Favourite Books Options

[IdlersDream]

Well since this is the book club, shouldn't it have something to do with books in it?

Here you can discuss your favourite reads and suggest to other people your favourite books!

[Zen Clarke]

Sounds like fun! Ok, um...has anyone read Graceling by Kristin Cashore? I think it's a fairly new book. I've just started it and I'm already half way through. It. Is. AWESOME!!! =3 Anyone read it?

[Charmy]

Never heard of it.

Crystal Doors, theres two (Maybe more) but I've only read part one so far~

[IdlersDream]

Weeeelll.. My obvious choice for favourite book is the Harry Potter series. Like that was a surprise.
Another obvious are LOTR series and the Hobbit.

I recently read a book called The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters and it's AMAZING. Now, don't read it unless you can handle the F word quite a lot {and a few other choice pretty baaaad words}.
But it's such a great story about this one sister who writes letters to pretty much every person in her life and is telling the story of her very young sister who has just been diagnosed with cancer. The book is all her letters to the people in her life, but it never shows any of the letters back to her but you understand just by her letters alone what's going on.
If you ever see it in a book store you must read it!

[Hasfusel]

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THE WHEEL OF TIME

[Zen Clarke]

Sounds interesting.

Ok, here's several other books I thought of. East, the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series, Saving Juliet, and the Last Apprentice series.

East ~ It's about a girl who leaves her family with a polar bear that talks (that may sound lame, but it's one of the best books I've ever read), and she's visited every night by someone she can't see. On night she finally sees the person, and that sets a course of events that makes her go north to save that person who she's realized is very dear to her.

PJ & Olympians ~ It's about a boy who realizes the mythical Greek gods are real and he's a demi god, like a whole bunch of other kids, and has powers, and it's pretty much up to him to stop the war that is rising between the gods and the titans.

Saving Juliet ~ A girl who hates her life as a Brodway actress (she's 17), and she ends up getting sucked into the world of Romeo & Juliet along with her obnoxious co-star, and she's determined to save Juliet from the horrible ending.

Last Apprentice ~ It's about a boy who's being apprenticed as a Spook, someone who drives away the evils in the County, like boggarts, witches, ghosts, and ghasts. It's really good, but it's kind of a scary book. Seriously, don't read it before you go to bed, because there are some parts where it's kinda freaky, and then your mom's like, "Time for bed, sweety," and you probably won't notice her until she talks and you'll most likely scream in surprise....not that I'd know, or anything...*shifty eyes* But it's still a really good series.

[Twilight Wandere...]

You have made a mistake by asking me this question! >;D
I am a book junkie, so this may take awhile...
I used to read just fantasy, like Harry Potter, but now I basically read any book that has to do with vampires or fantasy horror stories. (Cuz I like to read and this is how I get ideas for my characters, by expanding my vocabulary)
Like, now I am reading...
Fruits Basket (Manga)
Many Bloody Returns: Tales of Birthday with Bite (This one is freaking amazing >=O)
Dracula in London
Gothic tales of Terror
Brisingr

And when I go back to the library I will be looking for Edgar Allan Poe and Dracula ^^

[Hasfusel]

E. A. Poe is awesome. The Masque of the Red Death totally owns.

[Zen Clarke]

Ok, yesterday night I finished Graceling. Oh. My. Gawd. It is the best book I've ever read! It can fulfill all of (or most of) the genres you like! It has action, suspense, romance, mystery, fantasy, and comedy! If you see it in a bookstore, or the library, do yourself a favor and get it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif)

[Katie]

I loooove anything Christopher Pike has ever written. If any of you have ever even heard of him, <3333; you win. My most favorite book[s] of his would haaave to be Remember Me [all three, actually]. Monster was quite good, too. Gotta love the racy, horror, teen romance, death, philosophy books. :]

Also; I'm rather fond of I, Coriander [the author's name escapes me], The Two Princesses of Bamarr by Gail Carson Levine, and others. Currently, I'm reading Gregory Maguire's third installment of the Wicked series, A Lion Among Men, and so far, I like it fine. Slow reading.

[Lindstrom]

I don't read often, so I probably would seem dumber than most of you. All I can recommend really are Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers). They don't have wizards or anything, they're both sort of R-rated too, a fair amount of sex, people dying, and swear words.

Catch-22 is about coping with madness and the eternal struggle to beat a twisted system, set on an island near Italy during WWII. The catch itself is that to get out of the war, you have to go to a doctor and have them declare you insane, but the logic is that an insane person would not suspect themselves of being insane. Therefore, if you request the diagnosis, you're sane, so nobody can be classified as insane and sent home, even if they genuinely (as many of the characters are) insane. Of course, wanting to be killed in war is also insane, so main character, a bombardier, is at a loss in what seems to be an endless war. The style, plot, and thought-provoking logic make this a powerful book.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a mostly autobiographical piece (a few scenes are altered by the author's memory or just made slightly more interesting) about a guy right out of college, who loses both of his parents to cancer within a month. Not sure what to do, he moves to California with his little brother and starts up a magazine company, as he raises his brother and tries to succeed/enjoy himself/maybe have a successful long-term relationship. The style in which it's written is what makes it truly excellent, written in a train of thought or almost spoken out loud. It's probably not the greatest book in the world, but it's really hard to put down.

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

I've been wanting to note The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as my standard, but I've been too lazy to try to write a synopsis. Just go read it or something.

[Charmy]

My brother keeps on telling me to read that so that I can stop bugging him about "Why is the meaning life 42?" But I'm not bothered~

[Zen Clarke]

My friends had to read Catch-22 for an English assignment last year. Only 2 of the 4 people in the group read it though. Then again, one of those 2 that didn't read it never reads anything....

[Gabstah]

My favorite book of all time is The Giver. I read it in grade 5 for the first time and 12 years later I still enjoy it.

I also love the "His Dark Materials" series (starting with The Golden Compass), I love any Jodi Picoult book (especially Mercy and Plain Truth), and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Great classic.

[Katie]

Uuuuugh, you liked The Giver? Yuck, I thought it was soooo depressing and the ending is way too ambiguous. Everyone says the boy and baby lived, but NO. I think the Christmas lights were THE light. No one agrees. :[

But anyway, yeah. I usually end up hating the school books because we over analyze everything, but I honestly did like The Old Man and the Sea. Maybe it was because I got to draw all the animals in every chapter for a good grade. C:

[Gabstah]

I loved the book. I thought the ending was happy but my brother thought it was sad: I like books that leave a little to the imagination.

I think I liked the book because it was all of these things that the world is starting to dictate but gone way to the extreme. Arranged marriages, controlling sexual urges, only two children per household - all things that happen now, but when someone reads it in the book they go "What the waffles who decided that?" We did. That's what the human race is deciding now.

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

My brother keeps on telling me to read that so that I can stop bugging him about "Why is the meaning life 42?" But I'm not bothered~

Well, there's alot more to read than one in-joke. In any case, if you must know, the reason is that the grand computer Deep Thought (whom came up with the answer when asked for the answer) came up with it after thinking on it for millions (billions?) of years. It's such an ambiguous answer because it didn't quite know what the question was (being asked for simply the answer to life, the universe, and everything.) I could go on, but you could also just read the darn book. I mean, you've got libraries, right?

[Zen Clarke]

I liked The Giver. We read it in 8th grade. I wanted to know what happened so bad, that when I took it home, I finished the rest of it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif)

[Gabstah]

The thing about The Giver is that not much happens. It's not a huge book, action wise. It's way more indepth and has a lot of social commentary.