Books! I love books

ekkand
ekkand Posts: 592 Member
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What are your favorite books?
I just decided before the year is over I will read all the books on my bookshelf that I have never read. I picked one yesterday and I'm about 40 pages away from being done. Only 4 more books to go!
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  • coe28
    coe28 Posts: 715 Member
    Of course there are the obvious Fifty Shades and Reflected series'. Now I'm on the 12th and final book of the Kelly Favor series. Yeah, I guess I like the "lady-porn" stuff :tongue:
  • ekkand
    ekkand Posts: 592 Member
    Oh I flew through the Fifty Shades of Grey series. I read all 3 in 3 days. Couldn't put them down haha
  • FightingforFit82
    FightingforFit82 Posts: 179
    I am in love with books!!!! My Dad also built the most Amazing bookshelf. I read a lot of Christian books. My favorite is Crazy Love.
  • coe28
    coe28 Posts: 715 Member
    Oh I flew through the Fifty Shades of Grey series. I read all 3 in 3 days. Couldn't put them down haha

    Have you read Bared to You and Reflected in You by Sylvia Day? Very similar to Fifty Shades and also very hard to put down. The Kelly Favor books are a little more timid than those two series' but are still pretty good. There are 12 books in that series but they're all pretty short and quick to read.
  • SignalRunner77
    SignalRunner77 Posts: 23
    The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson

    The Passage by Justin Cronin
    The Twelve by Justin Cronin

    The Prodigal God by Tim Keller
  • ACepero79
    ACepero79 Posts: 711 Member
    I'm a big Stephen King fan. I know not everyone is, but I've got most of his books on my Kindle.

    If anyone is on Goodreads, you can check out my Library.
  • snoopytwins
    snoopytwins Posts: 1,759 Member
    I'm reading the Game of Thrones series right now.
  • coe28
    coe28 Posts: 715 Member
    The Hunger Games series was awesome too :)
  • ekkand
    ekkand Posts: 592 Member
    I'm currently finishing The Lie by Chad Kultgen
    It's hilarious and keeps you captivated. I can't put it down. I guess that's why I'm almost done with it and I just started reading it last night. Haha
  • ekkand
    ekkand Posts: 592 Member
    The Hunger Games series was awesome too :)
    I LOVED that series. I have heard about the other series that is like Fifty Shades but from reading the back of the book I feel like it's TOO much like it and I won't enjoy it.
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    "Intensity" and "False Memory" by Dean Koontz

    "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom

    "The Book Thief" By Markus Zusak

    "The Jacket (Star Rover)" by Jack London

    The Narnia series, esp "The Silver Chair" by C.S. Lewis

    The Harry Potter series. I am unashamedly obsessed for life.

    I would say The Hiding Place and The Book Thief were life changers for me. I couldn't put them down!
  • lizdavis07
    lizdavis07 Posts: 766 Member
    I'm a big Stephen King fan. I know not everyone is, but I've got most of his books on my Kindle.

    If anyone is on Goodreads, you can check out my Library.

    Pshh everyone SHOULD be a fan.

    I read mostly all Stephen King. Every now and then, I'll throw something else in for a break. Now, I'm reading Turning Angel by Greg Iles.
  • sho3girl
    sho3girl Posts: 10,799 Member
    The Hunger Games series was awesome too :)

    ditto really enjoyed these last year ! so wanted to read before the film was out
  • tinak33
    tinak33 Posts: 9,883 Member
    A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
    freaking amazing book!!!

    Also, Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice.

    I'm currently reading the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs

    I love books....

    I have that same goal on my bucket list! hahaha To read all the books I have but haven't read yet. There aren't many though... haha
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    Of course there are the obvious Fifty Shades and Reflected series'. Now I'm on the 12th and final book of the Kelly Favor series. Yeah, I guess I like the "lady-porn" stuff :tongue:

    Please for the love of GOD do not attempt to read those books. Never in my life have I experienced more uncomfortably awkward, trite, forced, uneducated or just plain BAD writing in my life. And don't get me started on how the characters are awkward, forced, unconvincing, and completely underdeveloped. This is not an exaggeration. I'll repeat it: This is not an exaggeration! There are plenty of WELL-written romance novels out there that will get your nethers warm without groaning and repeatedly rolling your eyes over how GOD AWFUL those books are.
  • ekkand
    ekkand Posts: 592 Member
    Of course there are the obvious Fifty Shades and Reflected series'. Now I'm on the 12th and final book of the Kelly Favor series. Yeah, I guess I like the "lady-porn" stuff :tongue:

    Please for the love of GOD do not attempt to read those books. Never in my life have I experienced more uncomfortably awkward, trite, forced, uneducated or just plain BAD writing in my life. And don't get me started on how the characters are awkward, forced, unconvincing, and completely underdeveloped. This is not an exaggeration. I'll repeat it: This is not an exaggeration! There are plenty of WELL-written romance novels out there that will get your nethers warm without groaning and repeatedly rolling your eyes over how GOD AWFUL those books are.
    I HATE typical romance novels. They make me wanna stab my eyeballs out. I loved fifty shades because it was weird and different. You may think they are "god awful" but I personally loved it. Romance novels on the other hand are terrible and I can't read them even if I tried.
  • StaceyJ2008
    StaceyJ2008 Posts: 411 Member
    Harry Potter Series, The Mortal Instruments Series, Dark Tower Series, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit, Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, ah I love to read...
  • StaceyJ2008
    StaceyJ2008 Posts: 411 Member
    Of course there are the obvious Fifty Shades and Reflected series'. Now I'm on the 12th and final book of the Kelly Favor series. Yeah, I guess I like the "lady-porn" stuff :tongue:

