Favorite Books

What are your favorite books or book series? How many times have you read them? (or listened to them either on audiobooks or being read to you.) I know a lot of you like LOTR but other than that what are some good books? each week (Fridays) i will make a list of the new books we have discovered/mentioned and their authors so please include those in your posts! If you're stuck in a book-less rut and want something to read this is the place!

"Sam's Book of Useless Threads" is one of my favorite.

"Elliot's Book of Useless Threads" is one of my favorite.

You forgot a 't' there, Chief.

"Sam's Book of Useless Threads" is one of my favorite.

i meant real books!

Ahh yes one of my favorites!

Please guys, use this for what it was meant for. If you must needle each other make a new thread or take it to SC#9/10.

The Chronicles of Narnia, of course! What else? Just read those a few hundred times (along with LOTR, of course, but you already mentioned those XD)

'Pearl Maiden' and 'Lysbeth' by Henry Rider Haggard.

The Chronicles of Narnia, of course! What else? Just read those a few hundred times (along with LOTR, of course, but you already mentioned those XD) 'Pearl Maiden' and 'Lysbeth' by Henry Rider Haggard.

i like Narnia to! i think my favorites are The Inheritance Cycle (Eragon), and The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson.

I like all Henry Rider Haggard's books. Those you mentioned, but some other good ones are "Queen Sheba's Ring", "The Brethren", "Fair Margaret", and another one whose name I can't remember at the moment.

Bible, The Hidden Hand, The Elsie Dinsmore collection…

I never knew what to think of Elsie Dinsmore… to perfect to be a real person. It really seemed fake! But, I guess, that's how people really did think about things back then… kinda sad they don't now.

I agree. Too perfect to be a real person.
And, I think Elsie may have gone overboard with what is wrong to do on the Sabbath. Sure, you can have your own convictions about what you do and don't do on the Lord's Day (and that is perfectly fine and good), but those instances with her would not have been sins.
And also, she almost dies because of her sorrow?! Okay, okay, I guess I can sympathize with her since her stepmother and cousins and others were so sour toward her, and her father finally came to her and they were reunited, etc. etc. But, it just seemed rather odd…especially since it happens twice in the first two books!
Oh, anyway…I'll be quiet now. :P

Yes! I did like Millie Keith!

Lol, That is understandable. All and none of it, but remember when people only ate, went to church, and read the Bible on Sunday?

my favorite book is hunger games

I really like The Peleg Chronicles too! (If that sounds out of context, read Leah's first post.) Except it was a bit troubling from a linguistic perspective - people named McDougal, Thiery, Diego, and Gimcrack all in the same region - what language do those people speak, anyway? :P

Another of my favorites is the Shaaras' trilogy about the American Civil War. I read Gods and Generals several days ago, then (re)read The Killer Angels, and today I started The Last Full Measure. I would recommend those books to anyone who can endure blood, imperfect theology, and a bit of profanity. (Ummm, I guess that makes the books sound really bad, but trust me, they're not!)

Then there are the Scarlet Pimpernel books. I haven't read any in a while, but they were really great! The seek him here the seek him there…

John Bunyan's works. I have read The Pilgrim's Progress and The Holy War; both were wonderful allegories. (For those of you that may wonder, I cordially like allegory in many of its manifestations.) Along the same vein, I also like Benjamin Keach's books, The Travels of True Godliness, and The Life and Death of Mr. Badman.

Lamplighter books. (If you didn't see that one coming, you can leave the forums!) I have read quite a lot of them, and they are all very good! Especially Florence Kingsley's series about Titus, Stephen, and Paul.

Penultimate, but certainly not - well - second to least, I very much enjoyed all those various works of historical fiction I have read. A Tale of Two Cities, Alone yet not Alone, The Boy Colonel, and some of Henty's works, to name a few. (There are many others I'd really like to mention, but I can't remember what they were called.)

And of course, theological, biographical, historical, and topical works. (As opposed to embellished or fictional narratives.) If I tried to list a few, I'd still be here till next Thursday, so I won't do that.

In conclusion, I'd like to talk about why asking me what my favorite books are is always a mistake…

Oohh…I really like lots of those that you mentioned! You've read The Boy Colonel, have you read either of the other two from that series?

