GTKY book lovers edition

Squirtgun

I'm always looking for new books to read, and thought that this would be a good way for any and all book lovers to share what their favorites are! 

Favorite book?
Favorite series?
Favorite author? 
Favorite children's/baby book? 
Book you think everyone should read at some point? 

Squirtgun

Here are mine-
Favorite book?  Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino
Favorite series? Of course I love Harry Potter, but I think I have to say that the Anne of Green Gables series is my all time favorite! 
Favorite author? This one's really hard!  I love all of Italo Calvino's books, and all of Ruth Reichl's books. 
Favorite children's/ baby book?  I love all of the Alfie books by Shirley Hughes. 
Book you think everyone should read at some point?  Partly because of my heritage, but I think that everyone should read The Diary of Anne Frank at some point in their lives. 

MoshiMoshi7

Favorite book? To Kill A Mockingbird
Favorite series? Harry Potter. I also love Outlander and the Throne of Glass Series.
Favorite author? I don't know if I can pick a favorite! 
Favorite children's/baby book? I love On the Night You Were Born, Where the Wild Things Are and the Polar Express.
Book you think everyone should read at some point? The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein made me bawl but it was SO good, especially if you're a dog person. I also just read the Red Tent and really enjoyed it.

SKZW

@MoshiMoshi7 Agree with Throne of Glass! 

thistlenweeds

Favorite book? - God, there are so many. Lol. I love all Jane Austen stuff, "Brothers Karamazoff" (should probably reread this one), Tonino Benaquista's "Saga", "Malavita" and a couple of others, "The perks of being a wallflower"
Favorite series? - Definitely Harry Potter. I grew up waiting for the next book.
Favorite author? - well, Jane Austen
Favorite children's/baby book?  - I'd really recommend Astrid Lindgren's "Seacrow Island', it's one of my all time favourites (and Emil of Lönneberga series)
Book you think everyone should read at some point? - "The perks of being a wallflower". I think i'd really like my kids to read it when they're teenagers. I read it as an adult and loved it.

MoshiMoshi7

@SKZW did you read Empire of Storms yet?! So good! I can't believe we have to wait a year for the next one!

MoshiMoshi7

@contrarationem I definitely agree with the Perks of Being a Wallflower. I read it in high school and it really had an effect on me.

Shopaholic

@Squirtgun Anne of Green Gables is one of my favorites too. Have you seen the movies?

Jbananas4

Favorite book? Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Favorite series? I too loved the Harry Potter series. I wanted to use something different but can't think of a better one right now
Favorite author? Brandon Sanderson. I haven't found a book of his I've disliked yet
Favorite children's/baby book? Dinosaur Kisses. We picked it up from target and then read it at home and it surprised me. Also, it's the only book my son will sit through lol
Book you think everyone should read at some point? Maybe the Narnia series? Or Watership Down.  They're such childhood classics to me

blissfulberry

Favorite book? I have a lot of favorites but Pride & Prejudice is one that I can always re-read.
Favorite series? Harry Potter, Outlander, Saga graphic novels
Favorite author? Neil Gaiman, JK Rowling, George RR Martin (although his novels take me foreeevver)
Favorite children's/baby book? I don't really have a favorite baby book, although the speech therapist in me always appreciates books like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie because of the sequencing. My favorite children's books growing up were HP, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and the Wayside School series.
Book you think everyone should read at some point? Not everyone enjoys reading, so I just hope that everyone has at least one book that they have found to be totally engrossing and impactful to read.

Shopaholic

Favorite book? P&P 
Favorite series? Anne of Green Gables is all that comes to mind. (Thanks squirtgun)
Favorite Author? .....
Favorite children's /baby book? Wherever you my love will find you
Book you think everyone should read at some point? The Giver....I don't know it popped into my head. Did anyone else have to read that in school?

luckywife10

@blissfulberry your comment about If you Give a Mouse A Cookie made me laugh one of my professors will get free kids books every now and then and give them to the grad students. We then each have to come up with any speech or language activity to go along with the book.

