i have read these books aswell
they're really great, i most recently read
'the castle of mirrors' which is a charlie bone series
as well.

Anjali walked into the room and took a seat quietly. She listen to everyone who talked about books they were reading. Anjali slightly raised her hand.
"Sorry if I'm interrupting but I' currently reading a book called 'A great and terrible beauty.'" Anjali said. "Has anyone read it before? I just started and it's quite intriguing..."

I read them as well. You should read the 5th and final one. "Charlie Bone and the Hidden King". It is very good. Charlie is re-united with his ... nah! I won't spoil it for you. Just find out yourself.

"I love the book THe Edge on The Sword" has anyone read it before??"Pyralis asked.

Im Hedwig!

Umm

I've read many books so far and still I have many books to read.

I want to recommend to all you to read The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ written by Clive Prince and Lynn Picknett. Well, it is not your ideal book to read. It is for more serious reader. The book is about the research and the information 'discovered' by the authors and it is merely on the question about the divinity of Christ, possibly the real story between Jesus and John the Baptist and the possible real story of Mary Magdalene. It is also said that Christ we know is not existed but preferably just an ordinary man with political interest and so on. Also the Christ story, from his birth to his death and resurrection is just borrowed from Egyptian mythology (specifically the story of Isis, Osiris, Horus). Also, it said there that if Jesus was ever existed, why didnt he mentioned in any contemporary writings?

On Mary Magdalene, it said that she isnt realy a prostitute but probably with a very much nice status in a society. The author said Magdalene was a priestess of a temple and she is the one who initiate Christ. The book also tackles her story of departure after Christ crucifixion to France, having a daughter and venerated in France.

On John the Baptist. The authors said that there's a high probability that John the Baptist and Jesus was rival and John the Baptist is the real Christ.

Anyway, I have so much to say but I can't, it's all cramming in my head.

I just finished reading New Moon by Stephenie Meyer.

It was an extremely good book. The beginning was heart-breaking, but the end made me happy. I also cried at some parts. I really don't think you should read this enless you read Twilight, the first book in the series, first.
This series was very great. I'm not really into fantasy books (besides Harry Potter, of course!) but this was one of the books I really liked. It's about a girl names Bella and a vampire named Edward. What I liked about these books were that vampires obviously aren't real, but Stephenie was able to make it seem very realistic, like this could happen to anybody.

I have just finshed reading Double Helix by Nancy Werlin and the book is to die for.
It has alot of mystry to it and its just all around a good book. I dont want to tell you much about it but just so you know.

Torie spoke up from her seat in the circle. Her blue eyes flashed and her speech became animated and joyful as she spoke about one of her favourite subjects: books.

"There have been so many awesome books mentioned. I have read a lot of them myself, and I now have some good suggestions for future reading. I would like to reccommend a few books.

First, for tween-teen readers, the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix. There are 4 books out so far, but I've only read the first 3: Mister Monday, Grim Tuesday, Drowned Wednesday, and Sir Thursday. They are absolutely fabulous and great for older people too. As well, the Pendragon series by D.J. McHale. Simply wonderful!

Second, for older readers, and I mean older, Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. They are wonderful, sad, happy, and touching books all rolled into one.

And finally, for everyone, no matter what the age, I reccommend my current novel, Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell by Suzanna Clarke."

Tired now, Torie stopped for breath and looked expectantly at the next person in the circle.

" Hello, My name is Maya and I would like to reccomend the book Double Act . It is about two twins coping with the death of their mother, a step-mother, and moving to the country-side. They find an advertisement about two twin actors. In the end, one of the twins end up in a posh boarding school, and the other makes friends with the bully. "

Hi Everyone! These are some amazing books you've shared so far. I have a lot on my list to read now. I know a lot of people have talked about Dan Brown's DaVinci Code, and Angels and Demons- I have to agree they are both wonderful books!! I'm currently reading another book by Dan Brown called Deception Point. I will review it for you, when I have finished.

The book and author I would like to share tonight, is Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom.



I loved this book!! It's about the author, Mitch Albom, going back to visit his old college Professor - Morrie, and finding out he has ALS or Lou Gehrigh's Disease. He makes it a point to get to know Morrie better and begins spending every Tuesday with him. Each day they spend together, they talk about a different topic regarding life. While it is sad to see Morrie's disease and condition worsening, his outlook on life is simply amazing!!