I agree. *Too perfect to be a real person.* And, I think Elsie _may_ have gone overboard with what is wrong to do on the Sabbath. Sure, you can have your own convictions about what you do and don't do on the Lord's Day (and that is perfectly fine and good), but those instances with her would not have been sins. And also, she almost *dies* because of her sorrow?! Okay, okay, I guess I can sympathize with her since her stepmother and cousins and others were so sour toward her, and her father finally came to her and they were reunited, etc. etc. But, it just seemed rather odd...especially since it happens *twice* in the first two books! Oh, anyway...I'll be quiet now. :P

I agree with what you said there :). Dying because of sorrow(twice), never getting angry, being altogether perfect, is a little much :). Some of her (Martha Finley) later books that include Lulu Raymond in the Elsie series are a little more "normal" as she has (actually) a few flaws in her character such as a temper. I enjoy those too. I have never read the Millie Keith books, but I hope to :).

Wow! Tough question!

Bible :), Elsie Series (yes even though she is perfect), G.A. Henty books(In the Reign of Terror, One of the 28th ect.), Dear America books, Sherlock Holmes (most of them some are really weird!), To Have and to Hold, And of course Prince of the Fallen. :) And those are like 1% of the books I like :) :) :) I LOVE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!

+My favorite book:+ The Bible

+My favorite fiction books:+
The Spirit Flyer Series
The Chronicles of Narnia
Anne of Green Gables
Tales of the Kingdom (and the other books)
Misty of Chincoteague (all the books but the last one)
The Hunger Games

+My favorite historical fiction books:+
The Witch of Black Bird Pond
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Bronze Bow
By The Great Horn Spoon

+My favorite though provoking books:+
Let Me Be A Woman - Elisabeth Elliot
Passion and Purity -Elisabeth Elliot
Created to be His Help Meet -Debi Pearl
Preparing to be a Help Meet -Debi Pearl
It's (not that) Complicated -Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin
Young Lady's Guide -Harvey Newcomb

the Bible is my favorite also. :)

I had to read the bronze bow for skhool once . it was cool

Yes. But if her conscience told her it was wrong, it was wrong for her.
She almost dies, because she is sorrowful and scared because her father told her to submit, or to go to the Institution (and she had heard horrible things about captive nuns and things at the Institution!)

I had to read the bronze bow for skhool once . it was cool

So did I :-) I liked it :-)

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I really like By The Great Horn Spoon, too :)

I would like to read It's (not that) Complicated, but haven't gotten my hands on it yet!

Sarah! I still have your books!! I have to remember to give them to grandma and grandpa next time we see them so they can give them to you!!

Oh yea! I thought I was forgetting some on that list! haha! ;)

We have that one! I should hunt it up and read it. I've thought of it once or twice, but it's hidden in Mama's bookshelf upstairs. :P

Just ordered Cloak of the Light by Chuck Black!! Way too excited :D

I've been reading Little Women over the last couple of days. I'd forgotten how much I like it!

Awesome!!!

I love to read the prankster book

I'd forgotten how much I like it!

So have I! Oh wait… :P

I think Little Women has a good story, and has a lot of good parts, and funny parts - overall, a good classic. But honestly, having read it 4 or 5 times, and listening to the audio drama many times, I see more and more problems with what they believed and different things they would say, etc.
Thoughts?

Mhmm… Most books from that time period had the same messed-up theology, including G.A. Henty and R.M. Ballantyne. As long as you do discern those problems, I think it's OK to read, though not very much. I hadn't read them for about a year, so I saw a lot more things this time that were wrong, but I also saw a lot that was very right and very beautiful. (OK, so I'm a bit of a romantic dreamer, and I like the little beautiful moments in books; it makes the whole thing enjoyable for me.)

Anyhoo…

I like the story called, a little princess.

I like the story called, a little princess.

its not that bad i liked it allot better when i was younger but now that I've read it like 10 or 11 times its not that interesting anymore:( but have you seen the shirley temple movie of that book? its real good.

Ballantyne had mixed-up theology? Excuse me, I must have missed that book, even though I read 24 of them? Is there one that I missed?

Maybe, just maybe, J.R.R Tolkien had mixed-up theology, as evidenced by his clear support and love for witchcraft and the demonic realm.

Ballantyne had mixed-up theology? Excuse me, I must have missed that book, even though I read 24 of them? Is there one that I missed? Maybe, just maybe, J.R.R Tolkien had mixed-up theology, as evidenced by his clear support and love for witchcraft and the demonic realm.

Yea but even so lotr is epic!

