What was your favourite book 10 years ago?
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This has been one of my favorite books for about 15 years.
Sep 03, 2011 11:28 by splashmary -
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Jul 10, 2011 18:07 by thedigitalghost -
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Great book... I just found an slightly different book I like more. =o)
Jul 06, 2011 20:40 by leopicado -
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Jul 06, 2011 19:54 by sarastarrr-
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This is one of my favorites! (Although I admit I actually didn't read them until a few years ago, so 10 years ago it wouldn't have made my list)
Sep 03, 2011 11:30 by splashmary.
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Jul 06, 2011 17:44 by fercas_123 -
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This... I guess? I never really read in High School. It wasn't until recently that I really started enjoying reading, although I still don't read much non fiction.
Jul 06, 2011 17:19 by superc0w -
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as always, SO much better than the film.
One of those books (for me) that you must just read and not stop reading until its finished.Jul 06, 2011 14:48 by diversal-
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OooOo! I loved that book!
Jul 06, 2011 15:44 by saxchik. -
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great one! i love it
Jul 06, 2011 17:46 by fercas_123.
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While it may not be my favorite book of all time, I really liked this book in 2001. It got me on a biblical "historical" fiction kick that lasted quite a while.
Jul 06, 2011 11:35 by saxchik -
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I was 19, had just moved back to the US after living in Russia working at an orphanage and was mesmerized by these letters between a Russian ballerina and gay brittish economist.
Jul 06, 2011 11:26 by breanna from iphone -
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at 22, this was definitely my favorite (I still enjoy it).
Jul 06, 2011 09:07 by jenaissance -
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Let's see..... I am 36 now, that would make me 26. I believe at that time I was reading this book.
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Jul 06, 2011 09:04 by te75uo from iphone -
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Wow, going through my list of books, it is amazing to see which ones were published around 2001. The book to read at that time was, of course, Angels & Demons, but I would not count that a favorite. I have always held the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant in high regard. At that time, that series was certainly at the top, next to The Stand. I would love to reread the chronicles, to see if the books are as good as I remember, but never get around to doing so. So many books to read, so little time.
Jul 06, 2011 08:18 by chaomancer -
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When I was 17 I dropped out of high school, mostly because I didn't like it. I wanted to go to college for English and Creative Writing so I read all the books I was supposed to read in high school to catch up with everyone. This one and 1984 really struck me at the time (I would of been 18 ten years ago). Another one too was The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. I read that one in summer school. I stole the book from the school and felt bad. Years later when I was in college I met Tim O'Brien at a reading and had him sign the book for the summer school teacher I had and then I gave it back to him. He was a good teacher and really encouraged my writing. The end.
Jul 06, 2011 07:31 by discomeg2 -
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My fave book was "The Book of Merlyn", by T. H. White. You've probably heard of his Arthurian legend book "The Once and Future King", but did you know that he originally intended a 13th chapter in that book, to take place as an aging King Arthur feels depressed in the hours leading up to his inevitable, undesired battle with his bastard son, Mordred? T. H. White was notorious for editing his book right up until the days when he would re-set the (hard metal) type at the printers'. In this case, he redistributed the 13th chapter material throughout the early chapters when Merlyn was teaching young King Arthur (a child nicknamed "Wart"), and then White went on to publish the 13th chapter as a separate book. The lessons in these pages are all about the positive value of objectivity and the harm subjectivity does. The lessons are taught by turning Arthur into various animals like a bird, a fish, and an ant. As a bird he saw objectively that national borders are unreal, in a sense. As a fish, he saw that might does not make right. As an ant, he saw the negative value of subjectivity, specifically in the form of war propaganda: "The other ant colony's sugar supply is ours by right of manifest destiny. We must also defend our sugar supply from attacks by that other ant colony."
From this book I learned my greatest life-lesson: the value of objectivity and doubt.
Jul 06, 2011 06:56 by sethness -
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The long awaited pre-ordered Harry Potter of course..
That and my trusty rhyming dictionary..Jul 06, 2011 06:20 by forestchic -
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Same as it is now.
Jul 06, 2011 06:16 by glozboy -
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Still "The Stand"
Jul 06, 2011 04:54 by stephie-
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Good choice!
Jul 06, 2011 06:17 by glozboy. -
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Really? I found it too long. I'm a fan of most Stephen King work, but found this long and dry.
Jul 06, 2011 06:57 by sethness. -
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+1 for The Stand. And even the movie/tv adaptation is a decent one, compared to some of the other King movie adaptations.
Jul 06, 2011 08:19 by chaomancer. -
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I remember reading The Stand late at night/early morning. There were no cars or people outside and I could imagine everyone was dead.
Jul 06, 2011 15:45 by saxchik.
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My favorite at that time was probably what I was reading, which was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. :) I had actually got into the series that year so HP was just all around :) And it's not going to end...even when it does, ya know?
Jul 06, 2011 02:49 by alicegold44-
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I'd agree that the first HP book was good, but after that they become long paranoid dreams of the author, and seem like propaganda to warp the optimism of kids into something darker and more afraid. The last 3 volumes, instead of being short, bright, happy books are just the reverse: incredibly long dark unhappy books that I wouldn't even use to fix a tippy table's shortest leg.
Jul 06, 2011 07:00 by sethness.
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The fourth Harry Potter, obviously.
Jul 06, 2011 02:49 by jspatino-
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Duh, lol.
Jul 06, 2011 06:22 by forestchic.
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