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I finished "The Shack" by William Young about six months ago, will definitely read again. Not to sound sappy but I felt so peaceful after I read this book. A good choice for book clubs. A good fast read is "The Lady Elizabeth" by Alison Weir. Wonderful fiction based on historical fact about the early years of Elizabeth I.

Ok this is going to sound crazy, but I just started reading the Southern Vampire Mysteries with Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris. Great escape from the everyday!

My favorite book is The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks.
Favorite giveaway too...so many great book ideas! Thanks!
Michele Bailey

Hands down my favorite book is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Just a classic!

My favorite books have been reading the Harry Potter Series, they written with such imaginative detail.

I hijacked my teenage daughters Twilight books ....I loved them. What a great series. Ihad so much fun reading them.It was funny that it created such a chain reaction,I have all my friends reading them now. Everyone would love an Edward.

One, I can only pick one? That's like saying: pick one piece of pattern paper that is your favorite. One? How 'bout the best book I've read in the last year. Yea, I'm changing the question. That is what I am going to answer. The best book I read last year was: "An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination." It is a memoir of a woman who child died just before being born. I know it sounds really depressing, but it isn't. It is a fantatic book. Check it out!

Given to me as a gift from my mother-in-law almost 18 years ago, I often go back to reading "Gift From the Sea" by Anne Lindbergh. I use the passages in this book to help me refocus on the simplicity of life within the complications of everyday life. I find the book particularly uplifting. Even after 18 years of marriage, I always find another valuable lesson on motherhood, marriage, job, friends, etc...
Thanks for the opportunity for another giveaway, Ali.

If you like the whole vampire thing, a more literary alternative to Twilight is The Historian. Very good!
A funny book about monsters/etc. is A Dirty Job.
A recent favorite memoir is Love in the Driest Season about a couple adopting a baby from Africa.
Rinda

My favorite book is a classic: "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale. I have my grand-grandmother's copy and I read it when I need to take a step back and put things in perspective.

The Odd Thomas books by Dean Koontz! I LOVE Them!

So many!
A few for mom -
Parenting Well in a Media Age, Gloria DeGaetano
Raising Bookworms, Emma Walton Hamilton
A few for the boys -
The dot, Peter Reynolds
My father's dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett
I love you forever, Robert N. Munsch
Once there were giants, by Martin Waddell and Penny Dale

I love the book "Tully" by Paullina Simons... I recommend it to all my friends. It's about a misfortunate girl... Insanely good.

I've got loads of books I could recommend...but my all-time favorite from childhood is Little Women. I love the story of the March sisters and their parents. I recently saw a theatrical production and it reminded me just how much I love it. :)

My favorite book children's book is one I read when I was a child and is out of print--and now very expensive to buy--who knew. My mom sold it at a yard sale without me knowing it. The book is entitled "Flossie and Bossie." Love the lessons it taught. Of course, The Bible is my number 1 read. I don't allow myself to read anything else if I did not get my Bible time in for the day.

What super fun give-aways!! My all time favorite book is Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Even as an adult I still enjoy this book, such a wonderful story!!!

'When Crickets Cry' by Charles Martin. Actually any of his books are amazing.

My own favourite book is Gregory David Robert's Shantaram. Loved this book. I read it two or three years ago and I still remember the way it moved me to tears and how I would laugh out loud in the middle of the night, afraid that I would wake my husband. http://www.amazon.com/Shantaram-Novel-Gregory-David-Roberts/dp/0312330537/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238594659&sr=1-1
I also wanted to add my baby's favourite book in case Anna is looking for a good read. It is Richard Van Camp's Welcome Song for Baby. http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Song-Baby-Richard-Camp/dp/1551436612/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238594431&sr=8-1

Although I haven't read it in a long time my favorite book is Catcher in the Rye. Got to read it again! Although the Harry Potter series ranks up there!

I have recently discovered Jodi Picoult, and her books are amazing. I love her style of writing. All of her books are a hot topic duringlunch hour, including, "My Sister's Keeper" and "Nineteen Minutes."