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Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Vanessa Rae — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:32:15 -0000

My favorite fiction book is Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood Bible". It tells a story of a missionary family (Father: Minister, Family: Wife and four young girls) that moves to the Congo to "save" people. My favorite part in the book is when the father is extremely disappointed in the village people because they won't get baptized in the river. A friend of one of the daughters simply points out to the girl that there are alligators in the river that will kill them. The father thinks that the village is full of heathens because they won't become "saved". It's funny, beautifully written and really hit home for me.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

KristinRenee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:21:09 -0000

Just a quick thanks to everyone for these inspiring reads. My list hath grown...

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Elaine — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:27:06 -0000

In addition to my previous entry (The Fionavar Tapestry) and some of the other novels mentioned above (Kiterunner, Life of Pi), I had to throw out a few others on my list of favs:
The Stand (Stephen King)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents (Octavia Butler)

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Elaine — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:05:49 -0000

I knew there had to be another Fantasy fan out there...you must try The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay (The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, and The Darkest Road). It's probably the first book that I was both excited and depressed about finishing; a story I was enjoying so much that I didn't want it to end.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Lori_from_Texas — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:46:50 -0000

Back again, it would just be wrong of me not to mention, THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak. It centers around a young girl in Nazi Germany who discovers the power of books. The characters and narrator are so real and so memorable. I was so sad to reach the end of the book.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Lori_from_Texas — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:36:05 -0000

There are too many favorites to count, but today I choose, Lois Lowry's The Messenger, which is something of a sequel to The Giver. Her spareness leaves so much room for reflection and imagination.

I read Barbara Kingsolver like I eat watermelon in July...and never get enough of her.

I discovered Alice Hoffman's INCANTATION this year and it is amazing too. A story beautifully told.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Kristen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:14:41 -0000

THE most beautiful book....Memoirs of a Geisha....to have lived that luxurious and decadent life...

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Caroline — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:46:19 -0000

I love so many books: Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, Shadow of the Wind by Zafon, Room with a View by EM Forster, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, Any Jane Austen, God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, The Secret history by Donna Tartt. But if I had to say just one, Freddy and Fredericka is the only book that's ever made me laugh out loud and cry.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Caroline — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:41:07 -0000

I really enjoyed that film. Funny and unexpected. And sweet and sad at points too. She is a local LA lady. perhaps I'll run into her one of these days...

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Ottoline — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:37:06 -0000

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
and
ANYTHING and everything by Ms. Edith Wharton

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Marie Leona — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:15:40 -0000

Like Carrie I have to choose where and when I'll read fiction because life have a tendency to stop when I read. But one of my favorite was Ken Fowlett - Pillars of the Earth. Fantastic. Educational. Thought provoking.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Audrey — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:07:09 -0000

right now, my new favorite is Twilight... my all time favorite is Gone with the Wind... other favs are Pride and Predjudice and Memoirs of a Geisha.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Alison — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:27:36 -0000

Artemis Fowl. Its technically a Children's/Young Adults Book, but that's all the better. It really gets to the heart of things, not to mention the adventure, character banter, wonderful diverse relationships and Colfer's quirky sense of humor! I just love it.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Danette — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:51:54 -0000

Another shout out for She's Come Undone. Awesome.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Danette — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:50:49 -0000

Oh! I just finished reading that. What a great surprise that book was. I thought from the cover that it would be some kind of 'sex-in-the-city' type thing. Good thing I didn't judge the book by it's cover...
A nice, dark chewy read. Very fun.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Danette — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:45:38 -0000

Devastatingly beautiful book.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Danette — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:44:51 -0000

I LOVED her book, and especially loved how she promoted her book. Have you seen her film, "you, me and everyone we know"?

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Jennifer — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:30:59 -0000

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman. The book consists of 30 small chapters, each exploring one dream about time. Some scenarios involve exaggerations of true phenomena related to relativity, and some are entirely fantastical. Such a gem of a book.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Get Togetha — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:26:41 -0000

I would have to say "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coehlo.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Ruth S. — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:40:38 -0000

I will. Thank you!

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Kristin (the Goat) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:28:41 -0000

I've been thinking about this all day and I've hardly even come up with a thought of a fiction book. I read so much motivational, spiritual, psycho-babble stuff (which I just love!) that I never seem to pick up a fiction book. But... I finally thought of one. "The Time Traveler's Wife" I read it twice. I read it so quickly the first time, that I read it again as soon as I got to the last page. The second time I actually lingered a bit over the pages.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Kristin (the Goat) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:25:22 -0000

Yes, "She's Come Undone" is a great book.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Denise — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:18:47 -0000

Finally someone mentioned "One Hundred Years of Solitude"! This book, for me, is at once made from the ether of dreams and the dirt of the earth. I adore it, and re-read it every few years. A masterpiece. I also love Edith Wharton and Henry James. And "The Mists of Avalon" was an instrumental book for me and my understanding of the world.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Carrie McCarthy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:09:23 -0000

Loved the Celestine Prophecy.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Ngonzi Truth Crushshon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:47:27 -0000

Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree and others but I don't have time to read fiction anymore...now it's all about facts...and psychology books/articles. (I know lots about attachment theory between mother and infant)