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Old 03-15-2007
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What were your favorite books?

As a kid, I read just about every book by Enid Blyton & P. G. Wodehouse.

Books I can never forget : To Kill A Mockingbird, Lord Of The Flies

(pity that William Holden goofed slightly about Piggy's glasses)

Couldn't figure out Kafka's Citadel. I think I'll give it another shot now.
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Ahhh, TKAM ! I read that in school last year, and it was pretty good if you ask me....although, I prefer more "odd" books by Stephen King ! Take Secret Window Secret Garden, Desperation, etc...
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Rich dad poor dad, the millionaire mind
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I can't read
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Old 03-17-2007
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I am currently reading books for my comparative religion course but, I have a huge wish-list at Amazon: I might read, The Lost Christianities by Ehrman.
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Daniels Story was a pretty good book. And One For All wasn't bad either.

The best book is the one I don't have to read.
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Old 03-17-2007
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Hi everyone, My favorite book is [U]Under the Tuscan Sun[U].
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As a kid I couldn't get enough of the Famous Five
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Old 03-19-2007
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The Complete Works of Flavius Josephus
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All of Tolkien's works and any book by Tom Clancy. Also the Bourne series by Ludlum is still my favourite.
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Definitely Terry Pratchett.

Hey, Cfitzarl, they tech you TKAM over there? I have studied that book before. Not a favorite I must say.
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Anything by Tom Clancy or King. Chronicles or Narnia was okay.
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As a kid a read almost every roald dahl Book, my favorite being going solo. Now, well i don't really read. The last book i read was Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, which i now consider one of my all time favorites.
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"The Yellow River" by I.P. Freely.
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George

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As a kid I couldn't get enough of the Famous Five
Now my son's hooked. Especially likes George(ina)
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For a more honest answer. I really don't read much, I get books with the intention of reading, but I often only read a few chapters then just stop, some of it might be the type of books I read just don't draw you in much, but I think a lot of it is I just don't really like reading. It is an incredible time sink, time I could spend doing other things I enjoy more.
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Like being at TS? Or the pub/bar perhaps? :P (no offence)
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Growing up I read darn near all of the 'Three Investigators' series. I also really liked 'Where the Red Fern Grows'.

As an adult (in age only) I very much enjoyed 'Alas, Babylon' by Pat Frank and 'Angels & Demons' by Dan Brown.
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I'm all about gaming here. I've been studying up on programs like Gamemaker, Visual Studios XNA, and other manuals and tutorials for Game programs. I've also done some serious reading on my own time. My favorite genres are Horror, Suspense, and Fantasy novels. I'm a real huge fan of Dean Koontz ^_^ I've even picked up a few comic books and manga (if that's considered reading).
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