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11-13-2005, 06:15 AM
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|  Almighty Evil OneGriffin
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|  Recommend a Good Book Flower Girl Wench Royalty
Hello and welcome to "Recommend a good book", this is where you....*gasp* recomend a good book!
Feel free to make comments about other peoples recommendations, nicely of course, and rate books if you wish. But I'd advise you not to give too much of the plot away cause naturally it spoils the book, general comments will suffice.
So what book do you recommend?
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11-13-2005, 10:31 PM
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|  Library WriterSirius AuthorLeftySS100 TriumphantChimaera
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Signing off SS for good…blame the workload and the hectic-ness of life. I’ll miss you all…:cry:
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Well, I'd reccommend:
~Harry Potter (all books...hopefully you've already read them)
~This Lullaby (it's a romance, but it's quite amusing too)
~A Walk to Remember (romance once again, but one of my favorite books)
~The Lord of the Rings (not romance...lol...but harder to read than other books--a classic)
That's about all I can think of for now! 
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11-14-2005, 03:18 AM
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| | Bowtruckle
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Naughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman... SO good! It had me crying my eyes out for, like, the last 50 pages or so. haha There are some parts that may be deemed inappropriate for the younger-than-14-ish age range (not to be mean or anything!) but it really is a good book. Starts out a bit slow, but once you get into it, you're hooked. I stayed up reading it until around 3:30 AM because I wanted to finish it all in one night... and I was crying a lot. haha But yeah... Good book! | |
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11-14-2005, 03:56 AM
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| | Jarvey
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Any of the cat who series ( cat lovers, and mystery crime lovers) - novel about brave cats out to solve crime cases. It has it's sad and funny times. koko and yumm yumm are the two main cat characters most the time. Enjoy! 
And i agree about the Hp series. of course its a must read, i've read 1-6 as many others have. and i'm syked for the 7th to be released on 07-7-'07 -(atleast thats the date I saw)
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11-14-2005, 04:11 AM
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| | Erkling
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Third Year | John Deere Green
World at War series by Harry Turtledove, starts with Into the Darkness.. its all about WW2 but in fanatsy terms, not for kids under id say 13...
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11-14-2005, 04:17 AM
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|  Dairy QueenCrup
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: I'd tell you...but then there might be some...uh...repricussions....
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I used to read the Cat Who... series, by Lilian Jackson-Braun, but I got rid of all my paperbacks, so they had to go. I wouldn't recommend just anyone to read them, though. While the plots were great, I had to have a good dictionary handy almost the entire time! So unless you're one of those people that are naturally gifted with an overly expansive vocabulary, stick to the Minute Mysteries.
Anywayz...for the moment, I recommend Sabriel by Garth Nix. Really good, especially if you like the whole fantasy thing, like me. That's all for now, but I'll be back. | |
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11-14-2005, 08:57 AM
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| | Banned Jobberknoll
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I recommend "eragon" by Christopher Paolini. I started to read the Inheritance Triolgy early this year, and its really good, well not that good, but its still a good plot. Paolini doesnt have the same depth of Tolkien, Pullman, Rowling or others in the Fantasy genre, but you cant deny a good book.
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11-14-2005, 09:07 AM
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| | Demiguise
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: look behind you....b
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-Harry Potter of course
-The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom.
-Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl
-Haroun and The Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
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11-14-2005, 10:52 AM
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| | Snidget
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i highly recommend:
*The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
*The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
*Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (This book came out first before the Da Vinci Code, i think so  )
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11-14-2005, 02:09 PM
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|  Under where?Mooncalf
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I'd highly recommend The Edge Chronicles they're really good books and only Ł6.99 in paperback, there are 8 so far, but i think the 8th one is the last one, there are three sets with three different main characters. The world they are in is extrodinary and very interesting! The characters are the best ones ive ever read. They are written by Paul Stewart and the drawings by Chris Riddell and the drawings are very good!!
The order to read them:
Quint Sequence:
Curse Of The Gloamglozer
Winter Knights (newest one out)
Twig Sequence:
Beyong The deepwoods
Stormchaser
Midnight Over Sanctaphrax
Rook Sequence:
The Last Of The Sky Pirates
Vox
Freeglader
It even says on one of the covers, "For Harry Potter fans who are looking for a new world to explore." | |
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11-14-2005, 04:58 PM
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| | Imp
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in the pink flaffy clouds ^^
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the Harry potter Books are nice 
and the Lord of the rings
and also.. the Pawn of the Prophecy is a good book by David Eddings.  | |
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11-15-2005, 01:20 AM
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I could recommend a lot of good books but a good series to read is the Kiesha'ra. It is made up of 3 books about 2 different races. One race is snakes and the other is birds you know Hawks and sparrows ect. Falcons are a totally different race and are mentioned in the second book. The main characters Darinca and Zane are the rulers of the two and marry to stop the war. Along the way they incounter trouble because both of their people don't like each other. I have read the first one Hawksong and it was really good. I'm reading the second one now and it is okay I just started it. Its called Snakecharm and is told thourgh the eyes of Zane.(Zane is from the serpent side). They by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes.
