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29 responses to “Open Thread Update: The Best Book(s) You Ever Read?”

1. wow!nice to get this info
   my favorite reread-anything DR SEUSS!!

   Reply to sushila mathew

2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I learned not to fear death; I felt such peace at the end of the book. The read to the end is jarring but I was drawn to reading the book more than once.

   Reply to Donay Queenan

3. A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer
   Historical medical novel. A who done it. Re-read it because the characters seem real.

   Reply to Michelle D. Winfield

4. Have 30 Ann Rule books. Say enough?

   Reply to Martin Gross

5. I enjoyed “Roughing It” by Mark Twain.

   Reply to Gretchen van Matre

6. John Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’ had a huge impact on me as a young adult

   Reply to Mary donegan

7. I read Dracula every year around Halloween. It’s a very fun read .

   Reply to Sheila Kendall

8. “1984”
   The country where a charlatan is worshipped as “Angel, Saint, Messiah, God,” where the elections are stolen at the historical center of national democracy, where war is peace, Hollywood pre-school dropouts are gurus, and the possibly most corrupt media in the world are celebrated as “journalism,” the ladies read of course about other oh, ah ladies. As ordered. Why would anyone read history when the concept itself is prohibited and thus unknown?
   In a way, I’d like to live long enough to see the ladies in the real 1984 which is, of course, coming.
   dr anna

   Reply to anna

9. I love the intricacy of the plot, and excellent writing in The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas.

   Reply to Doris

   1. I read Dumas when I was around 12 and I was derailed for a long period of time. It took decades for me to recover from the idiocy of francophilia and oh, ah culture and become wise.

      Reply to anna

10. “Raising world-changers in a changing world: How one family discovered the beauty of sacrifice and the joy of giving” by Kristin Welch

    Reply to Rachel Cywinski

11. Unbroken. So inspirational!

    Reply to Elaine

12. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
    His prose is lovely, and the events are heartwarming, in this coming of age story for all ages.

    Reply to Lynn Gaudio

13. I first read it in the early 1970’s, and every few years I re-read Doris Lessing’s Four-Gated City to see how much I and the world have changed. She is my favorite author because her range of subject and style is endless.

    Reply to Lina

14. I have read Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell several times.

    Reply to Michelle Goldstein

15. The Shack – William P Young

    Reply to Michele

    1. The Shack was also one of my favorites. I would read it again.

       Reply to Shirley

       1. Me, too. Loved the Shack. Used it in my grief classes.

16. I have enjoyed reading The Color Purple by Alice Walker. It’s timeless to me and so well written. The movie is also a keeper.

    Reply to Carol Bracey

    1. Hi just wondering if you attended P.S. 221. If yes, it’s Yvette Norde’ . If it’s you or not please let me know. My married name is Edwards.

       Reply to Yvette Edwards

17. Pride and Prejudice for style of writing and a snicker on the side.

    Reply to Anita

18. Every year I read The Bridges of Madison County and its epilogue A Thousand Country Roads by the late Robert James Waller. Probably because I’m a hopeless romantic!

    Reply to Margaret Tews

    1. I love the movie and I have never read the book. I know plan to buy both books. Thank you for your comment. My favorite book is Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.

       Reply to Renee St John

19. The Help is my favorite book because I invited a group of women together to have a discussion about it. In the group of women, there was an author and a woman, Margaret, who was raised during the reign of Chairman Mao in China. The result of the discussion and the connection between the two women resulted in a book called Really Enough, which is the story of Margaret’s life in China during that very difficult time in history. I highly recommend Really Enough, an award-winning book. http://reallyenough.com/

    Reply to Judy Rough

20. C: Since age 9, i’ve loved and at least 7 times have reread “Jane Eyre”.

    Reply to C

21. I read _The Great Book of Amber_ by Roger Zelazny every year.
    Harvey

    Reply to Harvey Fishman

    1. My husband introduced me to the 9 Princes of Amber. I had never read anything like it before! My husband is gone but I still have the book, 2 copies, actually…his and mine!

       Reply to Susan

22. I would read again and again Powernomics by Claude Anderson, Ed.D

    Reply to V

    1. The Cromwell Trilogy by Hillart Mantel,
       Handmaids Tale with The Testaments

       Reply to Audrey Myers