Favorite book? Little House on the Prairie 

Favorite series? The Dear America series is really good. I enjoyed those books as a teen and I learned a lot about history from reading them. Little House on the Prairie series is really good too.

Favorite author? John Grisham

Favorite children's/baby book? Any book with rhyming, especially Dr Seuss books.

Book you think everyone should read at some point? Don't know about a general book everyone should read, but if we're talking baby/pregnancy books I really liked Birth Without Fear by Grantly Dick Read. Any of Ina May Gaskins books are good too.

misslennon

Favorite book: Do I have to pick just one?? Pride and Prejudice. The Great Gatsby. Kite Runner.  Gone Girl. HP 

Favorite Series: HP for life. 

Favorite Author: Austen. Rowling. 

Favorite children's book: where the wild things are. I loved the Bernstein Bears growing up 

Book you think everyone should read: Kite Runner

thistlenweeds

@Jbananas4 did you know when you read it as a kid that they all die in the end? i only got that when i reread it as an adult.

CherryBananas

Yay!! A book thread! This makes me super happy.

Favourite book: I have a few that I read routinely - Pride and Prejudice, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson and The Chrysalids by John Wyndham.

Favourite series: HP is up there, along with the Gunslinger series by Stephen King, and Game of Thrones. I've also recently read the first book in the Forever After series (the rest aren't published yet) by Michele Paige Holmes and I loved it. Can't wait for more to come out.

Favourite author: I don't think that I could pick a favourite, but Jane Austen and Bill Bryson never let me down.

Favourite children's book: Hippos Go Berserk by 
Sandra Boynton, the Narnia series, and The Giver (@shopaholic I agree - fantastic book!!)

Books everyone should read: I don't think I can narrow it down. 

I've never read Perks of Being a Wallflower, but I've seen the movie. I'll have to add that one to my "buy" list since so many of you love it.

thistlenweeds

@CherryBananas i liked the book better than the movie! And i did like the movie. Lol.

emilyalso

Favorite books? Still Missing, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Secret Keeper

Favorite series? WOOL - Seriously, it's amazing. You need to buy the omnibus TODAY. Super quick read, post-apocalyptic, man vs society... TAKE THE BAIT, PEOPLE!

Favorite authors? Hugh Howey, Rowling, Kate Morton

Favorite children's/baby books? Bugs Galore, Barnyard Dance, The Giving Tree

Book you think everyone should read at some point? Ender's Game

mia1116

Favorite book? So many to choose from. Probably Gone With The Wind

Favorite series?Harry Potter for sure! Outlander is a very close second.

Favorite author? JK Rowling, Diana Gabaldon

Favorite children's/baby book? I love the All of a
Kind Family books and Goodnight Moon

Book you think everyone should read at some point?  To Kill A Mockingbird

Yiggle09

Favorite book? Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marrillier/ Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
Favorite series? I cannot pick one- The Mickey Haller Series by Michael Connelly has the most amazing last book I was left in like a book hangover- nothing could compare and I just couldn't go into another book after it for a while. Sevenwaters series Juliet Marrillier there is a core 3 then I believe 3 more that branch off the last book following different family members of the last book. Kushiel's Legacy Series (a little risque). Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro 5 book series by Dennis Lehane - Gone baby Gone was a movie made from one of his books. Study Series 3 book series by Maria V. Snyder for those who enjoyed the Throne of Glass series. Harry Potter of course. Any series by Tamora Pierce. The shapeshifters series by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. Red Queen series from Victoria Aveyard. Stephen King 
Favorite author? Cannot choose! See above
Favorite children's/baby book? Goodnight Beach my mom bought from cape cod
Book you think everyone should read at some point? The Giver by Lois Lowry

geoffandjen728

Favorite book? Oh man... do I really have to pick one?? I am not sure I can pick one... maybe Treasure Island? 
Favorite series? Harry Potter, LOTR, Song of Ice and Fire (game of thrones) 
Favorite author? Bill Bryson, Lois Lowry, 
Favorite children's/baby book? TONS... books by Patricia Polacco, Mo Williams and Doreen Cronin 
Book you think everyone should read at some point? The Giver and Fahrenheit 451

onebadmotha

Favorite book? Oh man, I'm awful at narrowing down one favorite of anything...haha. I love The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coehlo and The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Also, Bossypants by Tina Fey! 

