Favorite Author/Favorite Book(s)

[socitycourty]

Ok something light for a change....

Who's your favorite author?

What are your favorite books?

I love Stephen King. I've been reading him since I was 11. I love "The Stand", The "Dark Tower" series, "It" and actually all of his books.

Some other good books I've read lately:

The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perotta
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Quickie by James Patterson
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
After Sunset by Stephen King (short stories)
Duma Key by Stephen King
Ghost Story by Peter Straub

[icicledreamz]

I just finished reading I am legend by Richard Matheson..

Its the novel the movie was adapted from... with Will Smith , very good read, i recommend it..Its one of the first books that inspired Stephen King actually.. ive been meaning to pick up his new one Duma Key.. is it any good?

[socitycourty]

It's pretty good, a little different from some of this other stuff but still really good!

[penny77]

My favorite book of all time is "The Five People you Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom. A lot of people have read it, but if you haven't, don't let the title fool you. It's not a religious book or anything like that. I HIGHLY recommend it.

A few more of my favorites:

"The Lovely Bones" - Alice Sebold - About a 14 year old girl who is raped and murdered. She watches (from heaven) her family and friends(and killer)deal with her death. (this one is being made into a movie staring Mark Wahlburg)

"My Sister's Keeper" - Jodi Picoult- About a girl who was born (created) to save her sister's life who has cancer. Basically she has spent her entire childhood being used for "spare parts" to save her sister, and finally decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body.

"19 Minutes" - Jodi Picoult - About a school shooting from all points of view. (the victim's parents, the shooter, the shooter's mom)

"Miracle in the Andes" - Nando Parrado- True story about the 1972 Uruguayan rugby team who's plane crashed in the mountains, and how they survived. AMAZING story! I have read this book 3 times!

[Babydoll]

The lovely bones sounds really intriguing.. I think I'm going to out and pick up a copy.

I like Stephen Kings "Needful Things" - Its an interesting story about a store that opens up in Maine, and the shop keeper has everyones most sought out possession, and to get it they end up trading more than they bargain for.

[new.slang]

I LOVE Harry Potter. Seriously. They are amazing works of literature.

I like Mitch Albom. The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a really good book.

The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashijan is a young adult book but I got really into it.

Death to All Cheerleaders : One Adolescent Journalist's Cheerful Diatribe Against Teenage Plasticity by Marty Beckerman is super funny. Marty Beckerman is cool, he messages me back on myspace. [img]smileys/smilies_02.gif[/img]

[kendall]

My favorite book of all time is "The Five People
you Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom. A lot of people have read it,
but if you haven't, don't let the title fool you. It's not a religious book
or anything like that. I HIGHLY recommend it.

A few more of my favorites:

"The Lovely Bones" - Alice Sebold - About a 14 year old girl who is
raped and murdered. She watches (from heaven) her family and
friends(and killer)deal with her death. (this one is being made into a
movie staring Mark Wahlburg)

"My Sister's Keeper" - Jodi Picoult- About a girl who was born
(created) to save her sister's life who has cancer. Basically she has
spent her entire childhood being used for "spare parts" to save her
sister, and finally decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own
body.

"19 Minutes" - Jodi Picoult - About a school shooting from all points of
view. (the victim's parents, the shooter, the shooter's mom)

"Miracle in the Andes" - Nando Parrado- True story about the 1972
Uruguayan rugby team who's plane crashed in the mountains, and
how they survived. AMAZING story! I have read this book 3 times!

my sisters keeper was a great book! it was so sad.
i used a monologue from it to audition for something.
EDIT:
omg i just found out its gonna be a movie!! abigail breslin is going to
play anna!

Edited by: kendall

[kspappas]

Rivergod by Wilbur Smith

[rhi*]

i love jodi picoult too, my fave book fo hers is - the pact, i could read that over and over!
and i love the harry potters too!

[socitycourty]

Penny77: I've read all of those and loved them.

Babydoll: I loved Needful Things. One of my favorite SK books....so sinister and weird.