Comments on Best Books Ever - page 25

Aaron wrote: "She's not saying people have the reading comprehension of a 7 year old, she said that's all that's needed to read it. Which is actually correct since it's written at about a 3rd grade reading level."

Green Eggs and Ham and The Giving Tree are third grade reading level as well. I guess that begs the question, "Where is the intelligence??". A book does not have to be eight-thousand pages long and be difficult to read in order to be a bestseller.

Anybody else noticed that this is almost exactly the same as the list for the worst books ever>?< How can a book be simultaneously good and bad at the same time>?< It's impossible! And people, stop moaning about Twilight! People like it, get over it. It's not a classic and I don't think anybody is arguing that it is all that well written either, but it's enjoyable and a piece of writing if you are looking for escapism. Plus lots of teenagers relate to it because most of the characters are either shy like Bella, or outcasts, like the vampires, and these are things which teenagers particularly relate to. Whether you like it or not Meyer struck on something with this, there was clearly an audience out there primed for this sort of writing, and I personally think that actually it is quite well written if you look at it properly and give it a chance. There are some points where there is a lovely turn of phrase, and at least it doesn't show use of a limited vocabulary.

Elspeth wrote: "I don't mean to be rude, but if Twilight is the best book you've ever read, then you should probably try reading more. I read the whole saga and as entertaining as the concept was, the writing was ..."

Twilight is not the best book I've ever read. I simply find it annoying how everyone bashes it and says that anyone who likes it is a retard. You're right, it doesn't belong on the "Best Books Ever" list, but it's still an awesome book, and if you don't believe me, just look at the hordes of teenagers and even middle aged women who highly beg to differ.

anybody knows about a new book of Raditya Dika titled Marmut Merah Jambu? It's awesome!

And, where is "When Elvis Meets the Dalai Lama?"

I think everyone needs to get off their high horse and quit arguing. Everyone has different taste. You like what you like. Screw what everyone else thinks. Geez! =)

Alisha wrote: "I think everyone needs to get off their high horse and quit arguing. Everyone has different taste. You like what you like. Screw what everyone else thinks. Geez! =)"

That's a good way to put it... :)

These books appear to be all fiction... what does that say about the Book of Mormon being #4 ???

Perhaps all those Mormons who tried to skew this list may want to rethink their strategy?

Jeez all this fighting is so tiring. Doesn't anyone ever say, "Dude, like what are we doing wasting our time??" For real, it's not like anyone who comments on here is actually going to change someone's mind about something. Seriously. I don't even understand why I'm wasting my time even commenting.

And why the heck does everyone think that the Mormons are congregating? Maybe people just freaking like it!! (I didn't vote for it)

Seriously what are the Twilight books doing on this list? Best books ever? Really?!

Karen, that's absolutely stupid. A nonfiction book within quite a few fiction books does not mean it's suddenly fiction. And Megan, your completely right; every time someone stands up for a book, and why all the insults about it should stop, someone insults it again and the cycle starts all over again. I always feel obligated to comment about what I think, and I've been commenting basically the same thing over and over again. Like, for instance, Renee. A billion other comments have already stated that. Even though I agree, it's getting a little old.

I'm a mormon, and I think it's really funny that the bible is the lds edition, by the way.

aahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!why the heck is twilight on the top?!!?!?!?!?!:!?!?!?!!?

Be calm...it ends up o every list and apparently there are a lot of fans voting on the sight. I think of it as literary beverage wine.

where the hell is City of Bones!!!! and City of Ashes and City of Glass !!

you've got to be kidding me.. the best books ever arent even here... when u add city of bones and co.. then i know ur actually serious.. until then.. please change the title

Stephanie wrote: "where the hell is City of Bones!!!! and City of Ashes and City of Glass !!

you've got to be kidding me.. the best books ever arent even here... wh..."

Is that a good series? I have it on my to-read list but I don't know if it's any good or not...