This book touched me deeply, and hit very close to home. I have a family friend who passed away from ALS. I know how difficult the struggle is for the person, and for those around them. I can't imagine facing death, and losing a loved one. It's extremely hard. However, Morrie in accepting death, embraced life and more importantly- the meaning of life.

Reading this book gives you an appreciation for the time we have here and reminds us all of what's truly important. It's an emotional book, but completely worth the read! I recommend it to everyone!

I agree with you, i've read all of Dan Browns books and i love them.

The book i am reading now, well re-reading now is by David Eddings its called The Saphire Rose. Its the 3rd book out of 3 to the first set.
It is a great read if you are into science fiction and is based on magic, but not the HP type of magic.


I absolutly love David Eddings books, ive been reading and re-reading them since i was 11. He has lots of books that follow on from each other. The first books i read were the Belgariad and Malloreon series, these are a total of 10 books which follow on all based on the same characters, with 2 other books which come after to explain the history of the story.

Sylvia popped into the book club after overhearing most of the conversation anyway.

"GAH!
I was just going to recomend that!
What a wonderful book! Did you read Twilight as well, or just New Moon?

Did you hear she's putting a book out from Edwards POV???

And that a film might be in the works... (Key word there is 'might')

It's enough to get me psyched up until Christmas!
Or longer..." She squealed excitedly.

"As for Dan Brown... Don't get me started!" She smiled mischeviously, "My dad is a big fan and started me on him! 'Deception Point' is fantastic! I can't wait till you finish so we can talk about it!" She winked, "After that, my dad and I do sort of a book trade off. He had me read a book called 'The Zero Game' By Brad Meltzer. If you're into mysteries, intrigue, suspense and a little bit of politics, I'd recomend that!" She paused a moment, "I've got very eclectic taste, I can't say my dad would ever read 'Twilight." She shrugged. "If you like vampires though, and very very long books, 'The Historian' by Elizabeth Kostova is absolutely fascinating."

Having given more than her two cents, (more like four pounds...) Sylvia sat back quietly, smiling excitedly. Then, realizing her bad manners she introduced herself, "I'm Sylvia White by the way. Fifth year Gryffindor!"

"Hi, i'm mandi....and I have a very long list of books that everyone here needs to check out. So here we go.....

White Oleander- Janet Finch :
Astrid Magnussen, the teenage narrator of Janet Fitch's engrossing first novel, White Oleander, has a mother who is as sharp as a new knife. An uncompromising poet, Ingrid despises weakness and self-pity, telling her daughter that they are descendants of Vikings, savages who fought fiercely to survive. And when one of Ingrid's boyfriends abandons her, she illustrates her point, killing the man with the poison of oleander flowers. This leads to a life sentence in prison, leaving Astrid to teach herself the art of survival in a string of Los Angeles foster homes.

She's Come Undone- Wally Lamb
Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Beached like a whale in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallmomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally rolls into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she's determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before really going belly up.

In this extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch a wild ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. At once a fragile girl and a hard-edged cynic, so tough to love yet so inimitably lovable, Dolores is as poignantly real as our own imperfections. She's Come Undone includes a promise: you will never forget Dolores Price.

The Vampire Chronicles- Anne Rice
It covers the lives of about five or six vampires, from 16th century france up to the 21st century.....great books.

My favorite author right now is Jenniefer Weiner....she wrote Good in Bed, Little Earthquakes and In Her Shoes, that was made into a movie. She is a very good author....

Alice Sebold- The Lovely Bones
Shockingly original and completely unforgettable, The Lovely Bones is the story of a family devastated by a gruesome murder -- a murder recounted by the teenage victim. Upsetting, you say? Remarkably, first-time novelist Alice Sebold takes this difficult material and delivers a compelling and accomplished exploration of a fractured family's need for peace and closure.

The details of the crime are laid out in the first few pages: from her vantage point in heaven, Susie Salmon describes how she was confronted by the murderer one December afternoon on her way home from school. Lured into an underground hiding place, she was raped and killed. But what the reader knows, her family does not. Anxiously, we keep vigil with Susie, aching for her grieving family, desperate for the killer to be found and punished.

