Do it do it do it.
Also, I really enjoyed Childhood's End. Last book I read I really enjoyed.
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Do it do it do it.
Also, I really enjoyed Childhood's End. Last book I read I really enjoyed.
The His Dark Materials trio was one of my favorite series growing up. Very intricate and.. odd.
Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern, even if it's a well-known series is also fun. Along with Brian Jacques' Redwall books. They're very child-orientated, yet have such imagination behind them an adult would enjoy them.
L.A. Bank's vampire novels are very deep and enjoyable. It has strong Christian themes, but I've never seen so much sex and cussing in a series dedicated to the fight against Hell and salvation.
Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern, even if it's a well-known series is also fun. Along with Brian Jacques' Redwall books. They're very child-orientated, yet have such imagination behind them an adult would enjoy them.
L.A. Bank's vampire novels are very deep and enjoyable. It has strong Christian themes, but I've never seen so much sex and cussing in a series dedicated to the fight against Hell and salvation.
In general books are the opposite of music in my experience: Fiction becomes notorious for a reason. (I'm not talking NYT Bestseller, I mean like, Norton Anthology here)
In that case, The Tale Of Peter Rabbit ;-)
I don't know if its well-known or not, but The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a really good realistic-fiction novel.
heh. i used to read them a lot :P
heh. i used to read them a lot :P
This, except I only read one with Alex Cross. The writing was not great and I was bored through most of the book. None of the characters were intersting (I couldn't have cared less if Alex Cross got shot), and the plot was very predictable with little entertainment. I could excuse a bad book except the Cross series has been hyped up alot and is praised as Patterson's best series.
You're right it didn't appeal to me because it was boring. Oh and mystery/ thriller are my favorite type of books before you go saying "maybe you just don't like the genre".
Patterson and Meltzer both seem to write the same...trying to be witty and original but ending up with stereotypical cop novels.
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt is the most insightful piece of non fiction I have ever read.
This series is somewhat known, but not as much as series like Harry Potter or Twilight. It's the Maximum Ride series, by James Patterson i believe. It's about a bunch of kids who had their genes spliced with birds and gained wings and other powers. It's a pretty good series.
EDIT: Damn it, someone already said that series. Oh well, I recommend it as well.
EDIT: Damn it, someone already said that series. Oh well, I recommend it as well.
In terms of modern crime fiction (Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade stories are all cool, but I'm ignoring them here), I've found Ian Rankin's stuff very good (Wire in the Blood). Also worth a look is P.D. James.
I tend to prefer the television series of crime thriller, though, rather than books.
I tend to prefer the television series of crime thriller, though, rather than books.
Ok, forgot some of my other favorites last post:
The His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass, the Subtle Knife, and the Amber Spyglass): I didn't even see the movie, for fear of ruinning this series for me. It raises some serious religous questions (like, Evangelion deep) and is always enjoyable.
For a book that I was assigned to read for Summer Reading, I rather liked the Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. It's not a horror book or anything like that, and is fun to read if you can handle King's literature.
If I think of any others, I'll post later.
Oh, and for above poster, I just read the Big Sleep. Awesome.
The His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass, the Subtle Knife, and the Amber Spyglass): I didn't even see the movie, for fear of ruinning this series for me. It raises some serious religous questions (like, Evangelion deep) and is always enjoyable.
For a book that I was assigned to read for Summer Reading, I rather liked the Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. It's not a horror book or anything like that, and is fun to read if you can handle King's literature.
If I think of any others, I'll post later.
Oh, and for above poster, I just read the Big Sleep. Awesome.
And now a quote from House of Leaves
"This guy just walked straight over and told me to give him all my money. I didn't have a dime on me but it wasn't like this weasely sonofabitch had a weapon or anything. So I slugged him. Down he went. But not for long. A second later he pops up again and you know what? He's smiling, and then this other guy joins him, much bigger, and he was smiling too and shaking my hand, congratulating me. They'd been searching all day for a Pit Boxer, pay was two hundred dollars a night and apparently I'd just made the grade. This weasely sonofabitch was the head interviewer. His partner referred to him as Punching Bag."
"This guy just walked straight over and told me to give him all my money. I didn't have a dime on me but it wasn't like this weasely sonofabitch had a weapon or anything. So I slugged him. Down he went. But not for long. A second later he pops up again and you know what? He's smiling, and then this other guy joins him, much bigger, and he was smiling too and shaking my hand, congratulating me. They'd been searching all day for a Pit Boxer, pay was two hundred dollars a night and apparently I'd just made the grade. This weasely sonofabitch was the head interviewer. His partner referred to him as Punching Bag."
I really liked Airborn, written by Kenneth Oppel. (yes thats how the book's name is spelled).
Its about a 15 year old guy named Matt who lives in a world where no form of transportation exists instead of airships. He himself works as a cabin boy for one. He heads for Sydney in his airship, until the ship's hijacked by pirates...
