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My favorite book series are the Plum books by Janet Evanovich! They are hilarioius!

great stuff!
one of my all time fave books is 'boy's life' by robert mccammon. it's such a good story about a boy and his adventures. it's so well written you can almost feel the sunshine and smell the fresh cut grass...

My favourite book right now is the Three Cups of Tea. Very powerful!
Shelley P.

I'm not usually a non-fiction fan, but I just read The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson, and really enjoyed it. It's about a serial killer and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Reads like fiction, but it's not. Lot's of history and many famous names float in and out of the book as well.

I would have to say I am huge fan of the Harry Potter books.

Oh wow, I would so LOVE to win any of these things Ali! Thank you for doing this. My favorite book would have to be "My Sisters Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. I loved every page and I cried my eyes out at the end. A close second would be "The Time Travelers Wife". And now I'm off to read what everyone else wrote and put together a spreadsheet. I'm ALWAYS looking for a good read!

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

In college I had to read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. It is about experiences of soldiers during the Vietnam War. It was very interesting and I ended up keeping the book so I could read it again. It's not my favorite book, but a great one.

My current fav author is Jodi Picoult. It is hard to narrow down to my favorite book, but I would have to say My Sisters Keeper. Excellent, riveting stories.
http://www.jodipicoult.com/

I am enjoying "PRide and Prejudice and Zombies." i know, I can just feel my English teachers cringing. I feel no need to be high brow about my reading selections, Master's Degree be darned.

The Manual of Detection
by Jedediah Berry
A debut novel featuring a personal clerk who catalogues all the cases that his detective boss, Travis Sivart. When Sivart goes missing, Charles Unwin is promoted to find and solve the case. He enters a world where all the alarm clocks have been stolen. Different and enjoyable and a good novel for a first outing by an author.
Unpredictable to say the least!
http://www.amazon.com/Manual-Detection-Jedediah-Berry/dp/1594202117

The best book I have read in the past few years was The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I stayed up late for two nights, completely transfixed by it and crying. My friends who don't have kids read it, but didn't have the same intense reaction I did.
Thanks!

One of my favorite books is The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. I love a book that keeps you thinking long after you have read it and inspires you to be a better person.

The Manual of Detection
by Jedediah Berry
A debut novel featuring a personal clerk who catalogues all the cases that his detective boss, Travis Sivart. When Sivart goes missing, Charles Unwin is promoted to find and solve the case. He enters a world where all the alarm clocks have been stolen. Different and enjoyable and a good novel for a first outing by an author.
Unpredictable to say the least!
http://www.amazon.com/Manual-Detection-Jedediah-Berry/dp/1594202117

The best book I have read in a long time that has really had a profound impact on my life is The Organized and Inspired Scrapbooker by Wendy Smedley and Aby Garvey. I also have recently taken the class at BPS but had the book long before. I would highly recommend this book for anyone that needs to organize their scrap space.

My fav book right now is Your Destiny Switch by Peggy McColl. Its about flipping your emotions from negative to positive!!! Worry opposite would be faith and calm. Its about getting from one point to another :) I'm loving it!
Great give aways. As always!

Something that you might enjoy reading with Simon (though it's quite long) is The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles. My son and I LOVED sharing this book together...kind of reminded me of Willy Wonka.

One of the books I read recently that I loved was "Plain Truth" by Joci Piccult. Loved it.

Well, I am not much of a book reader. So, I would say instead that I love to look at magazines like Martha Stewart Foods (some of my favorite recipes come out of there), Creating Keepsakes, and Martha Stewart Living. Hope that counts!

The Twilight Series! My current obsession.

I enjoy reading Debbie Macomber. The Blossom Series
The Shop on Blossom Street
A Good Yarn
Back on Blossom Street
Twenty Wishes
I couldn't just name one

The whole Twilight series. I am sure this recommendation is expected. And for those who have not read it and think that a vampire book would not be there type I say please give it a try! I was hesitant to try it, but fell in love. The author is a great author and really draws you into the story and makes you get lost in it. A perfect way to relax and escape! Other books that I have loved are The Lovely Bones and The Dive From Clausen's Pier.

I read a book over my winter break from school called "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan." It is a story about the Chinese practice of foot binding. The cultural practice is described in such a raw way and it really makes one stop consider that way women have been treated in all cultures. The story line focuses on a friendship between two girls and chronicles their lives as they grow together in a special relationship more valued than any other. It is an eye opening story that is beautifully written and a good read for everyone!
I wish I could read more books! I'm a college student and I just don't have time during the school year. But I miss it! I'm always excited when I get a break from school so I can break into my stack of 20 books waiting to be read! I'm excited to read through everyone's suggestions!

My favorite book: "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. What an amazing man.

Lonesome dove...it is such a vivid book...loved every page.