Alice Sebold- Lucky
One night near the end of her freshman year at Syracuse University, Alice Sebold was raped while walking home through a park. From that experience comes Lucky, an account of the rape and the year that followed it, 12 months during which Sebold tried to readjust to college and family life. Six months after the rape, she spotted her attacker on the street in Syracuse, and thus began the long, arduous task of prosecuting him.

and I can't believe nobody has mentioned this.....The Lord of the Rings

And I agree about Midnight and New Moon, I'm reading Midnight for the second time right now actually....good books.....and she's a local writer so that makes it better...I have an autographed copy

"Wow! Yes, I love the Lovely Bones!" Sylvia smiled, "Very creepy, and very beautiful! I've reread it a few times!"

Hi, i am Mason and I am reading Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. It is very interesting. Everyone should check It out.

Edit: acidentially posted.

Maya also said - " There is also a good series, called Guardians of Ga'Hoole. Did anyone read it? Its about Owls. "

Hi my name is Fabienne and I am a biblioholic.

here are just some of the books that have fed my addiction

There Will Be Wolves, by Karleen Bradford
I loved this book when I first read it and every time I read it again I just love it more. It's about a young woman in Germany at the begining of the Holy Crusades under Richard the Lionhearted. The woman, Ursula, is accused of practicing witchcraft, though as far as I could tell she was a Muggle, and as we know, during the crusudes, the life expectancy of us magical folk was about an hour. She is sent on a crusade to "attone for her sins" and the book is the story of her journey and the struggles, emotional, physical, and moral, that she faces on it.

Stories From the Vinyl Cafe, The Vinyl Cafe Unplugged, Home From the Vinyl Cafe, The Vinyl Cafe Diaries, and Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe; by Stuart McLean.
This is a great, hilarious series by a Radio Host on the CBC. The Vinyl Cafe is a radio show with live music, usually jazz or folk, and hosted by Stuart McLean. Most episodes he tells us stories about the family and friends of Dave, a hapless, well meaning, bumbling man with a wife, two kids, a cat, a dog, and occasionally the odd guinea pig or wild bird. All these stories eventually get published into books of short stories that are so funny they can't be read to oneself in a public place lest you want people to think you're crazy for laughing to yourself. Honorable mention goes to the stories entitled Skunks, Galway, Dave Cooks the Turkey, A Night to Remember, and Tree Planting.

The Hockey Sweater, by Roch Carrier
I have the french version of this book, but the English translation is just as good, and just as classic. Originally published in French in 1979, a line from this book is printed on the latest version of the Canadian five dollar bill, so familiar has it become. It's the story of a young boy in Quebec who is sent a hockey sweater, only it's the Toronto Maple Leafs Jersey instead of that of the Montreal Canadians. Among young boys in Quebec, you cheer for Montreal, and never Toronto, lest you want, at best, a serious ribbing, or at worse, to be shunned as a traitor.


That's it for my selections this time around. These ones were all Canadian publications, which was only half on purpose.

Hello. My name is Neva *Smiles warmly at the group* and I am currently re-reading The Book Of Shadows by Don Paterson.

Hi I'm Hannah. I just finished a series called The Sisterhood of the Traveling pants. There is 4 books in the series. It's about 4 girls named, Tibby, Lena, Bridget, and Carma. They all have somethings a little messed up in there lives. But the find these pants in a vintage store. They fit all 4 of them despite their sizes. Even thogh their away all summer they can past on the pants and be together.

I recomend this book to mature 11 year olds and up.
10/10 is my rating.

Hi I'm Kyia, and I never stop reading. Among my favorite books are:

1. The Heralds of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey (I love them all!)- If you love fantasy these are such fun. There's magic, court intrigue, all in a medieval world, where Heralds who have magic gifts and their bonded Companions- really cool, really sarcastic magical white horses, protect the kingdom of Valdemar.

2. Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini- If you are a complete dragon fanatic like me, you will love these. Elves, dwarves- the gang's all here.

3. The Westmark Trilogy by Lloyd Alexander- Kind of an off the norm like for me- no magic, unless you count complete fackery, but with many loveable characters- ex. Mickle a street waif who used to be a princess or maybe a princess who used to be a street waif- she can't make up her mind, and others, crazy plot turns, and full of moments where you both love and hate the author. - He tends to endanger the lives of many of the characters and the third book in the triliogy- Beggar Queen is a complete cry because of this.

