Ten Books that Affected You

[cal828]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Loved the tv mini series Lonesome Dove and the Return..great cast..
'You wanna poke'..

The line I liked the best in Lonesome Dove was by Robert Urich's character. I think the character's name was Jake. After Jake falls in with the desperados and then gets caught by his old friends the Texas Rangers and they decide to hang him, he says something like "if you've got to be hung, it nice to be hung by your friends."

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by cal828

The line I liked the best in Lonesome Dove was by Robert Urich's character. I think the character's name was Jake. After Jake falls in with the desperados and then gets caught by his old friends the Texas Rangers and they decide to hang him, he says something like "if you've got to be hung, it nice to be hung by your friends."

i liked the line when call told august "you'd argue with a stump".

i remind myself of that line whenever i'm tempted to engage with dell or joey on politics.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

i liked the line when call told august "you'd argue with a stump".

i remind myself of that line whenever i'm tempted to engage with dell or joey on politics.

Very wise!

[Danzig]

lonesome dove is a fabulous book, read it my senior year of high school. just fantastic.
also saw 'pillars of the earth' mentioned above. another i have on my shelf, have read it at least five times. just wonderful. i have the sequel, which is ok, but doesn't come close to the magic of pillars. some books are just perfect, and pillars is one of those.

i've been asked by many people if there was only one book i could have for the rest of my life, what would it be.

i'd have to say 'the pickwick papers' by charles dickens. if you haven't taken the time, read it. it's wonderful. it follows the adventures of four members of the pickwick club, people they meet on the way, stories entertwined throughout, told by various characters they encounter. it's got a bit of everything, mystery, romance, twist and turns, and lots of humor. i just love his work.

ok, honestly, i couldn't live with just one book. i go into the library tony and i built a couple years ago, and just look at all my books-my most prized possessions. i'm such a nerd.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Danzig

lonesome dove is a fabulous book, read it my senior year of high school. just fantastic.
also saw 'pillars of the earth' mentioned above. another i have on my shelf, have read it at least five times. just wonderful. i have the sequel, which is ok, but doesn't come close to the magic of pillars. some books are just perfect, and pillars is one of those.

i've been asked by many people if there was only one book i could have for the rest of my life, what would it be.

i'd have to say 'the pickwick papers' by charles dickens. if you haven't taken the time, read it. it's wonderful. it follows the adventures of four members of the pickwick club, people they meet on the way, stories entertwined throughout, told by various characters they encounter. it's got a bit of everything, mystery, romance, twist and turns, and lots of humor. i just love his work.

ok, honestly, i couldn't live with just one book. i go into the library tony and i built a couple years ago, and just look at all my books-my most prized possessions. i'm such a nerd.

I've read four novels by Ken Follett. I loved "Pillars" also. Also enjoyed "Whiteout," "Hornet Flight," and "Night Over Water." Whenever, I am at the library and I can't find anything else, I go back to the Follett section and get one of his books. Still, several back there I haven't read.

[cal828]

Can't believe nobody on the horsey board mentioned Seabiscuit or Laura Hillenbrand's other book Unbroken(definitely not about horses, but none the less very good).

[Danzig]

seabiscuit is good, but not sure it'd make a top ten...unless it was top ten horse books.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by cal828

Can't believe nobody on the horsey board mentioned Seabiscuit or Laura Hillenbrand's other book Unbroken(definitely not about horses, but none the less very good).

How bout the horsey movie Let it Ride..watched that one couple times..was it a book?

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by cal828

The line I liked the best in Lonesome Dove was by Robert Urich's character. I think the character's name was Jake. After Jake falls in with the desperados and then gets caught by his old friends the Texas Rangers and they decide to hang him, he says something like "if you've got to be hung, it nice to be hung by your friends."

Yeah, lot's good lines in the show...Ulrich died young, 55...good actor in films and tv shows...