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sampo4eva (m)
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mine is Ben Carson. who is urs?  |
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kamistura (f)
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Mine is Sydney Sheldon. He is too much
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NIAPREXT (f)
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Mine is John Grisham, anyday, anytime. I mean his books are simply irresistable.
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maedan (f)
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Charles Dickens.
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WokarGwa (m)
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Charles Dickens.
There was a time I read nothing else but Dickens.How many of his works have you read? @Poster: Really,I am not sure I ve got a best author.Or a favourite.I ve read some really interesting books,and I would find it difficult to pick out a best among them.As I have said, there was a time I did nothing else but read Dickens. Grisham and Soyinka also sometime ago dominated my waking hours.I confess that those two,including Dickens, had the capacity of making me to laugh in the middle of their books. |
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maedan (f)
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@WokarGwa, I've read a few. You know there aren't that many of his books. I loved the Old Curiousity Shop, have you read that one? A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol and some more of his major classics. You're right, he gets you laughing unexpectedly as you're reading. I also like Mark Twain.
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WokarGwa (m)
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@Maedan:
Yes I have read the Old Curiosity Shop. Do u know I ve been unable to conclude it?The copy I have is incomplete.
With my masculine heart,I yet found myself brushing off tears in sympathy to Little Nell. But Swiveller got me
rolling on the floor!Quip was a devil with humuor and an attitude.Can u imagine that devilish dwarf wanting to
marry Nell?D dude is a classic case of male dominance:note d way he pinches his wife and keeps her perpetually in
sorrow.
But of all Dicken's works,I thnk The Pickwick Papers stands out.U should read it. OMG!U wont stop laughing out your head in that book.
I have read Nicholas Nickleby,David Copperfield,Bleak House,Christmas Carol,Martin Chuzzlewit and, of course,Oliver
Twist.
U can get any of Dickens' in an old curiousity shop.Those that sell antiquated books.
I like Mark Twain too.Have u read his "Luck" and "Tom Sawyer"?What of that arch-romantic "Huckleberry Finn"? Twain's
style has a moving simplicity.I like him for that.
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maedan (f)
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WokarGwa, sorry you never got to finish the Old Curiousity Shop. I think I've read it twice or thrice. Yes, it does make you cry in some places. I'll try to read the Pickwick Papers one of these days, I hear it's very good. I loved Tom Sawyerr!! And I'm halfway thru' Huckleberry Finn but I can't seem to find the time to finish it for now. There's an online library where I get to read all the classics. I had the hard copy of Curiousity shop, I read it to shreds  . Quip was so evil, he deserved to end up the way he did. Make sure you finish it  !! |
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WokarGwa (m)
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Now that you have said it I think I will find a means of completing the story.I stopped at that scene of the singular
gentleman.There is this online library that's got every classic imaginable.Gutenburg it's called,and I thnk I will try
downloading it from there.
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maedan (f)
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Gutenburg? Mine is literature.org. I'll check yours out though, thanks and Happy Reading !! |
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WokarGwa (m)
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Literature.org is quite good.I just found an author - Rene Descartes - I ve been looking for. Thanks.
Also,I just found out that I made a mistake:The site
is gutenberg.org,not gutenburg.
Happy Reading!
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divchynka (f)
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Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being ahd other novels.
It is so simple and great!
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Sbeauty
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Chinua Achebe is my best author. God bless Nigeria.
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divchynka (f)
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Yes, he is great!
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aasog (m)
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anyone who could take the pain to write a beautiful book, as did these fellas:
stephen king,
john sandford,
wilbur smith,
sidney sheldon (is kinda manageable, God rest his soul),
andrew klavan
dean koontz (his earlier books),
uwem akpan (the jesuit rocks),
marie corelli (just one book out of em all: sorrows of satan),
george dawes green (caveman valentine & the juror),
and finally Ken follet's Pillar of the Earth
these are books written by these great authors I could kill for
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maedan (f)
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@ WokarGwa Yep, I've checked out the proper site(Gutenberg.org  just now, and it's great. Literature.org does not have downloads, so I like Gutenberg better!! Thanks and I hope you find the Old Curiosity Shop on there and finish it! Peace. |
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WokarGwa (m)
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I'm glad you found the site useful.I just downloaded Mark Twain's "THE $30,000 BEQUEST". What
a hilarious tale.Something I found in it reminds of Grisham.
The Old Curiosity Shop?I will find time to rush that through.But what use is it,if poor Nell died in
the end?
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adebayo201 (m)
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Prof. Akinwumi Ishola
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maedan (f)
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WokarGwa, how come you know Nell died?? . Well, it was saddening but after reading the book the first time, I got over it. I haven't heard of the "$30,000 Bequest" by Mark Twain, but I'll check it out soon as I can . |
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semid4lyfe (m)
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Don't have a favourite author. All the good authors have written one or two dry books in the past.
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WokarGwa (m)
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@Maedan:
Actually,the incomplete version I ve got had this synopsis of the whole story.Accidentally, I read it.
And regretted immediately because I found out Nell died.But like you I will try to get over it.You
know if I had my way I could re-write the story to save Nell.lol.
Try to read The 30,000 Dollars Bequest.It's a hit!
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maedan (f)
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WokarGwa, sorry but you can't rewrite it to suit you !! But you can try!!! Ok, I'll find the Mark Twain book and read it soon as you've suggested . |
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noble_gas1 (m)
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Mine is John Grisham, anyday, anytime. I mean his books are simply irresistable.
Yep Girlfriend, if it aint Grisham, den d book aint jumpin, lolz |
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totalabi
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my best authors are messrs achebe, ekwensi, and chukwuemeka ike
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meggieblac
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John Grisham, sydney sheldon, stephen king
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