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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #90 on: April 06, 2006, 11:29:21 AM »
Quote from: SlicesMissus on April 06, 2006, 11:24:02 AM
you're quite welcome - book people is my crack  ;D

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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #91 on: April 06, 2006, 11:29:51 AM »
I know you guys prolly wont be interested, but two of my all time favorite books, are from childhood!

The Lorax - Dr. Seuss
The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #92 on: April 06, 2006, 12:58:11 PM »
Quote from: SlicesMissus on April 06, 2006, 11:24:02 AM
you're quite welcome - book people is my crack  ;D

..and you've just created another addict!
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #93 on: April 06, 2006, 02:39:26 PM »
Quote from: jennredd on April 06, 2006, 11:29:51 AM
I know you guys prolly wont be interested, but two of my all time favorite books, are from childhood!

The Lorax - Dr. Seuss
The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein

Why wouldn't we be interested?!? Silly girl! ;)

I've never been a Dr. Seuss fan, but Shel Silverstein rocks! ;D
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #94 on: April 06, 2006, 02:50:14 PM »
Quote from: jennredd on April 06, 2006, 11:29:51 AM
I know you guys prolly wont be interested, but two of my all time favorite books, are from childhood!

The Lorax - Dr. Seuss
The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein

I loved Dr Seuss too -- the butter battle one, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hears a Who...I played the word 'Yawp' in Scrabble with DH last weekend.  He disputed that Yawp is a word and much to his chagrin -- it IS an acceptable Scrabble word.  (Triple word score too with lotsa points for Y, W and P -- smokin'!)  I couldn't thank Horton Hears a Who, Dr Seuss (and Walt Whitman too) enough for adding that word to my vocabulary!  Hubs just rolled his eyes at me when I told that I knew it was a word 'cause it was in Horton Hears a Who. :P
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #95 on: April 06, 2006, 08:28:39 PM »
Quote from: jennredd on April 06, 2006, 11:29:51 AM
The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein

I was just telling a friend about this book recently.... I had to give the pathetic jklm condensed version though because I could only remember bits and then went back to retell other bits I remembered ::)
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #96 on: April 06, 2006, 08:30:25 PM »
Quote from: jennredd on April 06, 2006, 11:29:51 AM
The Lorax - Dr. Seuss

oh yes, and The Lorax brings fond memories of Camp Campbell science camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains. They showed that movie on a reel!!
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #97 on: April 06, 2006, 10:19:01 PM »
The bestest books I've read include:

Brian Aldiss - Helliconia trilogy

Douglas Adams - HHGTTG

Arthur C Clarke - A Fall of Moondust, 2001

Frank Herbert - The White Plague

HG Wells - War of the Worlds

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos


... in alphabetical order except for Aldiss ...
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #98 on: April 06, 2006, 10:51:57 PM »
Quote from: WelshDan on April 06, 2006, 10:19:01 PM
The bestest books I've read include:

Arthur C Clarke - A Fall of Moondust


My introduction to ACC, I had never heard of him before. Some book- it was ace! Did he have a vision into the future or what?
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #99 on: April 07, 2006, 01:13:55 AM »
One of my favorites is still The Alchemist by Paul Coelho.  It's a short read but very inspirational.
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #100 on: April 07, 2006, 09:32:23 AM »
Quote from: jklm257 on April 06, 2006, 08:30:25 PM
oh yes, and The Lorax brings fond memories of Camp Campbell science camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains. They showed that movie on a reel!!

I went to the same science camp in 6th grade Jen!  First time I saw a banana slug too! :P

The Lorax and The Giving Tree are in my book library.  Rich had never heard of Shel Silverstein, so I read him the book over the phone and we both cried!  Its one of the sweetest books, and I loved Where the Sidewalk Ends.  ;D
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #101 on: April 07, 2006, 09:33:13 AM »
Quote from: jklm257 on April 06, 2006, 08:30:25 PM
oh yes, and The Lorax brings fond memories of Camp Campbell science camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains. They showed that movie on a reel!!

I went to the same science camp in 6th grade Jen!  First time I saw a banana slug too! :P

The Lorax and The Giving Tree are in my book library.  Rich had never heard of Shel Silverstein, so I read him the book over the phone and we both cried!  Its one of the sweetest books, and I loved Where the Sidewalk Ends.  ;D
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #102 on: April 07, 2006, 10:43:46 PM »
Quote from: WelshDan on April 06, 2006, 10:19:01 PM
The bestest books I've read include:

Brian Aldiss - Helliconia trilogy

Douglas Adams - HHGTTG

Arthur C Clarke - A Fall of Moondust, 2001

Frank Herbert - The White Plague

HG Wells - War of the Worlds



John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos


... in alphabetical order except for Aldiss ...














Which Helliconia book is the best honey? :-* :P Sorry for the mess up. ;D
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #103 on: April 07, 2006, 11:21:46 PM »
Quote from: jklm on April 06, 2006, 08:30:25 PM
oh yes, and The Lorax brings fond memories of Camp Campbell science camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains. They showed that movie on a reel!!
Quote from: jennredd on April 07, 2006, 09:33:13 AM
I went to the same science camp in 6th grade Jen! First time I saw a banana slug too! :P
Hey, I went to the same science camp and that was the first time I saw a banana slug, too.  We even licked one  :P.  Small world, huh?
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Re: Your Favorite Book(s) of all time
« Reply #104 on: April 08, 2006, 12:45:31 AM »
Quote from: AddyLight on April 07, 2006, 10:43:46 PM
Which Helliconia book is the best honey? :-* :P Sorry for the mess up. ;D
The last one is my favourite. But a lot of people (including Aldiss) seem to prefer the second book.
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