    Please for the love of GOD do not attempt to read those books. Never in my life have I experienced more uncomfortably awkward, trite, forced, uneducated or just plain BAD writing in my life. And don't get me started on how the characters are awkward, forced, unconvincing, and completely underdeveloped. This is not an exaggeration. I'll repeat it: This is not an exaggeration! There are plenty of WELL-written romance novels out there that will get your nethers warm without groaning and repeatedly rolling your eyes over how GOD AWFUL those books are.
    I HATE typical romance novels. They make me wanna stab my eyeballs out. I loved fifty shades because it was weird and different. You may think they are "god awful" but I personally loved it. Romance novels on the other hand are terrible and I can't read them even if I tried.

    LOL, I will admit the writing was poor but Fifty Shades was a fun read for me. I got through all three books fairly quickly and I thought it was a quick and fun read. I never took it seriously. Plus I can't stand romance novels so I liked them.
  • 5stringjeff
    5stringjeff Posts: 790 Member
    I am in love with books!!!! My Dad also built the most Amazing bookshelf. I read a lot of Christian books. My favorite is Crazy Love.

    I've heard that was good! I read Forgotten God, which is also by Francis Chan, and loved it!
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    Oh I flew through the Fifty Shades of Grey series. I read all 3 in 3 days. Couldn't put them down haha

    I came here to recommend books to you but now I realize this will not be happening
  • 5stringjeff
    5stringjeff Posts: 790 Member
    Some of my favorites:

    Lord of the Rings trilogy
    Tom Clancy's novels
    Norman Geisler's 4-volume Systematic Theology
  • midtownsurlysohocyclist
    midtownsurlysohocyclist Posts: 9
    Guns, Germs, and Steel!!!!
  • ImprovingEla
    ImprovingEla Posts: 396 Member
    well i am kind of addicted to books :laugh:
    but nothing wrong with that!

    Fifty shades of grey though... well they could not warm me up even a bit, but to everyone their own choices!

    Some of my favorite writers are Lara Adrian, Elizabeth Amber and Kerrelyn sparks.

    As for my "still need to read list": Game of thrones, hunger games and kerstin gier (not sure if the last one writes only in german!)
  • LoveMyLife_NYC
    LoveMyLife_NYC Posts: 230 Member
    I'm a little behind on the best-seller list, but I just read The Secret Life of Bees and The Help. Great stories!
  • Mikkimeow
    Mikkimeow Posts: 1,282 Member
    AH, books, such wonder in them. When I was little my parents use to ground me from reading instead of tv because they knew that would cause me the most torture. I don't know how many times I was put in detention in school for reading instead of listening in class or doing my work. Oh well, screw them I still love books.
    HUGE Stephen King fan. I have read pretty much everything he has published. I also am in love with biographical histories. My favorite book of all time is Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K Massie, about the fall of the Romanov empire. UGH SO GOOD. I actually found it for ten cents collecting dust in a church basement.

    I have always been a die hard Harry Potter reader. I grew up on that stuff:love:

    I haven't really gotten much into bestsellers lists... Mostly I just ravage my town library for anything that sounds interesting. I would read ketchup packet labels if it came in a book to be honest! :blushing:

    I am looking for some series to get into if anyone has suggestions!
  • spud_chick
    spud_chick Posts: 2,640 Member
    I'm reading the Game of Thrones series right now.

    Finished up and waiting on the next book!

    And I literally have the t-shirt:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/811911-worst-part-of-losing-weight?page=1#posts-12225529
  • jobeth527
    jobeth527 Posts: 25
    I love to read! I will read just about anything I can get my hands on. I just finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn ~ great read. My goal for the year was to read 50 books and I've already gone over that. So my 2013 goal is to read 100 books.

    I'm on Goodreads if anyone is on there ~ I'm always open to suggestions for new reads. =)

    goodreads.com/Jobeth527
  • ekkand
    ekkand Posts: 592 Member
    Oh I flew through the Fifty Shades of Grey series. I read all 3 in 3 days. Couldn't put them down haha

    I came here to recommend books to you but now I realize this will not be happening
    Why not? I love book recommendations
  • ekkand
    ekkand Posts: 592 Member
    I love to read! I will read just about anything I can get my hands on. I just finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn ~ great read. My goal for the year was to read 50 books and I've already gone over that. So my 2013 goal is to read 100 books.

    I'm on Goodreads if anyone is on there ~ I'm always open to suggestions for new reads. =)

    goodreads.com/Jobeth527
    Ive been wanting to read Gone Girl. Is it good?
  • femme62209
    femme62209 Posts: 327 Member
    I'm reading the Game of Thrones series right now.

    I'm getting ready to start these now that I'm on winter break! So excited!

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