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Post: 84574477_1 created on Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:04:18 +0000
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Feel free to post some books that you really enjoy that many people would consider "Underground" everyone loves new reading material!!
My top favorite book that so few people have read is called The Noticer by Andy Andrews. It is short but absolutely life changing.

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Post: 84574477_2 created on Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:21:41 +0000
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The Lumatere Chronicles. (Finnikin of the Rock, Froi of the Exiles, Quintana of Charyn). A fantastic fantasy adventure trilogy by Melina Marchetta. Australian author extraordinaire. (Seriously when will this lady get the attention she deserves) Never have I cared so much for such beautiful characters before.

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Post: 84574477_3 created on Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:43:50 +0000
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I liked Finnikin of the Rock, never got around to the rest.

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Post: 84574477_4 created on Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:08:41 +0000
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I liked Finnikin of the Rock, never got around to the rest.

Ah, I would strongly recommend them if you enjoyed Finnikin! (Though I am extremely biased when it comes to these books because I found them to be so much better then anything Ive ever read). Such strong and caring male characters; but the women refuse to be outdone! Finnikin of the Rock can definitely stand on its own, since its end wraps up pretty nicely. But the other two definitely need to be read together. (Though the last in the trilogy isn't out in the US yet).

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Post: 84574477_5 created on Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:35:13 +0000
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"How to Succeed in Evil"

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Post: 84574477_6 created on Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:12:49 +0000
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Artemis Fowl. <3

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Post: 84574477_7 created on Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:42:10 +0000
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'Withnail & I'
People tend to forget it was originally a book
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Post: 84574477_8 created on Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:02:33 +0000
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War with the Newts -- Karel Capek
This is an intelligently written and ambitious sci-fi satire, and it's one of those books that I would buy for people just to get them to read it.

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Post: 84574477_9 created on Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:32:53 +0000
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Artemis Fowl. <3

I have definitely heard of these haha! Great series!

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Post: 84574477_10 created on Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:25:15 +0000
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I don't have a whole ton of friends that read so my gauge on if books are popular or uncommon might be a little skewed.

I really like A Partial History of Lost Causes by Jennifer Dubois, Among Others by Jo Walton, and anything by Marya Hornbacher.

When I was younger one of the books I remember best was The Rainbow Cadenza by Neil J. Schulman.

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Post: 84574477_11 created on Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:29:36 +0000
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honestly never heard of any of those! I will put those on my list to read!

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Post: 84574477_12 created on Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:35:40 +0000
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I've been considering reading this for a while. I keep passing it up in my school's library, so I'll pick it up next time I go ^^

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Post: 84574477_13 created on Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:19:34 +0000
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I really enjoyed the Fablehaven series. No one I know has ever heard of it. Although I might just be talking to the wrong people....

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Post: 84574477_14 created on Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:54:11 +0000
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I wrote up a nice massive post... and then it got eaten. So I'll just list the books sans commentary and go drown my sorrows. (Ordered by youngest to oldest in terms of audience, although all of them are marketed as YA or younger these days.)

No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
The Diadem series by John Peel.
The Mindwarp series by Chris Archer.
Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones (and the other Chrestomanci books, but WW is a personal fave)
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (sequel coming out next month)
Hidden Talent and its sequel True Talent by David Lubar
The Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones
Shade's Children by Garth Nix
Deep Secrets by Diana Wynne Jones
The Sword of the Spirits trilogy by John Christopher.

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