suda21
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Post by suda21 on Dec 5, 2015 11:01:30 GMT -5
Comet, I would then recommend Misery then as your first long novel of Stephan King because it is every authors fear now. It is a very quick read compared the phone books he has written.
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Post by lorelai on Dec 9, 2015 4:36:22 GMT -5
68. Doll Bones by Holly Black -- A new, original, simplisticly butiful story that anyone who enjoys thinking about fictional characters should read. 69. The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud-- It's His Dark Materials if you substitute religion for politics an add the tyrant-created divide of Hunger Games. That's all I can say without babbling/spoiling.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Dec 9, 2015 7:17:41 GMT -5
I don't know the other books you compare it to, but the Bartimaeus Trilogy is fantastic. Not must-read, but certainly entertaining and exciting. I read it way back, but I'm sure it still holds up.
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Post by lorelai on Dec 9, 2015 23:13:56 GMT -5
Glad to have found someone else that's read it, even if you don't think it's a must-read. I reread it this year and it, to me, has a lot to say about the pitfalls of and reasons for seeking esteem, the small ways that the "winners" rewrite history that affect the present (plus all the big stuff), how history's lessons can be forgotten to the detriment of the present, how we can unconsciously stereotype/discriminate and how hard that can be to break free of, and the enduring strength of friendship. All very relevant conversation topics nowadays. Plus, I've never come across a fiction book that uses footnotes as a narrative quirk for an already distinctive character voice.
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