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Post by flames on Sept 6, 2005 6:14:29 GMT -5
I did about Holes at school in year 8! (Chamber of Secrets year if you don't know) and I loved it! I would hate to come across one of those Lizards. They give me the creeps.
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Post by daisymiller on Sept 6, 2005 15:09:25 GMT -5
I'm slightly ashamed to admit this, but I love Meg Cabot books. Not all of them though. I still haven't read The Princess Diaries, or any of her adult romance novels. But her supernatural series (The Mediator series, and the 1-800-Where-R-You series) I have read. In fact they were originally published under the name Jenny Carroll, instead of Meg Cabot. I was quite surprised to find they were the same person.
But if you ever run across a 1-800-Where-R-You book (the first one being When Lightning Strikes) I'd highly suggest buying it. It should be cheap, and they're all kind of short, but each one is hilarious; yet they have a good message buried deep inside the large SAT words and the sarcasm.
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Post by flames on Sept 6, 2005 15:35:39 GMT -5
Is it a bit like Chicken Soup? Because I love that book.
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Post by tiffany on Sept 6, 2005 22:41:48 GMT -5
Ooh, I like Meg Cabot too. But I don't read that much by her anymore. I believe she was the author of "All American Girl" and "The Boy Next Door". I read "All American Girl" like, three years ago, but I forgot what it was about. I didn't like the Princess Diaries series ... compared to the movie, I actually thought the movie was better. But the 1-800-Where-R-You books, I heard were really good.
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Post by slapthewhiteferret on Sept 7, 2005 0:59:21 GMT -5
I love the book "Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd, it was fantastic even if we had to read it for school. Another book I really encourage people to read is "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. It's really hard to get into, but once you do, there's so many subplots it's amazing and as a bonus, you'll never spell Fahrenheit wrong! I also loved "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith, especially the flavors of New York it gave. I found it amazing to see the main character mature and grow along and in spite of all her hardships. If you want more, just ask, I have sooooooo many. Here's a few more: Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) NOTE: The two books above are disturbing but great! The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) About a Boy (Nick Hornby) Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Mitch Albom) Soooooooo sad!
That's it...for now....to be continued
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Post by flames on Sept 7, 2005 11:44:20 GMT -5
I'll give you all a tip for reading. The book is allways better than the film so if you see the film and there's a book. Get it. The films miss out loads of deatails like how they do with Harry Potter.
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Post by daisymiller on Sept 7, 2005 15:21:04 GMT -5
Is it a bit like Chicken Soup? Because I love that book. Uh . . not quite. The series is about a girl who gets hit by lightning and becomes physic. She's able to see a picture of a person, and then that night, she has a dream about them, showing her where they are. Thus, the title, 1-800-Where-R-You. It's actually the number she calls to report that she knows where a missing child is. Yeah, she actually wrote a sequel to All-American Girl, called Ready Or Not. It's completely different from the first one though. If you're uncomfortable reading books where one of the main themes is sex, I wouldn't suggest it.
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Post by flames on Sept 7, 2005 16:14:28 GMT -5
1-800-Where-R-You sounds like an interesting book. It sounds a bit sad too that she's struck by lightning.
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Post by tiffany on Sept 7, 2005 19:38:38 GMT -5
Ah, I'm gonna go out and buy / check it out soon. Ohh, Juliet Mariller writes wonderful books as well. She wrote a Daughter of the Forest trilology. Book one is Daughter of the Forest and book two is Son of the Shadows and number three is Child of the Prophecy. They're a great read and I recommend them. I have many friends who have fallen in love with book three haha. Book two is a bit boring, though. I stayed up all night reading book one and I ended up crying really hard. It's really interesting if you're interested in fantasy.
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Post by dolface546 on Sept 7, 2005 21:08:14 GMT -5
Has anyone read the Redwall series? That was my favorite set as a kid, I have every single book!
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Post by flames on Sept 8, 2005 14:14:04 GMT -5
No. When I was little I read The Magic Faraway Tree and The Wishing Chair. Both of them were by Enid Blyton and I have lots more books by her.
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Post by tiffany on Sept 8, 2005 19:10:32 GMT -5
Never read the Redwall series either. The books by Lois Duncan are really great. I've read all of them except for "Who Killed My Daughter". Lois Lowry wrote an amazing book called "The Giver". It's really good and I recommend it to everybody!
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Post by daisymiller on Sept 9, 2005 14:57:08 GMT -5
Although I've personally never read The Giver, I've heard that it was just like Anthem by Ayn Rand. Or rather, Anthem was just like The Giver, which is kinda strange considering that Anthem was written in the 1930's, before The Giver. I've also heard The Giver compared to Brave New World by . . . that dude. I can't remember his name.
But if you like The Giver, I'd highly suggest Anthem by Ayn Rand.
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Post by lovelyravenclaw on Sept 9, 2005 15:09:13 GMT -5
ohhhh the giver was one of my absolute favorite books as a child. i always try to read it once a year. it's one of those books that grows along with the reader. no matter what age you are, you can grasp something from it. lois lowry also wrote a really great book called "finding blue" (i think that's it) that i strongly recommend.
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Post by rae on Sept 9, 2005 16:34:15 GMT -5
i've never heard of the giver. whats it about? when i was little i read alot of enid blyton books, mosly the Famous Five series.
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