Raffle – Favorite Book
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Hello everyone! I hope you are poised at the precipice of a fantastic weekend! To make it just a smidgen sweeter, we’re having a raffle here at FBA. Just leave a comment with the right contents and you’re entered in the raffle. And the winner is chosen at random.
This raffle is all about BOOKS! What is your favorite book of all time? It can be fiction, non-fiction or any dadgum genre that you want. The best part of this raffle? We end up with a list of awesome reading material.
So put on your thinking caps and comment with your favorite books and enter to win a Borders 100$ gift card. With which you can, you know, buy more books! Contest closes Sunday night at midnight PST. If you comment later than that you’ll be disqualified. Ready, Set, GO!
February 8th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
My favorite book of all time is “Number the Stars” by Lois Lowry. It was the first time that my eyes were opened as a child to the world around me. The book was close to my heart because it was all about a little girl that could be just like me. Amazing story.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
too many to choose…all of the anita blake series by laurell k hamilton is awesome…the merry gentry series also…hmmmmm, perhaps i need to branch out in terms of authors…..
February 8th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Any of the Harry Potter books. I’ve grown up with them and turned to them during troublesome times. They are like old friends. I can read them over and over again and never get tired of them.
February 8th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I’m not playing, as a contributor, but I want to say my favorite book of all time is…oh, this is hard. I would say “The Princess Bride” by William S. Goldman. I read it dozens of times and still pick it up occasionally just to read a chapter or two. Also, I think the movie adaptation is one of the best adaptations of a novel – they kept all that they needed to keep and cut out just what they needed to cut out.
Also anything by Laurie Colwin (fiction or nonfiction)
Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential (what really goes on in a restaurant – hilarious)
Sun Wind Stars by Antoine de Ste Exupery (one of the great travel books of all time)
A Loss for Words by LouAnne Walker (about a deaf family)
Burro Genius by Victor Villasenor (a great story by a dyslexic writer)
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson (he makes me laugh SO hard)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (classic!) by Betty Smith
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
and on and on…
February 8th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I ditto what Suebob said about not playing, BUT, here’s the off-the-top-of-my-head list:
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Remembering Denny by Calvin Trillin
The White Hotel by DM Thomas
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Letters of E.B. White
February 8th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Ooh, too many to list. Plus I keep changing my favorites all the time.
Some of the books I’ve tagged as “favorite” on my LibraryThing page:
Samuel Johnson is Indignant by Lydia Davis (Love her. She says so much with so little)
Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan Didion (“On Keeping a Notebook” is essential for any writer.)
Anagrams by Lorrie Moore (Love her quirky wit.)
One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry (Security blanket reading)
February 8th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, hands down. Other favorites can be seen in the GoodReads section of the sidebar of my blog.
February 8th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
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February 8th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I loved Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides, it’s beautiful, long, but beautiful.
February 8th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Favorite book? That’s a pickle, I have so many books that I love that it’s hard to make a choice.
My all time favorites are the Dune cycle by Frank Herbert and the Robot series by Isaac Asimov. The Lord of the Rings is also close to the top of my list. In more recent novels, Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds just blows me away. Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson are also quite good. Finally, I believe that Ilium/Olympos by Dan Simmons is just an incredible piece of writing.
That’s it for me.
February 8th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I can’t name one of all time, but I really enjoyed WICKED and recently THE THIRTEENTH TALE.
February 8th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
My favorites of all time are:
Oliver Twist
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Remains of the Day
Villette
The Sea, The Sea
Oh, so many!! It’s hard to choose!
February 8th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Hands down A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. I’ve been reading it for 20 years. Huh. That statement made me feel kind of old. Oh well. I look forward to reading it to my kids for the next 20 though!
February 8th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
“The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver (almost anything by her)
“The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran
“A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving (most of his are good)
February 8th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Hmmm, this is hard. But, I would have to go with When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. Really, I love all of her books, but this one is my fav by a fraction of a point.
February 8th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
It’s billed as a children’s book (ages 8-12), and is definitely accessible to children, but every adult I’ve given it to has adored Jules Feiffer’s “Man in the Ceiling”. It’s often billed as a book about failure, but I see it as a book about giving your best to what you love.
For full-on grownup stuff, I always recommend “I, Claudius”. It’s wry and funny, and has a heap of drama and evil machinations as well.
February 8th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
MUST have been a typo. I’m SURE you meant to say “favorite bookS”
“The Woman Who Watches Over the World” by Linda Hogan
“This Boys Life” by Tobias Wolff
“Paula” by Isabel Allende
“The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion
“Animal Dreams” by Barbara Kingsolver
February 8th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
“Life of Pi” by Yann Martel is one of my favourites.
I also really enjoyed “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” though I am somewhat ashamed to admit it because it’s such a chick novel.
February 8th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
My favorite 2 books are What’s Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies and East Lynne by Mrs Henry Woods. They are as different as night and day but I love both of them and reread them often. I also love A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. It is hard to read, but so beautiful.
