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Sybarite, you are sadly guilty of making a common error which most non-Christians make when reading and scrutinzing Scripture: putting the words and deeds of men into God's mouth and limbs. What I mean by this is that when you recall the story of "God" telling certain peoples to take the wives...

The Historian has a bit of International fare in it.

Well, aside from the obvious (The Bible), I'd say that The Lord of the Rings was very inspiring to me. Thankfully, I was able to read it just before the movies were released (which, while excellent films, still take away from the full grandeur of the story), so that I was able to participate in...

Harry Potter for me too! And before that the last series I completed was the (wait for it...) Spiderwick Chronicles. Although, I am in the middle of the Inheritance series by Paolini...but he's taking a millennia to write it...and expanding it to 4 books instead of just 3!!

I've yet to really read any Dan Brown...though I've been on the fence about it since reading The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova. But, as it stands right now, I'd probably rather read Dan Brown than James Joyce with his dialectal gibberish!

Well, this is a tough one! I remember reading some story about two characters Frog and Toad when I was in Kindergarten. And the Librarian at my Elementary school simply oozed with a love of books that I drank of deeply, even at that young age. However, there are other steps which built up this...

Well, honestly, a lot of times I simply slip in here to see what others are reading, or I'll go to my local Library's website and see what others recommend. Generally, I follow SFG75's advice and just go for what I'm in the mood to read. Right now, I'm in the mood to read modern books, that take...

The Secret Adversary is one of my favorites (and also a story of Tommy and Tuppence when they were young, for the one who asked). But, I'm a stickler for the popular titles as well: And Then There Were None, Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the Orient Express and all of the short-stories. Hercule Poirot...

I found Roots, by Alex Haley to be a sad read. The Lovely Bones definitely had me in tears almost from the first page! But, I am easy to cry at books, which is odd for a man I suppose. I don't know. I cried at the end of The Lord of the Rings, at the parting of friends. I cried several times...

When I was younger, I constantly received awkward looks as I would dip my face in between the pages of whatever book I was reading, and inhale the sweet smell contained therein. I still enjoy smelling books while reading them, though I don't usually inhale so deeply from the pages themselves...

I'm 28 and have been reading since elementary school. The Librarian there just dripped with all the loveliness of books, and she inspired in me the love of the printed page. My parents, at that time, were non-readers, and I was the only who owned any books in the house. This has since changed...

I have the same sort of mental roadblock that needs to be pushed aside at the beginning of every reading session! I've just assumed it was due to being overly anxious to begin the book...finishing a book is something I really prize, so that's why I'm so eager to get started! I can't say that...

I, too, am anxiously awaiting the third installment, hoping we're all not laboring under a delusion that there even will be! But I've heard naught of it at all, which is surprising as I would have thought Mr. Paolini only too eager to redeem himself after that abomination of a film which was...

I recently (like back in January) read a good book called The Rover, by Mel Odom. Its basically a halfling who is a Librarian in a huge library called The Vault of All Known Knowledge. In this world, all books have either been destroyed or collected into this library, and nobody reads...

Occlith, those two lists of books were amazing! I saw some books there I've not thought about since I was in elementary school (The Castle in the Attic)! Thank-you for presenting those lists! They were very inspiring!

I once read a great fantasy called Daughter of the Drow, by Elaine Cunningham. Its set in the Forgotten Realms series, if you're familiar with that at all...and if you're not, its a great place to start. There are two more books after that, Tangled Webs and Windwalker.

Well, I just finished reading The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova, and it was one of the best books I've ever read, which just happened to be about vampires...really about Dracula. And, if you happen to be interested in any fantasy novels, there's a nice book called The Rover, by Mel Odom which...

I, too, love Bunyan, and I am most fond of his Pilgrim's Progress! I am also a huge Spurgeon reader, and he tends to quote from Pilgrim's Progress (and sometimes Holy War) quite a lot! Good stuff. I know that Banner of Truth publishes a few of his works that may be hard to find elsewhere...I...

I'm only slightly neurotic. I have a major problem with those people who, when they read paperbacks, bend the front cover around the back. AHHHHHH!!! The EVIL!!!! So, if someone wishes to read one of my paperbacks, they can be sure to get the interrogation about how they hold it when they read...

I had this problem with just about the entire Harry Potter series...particularly the last two! I also pulled all nighters with the Spiderwick Chronicles ( I read the 1st book in one night, and on another night read the remaining 4). I actually love it when that happens!!!