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Post by ponygirl's vapor on May 31, 2003 16:14:28 GMT -5
NOTE: Recomend other things than LOTR, ASOUE, and HP. Thanke!
i recomend Artemis Fowl also, it is a trilogy and all of the books are out!
Redwall by Brian Jacques. The books are very descriptive and sometimes hard to get into. They are really good and funny though!
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis are really really good. They are easy to read, and i believe they are making a "real" movie out of them. They already had Narnia movies, but they were horrid!
Alex Rider Adventures are really fun. Alex is a 13 year old James Bond type of guy. Stormbreaker and Point Blank are the only ones that are out right now. Gadgets and everything!
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Post by Indistinguishable Blob on May 31, 2003 16:34:59 GMT -5
Anything by Meg Cabot.
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Post by ponygirl's vapor on May 31, 2003 17:42:04 GMT -5
ive never heard of her
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Post by Jamiewatt on Jun 8, 2003 1:25:09 GMT -5
Klaus Baudelaire I think Redwall is amazing (and very easy to get into!)
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Post by tealeaf on Jun 8, 2003 12:34:04 GMT -5
E. Nesbit, Jane Austin, Jostein Gaarder (Everyone should be FORCED to read him) and Roald Dahl. Also try The Little White Horse, by Elizabeth Goudge. It was JKR's favourite childhood book. I read it and especially adored the lovely, poetic names. ;D Jostein Gaarder wrote Sophies World, which Swans talked about, but be warned it is not light reading! If you read it too quickly I think you'll totally miss the point. A very basic philosophy book by Gaarder, that is very easy to get through is Through a Glass Darkly. The Solitaire Mystery, in my opinion is the best of his works. It'll make you freaked out about playing cards forever. (Not really, I'm exaggerating)
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Post by MoonyGirl21 on Jun 8, 2003 18:31:15 GMT -5
Ooh! Me likies this thread! Let's see . . . 1. The chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (a college buddy of Tolkien!) 2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 3. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury 4. Candide by Voltaire, for the history buffs (history humor, VERY funny!) 5. Dr. Zhivago and Anna Karenina if you like Russian history (I do!) 6. The Day My Butt Went Psycho if you need a laugh 7. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 8. if you think you can handle it, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux ( sp? ) 9. Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two CitiesKay, can't think of anymore at the moment, but those are good! Lemme know if you've read any! I don't feel like typing up summaries, but you can always get one at www.Amazon.com. Toodles!
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Post by Dark on Jun 10, 2003 16:47:36 GMT -5
Some books by Agatha Christie, "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and other stories" by Tim Burton, "Les Fluers du Mal" by Charles Baudelaire (there are some great poems, although isn't for children)
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Post by BSam on Oct 16, 2003 21:51:19 GMT -5
if you can get hold of any Sara Douglass books it would be worth it... australian fantasy author... her books are large but not hard to read... i'm reading one of her trilogies nowish...
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Post by pennyroyal on Oct 16, 2003 22:50:47 GMT -5
why isnt hhg2tg being mentioned?
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Post by BSam on Oct 16, 2003 23:01:58 GMT -5
because you havn't posted yet...(apart from that)
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Post by negativenine on Oct 16, 2003 23:46:58 GMT -5
Hmmm... okay, stuff like Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Cronicles of Narnia, Sohpie's World, you know... has already been mentioned, so I'll try not to say anything again. -No Logo by Naomi Klein. It's about branding and advertising. "Taking aim at the brand bullies" is how the book puts it. -Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Yeah, I know... I haven't finished it, yet, either. Try to get the full version, you miss a lot if you get the 400 page one. -All of Orson Scott Card's books. You know, Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Ender's Shadow, Xenocide, etc. -Clockwork by Philip Pullman. I read it when I was about 11, and it was AWESOME! It's the tiniest book (like 100) little square pages and I read it in a couple hours. It's just a little story... but really magnificent. -Jane Eyre, too. Sort of sexist and randomly resolved but a good book, nonetheless.
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Post by Tyler on Oct 17, 2003 20:55:38 GMT -5
I would definantly recommend "Guardians of Ga'Hoole" by Katheryn Lasky.
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Post by Indistinguishable Blob on Oct 18, 2003 1:40:34 GMT -5
-Clockwork by Philip Pullman. I read it when I was about 11, and it was AWESOME! It's the tiniest book (like 100) little square pages and I read it in a couple hours. It's just a little story... but really magnificent. . EEEEE! I loved that book. Definately too short, but a wonderful story nonetheless. "The Little Friend" by Donna Tartt. Her stuff is for adults, but still...it's genius. I love it. She tends to go on a lot, but it's still absolutely entralling. I liked "The Secret History" better, but I think that "The Little Friend" has less explicit junk...hum...I can't remember... *yawn* I think I'm just going to go read a little bit of tLF, and then go to sleep...yay...
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Post by CountOlaf on Oct 18, 2003 1:55:00 GMT -5
I'd refer Lemony Snicket. He is the author of the Series of Unfortunate Events. He has 10 books already out! Even an unAuthorized Autobiography!Hey....this site is about him isnt it
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Post by Tyler on Oct 18, 2003 12:08:39 GMT -5
This is to see what other books we like.
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