I know I have.
2006-11-12 11:24:16 · 20 answers · asked by november32nd 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Absolutely, I live for books!
My two favorites are "Space" by James A. Michener & "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett.
Both are epic novels, based on historical facts, and each time I read them, I discover something new I didn't pick up on the time before. I think I have 2 copies of each book to make sure I can always delve back into the story, and have read each book at least 5 times.
Now, I am trying to convince my husband to give them a try... I highly recommend both, although "Space" can be a bit on the dry side, but if you enjoy history it is fascinating! "Pillars" is quicker-paced, but more fictional than historical... the story itself is not true, but the setting (medieval england) is wonderfully illustrated through his writing.
2006-11-12 11:35:07 · answer #1 · answered by oluchirr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man! I know you should never judge a book by it's cover but, sometimes I just can't help it. Many moons ago I was standing in my neighborhood deli/convince store when my eye glanced over to the book rack and I noticed a black covered paperback with what looked like a silhouette of a priest on the cover. Intrigued by the cover I picked it up and read the jacket. A feeling that I MUST READ this book came over me. I slapped down the 6 bucks for it, boarded a bus and started the book. 5 days later, book read I couldn't believe what I had just read. Total fiction and incredible research, brilliant imagination and not many people have heard of it. I put the book in the mail and sent it to a friend who also devoured it.
The book I speak of is Dark Debts by Karen Hall.
SO GOOD!!!
Check out this review,
http://www.darklair.net/Dark_Debts.html
2006-11-12 21:06:36 · answer #2 · answered by newrenaiss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the time! A Gathering Light, North Child, The Thirteenth Tale, Book of Lost Things, Odd Thomas (but I haven't read the ending as I know something bad will happen and so, as long as I don't read it, it can't happen!), Abarat 1&2, Midnight Cactus, His Dark Materials (Northern Lights, Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass), Twilight, Sunshine, Unrivaled Spangles, Ice Queen (Hoffman), Decipher,Cloud of Sparrows, Across the Nightingale Floor and the rest of the Otori Trilogy, the list could go on and on, but I can't..
2006-11-12 23:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by inknoodles 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last two Harry Potter books, Stephen King's Pet Cemetery and The Shining, John Grisham's The Firm all come to mind.
2006-11-12 19:33:16 · answer #4 · answered by neona807 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell yes! I usually cannot put a book down unless it is horribly bad, but if it is a book that is just too interesting then I would not sleep at all and keep on reading it until I'm through-a bad habit, but it can't be helped.
2006-11-12 19:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by not in denial 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, The Green Mile and the entire Dark Elf Trilogy
2006-11-12 19:26:00 · answer #6 · answered by prairie_babe74 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Master Minds of Mars by Edgar Rice Borroughs was one such book for me. Also Interview With a Vampire by Ann Rice.
2006-11-13 00:49:54 · answer #7 · answered by Call Me Babs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Godfather" by Mario Puzo
"The Exorcist" by William Peter Blatty
Henry Huggins and the Donut Factory
2006-11-12 20:18:12 · answer #8 · answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King"s IT. It took me 2 weeks of solid reading and nothing getting done around the house, but I couldn't help myself
2006-11-12 20:01:40 · answer #9 · answered by nana_bad_ass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Valley of The Dolls
2006-11-12 19:26:09 · answer #10 · answered by Mommyk232 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