Favorite series? Joining the GoT club

Favorite author? I'm not sure that I have one

Favorite children's/baby book? I LOVE the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary, as well as the Wayside School series. As far as baby books go, I'd say Paperbag Princess, Little Blue Truck, Penguin on Vacation (and all of the Penguin series).

Book you think everyone should read at some point? The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Yiggle09

@kayemjay2 they are making the handmaid's tale into a tv show on hulu

onebadmotha

@Yiggle09 - I hadn't heard about that! I don't watch Hulu very often, but I may have to check it out

tumbleweed-1

Favorite book? I don't know that I have one stand-alone favorite. Here are some I like: 1st & 3rd
HPs, Never Cry Wolf, The Sound of Thunder (a short story), Fahrenheit 451, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Bridge to Terebithia... I'm sure there are more somewhere
Favorite series? Harry Potter for life
Favorite author? I'm really not good at the favorites game... When I was in middle school I read all of the Gary Paulsen (author of The Hatchet) in my school library. Lol, I don't know that he is my favorite now. 
Favorite children's/baby book? Bones Bones, Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton; Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee; and Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. For older kids, Idk what's trendy now but I really liked (in addition to HP) the Ramona books, The Hatchet series, Holes, Shabanu, The Hobbit, The Giver, Old Yeller, and these diary ones about different historical women rulers when they were young (Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, etc)
Book you think everyone should read at some point? Quiet by Susan Cain. It's about America's culture of extraversion/rewarding extraverted behavior when 1/3-1/2 of the population is introverted. 

RainyDays86

I love this!  I am always looking for new books!

Favorite book? Hard question, so I'm breaking it down a bit:
- Favorite "classic" books: Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird
- Favorite more modern books: Me Before You (didn't see the movie, loved the book), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (also didn't see the movie, heard it was bad, the book is amazing).
- Favorite recent reads: The Husband's Secret, The Storyteller, The Secret Keeper, And the Mountains Echoed
Favorite series? Harry Potter
Favorite author? I love John Steinbeck and Jojo Moyes (very different, haha).
Favorite children's/baby book? Go Dog Go is a classic.  Also as @CherryBananas mentioned, Sandra Boynton is awesome.
Book you think everyone should read at some point? A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson - it's the only nonfiction on my list but I do strongly believe everyone should read it at some point.  It's basically an overview of the universe (geology, biology, astronomy, etc.) written for non-science people.  Very informative and just stuff everyone should know.

Jbananas4

@contrarationemMy parents used to read chapters to us so I know there's no way I got it at first lol, but I re-read it so many times I think it must have slowly come to me

@CherryBananas Ooh, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver was a great book!

Yiggle09 I debated adding Ender's Game!  It was actually assigned reading for some of my classmates and I always felt unlucky it wasn't for me

Yiggle09

@Jbananas4 I read it independently back in school and then years later it was a summer reading book and I was like score I don't have to read another! I can read it over and over again for whatever reason and I was so disapointed with the movie

laurenann89

Favorite book? I have so many favorites, but if I had to narrow it down, Pride and Prejudice.
Favorite series? HP
Favorite author? Nope can't answer this one. It depends on what I'm in the mood for. 
Favorite children's/baby book? Does YA count? I love the Uglies series by Scott Westerfield for older kids. Otherwise, probably the Berenstein Bears or Little Critter books. Or Disney Goldenbooks. 
Book you think everyone should read at some point? Not any one book, just whatever book peaks your interest in becoming a reader. Reading is too important to limit it to just one.

Squirtgun

Ah, everyone's lists are so good!!  Y'all are reminding me of books I had forgotten about, and also have so many books I've never heard of!!  

@Shopaholic actually, no, I've never seen the movies! 

And I have to admit, because so many people listed it, I really don't like the Giver!  I like a lot of other books by Lois Lowry, but The Giver has always freaked me out!  (I think partly because I had to read it in second grade, and the teacher thought I wouldn't get some of the more horrifying aspects of the society, and I totally did.) 

