vaportrailer Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I dunno about the 'greatest', but Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" was the most well-written book that I've read. Greatest would probably be "Dr. Seuss' Sleep Book", just because it always worked, and the pictures were fun to look at. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3mhGqeAOV6U/UU6LJN8uCgI/AAAAAAAAkT8/lMsgr14fWRw/s320/DSCN5376.JPG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakesideShark Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Jodi Picoult - My Sister's KeeperKhaled Hosseini - The Kite RunnerH.G. Wells - The War of the Worlds It's probably a tie between those three. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) Fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Go_Dog_Go.jpg My sister and I loved this so much! Still do. We loved the page where all the dogs are asleep together, heads on pillows in a huge human bed. It looked like the best slumber party ever!http://www.joeslab.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/go-dogs-go.jpg :heart: http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/1/4/5/5/ar136695130255412.jpg Best dog party ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Go_Dog_Go.jpg My sister and I loved this so much! Still do. We loved the page where all the dogs are asleep together, heads on pillows in a huge human bed. It looked like the best slumber party ever!http://www.joeslab.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/go-dogs-go.jpg :heart: http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/1/4/5/5/ar136695130255412.jpg Best dog party ever. Yes, the best !! I am lucky, I have been to a couple of parties in my life that have lived up to this one ! :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) Fantastic! It's really is...and it's also one of only two occasions where a book I love got a movie adaptation to match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condemned2bfree Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Charlie and the chocolate factory. Read it when I was eight, utterly captivated, read it so fast. And now my children enjoy them too :) Roahl Dahl rules. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condemned2bfree Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 My Son has just read 'Oh the places you will go'........ fantastic! Its great to read, with your kids. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) Winters Tale by Mark Helprin Please do not be put off by the shitty film adaptation which covers a tiny part of the book...imo it is pretty much unfilmable anyway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter%27s_Tale_(novel) Edited March 6, 2017 by Fridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelix Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 The Stand by Stephen King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 The Viz annual 2003 - the "Rusty Sheriff's Badge". all of the great icons in it - Johnny Fartpants, Sid the Sexist, Roger Melly the man on the Telly, Nobbie's piles, A coming together of icons Talk about synchronicity I was just looking over some viz comics, happy memories. Hardly the best book I have ever read, but hilarious non the less. Remember wavey davey gravey ?( if memory serves)And the ads? http://i68.tinypic.com/atjr6.png Ravey Davey Gravey was actually based on a real person as were most of the characters. He was a shell suit "Chav" selling "E" pills outside a Sunderland "Rave" club in the early 90's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Apart from the Orwell novels I have a couple of left field books "4 iron in the sole" was a road movie book by Lawrence Donegan who spent a year on the European Golf Tour caddying for a Journeyman pro Ross Drummond and his experiences that year. It was a very interesting read about how the golf caddies lived in trailors 6 at a time, drank together and shared chemical toilets. Lawrence is a journalist for the Guardian and played bass guitar with The Bluebells who had a number one hit with "Young at Heart" in 1984 "While my guitar gently weeps" is a novel about a lead guitar player in an up and coming band who was attacked by thugs outside a gig and had to have two of the fingers on his left hand amputated. He could no longer play and his career was finished. He spent the next couple of years travelling the country to find the two men and a girl who had done this and murdered them by cutting their throats. Sounds very depressing but a really good read, partly in flashbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condemned2bfree Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 The Viz annual 2003 - the "Rusty Sheriff's Badge". all of the great icons in it - Johnny Fartpants, Sid the Sexist, Roger Melly the man on the Telly, Nobbie's piles, A coming together of icons Talk about synchronicity I was just looking over some viz comics, happy memories. Hardly the best book I have ever read, but hilarious non the less. Remember wavey davey gravey ?