Ten Books that Affected You

[Danzig]

yep, boo radley. fabulous book, fantastic movie. peck was awesome. i could relate to scout finch, i detested being a girl. just glad that thankfully i was born in a later era, and could wear pants. good lord, how can one ride a bike and make jumps if one is in a dress?


and the line from dill 'i'm little, but i'm old'. lol great, great book.

also saw 'all quiet on the western front' on steve's list. fantastic book.

[bigrun]

2nd book i ever read was I, the jury..someone tossed it on my bunk way back..couldn't put it down and later at a used bookstore bought up most all of his works...

Mickey Spillane: I, The Jury; Vengeance Is Mine: The Big Kill; My Gun Is Quick,Kiss Me, Deadly.

First book i remember reading was, of course,
The Catcher in the Rye .. J. D. Salinger

[cal828]

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers
Ireland Frank Delaney
Galway Bay Mary Pat Kelly
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry
Aztec Gary Jennings
Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
Centennial James A. Michenor
Lord of the Rings(trilogy) J.R.R. Tolkien
Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck

[cal828]

Originally Posted by bigrun

2nd book i ever read was I, the jury..someone tossed it on my bunk way back..couldn't put it down and later at a used bookstore bought up most all of his works...

Mickey Spillane: I, The Jury; Vengeance Is Mine: The Big Kill; My Gun Is Quick,Kiss Me, Deadly.

First book i remember reading was, of course,
The Catcher in the Rye .. J. D. Salinger

You must have been an advanced reader. My first book was something about Dick and Jane and their dog Spot or maybe Go Dogs Go. I still like that one.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by cal828

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers
Ireland Frank Delaney
Galway Bay Mary Pat Kelly
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry
Aztec Gary Jennings
Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
Centennial James A. Michenor
Lord of the Rings(trilogy) J.R.R. Tolkien
Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck

Loved the tv mini series Lonesome Dove and the Return..great cast..
'You wanna poke'..

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by cal828

You must have been an advanced reader. My first book was something about Dick and Jane and their dog Spot or maybe Go Dogs Go. I still like that one.

I meant real books...and most were used...didn't buy new books till after i read The Day of the Jackal then would check the best seller list and grab the ones by the best writers...

[cal828]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Loved the tv mini series Lonesome Dove and the Return..great cast..
'You wanna poke'..

The line I liked the best in Lonesome Dove was by Robert Urich's character. I think the character's name was Jake. After Jake falls in with the desperados and then gets caught by his old friends the Texas Rangers and they decide to hang him, he says something like "if you've got to be hung, it nice to be hung by your friends."

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by cal828

The line I liked the best in Lonesome Dove was by Robert Urich's character. I think the character's name was Jake. After Jake falls in with the desperados and then gets caught by his old friends the Texas Rangers and they decide to hang him, he says something like "if you've got to be hung, it nice to be hung by your friends."

i liked the line when call told august "you'd argue with a stump".

i remind myself of that line whenever i'm tempted to engage with dell or joey on politics.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by cal828

The line I liked the best in Lonesome Dove was by Robert Urich's character. I think the character's name was Jake. After Jake falls in with the desperados and then gets caught by his old friends the Texas Rangers and they decide to hang him, he says something like "if you've got to be hung, it nice to be hung by your friends."

Yeah, lot's good lines in the show...Ulrich died young, 55...good actor in films and tv shows...

[cal828]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Loved the tv mini series Lonesome Dove and the Return..great cast..
'You wanna poke'..

The tv miniseries seems to have gone away. Pity. I liked a lot of them. Centennial was a miniseries and Rich Man Poor Man and Shogun and Roots. I used to look forward to all those.

On second thought, maybe they're still around, just gone to HBO, which I don't have.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

i liked the line when call told august "you'd argue with a stump".

i remind myself of that line whenever i'm tempted to engage with dell or joey on politics.

Very wise!