Jbananas4

@Yiggle09 ahhh I was more disappointed in the movie than any other book-to-movie ever!  Especially considering Orson Scott Card was so picky with selling the rights to let it get made at all (I may or may not read his blog every so often lol) 

ETA fat fingers!  got called by my Dr so didn't take the time to read what I wrote before posting lol

Yiggle09

@Squirtgun we read it in 7th grade I read it in one night not knowing we were going to read during class lol they made me do more vocabulary homework to do in class while everyone read it

bacorrea

Favorite book? I don't know if I have a favorite. I read all the time, mostly thrillers/mysteries. "Sharp Objects" by Gillian Flynn was way better than Gone Girl. The twist was super interesting. I just started "The Good Girl" by May Kubica.

Favorite series? @luckywife10 I LOVED The Dear America series growing up. I don't think I have a current favorite series. I read all of the Hunger Game series. I've never read Harry Potter. 

Favorite author? Frank Peretti or Ted Dekker, the are Christian authors who write about spiritual warefare. Fun fact, John Grisham lived right down the road from my parents while I was in college. He paid for the ball park my brother played baseball at and game to the first game each season. 

Favorite children's/baby book? For DD we like "If You Ever Want To Bring An Alligator To School, Don't!" by Elise Parsley. She is my good friend's sister! I can't wait until DD is old enough to read American Girl Doll books and the Amber Brown series. 

Book you think everyone should read at some point? Hmm idk. 

Ambethsco

Ooooh, a book post! I've been needing some inspiration. 

Favorite book: I have many, but Cold Mountain is definitely top 5. Little Women and Rebecca are also favorites. 

Favorite series: I'm going to have to jump on the HP and Anne of Green Gables wagon. Loovvve those series. I also love a series by Nora Roberts called the Born trilogy.. it's about three sisters in Ireland and I love Ireland. They're my guilty pleasure books. 

Favorite author: Jane Austen, JK Rowling, Daphne DuMaurier, Laura Kinsale, LM Montgomery. 

Favorite Childrens/baby book: I Can Fly ( it's a vintage little golden book), Sunshine and Snowballs by Margaret Wise Brown.... My favorite YA books are The Giver and Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt. I was into the Tamora Pierce books back in the day too. 

NurseK2016

Favorite book? I would agree with @bacorrea that Sharp Objects was better than Gone Girl but I did enjoy them both. I also loved Me Before You!  
Favorite series? Oh either Harry Potter or Hunger Games. Guilty pleasure series Fifty Shades of Grey and Grey
Favorite author? Not sure I have a favorite but I like Mitch Album, Nicholas Sparks, Gillian Flynn, and J.K. Rowling 
Favorite children's/baby book? Harold and the purple crayon or Love you forever
Book you think everyone should read at some point? 13 reasons why! Great book and really made me think about things I do and say

I am also looking forward to reading The Girl on the Train soon!

Shopaholic

@Squirtgun I borrowed the movies from my local library. It's cute. My children watched part of it with me and for 2 days straight kept saying, " Anne Shirley! " Made me smile.

@kayemjay2 my boys like The Little Blue Truck.

Thank you ladies. I have added to my reading list. Can't wait to read some of these books. 

misslennon

@NurseK2016 @bacorrea have you guys read Gillian flynn's other book , Dark Places? That one is really good too!! 

CherryBananas

@bacorrea I love Ted Dekker's books too!

It seems like a lot of us have similar taste in books.  Maybe we could do a book club each month?

tumbleweed-1

Did the mention of a book club come up in an earlier forum? It sounds familiar. I like the idea of book clubs. I don't know that I can commit to one until my term is over though. Any reading I do really should be for my classes (or preparing for baby!). 

edit- I think I mean post, not forum. Hopefully you all know what I mean. 

CherryBananas

I couldn't remember if it had been mentioned. I was lurking my old BMB yesterday and they have one going so that's what made me think of it.

bacorrea

@misslennon I haven't, it's on my list though! 

NurseK2016

@misslennon and @bacorrea I haven't read it yet either but it's sitting in my "to buy" list on amazon