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The greatest book for reading at night!

i found the radio show in a random search a few years ago..
i was hooked after the first five minutes!!!! it was brilliant!
found the books later on the last installment was a bit dark and blue...
but great disjointed and mind twisting logic. the ability to say weird things with a straight face..adams was a genius

the only regret i have is..i started reading the books out of order.
but her writing is so evocative and rich.
the fantastic is written in a way that makes it all real.
i have aged many thousands of years with her.
great writing!! :D

This is one of the first books I remember a teacher reading to me. It's still one of my favorite children's books.

another great book by john Grisham,

Hilarious book and a bit of every woman in it - a real page turner and you just don't want it to end!! I read it in a day on the beach!!

Truly a fantastic book - the innocent nature is truly touching!!

Totally a life changing text, read it and make it an essential part of your daily life..... Your life will never b the same if u really apply it!!!

Anne Rice is absolutely intelligent and amazing! She is my all time favorite writer. She can take her writing and make it come to life. There are many times I felt like I was actually in old New Orleans! Once I get started in her books, I'm absorbed and cant put it down until I'm finished!

yeah got this book 2 years ago a pshyic recomened it i thought at the time she was but its a brillent book

At first I was forced to read this for a class in high school and I absolutely hated it, but I've read twice since then and it's really growing on me.

John Saul is a wonderful psychological thrill writer. He is one of my favorite authors and this book in particular has to be on my top 5 favorites of his.

This a beautiful story. I read it a while ago out of the library and loved it so much I had to go out and buy it.

I acctually just started reading this series and I'm in the middle of the second book, but my impression so far is good!

Read all of them a couple of times and love the last one them most it has me at the edge of my set from start to finish. Cant wait for release of movie for year 6 hope they make one for year 7

i have read the series three times now and i cant get enough. i have never read a book series that makes me feel so many emotions at once and not to mention the movie was amazing and new moon is going to be as good if not better. best series i have ever read hands down

Douglas Adams had a very twisted sense of humor - cracked me up all the way - shared the book with all of my grown children!

Great series! Read all of them but enjoyed the first book the most.

Great series! Read all of them but enjoyed the first book the most.

All four of thee are fantastic. I find myself getting goosebumps when discussing them. Not only did Stephanie Meyer write them for young adults but the main characters are 17! I am a single mom with a 2 year old for crying out loud! I like the movie Twilight and I am very excited over New Moon in November but alas he books are always better. I have read the whole series, all 5, about 3 times. I am on Breaking Dawn now, again for the 3rd time. I reread them as the movies get closer. I will probably start over with just the first 2 so when I see New Moon it is fresh but you cannot forge the story. It's amazing.

Although these books are about children, these are, by no means, children books...But there is something appealling for everyone, child or adult alike. I wouldn't be lying if I said these are my favorite books in this genre. I haveorite in other genres...

I was able to get the digital versions of all 4 books, as it is very difficult to find them here in Panama, and written in English. I'm done with all four...New Moon is so heartbreaking...you'll see... and you don't have a clue what's in store for you.

I even have the unauthorized draft of book 5. Stephanie Meyer stopped writing it when somehow the draft was leaked online. Amazing storytelling, heartbreaking and brave lovestory...

Yesssss. Claire couldn't have landed in a more convoluted era but the XVIII Century... I mean, the French revolution, the two Stuart risings, the American Revolution...they get to be part of history in the making, and being Jamie he couldn't NOT be a part of it.

I have read the spin-off's as well... the Lord John Gray novels...these are amazing, and you get to see a side of Lord John that's so funny and real...not just his <gay> love and attraction for Jamie, but how unhappy he's been, and how hard is has been on him, to be able to love and be loved in return...Fantastic!

Being from latin-america, it was sort of mandatory to read Garcia Marquez...I have read many, many of his books, essays and short stories, in school and by personal choice.

Most of his books are either spin-off's from 100 years of Solitude, or the characters were included in 100 Years of Solitude after being written into other short novels, all set in the mythical town of macondo with its yello butterflies and banana plantations...100 years of solitude is very hard to follow, but the copy I have has the genealogy tree or chart at the beginning of the book, so you can follow all the characters, it made it a little easier.

100 Years of Solitude gives us a wide glimpse into the geniality of one of the greatest writers of our time Don Gabriel Garcia Marquez. If you have the chance, buy his latest book "Vivir para Contarlo" (or "Live to tell") which is the story of his magnificent life...