Ballantyne had mixed-up theology? Excuse me, I must have missed that book, even though I read 24 of them? Is there one that I missed? Maybe, just maybe, J.R.R Tolkien had mixed-up theology, as evidenced by his clear support and love for witchcraft and the demonic realm.

Yea but even so lotr is epic!

how do you guys love it so much i mean the hobbit is great cut i couldn't get past tom bumbadill helping them out of the cave thing in fellowship of the ring cause it moved so slowly:(

Ballantyne had mixed-up theology? Excuse me, I must have missed that book, even though I read 24 of them? Is there one that I missed? Maybe, just maybe, J.R.R Tolkien had mixed-up theology, as evidenced by his clear support and love for witchcraft and the demonic realm.

Yea but even so lotr is epic!

I'm just messin' with her. ;)

Ballantyne had mixed-up theology? Excuse me, I must have missed that book, even though I read 24 of them? Is there one that I missed? Maybe, just maybe, J.R.R Tolkien had mixed-up theology, as evidenced by his clear support and love for witchcraft and the demonic realm.

Yea but even so lotr is epic!

I'm just messin' with her. ;)

i kinda guessed that didn't sound like your style:)

Excuse me? G. A. Henty had messed-up theology? I must have missed that book, even though I have read 24 of them. And if you are talking about "The Cat of Bubastes" forget it. A writer can write about a person who holds a view that the writer does not personally hold.

One, there are a lot more than twenty-four Henty books. Twenty-four doesn't show everything about him.

Two, Rujub the Juggler is the one I have the worst problem with, because it was pure evil that he was promoting as good.

Three, I've caught little subtle bits of bad theology in his books, which is the worst kind of bad theology.

I still read his books, but I try to exercise discernment, of course, and I don't read them very often. I treat it rather like candy, like I do any other sort of entertainment.

One, there are a lot more than twenty-four Henty books. Twenty-four doesn't show everything about him. Two, Rujub the Juggler is the one I have the worst problem with, because it was pure evil that he was promoting as good. *I haven't read that one. Tell me the 'pure evil.'* Three, I've caught little subtle bits of bad theology in his books, which is the worst kind of bad theology. *And _who_ decides what's bad theology?* _I do!_ I still read his books, but I try to exercise discernment, of course, and I don't read them very often. I treat it rather like candy, like I do any other sort of entertainment. *So you _do_ think entertainment is okay?!*

One, there are a lot more than twenty-four Henty books. Twenty-four doesn't show everything about him. Two, Rujub the Juggler is the one I have the worst problem with, because it was pure evil that he was promoting as good. *I haven't read that one. Tell me the 'pure evil.'* _Absolutely totally pure black magic. The bad guys are the Christians who oppose it._ Three, I've caught little subtle bits of bad theology in his books, which is the worst kind of bad theology. *And _who_ decides what's bad theology?* _You do, of course. I'm saying this with the assumption that most of the people on here are more or less reformed in their theology, though I may be wrong._ _I do!_ I still read his books, but I try to exercise discernment, of course, and I don't read them very often. I treat it rather like candy, like I do any other sort of entertainment. *So you _do_ think entertainment is okay?!* _In teeny tiny portions with heavy doses of discernment, prevention, and antidote. Very heavy. One of the problems with our training over the next few weeks is that our teacher_ loves _using movies._

One, there are a lot more than twenty-four Henty books. Twenty-four doesn't show everything about him. Two, Rujub the Juggler is the one I have the worst problem with, because it was pure evil that he was promoting as good. *I haven't read that one. Tell me the 'pure evil.'* Three, I've caught little subtle bits of bad theology in his books, which is the worst kind of bad theology. *And _who_ decides what's bad theology?* _I do!_ I still read his books, but I try to exercise discernment, of course, and I don't read them very often. I treat it rather like candy, like I do any other sort of entertainment. *So you _do_ think entertainment is okay?!*

Broham. Arguing with this girl is pointless, and a waste of time you could use to talk to the rest of us. She's not gonna change, and she's gonna keep making her assertions, annoying and unreasonable as they may be. Relax. Smell the chimichangas, And have fun. :)

Thank you for the kind, godly, gracious response. You're an example to all of us.

Did someone say…CHIMICHANGAS?!

Two, Rujub the Juggler is the one I have the worst problem with, because it was pure evil that he was promoting as good. *I haven't read that one. Tell me the 'pure evil.'* _Absolutely totally pure black magic. The bad guys are the Christians who oppose it.

Black magic? Isn't that the stuff that LOTR promotes?