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10 Dec 2009, 10:25 am

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Good Gods, I could list favorites until my typing fingers bled, but if it can only be one...just because every time I read it, I crawl inside it and feel better while I'm there - and I never get tired of it...





Lord of the Rings




or does that count as three?
It doesn't have to be just one book.


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10 Dec 2009, 10:51 am

LiberalJustice wrote:
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What's yours?
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
It's a little confusing when people underline text in posts when it's not a link :? most people underline links...
LiberalJustice wrote:
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... Lord of the Rings

or does that count as three?
It doesn't have to be just one book.
Oh, good :)
Then maybe you can name this topic 'your favorite book(s)'.


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10 Dec 2009, 10:53 am

it is a story of hope, then despair and then re-adaptation.
my favorite book is the "telephone" book.

before i got one, i was so excited and full of hope that i would be able to read all about telephones, but, to my despair, i found it just contained peoples telephone numbers.

but then, in my maudlin inertia, i noticed that a portable air conditioner that i have not used due to the fact it has no front wheels (and therefore leans forward) could be propped up to a level position with the the telephone book wedged under it's leading edge.
so my favorite book is the telephone book because it enables the use of a very efficient portable air conditioner that was otherwise useless.



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10 Dec 2009, 2:55 pm

b9 wrote:
it is a story of hope, then despair and then re-adaptation.
my favorite book is the "telephone" book.

before i got one, i was so excited and full of hope that i would be able to read all about telephones, but, to my despair, i found it just contained peoples telephone numbers.

but then, in my maudlin inertia, i noticed that a portable air conditioner that i have not used due to the fact it has no front wheels (and therefore leans forward) could be propped up to a level position with the the telephone book wedged under it's leading edge.
so my favorite book is the telephone book because it enables the use of a very efficient portable air conditioner that was otherwise useless.
:lol: funny story


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10 Dec 2009, 4:30 pm

Scientist wrote:
LiberalJustice wrote:
Scientist wrote:
What's yours?
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
It's a little confusing when people underline text in posts when it's not a link :? most people underline links...
LiberalJustice wrote:
Willard wrote:
... Lord of the Rings

or does that count as three?
It doesn't have to be just one book.
Oh, good :)
Then maybe you can name this topic 'your favorite book(s)'.
From what I had been taught in english class you were supposed to underline book titles, I am a grammar perfectionist.


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10 Dec 2009, 7:41 pm

b9 wrote:
my favorite book is the "telephone" book..


It certainly doesn't have much of a story line but wow, what a cast of actors!



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11 Dec 2009, 10:33 am

LiberalJustice wrote:
Scientist wrote:
LiberalJustice wrote:
Scientist wrote:
What's yours?
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
It's a little confusing when people underline text in posts when it's not a link :? most people underline links...
LiberalJustice wrote:
Willard wrote:
... Lord of the Rings

or does that count as three?
It doesn't have to be just one book.
Oh, good :)
Then maybe you can name this topic 'your favorite book(s)'.
From what I had been taught in english class you were supposed to underline book titles, I am a grammar perfectionist.
Thanks for changing "book" into "book(s)" :)
Oh, OK, well, I've never been taught to underline book titles. But I have been taught in other classes to write book titles in italics (book and article titles in scientific publications; and I have been taught for some publishers you have to underline book and article titles so they publish them in italics). But I don't apply that rule everywhere, as you may have noticed.
Well, maybe I should... ;)
... edited my first post in this topic, my book titles are in italics now ;)


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14 Dec 2009, 3:57 am

The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien, is my favorite book of all time.



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14 Dec 2009, 4:16 am

The 'Hitchhiker's Guide' series probably. A great balance between philosophical and lighthearted storytelling. Perhaps a downside is the lack of a clear story/goal, but I guess that's the point.



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14 Dec 2009, 4:45 am

Red Shift, to the point of obsession. It's the children's book equivalent of Gimme Shelter.


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14 Dec 2009, 8:55 am

in seriousness, my favorite book is called "remember be here now" by richard alpert.