Best Book You Have Ever Read
 

Hello All,

I love to read, so the purpose of this thread is so we can all share with others the best book that we have ever read, and why you think the book was so good. It will also give others a chance to begin a library if they are so interested.

Here goes....

The best book I ever read was called "Casting the First Stone", by Kimberla Lawson Roby. I read this book in one day. It was all about this preacher named Curtis Black. Curtis had this enormous congregation, and he really though he was the man. He was also involved in some down right scandelous things. (does any of this sound familiar when thinking of today's society) I want to tell you guys more, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone who has not read the book. For those of you who have, holla at me and tell me your feelings on the book.

P.S. Casting The First Stone is now a 3 book Set. Second Book: "To much of a good thing". 3rd Book: "The Best Kept Secret".

If you have read any of them, Let me know.

Much Love,

Makitta

Yea I read that book. It was alright.

My vote is going to have to be A Day Late and A Dollar Short. That is the first book that ever made me cry. McMillian did her thang.

"Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn

If I could stab you with a rusty coke can, I would, because you have so must gusto!

-Rudey
--Take that goucho!

Five People You Meet In Heaven
 

Without a doubt, I consider this to be one of the most important books I have ever read.

It is interesting to see the web built around a life and the relationship (known and unknown) that are built for this old man.

I have never looked at any relationship or thing I do quite the same way after reading this book.

Case in illustration, the love and prayers given during Mr Sageofages brush with death.

Oh, maybe The Bible?

Granted a History Book written by later ons, but is becomeing proved more by The Dead Sea Scrolls.

Lore is passed down for Hundereds of Years. Then maybe it is written down.

Then some jamok wants to rewrite it and pull da stuff out that "They" dont agree with!:mad:


Oh, another is reading about LXA History and How it was changed from Inseption. An Eye Opener!:D Well for a LXA Nut!:)

Without a doubt, the best book I have ever read is "The Great Gatsby".

I love reading so my best books are in different categories...

Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol made me realize I wanted to teach in a hard to staff high needs area...so in a way it has 'changed my life'. His other books on education in the Bronx in addition to my own Bronx teaching experiences have further confirmed that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, career wise at least.

Why I Wore Lipstick by Geralyn Lucas changed my view on Breast Cancer....a true story of courage and strength by a young NYC woman...

two fabulous books I've read for a class at some point in my education are The Awakening by Kate Chopin and The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Just great stories.

and I have to agree with
The Five People You Meet in Heaven as well, what a great book!

Wow, selecting ONE favorite book would be like selecting a favorite child!

Dr. Zhivago

and

Journey (the one by Robert and Suzanne Massey)

"The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things" by JT Leroy

Edie: An American Biography by Jean Stein & George Plimpton

It's the bio of Edie Sedgwick but it's as much about her family and the other people in her orbit as it is her...you really feel like you know them personally by the time you're done with it. The coolest thing ever would be if every person on earth could have an oral history of their life like this.

That truly sounds fascinating! I love oral histories, and I'll have to pick it up. The Cane River is an oral history about four generations of Louisiana slave women and their descendants, and it's really good, too!

If you do, get the hardcover not the paperback. The hardcover has the pictures where they happen in the story, the paperback shoves them all in the middle and it really screws up the flow to have to flip back & forth to see what everyone looks like.

I have so many favorite books. If I can only choose one, I'll choose "Little Women". It is a fantastic story and I read it at least once a year.