I'm not Mormon, and so you can pretty much assume I didn't vote for the Book of Mormon. HOWEVER, having said that, I'm not entirely sure why so many people are surprised that it's in the top 100. So is Twilight, and it's crap! I mean really?!? Do you think 400 years from now Twilight is going to be read in high school, or made into a play the same way Romeo and Juliet has? It's simply just the current trendy book for prepubescent teens, and soccer moms pining for (and attempting to reenact) their groupie days from the 80's.

Who cares if Mormons are actively trying to boost their book's rank? If anything, they're acting the same way they always do; they're trying to push their beliefs on others. It's their way of demonstrating their faith... through advertising. If it bothers you that much then get your Jane Austin Fan Club to do the same thing.

Twilight fans, who by the way happen to be equally religiously devoted to their book, show their faith in a different way. But, you don't see them going door-to-door asking, "Have you heard the word of Stephenie Meyer? Have accepted Edward Cullen into your heart?" Of course not! Instead they sacrifice good money for an expensive movie ticket, bury themselves in a theater for three miserable hours, then rise up, and mysteriously vanish from the dark, cave-like theater. They are then seen spreading to the world, usually via Twitter or Facebook, the glorious message of Edward... or maybe Jacob if they're Team Werewolf... it's kind-of-like an Old Testament vs. New Testament, or Jewish vs. Christian thing. I digress...

Instead, realize it's just going to happen, skim the list for books that are actually good, and have fun with it. You can even do just like I do when Mormons knock on my door, pretend you're gay, promote same sex marriage, and flirt with them... aggressively... very aggressively. So, stop complaining about the Book of Mormon's rank, and start sardonically, complaining about other crappy books on the list. Here, I'll get it started...

The Diary of Anne Frank! Are you SERIOUS?!? Four words. Worst fictional book EVER! It's like it was written by a 13-year-old girl. I half expected the so-called "Nazis" to become zombies in some ridiculous M. Knight Shamalon fashion.

Seriously people. Get over yourselves. Accept that other people may have different opinions than you... even if their opinions are wrong... which is pretty much always the case when it differs from my opinion.

P.S. Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is the best. Scientists proved it.

♫ Megan ♫ wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "where the hell is City of Bones!!!! and City of Ashes and City of Glass !!

you've got to be kidding me.. the best books ever arent..."


its not good megan,.... it AMAZING!!!! lmfao honestly, read them and i swear u'll forget about twilight haha i know i did :D

Stephanie wrote: "♫ Megan ♫ wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "where the hell is City of Bones!!!! and City of Ashes and City of Glass !!

you've got to be kidding me.. the b..."

Awesome :) Okay I will read them :)

Bee wrote: "why are none of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy on here?"


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I have to agree, the only reasonable explanation is that maybe Mormons don't like books where god is the bad guy.

I would be ashamed to admit I had most of those books on my shelf. You've got genre mixed up with literary, and even crackpot religions in there, which is, oh, I guess it might be genre.

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A Real tale from the Kenyan contemporary setting.A story of fate struggles and dire imagination. Go ahead and grab yourself a copy! you will without doubt agree with me.

Who was the idiot who put Twilight on there? EEK! *runs away from the knives thrown by Twi-Hards and Stef Myer*

Ok I just noticed that someone said that Twilight is at about a reading level of age 7, and quite frankly that is just ridiculous! I don't know about you, but I don't know a lot of seven year olds who know what the words "irrevocably" or "verbose" or "erratic" or "omnipresent" e.t.c. mean. In fact, I know some eighteen year olds who don't even know what those words mean. To claim that somebody so young could comprehend them is simply ludicrous!

Twilight in and of itself is fine and actually enjoyable. It just sucks in comparison to all the other books out there and the reason everyone bashes it is because they are annoyed at the hype. Even a fan (like me) can bash the series when they get too annoyed with all the hype. It doesn't belong on this list. It just doesn't.

(but I am a fan)

IKR? I read half way the first book and fell asleep. Bella's just like "Ooh, I think he's a vampire, but I'm not absolutely sure, like, his eye's change colour, but he may actually be normal..."
BELLA HE'S A VAMPIRE! NOW SHUT UP AND EITHER FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM OR JACOB. WHO CARES?

Well yeah, but who really wants a complicated plot anyway>?< In books where the plot is difficult to follow it just means you have to exert effort on reading what usually turns out to be a pretentious piece of garbage.

