[ OT ] What are some of your all time favorite books ?

> [ **A Farewell to Arms** ] ( http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farewell_to_Arms ) is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ( `` Tenente'' ) in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The title is taken from a poem by 16th-century English dramatist George Peele. 
 
 Why? Simple. It was the first `` adult'' novel that I ever read. 
 
 I had found the book on the Library shelf, had read the first page and wanted to check it out—but it was an adult book, so the librarian would n't let me have it. 
 
 On the other hand, she would let me read it. So I did. 
 
 Every morning, when the librarian unlocked the door at ten o'clock, I was there. 
 
 Each afternoon, at five o'clock, I put the book on the shelf, when she chased me away and locked up. 
 
 It took me a week to read *A Farewell to Arms* the first time.
