Topic: Post the Cover of Your Favorite Book(s)

[Patback399]

I hear most everyone who read the book in my high school, hated "the catcher in the rye". How'd you like it Joe?

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Maybe because I can relate with Holden much. New York. Not having a clue. Knowing better times are yet to come.

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I've heard about that book...in a bad way

I watched a documentary on Mark David Chapman(aka "The Little ::Dolphin Noise:: Who Killed Lennon"), and the guy had two major obsessions: Lennon, and that book. He read how Holden thought of adults as "phoney". The book later prompted him to kill Lennon. Coincidentally, in the book Holden is visited by a hooker in a green dress, and so was Chapman.

The book definitely sounds...inspiring. I woud like to read it.

[jesusofsuburbia]

I hear most everyone who read the book in my high school, hated "the catcher in the rye". How'd you like it Joe?

[snapback]268498[/snapback]

Maybe because I can relate with Holden much. New York. Not having a clue. Knowing better times are yet to come.

[snapback]268506[/snapback]

I've heard about that book...in a bad way

I watched a documentary on Mark David Chapman(aka "The Little ::Dolphin Noise:: Who Killed Lennon"), and the guy had two major obsessions: Lennon, and that book. He read how Holden thought of adults as "phoney". The book later prompted him to kill Lennon. Coincidentally, in the book Holden is visited by a hooker in a green dress, and so was Chapman.

The book definitely sounds...inspiring. I woud like to read it.

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Um.. yeah. Actually, Chapman used the Catcher in the Rye as a tour guide before he killed Lennon. He did everything that Holden did.

[Roger]

John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath - I didn't enjoy this book, or even appreciate it, when I first read it.  Now I realize how great it was.


John Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men - Despite the fact that it is extremely short, it's definitely one of my favorite stories.


John Irving - A Prayer for Owen Meany - This book is absolutely great.  It was the inspiration for the movie Simon Birch, but that movie does it no justice.  Owen Meany is the kind of character that makes you think hard about everything.


Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart - It's about an African tribe and their ways and traditions and how those change when a group of missionaries comes along.  It's a really great story.


Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird - There's not much to say other than the fact that this book was amazing.  I need to read it again.


Mary Higgins Clark - A Cry in the Night - A great suspense novel.  Everything about this book is chilling.


Bram Stoker - Dracula - Eh, it's a classic.  Everyone's heard of it.  It's very compelling.  I absolutely loved the style of the book.  It's basically a bunch of journal entries and newspaper articles.

I'm probably going to start reading The DaVinci Code soon.  It's one of the books I've wanted to read for a long time, but never had a chance to.

[Elizabeth Rose]

And of course there is Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and the rest of the Chronicles of Narnia.

[Roger]

Hey Liz, pass the Chronic(what!?)cles of Narnia.

I liked the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe too.

[Elizabeth Rose]

HAHAHAHA.  They are all such good books.

[ssj4gogita4]

Omg, I totally forgot about Number The Stars. That is one of the greatest books ever. I haven't read it since elementary school.

[thedarkonexxx]

Took me 3 weeks to actually realise it was a parable.

[thedarkonexxx]

Whoops! I forgot I actually posted in this topic.  *backs away slowly*

[garyfan]

[Patback399]

The Giver by Lois Lowry