Favorite books

[PBurke]

GUYS, IF WE CAN'T DROP IT I WILL PULL RANK AND ERASE PARTS OF THIS THREAD. EVERYONE HAS OPINIONS AND JUST CAUSE YOURS IS NOT THE SAME IS NO REASON TO ATTACK ANYONE. PLEASE KEEP IT POSITIVE OR JUST IGNORE THIS THREAD. WE ARE ALL ADULTS HERE. LET'S ACT LIKE IT. IF ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS COMMENT, PM ME PERSONNALLY SO WE CAN HASH IT OUT IN PRIVATE. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING GUYS.paulie

[wpruitt]

You know, one thing I really want to do is go to the library and try to find some of the books I read as a kid.  Those were some great stories.  We had summer reading club at the local library and I would generally read about a book a day over the summers. 

[Bald_freak]

You know, one thing I really want to do is go to the library and try to find some of the books I read as a kid.  Those were some great stories.  We had summer reading club at the local library and I would generally read about a book a day over the summers. 

yeah I remember these scary stories books from schoolastics that royally scared the crap outta me as a kid. wish I could track those down again.

[JDog]

You know, one thing I really want to do is go to the library and try to find some of the books I read as a kid.  Those were some great stories.  We had summer reading club at the local library and I would generally read about a book a day over the summers. 

yeah I remember these scary stories books from schoolastics that royally scared the crap outta me as a kid. wish I could track those down again.

Hell yeah, like Goosebumps and RL Stine and Alvin Schwartz "Scary Stories to tell in the dark,

The artwork by Stephen Gammel in those books is what I remember most, creepy as hell. Combined with the prose ,it made for an even scarier tale!

[Rhymez]

Oh man, I forgot about those goosebumps books. I especially liked the ones where you could make your own story line.

[WannaBePadre]

Anybody ever read the kids' book "Ben and Me"?

The story line is from the perspective of a mouse who fixes all of Benjamin Franklin's mistakes.

[X The Hierophant]

GUYS, IF WE CAN'T DROP IT I WILL PULL RANK AND ERASE PARTS OF THIS THREAD. EVERYONE HAS OPINIONS AND JUST CAUSE YOURS IS NOT THE SAME IS NO REASON TO ATTACK ANYONE. PLEASE KEEP IT POSITIVE OR JUST IGNORE THIS THREAD. WE ARE ALL ADULTS HERE. LET'S ACT LIKE IT. IF ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS COMMENT, PM ME PERSONNALLY SO WE CAN HASH IT OUT IN PRIVATE. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING GUYS.paulie

PBurke ... the thing you have to realize is just how volitile a subjects "favorite books" can be.  I mean, hell, this thread was doomed from the beginning ... just the mere mention of the word "book" makes most peoples blood boil! 

[xnewyawka]

Good one, X  lol     We strayed a bit off course there. We're back on track, tho.

I do remember the scholastic book club, and how I couldn't wait for my new book order to come in, it was such anticipation and I loved reading them.
As a young boy I remember reading the Hardy boys mysteries, I loved those stories, and the one "chum", Chet, I believe was always getting himself into funny situations. I still enjoy mystery books to this day.
I was a big Stephen King fan, and love his collection Night Shift, great stories. I'm also a big fan of autobiographies. Krakauer's "Into the Wild" was unbelievable.

[Bald_freak]

Good one, X  lol     We strayed a bit off course there. We're back on track, tho.

I do remember the scholastic book club, and how I couldn't wait for my new book order to come in, it was such anticipation and I loved reading them.

Yeah, but it seamed that the books I wanted most always got back ordered and never came in 

[Balditicus Maximus]

The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham is my favorite fiction novel.  Hollywood has turned it into a movie twice, but neither version in my opinion has done the book any justice.

[WannaBePadre]

I enjoyed the Bill Murray version of the movie (despite his innate goofiness.)

I'll have to get a copy of the book and experience the real deal.