Your favorite book, and why.

[lango]

Title should be self-explanatory here.
What are your favorite books, and why? Remember, you can post more then one book, and since tastes change, you can always post again and again.
If you wish, you can also explain why someone is your favorite writer.

Example: I love Pirilimpim, the prologue trully cracks me up!

or: Lango is such an amazing writer, I just cant stop reading anything he writes. Not kidding, I have all YWO pages copied on my laptop, and I walk around the streets re-reading everything he writes! Been almost run-over by cars twice. Important advice: whenevr you cross a street, look left, right, and make sure youre not reading something written by lango.

well, you guys get the idea :rolleyes:

Try adding a blurb or a review to it, written by yourself of course

[Rafael Domination]

Alex Rider, Scorpia.

When teenage agents go wrong. This time, England's only hope finds himself working for the bad guys...and he's doing really well.

This book is action-packed, stylish and crisp. I love it.

[Midnight_Moon]

I like alot of books but I like the "Once Upon a Time..." Series cause they are all retellings of well-loved fairy tales.

[sXe_Jinxeh]

Call me geeky, but my favorite book right now would probably have to be anything starring Georgia Nicholson, particularly the new one Love Is A Many Trousered Thing.

The books are the diaries of the often insane Georgia, who's trying to live her life while getting through school and dealing with boys. Her "language" is often filled with made up words, so there's a "British to American Dictionary" in the back.

I suggest not reading these in public, unless you want people loking at you while you're laughing so hard you pee.

[Midnight_Moon]

Oh, I also like the book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. I love how she is so different. Cinnamon is so CUTE!!!!

[Nanyoky]

The Trickster books by Tamora Pierce get me every time. It's so easy to get to know the characters!

[romatomato]

There are waaay too many books to choose an absolute favorite or anything, but recently, I hold special love for Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. The title sounds pretty cheesy, but it's a really awesome historical fiction/fantasy-esque book centering around slavery in the 18th century, with a sci-fi-ish sort of spin to it. And even though it has its moments where the emotion levels go haywire and the main character gets a little melodramatic, it's still very good.
Plus, I've been waiting for the sequel for over a year now, so I think I'm entitled to a little bit of ranting on it.

[lango]

Animorphs, K. A. Applegate
Funny thing, Im a fantasy lover, but my favorite book is a children sci-fi. Children saving the world, having the power to morph any animal they touch by acquiring their DNA. Seems pretty simple, and, indeed, the book itself is written fairly simple. Yet I have yet to read a book that manages to go so deep into character emotions, and near the end one definitely cannot call it a children's book at all :P was also one of the 2 only books to ever make me cry, the other being hunchback of notredame :D

[Chie'N'Kadath]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It is an excellent tale, rich with history, religion, mythology, as well as an excellent statement on the modern world. It spins a brilliant tale that shocks, twists, amazes, and never runs out of wondrous ideas and images. Gaiman's writing style fits the book a well, he can spin a photo realistic image in your head using masterfully written detail without slowing down the pace. The characters are all interesting, and despite taking from actual history and religion, Gaiman's story is very inventive and creative on his own terms, and his brilliant story telling lures the reader into suspending their belief, as it blurs the line between the modern real world and the ancient beliefs perfectly. This is a dark fantasy that should appeal to absolutely anyone who enjoys good fiction, the only negative thing I can say about the book is the fact that sometimes Neil Gaiman's writing can get fairly perverse, and some of the fairly graphic sexual sequences are unnecessary (Although an early one in the story is somewhat funny and weird, it doesn't really fit into the story with the exception that it introduces a god who is referenced later in the story, but I do like this section simply because it's.... interesting to say the least. It still gets a little too perverse though.) It is definitely not a kid's fantasy, but if you are into the genre and are okay with mature themes and a fairly dark tale, then read it. You will be doing yourself a favour, a huge favour!

[Reason Invalid]

My favourite book is definitely The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

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I was merely browsing my school library randomly one day, hoping to find a book that is less teen-themed, boring or stereotypical. As I was browsing, I suddenly saw something that caught my eyes. There was a random hardcover book amongst the row of paperbacks. The Thirteenth Tale was its title. At first, I was not too attracted to the title, I made an assumption that it was another one of those stereotypical adventure story and whatnot. Nevertheless, the cover page was quite nice, and thus I started reading the first few pages. Then, of course, I decided this was the perfect book for me.

There aren't any particular reasons of why I chose this book as my favourite fiction novel. It is undoubtedly well written; its descriptions, grammar, and many nuances were quite stunning. However, the thing that caught my attention was not plot, character development, settings or style. It was the haunting, lush, and sometimes ominous atmosphere that kept me reading. I guess there aren't much special things I could exactly pinpoint out why I like this book so much.

[Starry]

The Redemption of Althalus-- David Eddings (or maybe David and Leigh Eddings, it always confuses me when an author decides at some random point in their writing to start crediting their spouse)

Anyway, I think I've mentioned before somewhere that I've gotten so into fantasy that the best stuff in my opinion is satirical fantasy. This book definitely has that factor, but it's a really engaging story with amazing characters and really more humor than anything else. The main characters are thieves, mercenaries, bloodthirsty princesses, and child geniuses, who all get recruited as part of a huge scheme to save the world. Yet, it's perhaps the least cliche fantasy book I've ever read, mostly because of its very refreshing total lack of morality.

My second favorite book is Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward, which is an amazing parody of the classical fantasy story.

[Rouge]

My favorite book right now would be The Host by Stephenie Meyer. I liked the Twilight books, but they're not as good as this one. *sighs* It's amazing. Her characters are believable and they aren't whiney like Bella. There are more attractive characters than Edward in this book too. :) Oh, #$%. ^^

Yeah, if you didn't like Twilight you should give this one a shot. It's really really good or at least in my opinion it is. :D