Curie World Lit: Only The BEST discussion

What are your favorite books? What are some bad ones? What books have you read that were just plain terrible ?

Why were they so significant? When did you read them? Did you read them just for fun, or where they assigned for class?

my favorite book is down these mean streets and i am legend.
some bad ones that i read were house of the scorpions.
plain terrible books were tuck everlasting.

down these mean streets just gave me a better perspective on how gangs can affect someones life and how and why people specially teens turn to gangs to get the sense of feeling that someone cares about them when there not getting that feeling at their home from their parents or loved ones.
i am legend was just an amazing book all around im still in the process of reading it but so far the book has been very interesting except for chapter 1 that was probably the only boring part of the whole book so far.
i read down these mean streets during my final weeks of 8th grade and into my freshman year and the book was just an interesting book.
i am legend im still in the process of reading.
i read those 2 just for fun but the other horrible books i read for school and they were just not fun at all to read and they were annoying.

My favorite books are suspenseful books. I like Once a King always a King, Once a King always A King, & A child called it. They were my Favorite because they actually made me want to read more and find out what's next. I read these books for fun. I read these books over the summer but I read them twice already

The books that make you actually want to read more. Books that are just plain terrible are the ones that you read the first page and just fall asleep. =]

i like love stories and just down right real books. About real life and real issues in teenagers life.

my favorite books happen to be the Cirque Du Freak series and The Demonta Series.these i just read for fun. i read the cirque du freak series from 8th grade til my sophmore year and am re-reading them. haha. the demonta series ive been reading from sophmore year i think up until now cuz the series isnt done yet. both series are by the same author (Darren Shan) and man these are some badass books. theyre just so realistic on how the people react and stuff in their crappy situations.

some bad books are some of the stephen king books i've read. theyre just plain garbage he writes without thinking. i TRIED reading some for fun but culdnt do it.

a book i thought was just plain terrible was this one book i read about a grl during halloween when i was in 9th grade. i forgot the name but god was it horrible. i culdnt finish it thats how bad it was.

At the moment my two favorite books are Big Trouble by Dave Barry and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The first of the two i read a while back, but the other i just recently read. Big Trouble is a comedy crime-fiction, the kind of book that really does make you laugh out loud (which i read on my own some summers ago and reread 2 more times since). The alchemist i read last month as a school assignment, which i seriously doubted i would like, but ended up loving it. Big Trouble i liked because while being hilarious its also very smartly written; it seems like it took a bit of some serious genius wit to write, as it has a complex plot line and is very well organized.
The alchemist i liked because it really made me think about things. Epiphanies were being had all over the place while reading that book. I surprised myself by liking it so much, seeing as its somewhat of a religious book and i'm not really into that stuff. I don't recall ever reading a "bad book"....its just some books are better than others.

I'm really glad to hear you liked the Alchemist! We're going to be reading it really soon in our section. I hope it's twice as good the second time around. :0) I'm reading it now and I think it's awesome-tastic!

Spread the word...tell your friends...the Alchemist is an AWESOME book!! I"m not making it up :0)

Omg i am such a book worm! lol i can not say there is a book i never liked... idk if its because i pick them right or i have such an open mind for everyhting. i love suspence, mystery, horror, fiction, non fiction, ROMANCE lol, and even the old history books. ppl can ask me about any book and i will have an opinion for any of them or if im about to read.

I like books too , but they gave to be interesting for me. If I don’t find them interesting I don’t read them.