Golden Compass: His Dark Materials is also one of my favorites. Both of these books are set in our world, but just with some twisted features.
Its about a 15 year old guy named Matt who lives in a world where no form of transportation exists instead of airships. He himself works as a cabin boy for one. He heads for Sydney in his airship, until the ship's hijacked by pirates...
Golden Compass: His Dark Materials is also one of my favorites. Both of these books are set in our world, but just with some twisted features.
I'll give a few examples of a few of my favourite books.
The CHERUB series is fantatic. Ot's about these orphans who work for british intelligence, going on missions and stuff. My favourite series ever.
Then there's the Rangers Apprentice books. It's about a young orphan called will who's apprenticed to a grim ranger (kind of like a ninja). It's sort of set in a parallel europe (skandia is scandinavia, gallica is france, the temujai are meant to be mongolians, araluen england, and many more)
Probably childish, but ive always liked the old animorphs books. They're translated into heeps of languages and ther's 54 of them.
Vampirates is cool, the name basically says it all lol
The inheritance cycle is awesome, with an amazing story. Its great for pepple who like stories about dragons and elves and stuff.
I could go on and on. If you want more info just pm me
The CHERUB series is fantatic. Ot's about these orphans who work for british intelligence, going on missions and stuff. My favourite series ever.
Then there's the Rangers Apprentice books. It's about a young orphan called will who's apprenticed to a grim ranger (kind of like a ninja). It's sort of set in a parallel europe (skandia is scandinavia, gallica is france, the temujai are meant to be mongolians, araluen england, and many more)
Probably childish, but ive always liked the old animorphs books. They're translated into heeps of languages and ther's 54 of them.
Vampirates is cool, the name basically says it all lol
The inheritance cycle is awesome, with an amazing story. Its great for pepple who like stories about dragons and elves and stuff.
I could go on and on. If you want more info just pm me
fuck yeah Animorphs!
such an intelligent and engrossing series, even though it's target audience is like 10-14.
sadly, they're out of print now and kinda hard to find.
i'm going to see if i can order the whole set off eBay or something, because it's shit like that i want my kids reading some day.
Haha, books are probably the best form of entertainment that exists. Here are my personal favorites:
John Grisham is an amazing author who creates brisk, interconnected, and ultimately unpredictable stories that are quite hard to put down.
~The Broker
~The Firm
~The Associate
All of them are lawyer/political thriller novels which don't involve a lot of gunfighting, but the plot is thick with tension and you can feel the suspense start to escalate quickly.
Vince Flynn is a great contributor to the Action Thriller genre. If you like books about secret agents and special forces operations, this is a great series to get into. Make sure you read his book Term Limits before anything else. While it's not directly a part of his series, it has some recurring characters and is an excellent standalone read.
Brad Thor is one of my favorite authors. His storylines are similar to Flynn's but works more with a single operative and a possible partner rather than groups working together. The characters aren't quite as good as Flynn's, but the stories are solid and will fill you with adrenaline.
And now: Star Wars books. These are some of my favorite to read, not only because I think Star Wars is the best sci-fi universe to exist, but also because the authors are excellent storytellers and have great styles of writing. Of the many books out there, I would most recommend:
~Thrawn Trilogy
~Death Star
~Allegiance
~X-wing Series
~Jedi Trial (best clone wars book)
~NJO Rebel Dream
~Survivor's Quest
John Grisham is an amazing author who creates brisk, interconnected, and ultimately unpredictable stories that are quite hard to put down.
~The Broker
~The Firm
~The Associate
All of them are lawyer/political thriller novels which don't involve a lot of gunfighting, but the plot is thick with tension and you can feel the suspense start to escalate quickly.
Vince Flynn is a great contributor to the Action Thriller genre. If you like books about secret agents and special forces operations, this is a great series to get into. Make sure you read his book Term Limits before anything else. While it's not directly a part of his series, it has some recurring characters and is an excellent standalone read.
Brad Thor is one of my favorite authors. His storylines are similar to Flynn's but works more with a single operative and a possible partner rather than groups working together. The characters aren't quite as good as Flynn's, but the stories are solid and will fill you with adrenaline.
And now: Star Wars books. These are some of my favorite to read, not only because I think Star Wars is the best sci-fi universe to exist, but also because the authors are excellent storytellers and have great styles of writing. Of the many books out there, I would most recommend:
~Thrawn Trilogy
~Death Star
~Allegiance
~X-wing Series
~Jedi Trial (best clone wars book)
~NJO Rebel Dream
~Survivor's Quest
Sophie's World by Gostien Gaarder. Presents Philosophy in a very easy to understand way.
I fifteenth (or whatever number it is) His Dark Materials.
And anything by Isobelle Carmody. I am partial to the Obernewtyn series. It is a gripping series while still making people think about the world's history and future at the same time.
I fifteenth (or whatever number it is) His Dark Materials.
And anything by Isobelle Carmody. I am partial to the Obernewtyn series. It is a gripping series while still making people think about the world's history and future at the same time.