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Lynnden_472
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:30 pm
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YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS: THE SURVEY

Simply copy, paste, and fill out the survey below. Share with us all your favorite books!



Best Book Of All Time:
Worst Book Of All Time:
Best In Fiction:
Best In SI-Fi:
Best In Fantasy:
Best In Horror:
Best In Romance:
Best In Non Fiction:
Best Classic Book:
Best Book To Cuddle Up To On A Cold Night:
Best Book To Read While It's Raining:
Best Book To Read In The Wilderness:
Best Book To Discuss With People:
Easiest Book To Relate To:
Hardest Book To Relate To:
Best Book Series:
Best Author Overall:  
PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:02 am
Best Book Of All Time: The Brother's Karamazov
Worst Book Of All Time: Eclipse
Best In Fiction: A Girl Named Disaster
Best In SI-Fi: The Last Universe
Best In Fantasy: The Mortal Instruments trio
Best In Horror: Misery
Best In Romance: Garden of Angels
Best In Non Fiction: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Best Classic Book: The Brother's Karamazov
Best Book To Cuddle Up To On A Cold Night: Harry Potter Series
Best Book To Read While It's Raining: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Best Book To Read In The Wilderness: The Warriors series
Best Book To Discuss With People: 1984 and Fahrenheit 451
Easiest Book To Relate To: Jane Eyre (for me anyways)
Hardest Book To Relate To: House of Mirth and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Best Book Series: Inheritance Cycle and The Mortal Instruments trio
Best Author Overall: Fyodor Dostoevsky  

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:27 pm
Best Book Of All Time: "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Worst Book Of All Time: Lemony Snicket's "Unfortunate Events"
Best In Fiction: Sherrilyn Kenyon's "Dark Hunter" series
Best In SI-Fi: Andre Norton's "The Rowan"
Best In Fantasy: "The Belgariad" by David Eddings
Best In Horror: Stephen King (Though John Saul can scare the crap out of me"
Best In Romance: Judy Garland
Best In Non Fiction: "Little House on the Prairie"
Best Classic Book: "Pride & Prejudice"
Best Book To Cuddle Up To On A Cold Night: Laurell K. Hamilton; Sherrilyn Kenyon; or Maggie Shayne
Best Book To Read While It's Raining: a red cover paperback romance
Best Book To Read In The Wilderness: A Luna book (by Harlequin)
Best Book To Discuss With People: Twilight or Harry Potter
Easiest Book To Relate To: Twilight (I'm totally a reader; clutz)
Hardest Book To Relate To: Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series (the HBO series is much better, thank god)
Best Book Series: Terry Brooks' Shannara Series
Best Author Overall: Jane Austen (she was way ahead of her time and died way too young)  
PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:15 am
Best Book Of All Time: Burning shores
Worst Book Of All Time: Ice guard by Steve Lyons
Best In Fiction: Burning shores by Robert Earl
Best In SI-Fi: Emperor's mercy by Henry Zou
Best In Fantasy: Quest for lost heroes by David Gemmell
Best In Horror: Necromancer by Jonathan Green
Best In Romance: Waylander by David Gemmell
Best In Non Fiction: (Don't have one)
Best Classic Book: Moby d**k
Best Book To Cuddle Up To On A Cold Night: Nightbringer by Graham McNeill
Best Book To Read While It's Raining: False Gods by Dan Abbett
Best Book To Read In The Wilderness: Fire and Faith by James Swallow
Best Book To Discuss With People: Warpsword by Mike Lee
Easiest Book To Relate To: Legend by David Gemmell
Hardest Book To Relate To: Eldar Prophecy by C.S Goto
Best Book Series: Malus Darkblade
Best Author Overall: David Gemmell  

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:59 am
Best Book Of All Time: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Worst Book Of All Time: The Awakening
Best In Fiction: Dreamland
Best In SI-Fi: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series
Best In Fantasy: City of Bones
Best In Horror: Halloween Party
Best In Romance: I don't know.
Best In Non Fiction:I don't read Non Fiction
Best Classic Book:Alice Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Best Book To Cuddle Up To On A Cold Night:No.
Best Book To Read While It's Raining:Any book.
Best Book To Read In The Wilderness:No.
Best Book To Discuss With People:THHGTTG.
Easiest Book To Relate To:No.
Hardest Book To Relate To:The Awakening
Best Book Series:Series of Unfortunate Events
Best Author Overall: Lemony Snicket and Douglas Adams
 
PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:50 pm
Best Book Of All Time:So hard to choose confused TOO MANY TO CHOOSE! burning_eyes
Worst Book Of All Time: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night (my English teacher slaughtered that book. I can't even imagine rereading it)
Best In Fiction: The Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun
Best In SI-Fi:Cat's Paw
Best In Fantasy:Tie between LotR, Trickster's Choice and Terrier by Tamora Pierce, Inkheart by Cornelia Funke and Green Rider by Kristen Britain
Best In Horror biggrin on't really read horror, the closest to horror I've read is Dark Metro and Nightmare Inspector. They're pretty good though
Best In Romance: I don't really read romance centered stories.I'll read fantasy or mystery with romance in it somewhere, but not as the main focus
Best In Non Fiction:The Dirt on Clean
Best Classic Book:The Hobbit, To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Jade Peony
Best Book To Cuddle Up To On A Cold Night:Green Rider, Terrier, Wolf Speaker, The Cat Who...
Best Book To Read While It's Raining:Myths and legends are good for rainy days, The Secret Life of Bees
Best Book To Read In The Wilderness:Anything on local plants and animals or any local legends or folk stories
Best Book To Discuss With People:Haryy Potter or Lord of the Rings
Easiest Book To Relate To:Trickster's Choice and the Witches of Willowmere (my personality is really close to both of the main characters')
Hardest Book To Relate To biggrin ragons of an Autumn Twilight
Best Book Series:The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien or The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce
Best Author Overall: J.R.R. Tolkien or Roald Dhal  

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:53 pm
Best Book Of All Time: The Stand by Stephen King
Worst Book Of All Time: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Best In Fiction: The Stand by Stephen King
Best In SI-Fi: The Stand by Stephen King
Best In Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein
Best In Horror: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Best In Romance: (I don't read romance)
Best In Non Fiction: (I don't read Non Fiction)
Best Classic Book: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Best Book To Cuddle Up To On A Cold Night: Wicked by Gregory Maguire (maybe that's just me.)
Best Book To Read While It's Raining: Misery by Stephen King
Best Book To Read In The Wilderness: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Book To Discuss With People: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Easiest Book To Relate To: (I don't know. I've never really had a book that's been easy to relate to.)
Hardest Book To Relate To: The Twilight Series
Best Book Series: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Heather Brewer
Best Author Overall: Heather Brewer and Stephen King  
PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:28 pm
Best Book Of All Time: Exodus by Julie Bertagna
Worst Book Of All Time: Either The Pearl by John Steinbeck or the Twilight books
Best In Fiction: The Killer's Cousin/Locked Inside by Nancy Werlin, Naugths and Crosses by Malorie Blackman, or Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Best In Sci-Fi: Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer and several others
Best In Fantasy: Storm Thief or Poison by Chris Wooding or Being by Kevin Brooks
Best In Horror: I don't really read too much horror stories, so I'm not sure.
Best In Romance: Ditto on above.
Best In Non Fiction: Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger or In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
Best Classic Book: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Best Book To Cuddle Up To On A Cold Night: ?
Best Book To Read While It's Raining: ?
Best Book To Read In The Wilderness: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Best Book To Discuss With People: Exodus by Julie Bertagna
Easiest Book To Relate To: Sarah Dessen's probably...
Hardest Book To Relate To: The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Best Book Series: the Pendragon series by DJ MacHale or the Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix
Best Author Overall: Nancy Werlin  

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:47 pm
Best Book Of All Time: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Worst Book Of All Time: My Antonia by Willa Sibert Cather
Best In Fiction: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Best In SI-Fi: When HARLIE Was One by David Gerold
Best In Fantasy: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede
Best In Horror: Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge
Best In Romance: The Time Traveler's Wife
Best In Non Fiction: Immoveable Feast by John Baxter
Best Classic Book: The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Book To Cuddle Up To On A Cold Night: The Secrete of Lost Things
Best Book To Read While It's Raining: Anno Dracula Kim Newman
Best Book To Read In The Wilderness: The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Best Book To Discuss With People: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard
Easiest Book To Relate To: The Only Alien On the Planet by Kristen D. Randle
Hardest Book To Relate To: In Cold Blood
Best Book Series: Knight Life by Peter David
Best Author Overall: Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman

phew... that took forever.  
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