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Topic: Favourite books and writers
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moonshine
Knowflake Posts: 219
From: UK
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted February 07, 2005 06:07 PM
 
Hi since so many of us here feel so strongly about writing, why dont we share what our favourite reads are!So, I'll start! One of the best books I've read recently is The Hundred Secret Senses, by Amy Tan. Does anyone else like her? It is just fantastic - funny, magical, mythological, historical and modern and down to earth at the same time. Exactly the sort of thing I wish I could write if i only had the talent! Now recommend something you read recently that you loved guys  IP: Logged |
whiterabbit
Knowflake Posts: 408
From: jungle/desert
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted February 07, 2005 06:13 PM
oooh..ok..
"The Favourite Game"- L. Cohen
"The Sun Also Rises"- E. Hemingway
"Lolita"- V. Nabokov
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being"- M.Kundera
"Dharma Bums"- J.KerouacThose all fit this theme in my life lately. It's a Summer 2004- Winter 2005 sort of theme, I have this feeling the spring is bringing something new. But aside from that personal aspect, just incredible literature. It feels good to share it! IP: Logged |
virgotaurustaurus
Knowflake Posts: 1214
From: Fart Ann, NY
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted February 07, 2005 08:20 PM
I can't believe how many books I've read lately and haven't liked! I keep a running list of books I've read, with stars next to those I like...here's what's been lately:anything by Patricia Evans. She's written about verbal abuse and controlling people. I actually find her writing inspirational though, as she always includes information on building your inner strength. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It's a nice story about an awkward, shy boy in his high school years growing up. He deals with everything from a suicide to falling in love. Sounds like a lot of books plots, but it's really funny and authentic, making it stand out. Life Inside by Mindy Lewis. It's a memoir of the author's time spent in a psychiatric hospital when she was younger. Very haunting, as it actually tells a lot about the inside of living there. Candy and Me (A Love Story) by Hilary Liftin. Loved this book! It's about one person's obsession with candy. IP: Logged |
Johnny
Knowflake Posts: 356
From: Colorado, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted February 07, 2005 10:55 PM
Great topic! Really good books are so hard to come by. I've only found a couple:Watership Down - Richard Adams - the book about the rabbits. I dunno why, but I loved it. The Gunslinger - Stephen King - It's the first in a series he wrote, but the rest of them are crap, in my opinion. This is the only book I've read of his that I liked, but it was great. The Return of Merlin - Deepack Chopra - I love Arthurian legends, and he writes such a great Merlin! Full of inspiration and wisdom and all that. The Spear of Destiny - Trevor Ravenscroft - fascinating stuff about Hitler and the Nazis and their plan to use occult scientists to rule the world. IP: Logged |
Heart--Shaped Cross
Knowflake Posts: 602
From: north of Boston, MA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted February 08, 2005 01:33 AM
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26taurus
Moderator Posts: 5664
From: the stars
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted February 08, 2005 03:12 AM
Linda's Star Signs
and GooberzOsho ~ Love, Freedom and Aloneness
Osho ~ The Book of Secrets
The Kybalion ~ by Three Initiates
Autobiography of a Yogi ~ Paramahansa Yogananda The Changing Sky ~ Steven Forrest .....just to name a few. IP: Logged |
Danny
Knowflake Posts: 56
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Registered: Jan 2005
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posted February 08, 2005 04:39 AM
Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins
Beautiful Book. Beautiful WordsMemories of Amnesia Lawrence Shainberg
Spirituality for the Very Logical Mind. Affirmations Stuart Wilde Ermm.... IP: Logged |
26taurus
Moderator Posts: 5664
From: the stars
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted February 08, 2005 06:06 AM
I LOVE Affirmations by Stuart Wilde! He's great.  ....I've got to get that book again. It seemed to have found a new owner.  ------------------
"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.".,*`~.+,*~`.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche IP: Logged |
ghanima81
Knowflake Posts: 1035
From: MAINE! :)
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted February 08, 2005 08:56 AM
My list is weird, but here goes:Blood and Gold .... Anne Rice
Feel this Book .... Ben Stiller & Janine Garofalo
The Picture of Dorian Gray .... Oscar Wilde
About a Boy .... Nick Hornby
Dune Trilogy .... Frank Herbert
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire .... J.K. Rowling
The Hunt for Red October .... Tom Clancy
On the Road .... Jack Kerouac
Lazy Ways to Make a Living .... Abigail Bosanko
Soul Without Shame .... Byron Brown
The Art of Happiness .... Dalai Lama & Howard Cutler
The Dhammapanda: The Path of Truth .... translated by Rose Kramer There are more.... but I can't think of them now. * yawn... * IP: Logged |
sweetlibra
Knowflake Posts: 229
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Registered: Oct 2004
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posted February 08, 2005 09:35 AM
"The good earth" by Pearl s Buck.
"Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky.