Oh, Gombrowicz was a Polish writer and I'm a Pole, studied Polish literature in a primary as well as secondary school but they never told us that he wrote also children's books...

You learn all you life...

I read these when they were first published, its great that they are finally getting the attention that they so truly deserve.

Just about everyone is so hung on Edward but my favorite Cullen is Alice with Emmett as a close second.

This author made me take a pilgrimage with his inspirational tales. I discovered more about myself in 6 months than in the rest of my life.

The magic of this book comes as much from the actual writing as it does from the story itself. Marquez imagines a world full of magical people capable of magical things and it left me disappointed that you hum-drum world could never compare. It's one of the books I read and re-read because everytime I read it I find something new. Now, that really is magic!

I have read the whole series and have never been disappointed. Although the love story of Jamie Fraser and Claire as the "meat" of the story, I find that the political and historical aspects just as compelling. Loved this series and read it time after time.

In this book, Tolstoy manages to do what few male writers can: portray the inner life of a woman with both accuracy and sympathy. The love story between Anna and Vronksy rings true every time.His characters are well drawn and feel like they might be "real" people we all know. He also presents a Russia which is in the throws of social, moral and political change. A tour de force and one of my all-time favorites.

Rand spent most of her life slagging off altruism. Altruism means being kind to people. Hers is a philosophy of nastiness and selfishness. Anyone who supports that must, ipso facto, be a genuinely objectionable person. The book can be easily summarised:

Everyone else is wrong: Ayn Rand is the only person who is right. A characteristic she shares with Marx, Hitler, and any other fundamentalist you care to mention.

All the misguided people i.e. everyone who isn't Ayn Rand, has to be punished by lecturing them in interminably boring speeches that go on and on and on for about one hundred pages and have only one point - I've got more money than you, Ha Ha Ha!

And she is a truly abysmal writer

Thanks for your comment Sreich, but I have to disagree. The book is a political allegory of something completely different from fascism and totalitarianism. This book is about freedom and individualism. It seems people like to love it or hate it and what makes you a lover or a hater is your attitude towards the novelity of making money, to innovate and produce, and never accept the guilt of the non-productive. According to Ayn Rand, the best society is one in which people trade the best they have created for the best that others have created. This is the moral of the book. People should not be forced to sacrifice their dreams for the sake of others. This is where the principle of equality is based.
I will agree with you that the book is badly written but there is a spirit behind the words that makes you certain you are reading something important.

This book is a neo-fascist, badly written, rant by an author who was certifiably bonkers. It is only popular in the USA, which says much about that country's literary taste and politics.

very good r eading.,.....babsie x

Do you know what I really love about this book? Despite the fact it was written almost 60 years ago, it still feels very contemporary as regards thoughts, instincts and the passion for life. And the undying quest for self-improvement. Kerouac rules!!!

amazing,sense of smell via words! great book,give movie a miss, try "the pigeon".

start here, then read all the rest.

everyone should read this!!

dear, intimate little book, i'd love to have met morrie, beautiful, gentle man,but this is next best thing.

love!!!! this book,but then hes my favourite writer!! they all have charm and magic!try isabell allande "house of spirits"

I pretty much agree with clara1956 on this one, and also read the 21 chapter version of the book (which I believe is the ONLY version that should be read), although Burgess did have his own financial reasons for releasing a 20 chapter version of the book in the United States. The details on this are revealed in some versions of A Clockwork Orange.

This book touches up on MANY things, but the 21st chapter is symbolic of its number. The primary message of this book deals with growing up. There are also many other subtle messages throughout the book, many dealing with society.

I completely understand Burgess on his use of "ultra violence", or more simply the constant use of violence throughout the book. Not only was this a future society that we are most likely entering in a very subtle way (MUCH like Orwell's 1984), but also because violence is a VERY constant theme in mankind's existence on the planet Earth. Like violence or not, it's everywhere, and as of right now it is a large part of our nature :(

I'm assuming that I picked this book apart properly, mostly because I took a college prep course in high school and wrote a rather lengthy paper on it. My teacher had also read A Clockwork Orange in college and told me that I had nailed it :)

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: This book is most easily read and understood with a glossary (for the unique slang) that isn't hard to find on the internet.