Your Favourite Books/Authors

[nomemory]

@RubberStamp: Gulliver's Travels is quite interesting, nothing like the childrens show that's for sure.

[mangaluva]

Yay for bibliophiles. I enjoy reading and find it a little sad that the younger generations where I live want so little to do with books.  We're a book family, so whenever my younger sister in middle school says she's reading something her peers say "you read??" with some incredulity and I'm like ¬_¬ for srs?

I think there's a lot to be gained by simply reading.  Not only for entertainment purposes but as a way to easily internalize vocabulary, grammar and sentence structuring.

*hi5*

I know how you feel. Most people I know actually know precisely what number of books they've read throughout their life, and it's not often in double figures. That always makes me go O_o. I mean, I love reading. I just can't comprehend having read only maybe nine books all the way through.

[kate_49]

Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Death Comes for Desdemona - Nina Coombs Pykare, Twilight Books - Stephenie Meyer, Harry Potter Books - J.K. Rowling.... i have another one but i'm currently reading it so it's not yet qualified 

[nomemory]

Yay for bibliophiles. I enjoy reading and find it a little sad that the younger generations where I live want so little to do with books.  We're a book family, so whenever my younger sister in middle school says she's reading something her peers say "you read??" with some incredulity and I'm like ¬_¬ for srs?

I think there's a lot to be gained by simply reading.  Not only for entertainment purposes but as a way to easily internalize vocabulary, grammar and sentence structuring.

*hi5*

I know how you feel. Most people I know actually know precisely what number of books they've read throughout their life, and it's not often in double figures. That always makes me go O_o. I mean, I love reading. I just can't comprehend having read only maybe nine books all the way through.

I totally agree. Got no idea of how many books I've read, I own over 200 hundred though so it should be a lot more

[mangaluva]

Yay for bibliophiles. I enjoy reading and find it a little sad that the younger generations where I live want so little to do with books.  We're a book family, so whenever my younger sister in middle school says she's reading something her peers say "you read??" with some incredulity and I'm like ¬_¬ for srs?

I think there's a lot to be gained by simply reading.  Not only for entertainment purposes but as a way to easily internalize vocabulary, grammar and sentence structuring.

*hi5*

I know how you feel. Most people I know actually know precisely what number of books they've read throughout their life, and it's not often in double figures. That always makes me go O_o. I mean, I love reading. I just can't comprehend having read only maybe nine books all the way through.

I totally agree. Got no idea of how many books I've read, I own over 200 hundred though so it should be a lot more

I personally own nearly a thousand if you count manga volumes. This always weirds people out, for some reason.

[nomemory]

Yay for bibliophiles. I enjoy reading and find it a little sad that the younger generations where I live want so little to do with books.  We're a book family, so whenever my younger sister in middle school says she's reading something her peers say "you read??" with some incredulity and I'm like ¬_¬ for srs?

I think there's a lot to be gained by simply reading.  Not only for entertainment purposes but as a way to easily internalize vocabulary, grammar and sentence structuring.

*hi5*

I know how you feel. Most people I know actually know precisely what number of books they've read throughout their life, and it's not often in double figures. That always makes me go O_o. I mean, I love reading. I just can't comprehend having read only maybe nine books all the way through.

I totally agree. Got no idea of how many books I've read, I own over 200 hundred though so it should be a lot more

I personally own nearly a thousand if you count manga volumes. This always weirds people out, for some reason.

Cooool

Spoiler:

My dad used to have about that many books but he made a big cleanup when he moved

[Azu]

Yay for bibliophiles. I enjoy reading and find it a little sad that the younger generations where I live want so little to do with books.  We're a book family, so whenever my younger sister in middle school says she's reading something her peers say "you read??" with some incredulity and I'm like ¬_¬ for srs?

I think there's a lot to be gained by simply reading.  Not only for entertainment purposes but as a way to easily internalize vocabulary, grammar and sentence structuring.

I'm a student my peers say exactly the same thing  :'( .

My mother makes me read from a young age, and I'm kinda grateful for that.
I'd like to say I've read a fair amount of books (in the past and now), but I still fail english OTL.
I might be the minor part that doesn't "gain" knowledge from books >:

[RubberStamp]

I'm a student my peers say exactly the same thing  .

My mother makes me read from a young age, and I'm kinda grateful for that.
I'd like to say I've read a fair amount of books (in the past and now), but I still fail english OTL.
I might be the minor part that doesn't "gain" knowledge from books >:

My sister taught me to read when I was five. It was the most horrific thing because she was a terrible "teacher". I didn't properly get into reading until I was 13 because up until then my sister forced me to read her stupid, crummy books about vapid, shallow teenagers and whatever shenanigans. Then I decided to say "Your books are lame" and picked out my own books lolz.

