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one_short_day · Moderator

RE: What kind of books do you like to read?

SoConfuzifying · Galindas Popular Friends

IT IS AMAZING!!! Its really different though because it is a Christian book about a Prostitute so its very very different but it is a spin off of the book of Hosea in the bible so its really cool! I would definatly recommend it!

one_short_day · Moderator

I will have to read it sometime! :)

defy_gravity · Fiyeros Dancers Of Life

I have read it and I absolutely LOVED it! Its not my fave but very close to it

Critter · Old Reg

I just finished reading Wicked:The life and times of the wicked witch of the west, last night and loved it. Im currently reading second glance by Jodi Picoult.
I love Jodi Picoult and have read heaps of her books, i think around 10 or something. My favourite one is My sisters keeper, that ones also being made into a film starring Cameron diaz.

gelphaba · Moderator

Uh...I'm reading a Mary Poppins book.

Has there been something going on here that I missed...on Page 3?

I'm also reading Wicked:the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West again! I love that book!

one_short_day · Moderator

Cool! Is it the original book? Like based on the movie or does it have a twist in it? I JUST got finished reading redeeming love by francine rivers.. BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD! I would recomend it to anyone who loves to read.. Its my favorite book! :)

Elphie · Member

I'm currently working on Wicked: Life and Times etc as well. But I mainly read Star Wars books (and yes, I'm a SW geek). Write a lot, too.

one_short_day · Moderator

ugh! I want to read that book so bad!! I have heard that it is wonderful and I realy wanna read it.. Hopefully sometime I will be able to

gelphaba · Moderator

one_short_day wrote:

Cool! Is it the original book? Like based on the movie or does it have a twist in it? I JUST got finished reading redeeming love by francine rivers.. BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD! I would recomend it to anyone who loves to read.. Its my favorite book! :)

If you were talking to me... yes, the original book. It sorta is like the movie. I like it.

one_short_day · Moderator

cool! :) I am now currently reading cujo by stephen king

gelphaba · Moderator

Sorry, I've never heard of it... until now. lol. Is it good?

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Starlene · Veteran Member

I read a lot. My favourite books are those about normal people doing things that would be possible in real life, too. I don't like fantasy and scifi that much.

Some of my favourites:
Almost everything by Tuija Lehtinen. She writes books about normal Finnish young people. They feel so real and yet they're so fun that they make me laugh out loud, even if I'm reading the book for the fifth time. I don't think they've been translated.
Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne series. Lovely old times feeling, very sweet and filled with old language I love (I've got 54-year-old copies of some of them :D). I've read them so many times...
Meg Cabot's Princess Diaries series. I love the idea of being a princess without knowing it, and these are just fun to read. I don't think they're realistic, and I guess they're pretty far from what's it really like to go to school in America, but still a story of a group of kids who put up a musical in a week manages to entertain me again and again. :D
And Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series. Chick lit, maybe, but I love them, especially the first and the second book.
Anne Gavalda's Encemble, C'est tout and Nick Hornby's Slam are also my faves. They've got a lovely feeling in them, though they're very different and deal with totally different subjects.

Maybe I should shut up here, otherwise I'll keep going on forever and be late for my comic drawing class... :D

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-- Edited by Starlene at 11:20, 2009-01-16

Mariphaba · Madame Maribel

yay, i used to be obsessed with the princess diaries!
That was always like a fantasy of mine, to secretly be a princess. I thought wherever she was from was a real country for awhile.

Elphaba the Delirious · Veteran Member

Hehe..Genovia...

I'll read pretty much anything, but I lean towards extremely lengthy books.

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

Me too. "War and Peace" Freshman year. Followed by "Anna Karenina" and "Les Miserables."

Mariphaba · Madame Maribel

I read les mis,...in french biggrin

. Which took me awhile (like a year, lol) but i made it through and I got most of it.

Elphaba the Delirious · Veteran Member

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is loosely based on a short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I read the story and it, compared to the previews I've seen for the movie, is much better. There is no 'meet in the middle' concept.

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

Books turned into movies are either awful or excellent, never in between.

Critter · Old Reg

Elphaba the Delirious wrote:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is loosely based on a short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I read the story and it, compared to the previews I've seen for the movie, is much better. There is no 'meet in the middle' concept.

I havnt read the short story its based on but I loved the film. Thought it was fantastic, and my favourite part was when they met in the middle haha. It may not stay true to the story (how many movies do?) but Im glad they put it in, it was the best part.

-- Edited by Critter at 19:25, 2009-01-19