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Angles and Dangles Vice Captain
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 Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:34 pm
*Walks past a bare stretch of wall*
-I need a good read.-
*turns and walks back*
-I can't find anything new or interesting in the library.-
*turns and walks back*
-I need some suggestions.-
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:38 pm
There is simply not enough time in the world to read every book there is, so start with the good ones.
Tell us about an amazing book you've read. Or tell us about a book you feel you wasted your time in reading. Debate people on points in a book.
Help us find interesting books to read. Help us find the good ones.
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Angles and Dangles Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:47 pm
After my heart are you now?
The Mortal Instraments by Cassandra Clare (Trilogy)
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:43 pm
BookishDreamer After my heart are you now? The Mortal Instraments by Cassandra Clare (Trilogy) What is the series about? tell us a bit about the plot, some of the characters, and what makes it worth reading?
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Angles and Dangles Vice Captain
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Angles and Dangles Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:48 pm
My absolute favorite book is "Life of Pi" by Yahn Martel.
It's a truely fasinating story of a young boy stranded on a liferaft with a full grown bengal tiger. What I love about it, is what it has to say on religion. It is my opinion that if everyone on earth should read it and understand the allusions that there would never again be hostility between the religions because of what it has to say on the matter.
Even so, I thought that it could still be enjoyed without having to delve into the deeper parts of the story. However, understanding bits and pieces of several religions does certainly make the book more enjoyable.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:16 am
I've read "life of pi" as well. I could really relate to the boy's problems in school in the bit before he got lost at sea.
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Angles and Dangles Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:23 am
The chronicles of narnia is also a must read list of books for potter fans.
The chronicles of narnia are basically the prolougue to the potter series. It amazed me how much influence those books had on J.K. Rowling.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:03 pm
The same is true for Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen and The Secret of Platform Thirteen. They are so similar to Harry Potter but they were both written much earlier.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:24 pm
Jane Yolen is an incredible author.
I've read Devil's arithmatic by her and she deffinitely does someone's personla account of horrific events justice, but I've not heard of those other two books, I'm glad you mentioned them, and I plan to be reading them soon.
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:54 pm
I agree, The Devil's Arithmetic is an astounding book. Eva Ibbotson (She's the author of Platform Thirteen) tends to write fictional fantasy set at least partly in England. She also wrote Island of the Aunts and Which Witch?.
If you like historical fiction there is a book called After the War that takes place after the Holocaust and it's sequel is The Garden.
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Angles and Dangles Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:16 pm
I have read island of the aunts, it was an entertaining read, but it was much more limitted to one age group than Harry Potter or other such books.
and I've heard of the garden, but I've not actually read it. I should probably read it before I read the sequel.
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:20 pm
Yeah... Have you read the Maximum Ride books? They're by James Patterson and the first one is Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. I was given it as a gift and I loved it so I've collected all but the most recent.
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:05 am
I'm more into the older science fiction novels by H.G. Wells and Jules Vernes with the exception of Harry Potter.
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:39 pm
Harry Potter's good, of course...but have u read the percy jackson series? they're GOOD!!!!
'the secrets of nicholas flamel' series is also REEELLY good 2...the first book is called 'the alchemyst' and the 2nd book is called 'the magician' and the 3rd book is called 'the sorceress' and the fourth book comes out in May or March 2010, and it's called 'the necromancer'
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Angles and Dangles Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:36 am
mystikal_waters Harry Potter's good, of course...but have u read the percy jackson series? they're GOOD!!!! 'the secrets of nicholas flamel' series is also REEELLY good 2...the first book is called 'the alchemyst' and the 2nd book is called 'the magician' and the 3rd book is called 'the sorceress' and the fourth book comes out in May or March 2010, and it's called 'the necromancer' Are those books older or newer than the harry potter series? If you'll remember, nicholas flamel was the creater of the philosophers stone in the first harry potter book. I love reading books that inspired J.K.rowling.
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