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11-18-2005, 03:02 PM
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| *in love with the 80's* Imp
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there are a few....
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
The Theif Lord by Cornelia Funke
Any Lemony Snicket book
Harry Potter lol
Not close to finishing anything else to reccomend it
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11-18-2005, 08:11 PM
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| Portuguese Moderator Thestral
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Neverland
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- Harry Potter - no need to say that those are the best books in the world.
- The Inheritance Trilogy - by Christopher Paolini. The first two books were 'Eragon' and 'Eldest', this last one came a few time after HBP. It's about a teenager boy who finds a Dragon egg. His adventures on Alagaesia start from that point. As you can see also a fantasy trilogy, a great one, I must add.
- The Sevenwaters Trilogy - by Juliet Marillier. This trilogy is already complete. The three books are: Daughter of the Forest, Son of the Shadows, Child of the Prophecy (from the first to the last). It happens in the Celtic time. In each of them the main character is different, a different family member of the same family, but always girls. It talks about a Prophecy, war, forbidden love, friendship and so on. It also has got some magic here and there, well almost in the whole book, since there is a dark witch, druids, spirits, etc.
- All Dan Brown's books - The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons are two of the four books this amazing writer has already written. Unlikely the others I posted this one doesn't include any magic. (too bad  )
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Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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11-19-2005, 10:17 PM
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| | Faerie
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A Wrinkle in Time
A Wind in the Door
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
The Golden Compass??? Not Sure about title
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11-21-2005, 12:24 AM
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I love Eragon! good book.. Inkheart is very interesting and suspenseful! 
these books are fantasy and very fun to read !! | |
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11-21-2005, 01:42 AM
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| | Ashwinder
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I have tons:
The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen
Lullaby - Sarah Desson
Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts
Magical Thinking.... nothing to do with magic but i dont remember the author.
Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Invasion - Robin Cook
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11-21-2005, 04:59 AM
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SISTERHOOD OF TRAVELING PANTS!
Oooh, and an old time favorite.
A Walk to Remember!
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11-29-2005, 01:31 AM
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Tithe and Valiant by Holly Black. they are excellent books and i recomend all of you go out and buy them now!!! lol ok i think i should put a rating on them tho...so i say nobody over 13 or 14. (even tho im only 11)
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11-29-2005, 03:57 AM
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| | Kappa
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almost all John Grisham's book are brilliant..
The Client is really good, even much better than the movie. The Testament is brilliant and funny, you guys should read this! it's about a filthy rich old guy who jumps out of the window and left his whole estate worth billions to a daughter he had never known who lives as a missionary deep in a jungle in South Africa, and read about his three ex-wives and money-hungry sons and daughters trying to contest his will at court.
Others are Runaway Jury, The Pelican Brief (a bit dark but it's okay), The Firm, The Rainmaker, A Time To Kill ( an amazing story about a father who avenged his daughter rapists and got convicted for it) and The Street Lawyer The Partner is a story about a guy who ran away and stole a bunch of money from his old lawyer firm and got caught but there are more twist and turns than you could possibly imagine.
well i know it's a bit boring for you who doesn't have much taste in law or courtroom dramas, but i'm no lawyer but i love most of his books.
the language is easy to understand and believe me, i'm not that good in english, but i can understand the story perfectly.
i'd recommend these for ages 13 and up.
i also read Michael Crichton's work, such as Jurassic Park and The Lost World (obviously after i saw the movie).
well i admit unless you have this really expansive vocabulary, and knowledge about lots of science terminalogy, you have to keep a dictionary handy to read his works. Timeline is quite good, if you could ignore all the complicated technical stuff.
but the most of all i love Airframe because the hero is a woman 
maybe 13 and up. Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic is simply.. magical..
you'll love it, the way this woman writes, simply astounding, much much much better than the movie.
hrm.. what else eh?
ok Harry Potter books of course!
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12-02-2005, 03:07 AM
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| Bulgaria Forever! Horklump
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Harry Potter of course, if you like books about wizards and knights, then I would have to recommend The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart. Fantastic book and my favorite behind Harry Potter.....It chronicles Merlins life starting as a kid and is told from his point of view....Dont want to say anything else and spoil it, but go out and read it....You wont be disappointed!!!!!!!!!!!
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12-03-2005, 04:41 PM
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whatelse... Harry Potter
and then there's also Hello, Darkness by Sandra B. -awesome, romantic and thrillling
Tuesday's with Morrie -inspiring, I even memorized the last statement by Mitch in the last chapter of course
and The Purpose-Driven Life -you better read this
amazing books, really!!!
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12-03-2005, 07:51 PM
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A Wrinkle in Time
A Wind in the Door
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
The Golden Compass??? Not Sure about title
amazing books i loved them all and it is the golden compass
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12-03-2005, 10:05 PM
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| Southern Gal Bundimun
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Ok heree's SOme...
The Alice Series By: Phyliss Renolds Naylor
THe cradle will fall by: Mary Higgons Clark
Any Books by Sarah Desson
A time for dancing and The farther you run
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12-11-2005, 04:33 PM
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One of my favorite is the book called "The Giver". I recommend that to anyone!
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