at night.

Originally posted by little insomniac
The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough

I got that book for my mom's birthday last year. Although I've never read it, the miniseries was AWESOME. No, no..."awesome" doesn't do it JUSTICE! I loved it so much, so I can only imagine what the book is like!

My favorite book is "The Giver". I don't know how popular it is, but it's absolutely phenomenal! If you're looking for a real deep and passionate read...go for this one!

I also like "Holes" a lot. Did any of you read that one?

Later. :wave:

david&maddie4ever

Originally posted by david&maddie4ever



I also like "Holes" a lot. Did any of you read that one?



I love that book

Originally posted by david&maddie4ever
I got that book for my mom's birthday last year. Although I've never read it, the miniseries was AWESOME. No, no..."awesome" doesn't do it JUSTICE! I loved it so much, so I can only imagine what the book is like!

My favorite book is "The Giver". I don't know how popular it is, but it's absolutely phenomenal! If you're looking for a real deep and passionate read...go for this one!

I also like "Holes" a lot. Did any of you read that one?

Later. :wave:

david&maddie4ever

I don't believe I've ever read Holes or The Giver, but they both sound really good. Now, as for The Thorn Birds? That's one of the best books I've ever had the pleasure to read. The mini-series is my favorite, and I agree with you there. If you thought that was good, I'd recommend the book. You won't want to put it down. :)

Originally posted by Ewan's My Man
What's a book that you could read OVER and OVER and OVER again?

Mine...would haveta be my Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban book.

That is one of my most prized possessions actually. I mean, I LOVE the book, it's the best one outta the 5...and EVERYTIME I read it, I love it more and more...but it's one of my prized possessions b/c 1.) My dad gave it to me in 4-5th grade as a gift one night. I remember it perfectly...I just got it out of the library...and the hold lists were ridiculously long...and NEwayz...I came home and I'm like, "I GOT THE THIRD HARRY POTTER BOOK!" and my dad says, "I just bought that for you today!" He had bought Jane (from Tarzan) Barbie dolls for my sisters...and that for me, and he wrote a message in it, and he was gonna put it on my pillow. 2.) My Ewan McGregor autograph is the bookmark...hehehe...I really hope that autograph is authentic.


So does NE1 else have NE books they are obsessed with or am I just a freak of nature?

I'd have to say my favorite book of all time is Gone With the Wind. Of newer ones, I would say that my favorite that is more recent is "Underneath it All" by Traci Lords. It really was interesting to hear about her career in the porn industry and I really feel sorry for her.

Originally posted by Ewan's My Man
I love that book

Yeah...it was really good! I couldn't put it down! I loved how the both story lines tied perfectly together at the end!

Originally posted by little insomniac I don't believe I've ever read Holes or The Giver, but they both sound really good. Now, as for The Thorn Birds? That's one of the best books I've ever had the pleasure to read. The mini-series is my favorite, and I agree with you there. If you thought that was good, I'd recommend the book. You won't want to put it down.

I had to read Holes for school and it was STILL really great. You're left wondering what's going to happen until the last page. It's awesome!

I had to read The Giver for school, too. This one's more of a "profound" book, I guess. It's about this kid who lives in this extremely structured community...almost like another planet! I won't say too much about it except that it's the best book I've ever read. Now, I haven't read any of the classics because I'm only in the 8th grade, but even my PARENTS said it was fantastic!

Later. :wave:

david&maddie4ever

The Personality Puzzle by Florence and Marita Littauer :D

my favorite book is the Lord of the Rings trilogy