Top 10 books - Page 6

6charlong · 11-07-2007, 02:06 AM

I've been looking for To Kill a Mockingbird for months but I can't find it anywhere. I finally requested it from Connect but still nothing.

It's a strange book. Harper Lee never published another book. There was a nasty rumor that Truman Capote ghosted it with her. It is a great book that I'd like to re-read.

vivaldirules · 11-09-2007, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 6charlong

There was a nasty rumor that Truman Capote ghosted it with her.

Oh, please. Say it isn't so.

nekokami · 11-09-2007, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Oh, please. Say it isn't so.

I seriously doubt Capote had anything to do with it, given the overwhelmingly negative attitude he displayed toward it afterward.

Goshzilla · 11-11-2007, 10:27 AM

You can purchase Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy at 4 dollars each book from ereader.com, it's a little cheaper than the paperback price.

fugsly · 11-20-2007, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

This being "World Book Day", the BBC commissioned a survey of the UK's favourite books. The "top 10" were:

1. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen.
2. "Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien.
3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.
4. Harry Potter books, by J.K. Rowling.
5. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
6. The Bible.
7. "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte.
8. "Nineteen Eighty Four" by George Orwell.
9. "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman.
10. "Great Expectation" by Charles Dickens.

I've read 9 out of these 10 - the only one I'm missing is "To Kill a Mockingbird". Just wondered how many of these other forum members have read?

Same as yourself - 9/10 - 'to kill a mockingbird' is on my wishlist but haven't got around to it yet. Can't claim to know the bible by heart but I have read parts, even remember some of it...

Sparrow · 11-20-2007, 03:48 PM

Interesting that 5 are by women, and 5 are by men.

(Good job God is male, otherwise we'd have been outnumbered!

)

I've read all except 'Mocking Bird' and the Bible.
I thought Pullman's 'Dark Materials' was ok, but he rather sledgehammered his message into the books; a bit more subtlety would have helped.

mogui · 11-21-2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Interesting that 5 are by women, and 5 are by men.

(Good job God is male, otherwise we'd have been outnumbered!

)

Uh, 5 women, 4 men and one supernatural committee?

"The Gods Must Be Literate"

strangeseraph · 11-23-2007, 06:35 AM

The Harry Potter books are much much better than the movies.

I rec you read them, they're worth much more than their spot on that list imo!

hidari · 12-01-2007, 03:01 PM

Can I UNrec someone for reading Parry Hotter?

Just a joke. Read as you wish. ......

Quote:

Originally Posted by strangeseraph

The Harry Potter books are much much better than the movies.

I rec you read them, they're worth much more than their spot on that list imo!

strangeseraph · 12-07-2007, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by hidari

Can I UNrec someone for reading Parry Hotter?

Just a joke. Read as you wish. ......

I suppose if you've read all the Harry Potter books and found them to all be detestible peices of fiction you could unrec me.

If you haven't read them though, at least give them a chance is all I'm saying.

Don't judge a book by its cover! HP is not a children's series! Its a fantasy series and has much death and serious themes and hidden meanings!

astra · 12-07-2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by strangeseraph

I suppose if you've read all the Harry Potter books and found them to all be detestible peices of fiction you could unrec me.

If you haven't read them though, at least give them a chance is all I'm saying.

Don't judge a book by its cover! HP is not a children's series! Its a fantasy series and has much death and serious themes and hidden meanings!

Superb series

nekokami · 12-07-2007, 11:58 AM

Except for the second book, which was a bit weak, and all the teen angst in Goblet of Fire.

I particularly like Harry becoming a subversive teacher in book 5.

astra · 12-07-2007, 12:31 PM

I didn't like book 6

yvanleterrible · 12-07-2007, 12:41 PM

At fifty, dare I say,

I still like HP and I'll recommend him to anyone who likes the beauty of imagination and the marvelous.

Astropin · 12-07-2007, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Turtle Woman

There are parts of Leviticus and Deuteronomy that don't bear repeating.

Only parts? I would have to say "most".

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11-07-2007, 02:06 AM	#76
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	I've been looking for To Kill a Mockingbird for months but I can't find it anywhere. I finally requested it from Connect but still nothing. It's a strange book. Harper Lee never published another book. There was a nasty rumor that Truman Capote ghosted it with her. It is a great book that I'd like to re-read.

11-11-2007, 10:27 AM	#79
Goshzilla Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 346 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Rocket Ebook 1150	You can purchase Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy at 4 dollars each book from ereader.com, it's a little cheaper than the paperback price.

11-20-2007, 03:48 PM	#81
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	Interesting that 5 are by women, and 5 are by men. (Good job God is male, otherwise we'd have been outnumbered! ) I've read all except 'Mocking Bird' and the Bible. I thought Pullman's 'Dark Materials' was ok, but he rather sledgehammered his message into the books; a bit more subtlety would have helped.

11-23-2007, 06:35 AM	#83
strangeseraph Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 592 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Device: Amazon Kindle 3	The Harry Potter books are much much better than the movies. I rec you read them, they're worth much more than their spot on that list imo!

12-07-2007, 11:58 AM	#87
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Except for the second book, which was a bit weak, and all the teen angst in Goblet of Fire. I particularly like Harry becoming a subversive teacher in book 5.

12-07-2007, 12:31 PM	#88
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	I didn't like book 6

12-07-2007, 12:41 PM	#89
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	At fifty, dare I say, I still like HP and I'll recommend him to anyone who likes the beauty of imagination and the marvelous.