One for the book worms....

[mackenzie]

to kill a mocking bird is an amazing book!

Agreed. Atticus Finch is probably one of my all time favourite characters.

My favourite ever book though is "Wuthering Heights" but it's an acquired taste. ;-)

 

[berger10]

to kill a mocking bird is an amazing book!

i had to read for my year 11 exams this year and the whole class loved it (to our teachers surprise)

Hey mate, I had to study it for my GCSE's as well. I have still got the book with all my notes in! (I was lucky, I dont think your allowed notes in the exam anymore?)

 

[stony]

(apart from Stephen King appearing in the latter stages of the story)

That put me off them so much, I didn't bother reading the last book. Apart from that, I've noticed most of Kings books have really shit endings. It's almost as though he doesn't know how to finish a tale. The Stand is one of my all time favourite books, but I was more than a little disappointed with the ending.

 

[simonk]

the grapes of wrath is an awesome story
its a big read, but steinbeck won a noble prize for literature. He can tell a story.
you will feel better for having read it

on a lighter note - the life and times of the thunderbolt kid, is basically Bil Brysons autobiography about growing up in 50s America, I laughed tears a few times

 

[mackenzie]

the grapes of wrath is an awesome story
its a big read, but steinbeck won a noble prize for literature. He can tell a story.
you will feel better for having read it

on a lighter note - the life and times of the thunderbolt kid, is basically Bil Brysons autobiography about growing up in 50s America, I laughed tears a few times

I love Bill Bryson. You read his other stuff?

 

[simonk]

yeah - all the travel stuff. struggled a bit with one with facts about the world etc - had monkies on the front I think. but love his take on the world. Thunderbolt was so good I read it on holiday in 2 days and was gutted.
Got me into all sorts of travel books, not tour guides, but irreverent views of other places and people

 

[merlot somme]

'The War the Infantry Knew 1914-1919' by Captain J C Dunn.

 

[goatfood]

and

Couldn't put either of them down recently and there's a new one out I haven't yet read

for modern classics '1984' and 'Catcher in the Rye'

 

[tommcfc]

the boy in the striped pajamas is great
the film is too and doesn't ruin the book in te slightest

 

[PistonBlue]

Four books spring to mind from my Lit Degree, Frankenstein is excellent a must read, Great expectations is also brilliant. Jane Eyre, although more for the ladies is also a great read and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is a great, great story.

If they sound a bit heavy, try The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien, it is possibly the funniest book I've ever read.