Do you have a book that you keep going back to, because it's so damn well written and tells a powerful story?

"Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
"The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
And the old standby, "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin

I just wasn't smart enough.

Pride and Prejudice is not an intellectual book. But it is a romance novel, so you have to like that as an occasional read. What I really like about it is the historical part of it----how life was for women at that time without the ability to inherit anything, so they had to have a husband. And I think that some of the characters are so funny, some so nasty....and of course some that you think are nasty who are not. I could go on forever, but it comes down to liking a good romance every once in a while.

thanks for solving the mystery...

"Point of Impact" is the one I've read at least 3 times, buying a new copy each time because the person I lend it to loves it so much they have to pass it on.

"Pale Horse Coming" is a very, very close second, though. I should buy these things for my kindle so I stop giving them away.

Once, real fast, cause I needed to know what was happening, and the second time to get the footage/guns/other stuff straight in my head...

It was one of the pack of books I ordered from Ebay - all pocket books - and it made me a nervous wreck. Wasn't used to fiction and I didn't know fiction had become so good...and also didn't know the library had become so good...

library book sale for fifty cents, I have to buy it...I rationalize that it saves me an hour of looking for it...