February 8th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Poisonwood Bible, barbara kingsolver
Julian, Gore Vidal
Recently: Eat, Pray, Love —
Love in the Time of Cholera
100 Years of Solitude
February 8th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
A Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena de Blasi
Room with a View by E.M. Forester
Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
February 8th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
My favorite book is whatever one I plan to read next..Just knowing that I may be traveling back in time or to the future, having a great or lost love, being thrown into the midst of solving a crime, seeing a part of the world not yet seen or running with the wolves in the snow…you readers know what I mean!!
February 8th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
It is hard to pick one…So I won’t.
Some of my favorites are:
The Alchemist
Still life with Woodpecker
Skinny Legs and All
A Prayer for Owen Mean
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Griffen and Sabine
Weetzie Bat
February 8th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
“Finding the Hero in Your Husband: Surrendering the Way God Intended” by Julianna Slattery.
This book is EXCELLENT! As I went through it I would read different parts to my husband and he commented several times that this woman “actually knows what men are like”. I really think that if every young lady/engaged female/married woman read this book, there would be a lot more happy marriages out there and the divorce rate would dwindle considerably.
Of course, anything by Jane Austen is always a favorite but I’m pretty sure everyone’s already read those.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
too many to list them all…
some faves:
The Stand ~ Stephen King
LOTR ~ Tolkien
Biff ~ Christopher Moore
The Dune Chronicles ~ Herbert
I Know This Much Is True ~ Wally Lamb
Anything by John Irving, but especially “Owen Meany” and “Garp”
Anything by Tom Robbins, but especially “Skinny Legs and All” and “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”
The Dark Tower ~ Stephen King
Stones From the River ~ Ursula Hegi
The Hunt for Red October ~ Tom Clancy
A Cold Mind (or any of the Stuart Hayden series) ~ David L. Lindsey
Anything by Poe, especially “The Raven” (yes, it’s a poem ~ but I love it!) and The Tell-Tale Heart
And a few thousand more.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I just re-read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, now as an adult, and I’m amazed that it holds up so well. It’s incredibly heart-felt, multi-faceted, and an all-around amazing story. Good stuff.
And if you’re a knitter and not opposed to some Chick-lit, I recommend The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood. It really was a page-turner.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Oh, crap! I also forgot to mention everything that Neil Gaiman writes, including his graphic novel series Sandman. He is a literary treasure.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Wow, you guys are hardcore.. Yo!
The Pokey little puppy (golden books-kick’n it old school)
Child of Mine :Christina Kline
The Garden of Eden: Mr. E. Hemingway
The Monster at the End of this Book: Loveable furry old Grover
Love and Peace
Cindi
February 8th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
From 4th grade–Island of the Blue Dolphins.
As an adult–I’ve only read one Stephen King, Lisey’s Story, and I couldn’t put it down.
Thanks for asking!
February 9th, 2008 at 12:04 am
I really liked The Dive from Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer and You’re Not You by Michelle Wildgen.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Something I read in highschool that I always love going back to: My Antonia by Willa Cather.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Fiction: Watcher’s- Dean Koontz
Non-Fiction: Freakonomics
All-time fave: Dante’s Inferno
February 9th, 2008 at 4:17 am
My favorite is Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. 2nd runner up is Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins.
February 9th, 2008 at 8:32 am
I could not possibly choose one but the last book I read that I loved was The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean.
February 9th, 2008 at 9:33 am
“Of all time” is the sticking point here for me. I have to go back to when books really changed the world for me…
So “Tiger Eyes” Judy Blume,
The Yearling
A Wrinkle In Time – L’Engle
Are you There God, It’s me Margaret – Blume
Brave New World – Aldus Huxley
February 9th, 2008 at 9:43 am
My favorite book of all time would have to be Gone With The Wind, just because I’ve read it SO MANY TIMES. I got it when I was eight and wore out two copies by the time I graduated.
The last book I read was The Kite Runner, which was fantastic. I also love The Good Earth.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
“Boy’s Life” by Robert McCammon.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Watership Down by Richard Adams
I also love Dracula by Bram Stoker, The Power of One, Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, Something wicked this way comes, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel by suzanna clark, …. I can’t find some authors since my hubby organized our shelves by book size instead of subject ..ugh!
I should stop, you’ll get too many from me!
February 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
“Brick Lane” by Monica Ali. I just finished it. It was a difficult read for me, but it was amazing.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Oh, so many. Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman. Austen’s Persuasion. Coupland’s Microserfs. Bujold’s The Curse of Chalion. Robin McKinley’s Hero & the Crown, The Blue Sword, Deerskin. Mary Oliver’s Why I Wake Early.
February 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Oh gosh… that is a hard one. I will cop out like others by listing more than one:
Dune by Frank Herbert
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
and the Princess Bride by William Goldman. For those who have only seen the movie: the book is better.
It usually is.