[Danzig]

lonesome dove is a fabulous book, read it my senior year of high school. just fantastic.
also saw 'pillars of the earth' mentioned above. another i have on my shelf, have read it at least five times. just wonderful. i have the sequel, which is ok, but doesn't come close to the magic of pillars. some books are just perfect, and pillars is one of those.

i've been asked by many people if there was only one book i could have for the rest of my life, what would it be.

i'd have to say 'the pickwick papers' by charles dickens. if you haven't taken the time, read it. it's wonderful. it follows the adventures of four members of the pickwick club, people they meet on the way, stories entertwined throughout, told by various characters they encounter. it's got a bit of everything, mystery, romance, twist and turns, and lots of humor. i just love his work.

ok, honestly, i couldn't live with just one book. i go into the library tony and i built a couple years ago, and just look at all my books-my most prized possessions. i'm such a nerd.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by cal828

The tv miniseries seems to have gone away. Pity. I liked a lot of them. Centennial was a miniseries and Rich Man Poor Man and Shogun and Roots. I used to look forward to all those.

On second thought, maybe they're still around, just gone to HBO, which I don't have.

They may be on netflix, i'll have to check...year ago or so can't remember if it was USA or TnT, ran lonesome dove...i was upset when they hung Ulrich.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Danzig

lonesome dove is a fabulous book, read it my senior year of high school. just fantastic.
also saw 'pillars of the earth' mentioned above. another i have on my shelf, have read it at least five times. just wonderful. i have the sequel, which is ok, but doesn't come close to the magic of pillars. some books are just perfect, and pillars is one of those.

i've been asked by many people if there was only one book i could have for the rest of my life, what would it be.

i'd have to say 'the pickwick papers' by charles dickens. if you haven't taken the time, read it. it's wonderful. it follows the adventures of four members of the pickwick club, people they meet on the way, stories entertwined throughout, told by various characters they encounter. it's got a bit of everything, mystery, romance, twist and turns, and lots of humor. i just love his work.

ok, honestly, i couldn't live with just one book. i go into the library tony and i built a couple years ago, and just look at all my books-my most prized possessions. i'm such a nerd.

I've read four novels by Ken Follett. I loved "Pillars" also. Also enjoyed "Whiteout," "Hornet Flight," and "Night Over Water." Whenever, I am at the library and I can't find anything else, I go back to the Follett section and get one of his books. Still, several back there I haven't read.

[cal828]

Can't believe nobody on the horsey board mentioned Seabiscuit or Laura Hillenbrand's other book Unbroken(definitely not about horses, but none the less very good).

[Danzig]

seabiscuit is good, but not sure it'd make a top ten...unless it was top ten horse books.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by cal828

The tv miniseries seems to have gone away. Pity. I liked a lot of them. Centennial was a miniseries and Rich Man Poor Man and Shogun and Roots. I used to look forward to all those.

On second thought, maybe they're still around, just gone to HBO, which I don't have.

I own a DVD copy of Centennial- my uncle and aunt gave it to me. Robert Conrad's atrocious French accent is one for the ages. And all the Indians look Italian. Oh, 1970's television. You truly will never come again.

My mom didn't let me stay up to watch any of the big miniseries from the 1970s/early 1980s, so I haven't seen them. Even Roots.

It is a television art form that seems to have faded- two-night things are now considered miniseries. And a full season of television can be 12 episodes, which was as long as Centennial was!

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I own a DVD copy of Centennial- my uncle and aunt gave it to me. Robert Conrad's atrocious French accent is one for the ages. And all the Indians look Italian. Oh, 1970's television. You truly will never come again.

My mom didn't let me stay up to watch any of the big miniseries from the 1970s/early 1980s, so I haven't seen them. Even Roots.

It is a television art form that seems to have faded- two-night things are now considered miniseries. And a full season of television can be 12 episodes, which was as long as Centennial was!

Never missed an episode of 24...it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

It's Official: '24' Returning to Fox as Event Series

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...s-event-521653

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by cal828

Can't believe nobody on the horsey board mentioned Seabiscuit or Laura Hillenbrand's other book Unbroken(definitely not about horses, but none the less very good).

How bout the horsey movie Let it Ride..watched that one couple times..was it a book?

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by bigrun

How bout the horsey movie Let it Ride..watched that one couple times..was it a book?

it was a screenplay by nancy dowd who also wrote slap shot.

that's one hell of a comedy exacta.