OT Book Request

I love buying/receiving books as gifts and I was wondering if you could post your 'favourite' book, as my taste in books is not always what my friends/family want to read.

Figured this was a good place to get a variety of authors/subjects and find something new to me! Could be something new or something old.

Any input is appreciated and will be put on the official book list of possible gifts being compiled by moi!

Thanks in advance!

Donna

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Donna
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I'll try to help.

Lurlene McDaniel - Any of her books (she is geared more towards young adults but a lot of adults read her. She writes about diseases, illnesses, etc.) Nicholas Sparks - Any of his are good. (romance books but tasteful) His first one called "The Notebook" is really good) Dee Henderson - She has 2 series ( Christian, supense romance novels) Susan Polis Shultz - Poetry Books

I'm sure there is more so hopefully this helps.

Tabitha FL

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Tabitha McCarthy

my favorites are very simple VC Andrews (haven't read her in a while) Stephen King ( I have read all of his)

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Mel Jansen

Anything by Pat Conroy. He's the only author I buy in hardback as soon as it's available!

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

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LC aka Fiddy

I love love love reading Anne Rice. Also the Mystery/Suspense book where each book is a different letter...not sure of the author. I also like romance novels...historical ones. I really just love books, and reading...but those are my favorites.

Azzy

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Azzyboo

Barbara Michaels (although I've read everything she's got out!) - history/suspense/mystery/romance...

Any historical fiction

Books by Sharon Kay Penman

The Red Tent by Anita Diamont

Christian fiction by Penelope Stokes, Max Lucado, Liz Curtis Higgs, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Michael Phillips, Bode & Brock Thoene, and Christopher Lane

The Left Behind Series

Young Adult: Madeline L'Engle books, The Harry Potter books, the Time Warp Trio books, the Lemony Snicket Series of Unfortuate Events books, The Eoin Colter Artemus Fowl series

I also collect old cookbooks and old (and new!) homekeeping books. I love reading and using craft books from soap making to herbal products to gifts, etc. as well...

I READ ALOT, in case you couldn't tell :)

-CC

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CC

Hi Donna,

My favorite series of the last couple years has been a historical romance by Diana Gabaldon. My usual reading is Science Fiction had never read a romance and no desire too, but a friend turned me on to Gabaldon. I like that the history in it is basically fact plus you'll never guess why it interests me.... it has a Science Fiction element in that it has time travel. Sounds really weird, but I just love them. There are 5 books in all.

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Lynne

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King's Crown

Oh I completely forgot I started readin Harry Potter with the kids a few years ago and got hooked on those too. Finished the 5th book in July... waiting for the 6th!

Lynne

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King's Crown

Wow! We like some of the same Christian fiction. Although I'd add Frank Perretti to that list.

For secular fiction, I also love all the books by Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum.

I absolutely adore all the great old classics, such as stuff by J.R.R. Tolkein, Mark Twain, the Bronte sisters, Charles Dickens, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Marguerite Henry, G.A. Henty, plus the following books: The Red Badge of Courage, Black Beauty, Sense and Sensibility, The Secret Garden, The Little Princess, The Scarlet Letter, The Call of the Wild, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Treasure Island, Heidi, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Kidnapped, Pollyanna, Charlotte's Web, The Black Stallion, East of Eden, and Angela's Ashes.

For nonfiction, I love the following: Black Hawk Down, Seven from Heaven, Dumbing Us Down, Undaunted Courage, Flags of our Fathers, Lincoln on Leadership, and Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii.

For Christian nonfiction, I recommend any of C.S. Lewis' nonfiction writings, plus How Should We Then Live, Josephus: The Complete Works, Making Love Last Forever, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, The Excellent Wife, Miserly Moms: Living on One Income in a Two Income Economy, Beauty by the Book, The Strong-Willed Child, and the New Dare to Discipline.

Can you tell I love to read as well? ;-)

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Sheri Payne

I love the Harry Potter books, too. I started reading them because I'm a teacher and I like to keep up with what the kids like to read. Now, I'm hooked on them worse than the kids I think. LOL

I also like Johanna Lindsey, LaVyrle Spencer, John Grisham, to name a few. I'm an avid reader and read many different authors.

Selena Louisiana

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teachermom

I love the Potter books too, and tried to get into the "Lemoney Snickett" books, but found them too slow and dark. I mean, if you're gonna toast a kid's parents, let's have it be for a good reason!! ROFL

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

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LC aka Fiddy

anything by stephen king, dean koonz harry potter ones rock.... and the *drum roll* creating keepsake compainion by becky higgans LOL

Tracy

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Tracy

I started to read the Potter books cause I thought my son was a little young to be reading it himself... skillwise he was in 4th grade. Well, I didn't know at the time he was reading at a 7th grade level. He started reading them by himself cause a chapter a night wasn't fast enough for him. Then we got all the books one tape and listen to them all again traveling around in the car. When the 5th book came out I was the one anxious to get it.

Lynne

I love the Harry Potter books, too. I started reading them because I'm a

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King's Crown

I orignially read them as they came out, because my dd was really little. She started reading them with me (to temper the dark parts for her) in Kindergarten. By second grade she was off and running, and now she has one of each volume open and mid-sentence in every room of the house...

year one is in the downstairs bathroom, I think! ROFL

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

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LC aka Fiddy

I read Laurel K. Hamilton-all hers Stephen King-all his Patricia Keneally Morrison-all hers Anne Rice-all hers Anne McCaffrey-The Dragon Rider Series Piers Anthony-The Mode, the Xanth, and the Immortals Series Faye Kellerman-all hers Marion Zimmer Bradley-Darkover Series Harry Potter Books (got into them myself, no kids to lead me there ;-) )

I also like to read Poe & Shakespeare. I read a very diverse taste in books. There are other authors I read (we have a library of over 2000 books, either I or DH reads them) . I also read and collect Star Trek, have all of them up to 2000. Tough to name my absolute favorite.

Teresa in MD

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Tazmadazz

I forgot about Chicken Soup for the Soul Books. They make great gifts and have some awesome stories in there.

Tabitha FL

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Tabitha McCarthy

CC... I love the Left Behind Series... and my son is reading the kids' series of it. I've started reading the Unfortunate series as well LOL And the Time Warp Trio... I got those into my son's reading as well when I was working in the school library in Lousyana. I've not read the Artemis Fowl books yet.

In answer to the original post... I like Stephen King The Giver by Lois Lowry is a good book (it's a JH book but kept my attention enough to finish it in less than a week LOL) A Tree Grows In Brooklyn has always been my fave book.

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Susan

I've enjoyed the Time Warp Trio as well. Uh, Susan, I hope that's not a mean remark about "Lousyana." I know we are not perfect, but we are some really nice people and you can't beat our music and food!

Selena Louisiana

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teachermom

wow ! great topic.

when I find a few minutes I read star trek and am current on the series that I read in that genre. I love romance for the entertainment *Beatrice Small is one of my favorite authors- her Skye O'Malley series (just ended :( )

and I make time to read baby books!

Marsha in Michigan

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MarshaBaker

Selena,

I had a hard time in Louisiana (Gareth was born and died there) and it's my way of saying it LOL It's nothing against many of the people I got to meet... just the state as a whole amazes me that ANYTHING is ever accomplished there. I have many more issues with the state, but won't go there today LOL

(cg was in private school there as the school systems suck beyond anything I could have imagined... we lived in the S'port area)

I will agree with ya on food and music! Mudbugs!

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Susan

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