February 9th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I love the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse are the first three and so far published books of the series. Stephanie writes for herself but also pulls her readers into her stories. I want to be Bella and I love Edward. The books are in the young adult section but that shouldn’t mean anything to a reader. I have been pulled into a world of Vampires and Warewolves where both danger and new love get my heart racing. I recommend these books to everyone. I am selfish in not lending out my own copies but I think that is for the best. They are tear stained and have splotches of ice cream and chocolate on the pages. The binding is torn and a few pages stick together, but isnt that how you tell a good book from an okay one?
February 9th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter.
February 9th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
So many…
The Little Prince
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
and, not a book, but a short story: Babette’s Feast
February 9th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Favorite book?
The Daybooks of Edward Weston, I (Mexico) and II (California).
To get an inside look at what goes on in an artist’s head. The decisions he makes and what ultimately inspires him.
My Daybooks have yellowed with age, pages bent, and yet I return to them often when I’m looking for inspiration to keep me going with my photography.
February 9th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Well, I have a tie for favorite book of ALL TIME:
- Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card (because I’ve read it about once a year since high school. It always changes for me.)
- There Is Nothing Wrong With You, Cheri Huber (A MUST for anyone with self-confidence or self-hatred issues.)
Just to add to the great reading list, though:
- Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
- Neverwhere, Niel Gaiman
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson
February 9th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
James H. Schimtz:
-The Witches of Karres
-The Lion Game
I am also rather fond of his short story “Resident Witch.”
I grew up reading Schmitz’ strong female characters and I reread his stories every year or so. They have yet to feel dated or juvenile. It is sci-fi. It features ESP or Sci or whatever people are calling enhanced mental abilities these days. Escapism at its best.
Baen Books just released all of Scmitz’ stories in a series of 4 or 5 books edited by Eric Flint (no idea who he is, but he has excellent taste. heh.) so all of Schmitz’ stories are available again after many of them were out of circulation for quite some time.
Ooh, I think I need to go read his Telzey Amberdon stories again.
February 9th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
My all time favorite and most life changing book is part of a trilogy written by Peter Jenkins called ‘A Walk Across America’
With his own feelings echoing the disillusionment of his whole generation, Peter Jenkins set out with his dog Cooper to walk across America and find out what his country was really about.
Along the way, Jenkins’ faith and pride in his country and himself were tested and ultimately restored.
Yours will be too as you read his amazing story.
February 10th, 2008 at 1:14 am
My favorite books from childhood:
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Pat the Bunny
The Hungry Caterpillar
Goodnight Moon
My favorite books as an adult:
Passing for Thin
Obsessive Love
The Language of Letting Go
(I’m into self-help, recovery type books)
February 10th, 2008 at 2:56 am
ramona and her father by beverly clearly!
February 10th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Favorite children’s books: Best Christmas Pageant Ever, A Wrinkle in Time (trilogy), and Junie B. Jones series
Favorite authors as an adult: Kaye Gibbons, John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, Nora Roberts
Favorite genre as an adult: legal drama and southern lit
My favorite book is generally the one I am currently reading. I seldom meet a book I do not like!
February 10th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Books you must read:
Marilyn Robinson: Gilead
Paul Elie: The Life You Save May Be Your Own.
Currently Reading: Circling My Mother (by Mary Gordon.) Excellent.
February 10th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Well, in just scanning this list, I glanced at least a dozen books that I would have called my favorite. I think I’ll go with just two, though:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.
I’m always reading new books that quickly join the ranks of my favorites, but these two are classics that I’ve read more than once and will probably read again and again in my lifetime.
February 10th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
It’s hard to pick one, but I would have to say that the favorite book I’ve read in the last year is Craig Ferguson’s “Between the Bridge and the River.”
February 11th, 2008 at 12:11 am
The only one of my favorites that hasn’t been listed so far is: Atlas Shrugged ~Ayn Rand
Other than that… ditto to many of you
February 11th, 2008 at 12:15 am
I love The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
It was written in 1985. It’s a tale about well… its controversial, but it’s on wiki. =P
February 11th, 2008 at 12:16 am
@smtwngrl
A Wrinkle in Time is my OTHER favorite.. Its such a sweet tale of love conquers all. =P
February 11th, 2008 at 12:21 am
I love books so much that it’s completely impossible for me to choose just one! Although, I will say that my favorite author is Stephen King. He provides such strong visuals for me that I just can’t get enough of his writing and I am so thankful everyday that he doesn’t ever take his “retirement” seriously. However, another writer, Max Brooks, is quickly winning my heart with his zombie books! But, mostly? I just really love books!!!!
February 11th, 2008 at 2:57 am
A tree grows in Brooklyn for my is like having coffee with someone who you are very close with and very familiar with. I always know what I am getting when I read it for the 100th time.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
You said one, I put one. I hope that gives me a better shot at the win!
February 12th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Fav book: Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
February 12th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Jacob Have I Loved
February 17th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
My absolute favorite book is The Time Traveler’s Wife. It’s sappy, interesting, and mind-blowing at times. I was sad when it ended:(