'Who really wants a complicated plot anyway?' Er, me...
Ooh, exerting effort! How horrible! OK, so I'll just go home and read "The Hungry Caterpillar". More interesting than Twilight anyway.

Twilight = Overdramatised Vampires.
Let us all obsess over mosquitoes + leeches, huh?

...sparkly vampires? Or sparkly mosquitoes and leeches?

Maybe we should all vote for one of the great classics (Winnie the Pooh? The Hungry Caterpillar? Green Eggs and Ham?) and be done with it!

Sparkly mosquitoes? OK then... Ah mosquitoes the most annoying creature to walk---uh, fly--- this world...

Green Eggs and Ham!?! You're not serious right? OK so it's cute and everything but HARDLY the best book ever! If you want to vote for a CLASSIC then let's go for something like Anne of Green Gables.

Is Maximum Ride there?

GSGS wrote: "Green Eggs and Ham!?! You're not serious right? OK so it's cute and everything but HARDLY the best book ever! ..."

Of course I'm not serious. It's just a reaction to the silliness of this list.

Very true (we need sarcasm signs)
Have you added it?!? I need to... vote...

Books 1-3 were very good, but 4 and 5 (I haven't read 6) went horribly. It was like a 'why not to pollute' instead of a YA action series. Another problem I had was the random powers that they got just to be cool. Oh, Angel can... breathe underwater! Iggy can... see things when there's only snow! I thought that power of Iggy's was especially silly.

Yes. And whatever happened to Itex? And saving the world? Nah, let's just go to Antartica instead. Then we can adopt a couple of penguins, then get kidnapped by some monster thing before escaping two hours later. Whoo!

Yeah. And we NEED to save Dr. Martinez, and find out what the weird things that are killing the fish are. Oh yes, and we need to stop Mr Chu from polluting the ocean! Look, I know polluting the ocean IS pretty bad, but wouldn't saving the world kinda come FIRST on the list of things to do today?

If you haven't read The Book of Mormon before, then you can't question its appearance on this list. The same applies to every other book. Frankly, I surprised that people didn't vote for the Bible as much as The Book of Mormon. Hmm...it must be worth reading...

Charmaine wrote: "You can read the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon and find out that most of the changes are grammer and punctuation. No doctrinal changes were made. Joseph Smith was a young man with very..."

So true! I believe that The Book of Mormon is the greatest book in the world, along with the Bible. Reading it with the Bible has pulled me through the tremendous trials of life, and has given me the hope necessary to endure to the end!

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Well... anyways. Did you add MaxRide someone?? Coz I want to vote for that one, much as I love the Bible.

Twilight is in the top 10 . Seriously ?

*adds Sarah as friend*
*votes for maximum ride*

Why is twilight so up in the list?

Laura wrote: "I hope my novel doesn't end up on this list!"

Don't worry, I'm sure it won't.

Heather wrote: "Grant wrote: "This is just not true. Sorry, the Book of Mormon has had many changes since it first came out. This is historical fact. Wishing it away will not make it go away. You are free to b..."

Heather, if you think about it. The original BOM didn't have footnotes or the beginning of the chapter summaries. If you add in all of those changes, then it would be way more than 4,000 words. The content of the book and its meaning has never changed though.

Russ wrote: "Jazmine wrote: "Twilight is the best book I've read in my entire life! It is awemazing! I love the whole saga and Edward Cullen!"

I would certainly love to see the other awemazing books you've rea..."

I laughed until I cried at this response. So, so funny.

Die Twihards die? OK well nothing personal to all those Twihards, but I agree. DIE!

I'm sorry, but why is the Twilight series under Best Books Ever? It doesn't even come to the feet of books like The Lovely Bones, The Princess Bride, Alice & Wonderland, The Book Thief, Outlander, and the others.

So overrated...

We really need to figure out how to do that!

Mwa ha ha ha!
Yay, I joined!! And can I be a moderator too, seeing as it was my idea to make a group in the first place? Yeah yeah, you're the one who figured out how to make the group and everything, but pleeeeeeeeeeease?