4. Serenity- yes, for all of you Browncoats out there (of which I am a proud one), this book follows the plot line of the movie.


5. Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce- I've only read book one so far, but I already know that this will be a wild ride. With twins, magic, a girl trying to train to become a knight in a world where women can't fight- it is just priceless.


6. All of the Harry Potter Books- duh.


7. Inkheart by Corneilia Funke- For those of us who truly love books, this novel takes the idea of a book about/within a book- from Neverending Stroy- to a whole new level. The book is about a book- also by the name of Inkheart, that is brought to life when characters of our world read some of the book's characters into our world from the book's pages, starting all characters on a crazy adventure that continues in the sequel Inkspell, which I also reccommend.


8. The Merlin Conspiracy- Again just another random, magical book that totally rocks.


Finally, read them all if you can, if you can't, well there are a million other good books out there to spend your time with.

"Hi, my name is Natalie and I practically always have my nose in a book! I have so many favorites I can't even list them all, but some very good books I would recommend would be:

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. It's the first book in a wonderful series. It's about a girl named Bella who just moved and started a new school. She meets Edward, who's a vampire. It's so exciting and suspensful. The next book, New Moon, is just as great as the first. Usually, I am not a big fan of fantasy, but the way Stephenie writes makes it seem very realistic.

2. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. Sarah Dessen is one of my favorite authors and she is very talented at writing books for the teenager group. A girl named Macy has to work at the library while her boyfriend Jason goes of to "Brain Camp". My favorite part is when Macy quits her job to work with the catering company. She meets a guy names Wess, and they start a game by asking each other questions. I'm not telling you anymore, so you're just going to have to read it yourself!

3. The last book I going to tell you about is the series of The Clique by Lisi Harrison. Recently, It's not Easy Being Mean was released. They're about a group of girls trying to fit in. I wouldn't recommend them, though, if you aren't interested in clothes and looks and that sort of thing.

Well, I hope you enjoy the books I just told you about, if you choose to read them."

Hi i'm Melony and I am currently reading The Blade of Fire by Stuart Hill. It is the second book in the Icemark chronicles. It is a fantastic read. Also the books Magyk and Flyte, by Angie Sage, are excellent reads as well. Plus, Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini, are amazing,as well!

"Hi, Im Katherine Sparrow, call me Kat. I love to read and this is one of the books that I have read reciently that O loved. It is a classic and maybe you think because it was written a lng time ago that it might be boring. It is an amazing book about injustice and the people who fight it.
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.






It is a wonderful book and I hope you will read it!

Ginny looked around and since no one else spoke she did
“well due to the wide range of books in my old school library I read a lot too...I have a favorite series of book right after Harry potter...if you love fantasy and that sort of magicy stuff then read
‘the black magicians trilogy by Trudi Canvan(i know hermygirl I agree with you they are defiantly very very good)' and the three books are called 'the magicians guild, The novice, The high lord'

I found the three amazing with great twists even though the first book is a little slow after you get the main story in the first they seem to wizz past....
If you choose to read then or read them pm me and tell me what you think

Also a nice book even though there is a series but I found the first few books a little slow and dragging this one was great it is called 'Conrads fate by Diana Wynne Jones' very nice book about a twelve year old boy with pure bad luck and how a young magition saves him...



Another amazing seires...not sure if it is a trilogy or not but for now there is three books..."The spooks aprentaince, the spooks curse, and the spooks secret and on emore the spooks battle(not published yet'
all three a filled with magic but in this world magic isn’t
always a good thing...it is a little scary and there is some serious gore in it but still the three that i have read are amazing!
another book i just finished was the 'daughter of the forest' by Juliet Marillier its form the sevenwaters trilogy (first book). The book it self is based on the fairy tail story 'the six swans' or reasently as i heared there is one with twelve swans too but thats the original. but the book has amazing description of what happens to the girl and all the pain and suffering she goes through for her brothers. It is also filled with a forbiden romace, but im not going to spoil it for you but it is a great book to read. Theres three books and it all gets better the further it goes, i absolutly adore all the three books!Dughter of the forest, son of the shadows, child of the prophecys' all of them are fab! I would also agree with most of you about The cliques which were pretty good." Ginny finished looking around (was that long sorry)