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Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by TONYE001(m): 8:50pm On May 26, 2016
enellcy:
yeah.... Very interesting novel, i love them both, they got scam techniques lol, at a point i felt for dat sadist that was trying to catch them..... Sidney Sheldon is good joor....i av read almost all his novels, Abt to read "sands of time" again.....

Hahaha..

Daniel Cooper, you mean..

A heavy sadist. The death of his mother hunted him through that book..

Their scam tricks were unimaginable..the chess game..and all others..haha..
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Funkychic(f): 9:12pm On May 26, 2016
Ikonz:
Anything written by James Hardley Chase

Yes oo....I concur
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by chiwetel(f): 10:14pm On May 26, 2016
ambient:

Plz do you have reedeming love in pdf been looking for it in hard cover
am sorry I don't. Keep searching in bookstores,renowned ones u will find.
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by teabully(m): 11:41pm On May 26, 2016
Animal farm

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Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by maestroferddi: 7:54am On May 27, 2016
Talking of timeless works:

The Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities -Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

The Carpetbaggers - Harold Robbins

The Stillborn - Zainab Alkali

The Bottled Leopard - Chukwuemeka Ike

Omenuko - Pita Nwana

No Orchid For Miss Blandish - James Hardley Chase

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born - Ayi Kwei Amah

Weep Not Child - James Ngugi wa Thiongo

Fools Die - Mario Puzo

The Day Of The Jackal - Frederick Forsythe

Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

King Solomon's Mines - Sir Ryder Haggard

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

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Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Nobody: 8:52am On May 27, 2016
I cannot say with strut that these are my favourite novels but what I can say is: they sure did make a strong impression on me.


'Ill Winds' by Olagoke Olalekan: Every letter in this book is a MAGNUM OPUS.
At some point, I always had this book on me wherever I went like a Vade Mecum.
It's so well-thumbed that I can recount the words on its first two pages verbatim.

'The Last Tsar: Life and death of Nicholas II' by Edvard Radvinsky.

'Purple Hibiscus' by Chimamanda Adichie: Every flipping word in this book is also piece dè resistance!.

'Things Fall Apart' by Chinua Achebe: Even TDE's Kendrick Lamar made allusions to this beautiful piece in 'King Kunta'.

'Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown: I have read all of Brown's novels and this one in particular stuck out like a sore thumb, in a positive way.

'The Appeal' by John Grisham'.

'1984' by George Orwell.


Other notable mentions: Fifty Shades Of Grey, Fifty Shades Of Darker, Animal Farm, Oliver Twist, Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess.
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by kalimera101: 12:15pm On May 27, 2016
o434:
KANE AND ABEL by Jeffery Archer
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER , SKY IS FALLING, SANDS OF TIME, THE DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY and others by Lord Jeffery Archer
GOD FATHER by Mario Puzo
THE CRADLE WILL FALL by Mary Higgins Clark
THIS WAY FOR A SHROUD by James Hadley Chase
MESSAGE FROM NAM and JOURNEY by Danielle Steel
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

Uh those books were written by Patriarch Sidney Sheldon not Archer. Thanks.
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by antispexish(m): 12:40pm On May 27, 2016
TheNature:
I read Mario puzo,sydney sheldon,jeffrey archer,frederick foresight.james hardly chase.
read Robert Ludlum books. The original ones o, not the ones written by other authors under Ludlum's name
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Katyboo(f): 4:50pm On May 27, 2016
Want to stay alive? I love that novel like mab.
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Niftykid: 6:15pm On May 27, 2016
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Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by jazzman2(m): 8:13pm On May 27, 2016
zeal22:
Matarese circle
Mataerse countdown
Bourne identity
Prometheus deception
Sigma protocol

All sound familiar
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by fredon40: 11:09pm On May 27, 2016
thugthang:
Have you read the TESTAMENT by same John Grisham?
NOPE..is it interesting.Have you read A Time to kill
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Cdstars(m): 12:05am On May 28, 2016
The murder at the vicarage
They do it with mirrors
4 50 Paddington
Harry potter series
The murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Concubine
An African Night Entertainment
The slave boy

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Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by CaroLyner(f): 12:36am On May 28, 2016
AyamConfidence:
thanks bro..I actually prefer crime series but I think I'll like that series you talked about earlier... Thanks
wherrav you been?
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Udeme288(m): 11:00am On May 28, 2016
For those who wanted a link to download the sword of truth series, here it is. It's epub though
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Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Nobody: 1:36pm On May 28, 2016
All in a circle
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by kirikwu: 9:23pm On May 28, 2016
Redeeming love by Francine river.....chocolate and sushi by itunu aka glowingscenes.
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by AyamConfidence(m): 7:36am On May 29, 2016
CaroLyner:
wherrav you been?
where have I been?? Or where have you been? C'mon its been like what? A year? Cos I feel its that long...how are you na
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by abbas99(m): 11:56am On May 29, 2016
Shutter island...d mystery raped my mind 2 d last word wink
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by afm4ever(m): 7:06pm On May 29, 2016
Wow what a tread am actually looking forward to a post like this have jot down some interesting books i will buy
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Babe2sure(f): 8:36pm On May 29, 2016
aprokomania:
Sidney Sheldon
master of the game
best novel ever written by a living mortal

You can say that again! It's my best ever too.
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by aprokomania(m): 8:58pm On May 29, 2016
Babe2sure:

You can say that again! It's my best ever too.
did you read d sequel Mistress of the Game by Tilly Bagshawe
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by aprokomania(m): 8:59pm On May 29, 2016
Babe2sure:

You can say that again! It's my best ever too.
did you read d sequel Mistress of the Game by Tilly Bagshawe??
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Babe2sure(f): 9:26pm On May 29, 2016
Drefan2:


I happen to read one of James Hardley Chase's books and I was anything but terribly disappointed. Boredom almost nagged me to death. After all the tiresome sermons preaching his hype, there was nothing to make valid the praises.