( if memory serves)And the ads? http://i68.tinypic.com/atjr6.png Ravey Davey Gravey was actually based on a real person as were most of the characters. He was a shell suit "Chav" selling "E" pills outside a Sunderland "Rave" club in the early 90's. Yeah I think I met a few :). Do you remember the comedy series Spaced? There was a character in there who I think was lifted from Ravey Davey; hearing tunes in nearly everything, telephone crossings etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 My Son has just read 'Oh the places you will go'........ fantastic! Its great to read, with your kids. Bloke goes to a doctor "I cant stop eating snooker balls" Doctor says OK tell me about it Bloke says "Well yesterday I had two reds and a yellow for breakfast, I had 3 reds and a brown and a blue for lunch, for tea I had 4 reds a pink and a black" Dr says "Oh I know what's wrong, you're not eating enough greens" Ha ha, Just like that!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 The Viz annual 2003 - the "Rusty Sheriff's Badge". all of the great icons in it - Johnny Fartpants, Sid the Sexist, Roger Melly the man on the Telly, Nobbie's piles, A coming together of icons Talk about synchronicity I was just looking over some viz comics, happy memories. Hardly the best book I have ever read, but hilarious non the less. Remember wavey davey gravey ?( if memory serves)And the ads? http://i68.tinypic.com/atjr6.png Ravey Davey Gravey was actually based on a real person as were most of the characters. He was a shell suit "Chav" selling "E" pills outside a Sunderland "Rave" club in the early 90's. Yeah I think I met a few :). Do you remember the comedy series Spaced? There was a character in there who I think was lifted from Ravey Davey; hearing tunes in nearly everything, telephone crossings etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ9w1Q-4eBw Yes I watched Spaced a little, humming with the noise the bus makes when it stops. Tommy could tell totally shit jokes and make them funny, that's why he was a genius. He said to the Queen after the Royal Variety Ma'm may I ask you a question please? Do you like football? The Queen said no not particularly Well can I have your ticket for the cup final? Priceless!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) Fantastic! Didn't know what to expect with that one. It turned out great 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) Fantastic! Didn't know what to expect with that one. It turned out great In all honesty the film matched the book for me perfectly. Very rare for that to happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) Fantastic! Didn't know what to expect with that one. It turned out great In all honesty the film matched the book for me perfectly. Very rare for that to happen! So I've heard. I haven't seen it yet, but there is one critical part missed out of the film I hear. I can't remember exactly what, but it may have been when she was singing and dancing with the doll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Did the audio for this one. The narrator was fantastic. I swear to god he sounded just like JFK in the phone convo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkerbell Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Still by far the best book I have ever read was back in my 9th Grade English Class and it was the great Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I now change my answer to The Stand. Other than that ending.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-517 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Ayn Rand's "Anthem"It's the only book I've ever wanted to read a second time.I did a book review on it this year for English class, but that was a copy that was handed out to students, so I don't have one myself. What I do have is an Amazon gift card... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 1984 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 My Son has just read 'Oh the places you will go'........ fantastic! Its great to read, with your kids. Bloke goes to a doctor "I cant stop eating snooker balls" Doctor says OK tell me about it Bloke says "Well yesterday I had two reds and a yellow for breakfast, I had 3 reds and a brown and a blue for lunch, for tea I had 4 reds a pink and a black" Dr says "Oh I know what's wrong, you're not eating enough greens" Ha ha, Just like that!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Smith Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 My Son has just read 'Oh the places you will go'........ fantastic! Its great to read, with your kids. Bloke goes to a doctor "I cant stop eating snooker balls" Doctor says OK tell me about it Bloke says "Well yesterday I had two reds and a yellow for breakfast, I had 3 reds and a brown and a blue for lunch, for tea I had 4 reds a pink and a black" Dr says "Oh I know what's wrong, you're not eating enough greens" Ha ha, Just like that!! Sometimes it is just completely obscure stuff of a book that you pick up at a flea market for 50p or 50c and you read it and think "Hey this is really good" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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