Favorite Book?

Question

1. What is your favorite book?
2. Why? What is so special about it?
3. What type of person would you recommend it to?

Answer 1

My favorite book...wow, that's actually really hard. I am a rather prolific reader of mostly classic books (I avoid as much of the new modern crap as possible) and I've read a huge amount of amazing books.

Overall, I'd have to say that Peter Pan, by J.M Barrie is my all-around favorite book. I know, it sounds ridiculous, until you've read it. A friend who I hold in high esteem when it comes to literary tastes forced me to read it (rather against my will) and I have loved it ever since.

Why? Well, Barrie, first of all, is an amazing writer who's talent is matched only by such writers as C.S. Lewis, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Harper Lee. While Peter pan has been made into a child's movie in modern times, the book is perfect for people of any age. It is something beyond reality, and every page draws you in, making you believe you are there, taking part. The book is magical, and it resonates with a amusing cynicism that everyone can relate to.

Honestly, anyone with a hint of imagination can love this book. Children, obviously, will probably always remember it, long after Eragon (a literary disgrace) and Harry Potter are forgotten in ages passed.

However, I will say that if you find Peter Pan a tad too magical for your tastes, Tommy and Grizel, also by J.M Barrie, the sequel to Sentimental Tommy, is absolutely amazing. Its far more serious, but it still maintains Barrie's level of brilliance and his heartless humor and ability to make one dream of days past, resonates through it.

Definitely check both of them out.

Answer 2

1. What is your favorite book? The Lord of the Rings
2. Why? What is so special about it? It is a book about fantasy, love, action, and when reading it, you are taken away to the world and to the moment. The writing is so intense and magical.
3. What type of person would you recommend it to?
I would recommend to anyone who like fantasy

Answer 3

1. My favorite book is Where the Red Fern Grows. I have a very fond memory of it although I probably would not like it so much if I read it again now.

2. There is a lot of action and the ending is so sad and inspirational. I like books that have meaning.

3. Honestly...I don't know.

By the way, I loved the Bartimaeus Trilogy too! It was great! Recommend it to fantasy/Scifi lovers.

Answer 4

1.Victor Hugo's- Les Miserables

2. Why? Because it is a story about a man's
redemption and chronicles how he lives the
second half of his life selflessly to the benefit
of others around him. It also goes into great
detail about poverty and misfortune and shows
how being a benefactor to another can change
a person's life. This book along with Hugo's
other works has shaped how I think and what I
value.

3. I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes
dynamic characters and riveting stories. It has a
bit of everything; social commentary, romance,
redemption, interweaving lives, and an appropiate
ending.

BTW- This is one of only a few books that I go back
and read every year. Victor Hugo is a hero of mine.

Answer 5

Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things
This is a very beautiful and sad book that I would recommend to anyone, but especially to someone with a broken heart.
This is what wikipedia had to say:
The God of Small Things (1997) is a semi-autobiographical, politically charged novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of a pair of fraternal twins who become victims of circumstance. The book is a description of how the small things in life build up, translate into people's behavior and affect their lives. The book won the Booker Prize in 1997.

Answer 6

Christy by Catherine Marshall. It's a fiction book but based on a true story of a 19 year old girl who left her wealthy family to become a missionary in the Smokey Mountains. I love it because ir has everything-suspense, humor, sorrow, history, and most importantly hope. I would recommend it to anyone over the age of 14 who doesn't mind a long novel.

Answer 7

1. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
2. It is an interesting take on what happens when we die. I love the search for answers and how it shows just how intertwined all our lives truly are.
3. I have recommended this book to everyone I can. It has been one of my favorite gifts to give people.

Answer 8

So many. but my top 2 are "The Stand" by Stephen King and "The Time Traveler's Wife" by I don't know.
\Stephen King is just a genius. No one writes like him and I would recommend that book to anyone. The Time Traveler's Wife has such an engaging story, I couldn't put it down. Read it straight through in one day. Again, I would recommend it to anyone. Hooray for reading!!

Hannah: Yes you would.. It still makes me cry to this day. great book!

Answer 9

1. Handling Sin by Michael Malone

2. It's the funniest book I've ever read.

3. Anybody who likes to laugh.

Answer 10

my favortie book is the Bartimouse trology and it is good b/c it is very hard to predict what will happen next. its a series and there are 3 book in it. it is a great series and people who like to read fantasy i mean teens will love this book if you like magician and demons and stuff.