Hardley Chase wasn't overhyped. Far from it.
Believe me, he was a pen master. Some of his novels are masterpieces. Even though it's been long I read them, he's still got my heart. Don't mind people saying, "all Hardley Chase novels" he wrote some one hundred and four books and it's not possible for all to be interesting. You read only one and that is not enough to make conclusive statement about them.
Let me recommend some of the very interesting ones for you:
- My laugh comes last
- Hit and run
- There is always a price tag
- What's better than money?
- Tiger by the tail
- Well now my pretty
- The wary transgressor
- One bright summer morning
- You are dead without money
- i'll bury my dead. Etc
Try and read them, you won't be sorry. You will see that he wasn't praised for nothing.

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Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Babe2sure(f): 9:31pm On May 29, 2016
aprokomania:

did you read d sequel Mistress of the Game by Tilly Bagshawe??

I have heard about it, but I have not read it. If tomorrow comes also has a sequel, Chasing tomorrow. I will read both sequels later.
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by richmondefosa(m): 10:23pm On May 29, 2016
J.K Rowlings Harry Potter series. I have read a lot of books but the series still remains my best pick so far. Read the series all over again times without number. #TeamJ.KRowlings
grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Nobody: 5:17pm On May 30, 2016
Babe2sure:


Hardley Chase wasn't overhyped. Far from it.
Believe me, he was a pen master. Some of his novels are masterpieces. Even though it's been long I read them, he's still got my heart. Don't mind people saying, "all Hardley Chase novels" he wrote some one hundred and four books and it's not possible for all to be interesting. You read only one and that is not enough to make conclusive statement about them.
Let me recommend some of the very interesting ones for you:
- My laugh comes last
- Hit and run
- There is always a price tag
- What's better than money?
- Tiger by the tail
- Well now my pretty
- The wary transgressor
- One bright summer morning
- You are dead without money
- i'll bury my dead. Etc
Try and read them, you won't be sorry. You will see that he wasn't praised for nothing.
You are right. An author's proficiency shouldn't be judged by one work, but that one work can give a discerning mind a little insight into his unique skill, and it promises to an extent, what's to come next. Although this norm is not always consistent. You never know.

I will try the books you suggested, anyway. Maybe after reading them my perception of him might change.
Thank you.
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Nobody: 5:37pm On May 30, 2016
Okay guys. Just as I pledged, below are the links to the Sword of Truth ebooks. All in epub format. Book 1 - book 4. Couldn't upload all. I will repeat this exercise until I get to the last. I trust you will find the ride interesting.

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Book Two - Stone Of Tears
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Book Three - Blood Of The Fold
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Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Babe2sure(f): 7:30pm On May 30, 2016
Drefan2:

You are right. An author's proficiency shouldn't be judged by one work, but that one work can give a discerning mind a little insight into his unique skill, and it promises to an extent, what's to come next. Although this norm is not always consistent. You never know.

I will try the books you suggested, anyway. Maybe after reading them my perception of him might change.
Thank you.

You are welcome.
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by Bishops10(m): 8:46pm On May 30, 2016
Drefan2:
Okay guys. Just as I pledged, below are the links to the Sword of Truth ebooks. All in epub format. Book 1 - book 4. Couldn't upload all. I will repeat this exercise until I get to the last. I trust you will find the ride interesting.

Book One - Wizard's First Rule
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/b4d8bba1

Book Two - Stone Of Tears
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/74550303

Book Three - Blood Of The Fold
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/aa459f7e

Book Foul - Temple Of The Winds
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/63f67df6

Cc:
Ayamconfidence

Udeme288

Nkemjika913

Bishops10

antispexish

Nameo

Oluwabuqqyyolo
Thanks Boss.....keep me updated
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by antispexish(m): 9:00pm On May 30, 2016
Drefan2:
Okay guys. Just as I pledged, below are the links to the Sword of Truth ebooks. All in epub format. Book 1 - book 4. Couldn't upload all. I will repeat this exercise until I get to the last. I trust you will find the ride interesting.

Book One - Wizard's First Rule
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/b4d8bba1

Book Two - Stone Of Tears
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/74550303

Book Three - Blood Of The Fold
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/aa459f7e

Book Foul - Temple Of The Winds
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/63f67df6

Cc:
Ayamconfidence

Udeme288

Nkemjika913

Bishops10

antispexish

Nameo

Oluwabuqqyyolo
thanks a lot bro
Re: What's Your Favorite Novel Of All Time? by nameo: 1:40am On May 31, 2016
Drefan2:
Okay guys. Just as I pledged, below are the links to the Sword of Truth ebooks. All in epub format. Book 1 - book 4. Couldn't upload all. I will repeat this exercise until I get to the last. I trust you will find the ride interesting.

Book One - Wizard's First Rule
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/b4d8bba1

Book Two - Stone Of Tears
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/74550303

Book Three - Blood Of The Fold
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/aa459f7e

Book Foul - Temple Of The Winds
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/63f67df6

Cc:
Ayamconfidence

Udeme288

Nkemjika913

Bishops10

antispexish

Nameo

Oluwabuqqyyolo

Thank you very much....

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