"Freedom at Midnight" by Dominique Lapierre. IP: Logged |
Yin
Knowflake Posts: 940
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Registered: May 2004
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posted February 08, 2005 01:19 PM
Just a few favorite... authors, because I could never be happy with reading only one of their books.Alber Camus
Willian Wharton
Carlos Castaneda
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Lermontov
John Steinbeck
Patrick Susskind
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TINK
Knowflake Posts: 1435
From: New England
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted February 08, 2005 01:25 PM
That's a very good list, heart shaped cross. I had forgotton how much I love the Ruskies.Occasionally, I've toyed with the idea that being a Russian and being a Scorpio is generally interchangeable. IP: Logged |
Yin
Knowflake Posts: 940
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Registered: May 2004
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posted February 08, 2005 01:28 PM
quote:
Occasionally, I've toyed with the idea that being a Russian and being a Scorpio is generally interchangeable.
Ask a Russian IP: Logged |
whiterabbit
Knowflake Posts: 408
From: jungle/desert
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted February 08, 2005 03:00 PM
 @ TINK
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GingerB
Knowflake Posts: 189
From: Lucedale, MS USA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted February 08, 2005 09:59 PM
Anything or series of the real, V.C. Andrews!
Love her books.
Not the ghost written one's, the one's she herself wrote.My very favorite of her's is "My Sweet Audrina". IP: Logged |
moonshine
Knowflake Posts: 219
From: UK
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted February 10, 2005 06:02 PM
Yin, I love Albert Camus too. I did my dissertation on his novels at uni! I went through a real Camus/Sartre phase when I was a student (yeah, like, existentialism, maaan!) Lol! The Outsider was my favourite. It'd be great of you guys described why you liked the books you like as reading long lists of names is kind of meaningless - i'd be very interested to know what's so good about them
Other books I like:
The Mistress of Spices - Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni
Sister of My Heart - (same author)
She's such a great writer, has a beautiful poetic style, makes the mundane sound like another world Kitchen - banana Yoshimoto
Its pared down writing style made a big impact on me The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Really emotionally honest and raw - made me cry several times! Hells Kitchen - Chris Niles
A box of dreams - David Madsen
Both these books are quirky, and funny with black humour. made me laugh a lot The Male cross-dresser Support Group - tama Janowitz
I loved this, really funny, the character's kind of dumb, so i related to her big time! I know there are more but i'll have to come back later with them
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greycat
Knowflake Posts: 44
From: Australia
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted February 11, 2005 06:43 PM
Other side of midnight- Sidney SheldonIP: Logged |
Dynamic_Stillness
Knowflake Posts: 63
From: London
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted February 12, 2005 07:58 AM
I wish I could remember titles and authors, but for what it's worth I love...Everything by:
Khalil Gibran especially (The Prophet)
Rumi
Alan Watts
Osho
The book of Mirdad by (Mikhail Naimy)
Joel Goldmith (The infinte way)
Eckhart Tolle(The power of Now/Stillness speaks)
Deepak Chopra
Tony Parsons (The open Secret)
H.W Poonja (Truth is)
Murdo Macdonald Bayne (Beyond the Himalays)(Yoga of the Christ) and (Divine Healing)
The Ashtavakra Gita
Doestovsky
Byron Katie(teacher)
Gangaji
Ramesh Balsekar(Consiousness Speaks)
Dr Vijai Shankar (The illusions of life)
Shakespears (Romeo and Juliet)/ (Hamlet) ....and there is a new book that I have not read but I am excited about called "Shantaram" www.shantaram.com
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future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 505
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted February 12, 2005 12:09 PM
I'm a huge fan of short stories... Kevin Canty, Margaret Atwood, David Sedaris are a few of my favorites. I also love books written by actor/authors... Steve Martin has a few and so does Ethan Hawke. I've enjoyed them both.IP: Logged |
Heart--Shaped Cross
Knowflake Posts: 602
From: north of Boston, MA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted February 12, 2005 10:27 PM
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky In Search of Lost Time
by Marcel Proust Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman The Complete Works of Rainer Maria Rilke Franny and Zooey
by J.D. Salinger The Catcher In The Rye
by J.D. Salinger Resurrection
by Leo Tolstoy
(trans. Vera Trail) The Death of Ivan Illych and other stories
by Leo Tolstoy Moral Epistles
by Lucius Anneaus Seneca Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi The Way of Chuang Tzu
by Thomas Merton The Walled Garden of Truth
by Hakim Sanai The Essential Rumi The Rubbaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka Strait is the Gate
by Andre Gide The Immoralist
by Andre Gide Wise Blood
by Flannery O'Connor The Violent Bear It Away
by Flannery O'Connor Initiation Into Hermetics
by Franz Bardon Meditations on the Tarot
A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism
(Anonymous) Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
by Francis Bacon
(aka "William Shakespeare") The KJV IP: Logged |
Lauren Leigh
Knowflake Posts: 62
From: Village by the Sea
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted February 13, 2005 01:11 AM
I am ridiculously picky about what I read so my list will be small but the stories are ones that have stuck in my mind and that is a definite requirement for anything I read. Anyway here is my list: Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
The Hannibal Trilogy - Thomas Harris Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte I also quite enjoy short stories, anything from Chekov, Poe or Kafka. IP: Logged |
whiterabbit
Knowflake Posts: 408
From: jungle/desert
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted February 13, 2005 03:22 PM
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Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman
 yes!
I am so excited to check out some of the books listed here that I'm not familiar with. This was such a great idea.
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TINK
Knowflake Posts: 1435
From: New England
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted February 13, 2005 07:24 PM
Leaves of Grass is my Bible IP: Logged |
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