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lol wtf its like 6 chapters....you should watch the movie then, unless you dont like the story itself
o yea and lord of the flies, its supposed to be about human psychosis or something right, I read a couple reviews on amazon, that said it wasnt that great
The Xanth Novels by Piers Anthony. 32 books in the series with number 33 coming out in October and 34 and 35 coming in the next two years. I have read books 1-31 and Im waiting till October for 32 to come out on paperback as I don't want to buy the hard cover since all my other books are paperback.
The series is wonderful and is a great read. The books are fantacy and are just hilarious, to me atleast. The author uses puns all the time and they are quite enjoyable, if you like puns that is. The books are very entertaining and I'm always left longing for the next to come out the following year. Definitely a strong recommendation for these books.
I also recommend The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. There is a more to the story then what you see in the musical and the movie and the book is wonderful.
The Cay by Theodore Taylor was a pretty good book that I read back in middle school and is worth reading if you missed it in school.
One book has been my favorite since I was a kid. It is more of a kids book and is a simple read but it is worthy of some recognition and the little time it takes to read it. The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse is a very good and touching book.
The series is wonderful and is a great read. The books are fantacy and are just hilarious, to me atleast. The author uses puns all the time and they are quite enjoyable, if you like puns that is. The books are very entertaining and I'm always left longing for the next to come out the following year. Definitely a strong recommendation for these books.
I also recommend The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. There is a more to the story then what you see in the musical and the movie and the book is wonderful.
The Cay by Theodore Taylor was a pretty good book that I read back in middle school and is worth reading if you missed it in school.
One book has been my favorite since I was a kid. It is more of a kids book and is a simple read but it is worthy of some recognition and the little time it takes to read it. The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse is a very good and touching book.
Anything by David Gemmell.
This man is a Legend. (That's the title of his first book)
This man is a Legend. (That's the title of his first book)
13 Reasons Why
It's great for teens, girls especially, or anybody who's ever been suicidal
I heard theyre making another movie for 1984 so I wont bug you all with its greatness
I liked Color me Dark...and I'm pretty sure I would have liked Lord of the Flies if I actually had the patience to read it...reading for school sucks lol
It's great for teens, girls especially, or anybody who's ever been suicidal
I heard theyre making another movie for 1984 so I wont bug you all with its greatness
I liked Color me Dark...and I'm pretty sure I would have liked Lord of the Flies if I actually had the patience to read it...reading for school sucks lol
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But seriously has nobody heard of The Name of the Wind? It won 2007 book of the year IIRC on http://www.sfsite.com , a pretty big Sci-Fi/Fantasy site.
I am obsessed with Stephen King so I can recommend some of his books.
The Stand- Great Apocalypse novel, I found it really thrilling
The Dark Tower Series- I usually am not into Si-Fi but it turned out to be my favorite series of books.
It- Just like Jaws made people paranoid about sharks, It made people afraid of clowns
The View From Saturday was an excellent read, I've read it over and over again. It isn't a very long read either for people looking for something shorter, about 175 pages. It's plotline is sort of all over the place but I loved it.
The Lovely Bones, although gruesome and nasty at the start, was an excellent read. If you can get past the first chapter it's a great book.
The Lovely Bones, although gruesome and nasty at the start, was an excellent read. If you can get past the first chapter it's a great book.
I loved IT, it was so freaky and gruesome.. I was scared of clowns before I read this book (actually thats the reason I picked it up) and it didn't help that fear much.. lol. Didn't help that Tim Curry was the one who played Pennywise.. haha wow.
I read one a few time ago. Its called The Analyst by John Katzenbach. Its a great thriller, personally one of my favorite books.
I agree.
But if I had to name one book, it would probably be Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. This book changed my life.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky was a great read. Its no terribly long, only 224 pages. My discription wouldn't be able to do it justice but in short its about a boy just entering high school trying to find his place in the new world he's been thrust into. It is a very deep book and deserves your read. The amazon reveiw does a much better job than I could ever. http://www.amazon.com/Perks-Being-W...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248094595&sr=8-1
On a less serious note, the Night Watch series by Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko are all really good reads. They are a great counter to the fu-fu girly vampire books like Twilight and are much deeper and darker than Ms. Meyer could ever wish her books be. The translation is very well done and you can hardly tell that these were written in Russian, except for the Moscow setting and minidisk players (hehe.)
On a less serious note, the Night Watch series by Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko are all really good reads. They are a great counter to the fu-fu girly vampire books like Twilight and are much deeper and darker than Ms. Meyer could ever wish her books be. The translation is very well done and you can hardly tell that these were written in Russian, except for the Moscow setting and minidisk players (hehe.)
Island in the Sea of Time by S.M. Stirling. its a great alternate history/ time travel book where Nantucket gets thrown into the early B.C. period and has to learn how to survive/ manage the local populations. its the first book in the series and i am on book 6 and haven't been bored yet
Both the Dresden Files (series) and the Alera Codex (series) by Jim Butcher.
What's amusing is the story about the Alera Codex series is that it is the result of a bet between Jim Butcher and one of his fans.
The conversation supposedly went like this:
Fan: Jim, I bet you couldn't write a series based off a random idea.
Jim: I'd need two ideas.
Fan: Roman legions, and Pokemon.
Thus the series was born. Note, it does not actually involve pokemon, but the world shares some important similarities, and is at least in my opinion a more realist depiction of the pokeworld.
And I just like the author in general.
What's amusing is the story about the Alera Codex series is that it is the result of a bet between Jim Butcher and one of his fans.
The conversation supposedly went like this:
Fan: Jim, I bet you couldn't write a series based off a random idea.
Jim: I'd need two ideas.
Fan: Roman legions, and Pokemon.
Thus the series was born. Note, it does not actually involve pokemon, but the world shares some important similarities, and is at least in my opinion a more realist depiction of the pokeworld.
And I just like the author in general.