I think that what is gained from reading is not readily apparent. Its effects probably sneaked its way into your intellect without you realizing it.  Since you started reading at an early age you may not be cognizant of the impact that reading has had on your life, so I wouldn't say that you are in the minority that doesn't "gain" from reading.   Everyone gains from reading because reading is WIN!

*hi5*

I know how you feel. Most people I know actually know precisely what number of books they've read throughout their life, and it's not often in double figures. That always makes me go O_o. I mean, I love reading. I just can't comprehend having read only maybe nine books all the way through.

Yay reading. Though I can sort of understand why people dislike books. I live in America, so I can only really say what I think about reading in America, if even that. But I believe technology is a large reason why people don't read. With television and the internet and the whatever, people are so used to being constantly bombarded with stimulus that reading is boring to them.

Why try to imagine the characters or the environments from a writer's laboriously wrought description when there's a movie counterpart?

Spoiler:

And let me tell you, I really hate movie and video game movie adaptions. They're often really bad because the producers are trying to appeal to the biggest audience they can, not the fans of that particular work. And so they stray from (butcher) the storyline, add stuff that doesn't belong, take away important events that do definitely belong, and whatever else these movie people do to ruin lovely books and video games. Except Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, those were actually decent. End rant.

Why bother reading a book that doesn't pick up the action until the middle when there's something more interesting on the internet that is immediately entertaining and short, so that the person may move onto something else entertaining and short?
Why bother taking hours and hours to read a book when one can simply look up the synopsis?

Yay for often mindless bombardment of the senses and instant gratification. 

[Kor]

I'm a student my peers say exactly the same thing  :'( .

My mother makes me read from a young age, and I'm kinda grateful for that.
I'd like to say I've read a fair amount of books (in the past and now), but I still fail english OTL.
I might be the minor part that doesn't "gain" knowledge from books >:

My sister taught me to read when I was five. It was the most horrific thing because she was a terrible "teacher". I didn't properly get into reading until I was 13 because up until then my sister forced me to read her stupid, crummy books about vapid, shallow teenagers and whatever shenanigans. Then I decided to say "Your books are lame" and picked out my own books lolz.

I think that what is gained from reading is not readily apparent. Its effects probably sneaked its way into your intellect without you realizing it.  Since you started reading at an early age you may not be cognizant of the impact that reading has had on your life, so I wouldn't say that you are in the minority that doesn't "gain" from reading.  Everyone gains from reading because reading is WIN!

*hi5*

I know how you feel. Most people I know actually know precisely what number of books they've read throughout their life, and it's not often in double figures. That always makes me go O_o. I mean, I love reading. I just can't comprehend having read only maybe nine books all the way through.

Yay reading. Though I can sort of understand why people dislike books. I live in America, so I can only really say what I think about reading in America, if even that. But I believe technology is a large reason why people don't read. With television and the internet and the whatever, people are so used to being constantly bombarded with stimulus that reading is boring to them.

Why try to imagine the characters or the environments from a writer's laboriously wrought description when there's a movie counterpart?

Spoiler:

And let me tell you, I really hate movie and video game movie adaptions. They're often really bad because the producers are trying to appeal to the biggest audience they can, not the fans of that particular work. And so they stray from (butcher) the storyline, add stuff that doesn't belong, take away important events that do definitely belong, and whatever else these movie people do to ruin lovely books and video games. Except Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, those were actually decent. End rant.

Why bother reading a book that doesn't pick up the action until the middle when there's something more interesting on the internet that is immediately entertaining and short, so that the person may move onto something else entertaining and short?
Why bother taking hours and hours to read a book when one can simply look up the synopsis?

Yay for often mindless bombardment of the senses and instant gratification.  >:(

you know what? you've just encouraged me to continue and finish the bloody synopsis I was working on for a few days now. I HATE writing it! It makes my story sound dull and boring (though with all the synopsises I read, it's the case for every book).
I love that there are people who like to read. Makes me think the book I wrote won't be entirely useless (well...it's not. it's actually awesome  ).

About the movies adaptations, you should do what I do. First, watch the movie (which you might enjoy, though be spoiled), and only then read the book which would obviously be better.

[RubberStamp]

you know what? you've just encouraged me to continue and finish the bloody synopsis I was working on for a few days now. I HATE writing it! It makes my story sound dull and boring (though with all the synopsises I read, it's the case for every book).
I love that there are people who like to read. Makes me think the book I wrote won't be entirely useless.

About the movies adaptations, you should do what I do. First, watch the movie (which you might enjoy, though be spoiled), and only then read the book which would obviously be better.

Lol, how did I manage to do that? XD

And concerning your suggestion, it's usually too late for me to watch the movie first and read the book afterwards

[nomemory]

you know what? you've just encouraged me to continue and finish the bloody synopsis I was working on for a few days now. I HATE writing it! It makes my story sound dull and boring (though with all the synopsises I read, it's the case for every book).
I love that there are people who like to read. Makes me think the book I wrote won't be entirely useless.

About the movies adaptations, you should do what I do. First, watch the movie (which you might enjoy, though be spoiled), and only then read the book which would obviously be better.

Lol, how did I manage to do that? XD

And concerning your suggestion, it's usually too late for me to watch the movie first and read the book afterwards

I always let other people watch it first, depending on their opinion I might see it. In my opinion the best movie adaptations is Lord of the Rings and one of the worst is Eragon (I'm not a big fan of that book, but the movie totally butchered it).

I'm different than most people regarding tv and books, I get bored watching tv, it's often so slow and so in your face with everything.

[Walbuls]

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

I dont read that much.

[mangaluva]

Movie adaptions of books are rarely any good; most of the Harry Potter and Princess Diaries travesties are a good example. The Twilight movies are actually pretty good as movies of books, it's just unfortunate that the books themselves are hardly the best things out there. The Hogfather is probably the best example out there, but it also proved why it is extraordinarily difficult to make a good movie of a book; even at over four hours long, the movie had to miss out many parts of the book, and of course it had to miss a lot of the wordplay that's a large part of the Pratchett books' appeal

I kind of prefer books without movies. You can visualize the characters for yourself, whereas the movies will inevitably disappoint your image of a character sooner or later. And like I said before, there's never enough time in a movie to cover a decent-length book or to cover a lot of the best wordplay and descriptions. I'm going to stop now before I start singing the Oompa-Loompas' song to Mike Teevee XDXD

[Kor]

Movie adaptions of books are rarely any good; most of the Harry Potter and Princess Diaries travesties are a good example. The Twilight movies are actually pretty good as movies of books, it's just unfortunate that the books themselves are hardly the best things out there. The Hogfather is probably the best example out there, but it also proved why it is extraordinarily difficult to make a good movie of a book; even at over four hours long, the movie had to miss out many parts of the book, and of course it had to miss a lot of the wordplay that's a large part of the Pratchett books' appeal

I kind of prefer books without movies. You can visualize the characters for yourself, whereas the movies will inevitably disappoint your image of a character sooner or later. And like I said before, there's never enough time in a movie to cover a decent-length book or to cover a lot of the best wordplay and descriptions. I'm going to stop now before I start singing the Oompa-Loompas' song to Mike Teevee XDXD

here is a problem though. If a studio offers the author to buy his book's movie rights, the author will most likely agree because:
1) it's a lot of money
2) his book will gain popularity (for the short-time at least)
3) it's a lot of money
4) many people who write (especially in now days), want to see what they wrote on the big screen.
5) it's a lot of money

[RubberStamp]

Movie adaptions of books are rarely any good; most of the Harry Potter and Princess Diaries travesties are a good example. The Twilight movies are actually pretty good as movies of books, it's just unfortunate that the books themselves are hardly the best things out there. The Hogfather is probably the best example out there, but it also proved why it is extraordinarily difficult to make a good movie of a book; even at over four hours long, the movie had to miss out many parts of the book, and of course it had to miss a lot of the wordplay that's a large part of the Pratchett books' appeal

I kind of prefer books without movies. You can visualize the characters for yourself, whereas the movies will inevitably disappoint your image of a character sooner or later. And like I said before, there's never enough time in a movie to cover a decent-length book or to cover a lot of the best wordplay and descriptions. I'm going to stop now before I start singing the Oompa-Loompas' song to Mike Teevee XDXD

I think that's the main reason why book adaptations are so terrible - they simply lack the time to cover the whole book and its nuances so they have to cut out things that aren't necessarily essential to the main plot, but are needed to set the ambiance and to build character and whatever else. Money is the driving force so the movie companies will always seek to make the biggest profit. A 1 1/2 hour movie to 3 hours at most with the plot cut down severely will appeal to the masses rather than the vastly smaller fan population. That's why I never really go watch a movie that was adapted from a book with high expectations.

I've heard good things about the Twilight movies though I'll never watch them. I really, really hate vampires. For some reason I was possessed to read the first two books of the Twilight trilogy. It was so bad T_T but also so good, but only in the way of continually staring at something very grotesque or repeatedly eating something that tastes unpleasant.

But I thought that sans the writing style, vampires, werewolves, whiny and angsty 'teenagers', and unhealthy and terribly idealistic relationship between Eddy and Bella the plot itself is...intriguing and average. But taking all those elements out means that you practically have nothing lololol.

here is a problem though. If a studio offers the author to buy his book's movie rights, the author will most likely agree because:
1) it's a lot of money
2) his book will gain popularity (for the short-time at least)
3) it's a lot of money
4) many people who write (especially in now days), want to see what they wrote on the big screen.
5) it's a lot of money

I'd have to disagree with point number 2. From what I've observed, the book first becomes very popular and then gets made into a crap movie - like Eragon, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Inkheart to name a few.