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Post by Dundee on Feb 10, 2006 17:44:00 GMT -5
Those were one of my first favorite chapter series books. I read them probably more than 20 times during 4th grade. And I STILL love them. And I KNOW that Disney's movies are based off of very cool, very gory stories, that's why I shudder at Disney, for ruining some of the greatest stories on Earth. I've read the complete works of The Brothers Grimm about 10 times. And I am still amazed to see how Disney could turn The Little Mermaid into what it is today. It's like murdering a murder story. GRR!!!! Crud on a cracker, I'm rambling again. Bleh. Back onto topic... Has anyone heard that they've made a new genre? It's called "Suburb Fantasy," or something like that, fantasy that happens to normal people in modern life. But you know what's funny? The genre's been existant for hundreds of years now, they've just chosen to name it recently.
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Post by Shippo_no_Neko on Feb 19, 2006 16:29:36 GMT -5
I read the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, too! They used to be my favorite books, along with the Lost Years of Merlin series!
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Post by Momo on Feb 19, 2006 20:01:25 GMT -5
I haven't read those, but I'm starting to think I should...
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Post by Daybreak on Feb 19, 2006 20:12:58 GMT -5
YAY! ENCHANTED FOREST! People still look at me funny when I start talking about giant, blue, floating donkies with big wings.
Harry Dresden books. A sci-fi series about a Wizard in Chicago who takes on detective-like cases that involve supernatural murders, etc. Very addictive. I just started them last week and I'm already through the third book. The first on is call "Storm Front," written by som guy named Jim... uh... something starting with B.
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Post by Scarecrow on Feb 19, 2006 20:14:28 GMT -5
*Jots down book titles* Iiinterestin'.
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Post by Momo on Feb 19, 2006 20:20:02 GMT -5
*also taking notes* Sounds like my bag o' tricks...
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Post by Dundee on Feb 19, 2006 20:39:45 GMT -5
Oh, you might want to pick up 'So You Want To Be A Wizard' the series, lots of books with very unique plots-and the possibility of romance! <3
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Post by Daybreak on Feb 19, 2006 20:42:00 GMT -5
Diane Duane is the author of those. I forgot to reccomend the Spellsinger series, it's by Alan Dean Foster and about this college kid who gets pulled into a world of animal people and finds out he can use magic through music. It can get a little... raunchy. Just a warning.
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Post by Momo on Feb 19, 2006 20:58:54 GMT -5
*more notes* Yes! Finally, an excuse to get out to the library!
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Post by Daybreak on Feb 19, 2006 21:12:14 GMT -5
Hah! I need an excuse to stay away!
...no, seriously. I work at a library. I'm there every day.
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Post by Momo on Feb 19, 2006 21:14:52 GMT -5
*gasp* I've been trying to get a job at my library! I love libraries! All those booooks... *drool*
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Post by Dundee on Feb 19, 2006 21:20:12 GMT -5
Oh man, that is so cool!! I wish I could work at my library, but I'm still in Jr. High. In a couple of years, I am SO going to get a job there. Is it fun? Do you like talking to people about good books, and do you get to read a lot of stuff you normally wouldn't pick up because a customer checked something out that looked interesting? What's the pay like? *looks around panting* Uh, whoops, another ramble. Heheh.
Have any of you heard of a book called 'The Egg and I'? It's a sort of autobiography about a woman who lives on a chicken farm, and it is hilARious. Seriously. Picked it up 2 years ago, couldn't put it down, and right now I'm in the middle of my 5th time rereading. By... uh...oh yeah, by Betty MacDonald. Did you know that Geoduck is pronounced 'Gooey-duck', and that it's a type of monster clam that tastes absolutely horrible?
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Post by Daybreak on Feb 19, 2006 21:25:47 GMT -5
Heh ^^; It's a little off-topic, but it's a great job. Everyone there is simply wonderful, and the work's great. Plus we get cheesecake every time there's a birthday! Uhm, I don't check a lot of stuff out because I always have school reading (AP English, joy). They pay's $7.00 an hour, but when I work the desk I get $12.60. Score!
*cough* I have heard of that book, actually. We (the library) have the movie. Also, I think I caught one of those clams the last time I went coehogging =^^=.
Have I already recommended the His Dark Materials trilogy? the books are The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. Absolutely phenomenal, and really hard to explain. Kind of fantasy, kind of sci-fi, all epic and wonderful.
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Post by Scarecrow on Feb 19, 2006 21:29:47 GMT -5
I. LOVE. That. Series. One of my favourite trilogies of all time!
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Post by Dundee on Feb 19, 2006 21:41:14 GMT -5
*gasp of horror* I can't believe I forgot about Garth Nix!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, everyone should check out Garth Nix at some point of their pathetic lives. Doesn't matter if it's that series with the Keyblade and the Weeks or the Abhorsen series, EVERYONE'S got to check out Garth Nix. That's an order, not a request. Or did someone already mention him already... *sheepishly giggles*
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Post by Momo on Feb 19, 2006 22:16:39 GMT -5
Garth Nix rocks my sox. Hard.
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Post by Shippo_no_Neko on Feb 20, 2006 12:00:54 GMT -5
I read the golden compass, but I haven't been able to get my hands on the subtle knife ;-;
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Post by Wolfy on Feb 20, 2006 15:05:51 GMT -5
I have all three. (I stole/barrowed them from my grandma. ^_^)
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Post by Momo on Feb 20, 2006 22:27:27 GMT -5
I have a book for you all. Now, I've read a lot of books. Like, giant heaps. And this has been the only book I've read that has made me laugh so hard I hurt myself and had trouble breathing for minutes on end. Check out... 'The MacIntyre Liar' by David Bly. It's about this young teenager who is sent out to this farm/retreat/camp by his father for a summer because he got into a car crash and totalled his dad's car. There's a whole bunch of unique people there (a really crazy cast, I tell you!) and he uses the computer he brought with him to write up and send home his hilarious, satirical newspaper on the daily events; The MacIntyre Liar. Please, if you want to laugh, and laugh hard, read this. It's for your own good. ^_^
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Post by Wolfy on Feb 22, 2006 16:02:52 GMT -5
Oh! I have another good book you guys should read. It's called Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer. It's the first in a triology. It's about this girl, who falls in love with this guy at her school, and he's a vampire...it's awesome. Read it. Now. ^_^
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Post by Flagg on Mar 16, 2006 23:51:18 GMT -5
I'm shocked, only one mention of Stephen King so far... This makes me sad. If ya' want a nice 3,000-or-so page epic, check out his Dark Tower books. That's good times right there.
I'm not really sure what my favorite book ever is, there's just too many to pick from! I really enjoy C.S. Lewis's Sci-Fi Triology (and his Narnia, of course!), the Potter books, the Snicket books, The Dark Is Rising (I totally forget who it's by, sorry!) series, and maybe a dash of Lovecraft every now and then to keep things dark enough. There's more, but my brain is too lazy to think of them.
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Post by Shippo_no_Neko on Mar 17, 2006 18:18:56 GMT -5
Speaking of Stephen King, read "The Eyes of the Dragon" IT IS SO GOOD!
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Post by Flagg on Mar 17, 2006 18:40:30 GMT -5
Woo-hoo! Eyes of the Dragon is quite fantastic. Especially the villain. *ahem* And if you read it want to figure out what happens to said wonderful villain, then you'll just have to read The Dark Tower books!
The Pullman triology (Golden Compass and all) is quite good. Well, OK, the first two are good... I, um, never read the third one. *hangs head in shame*
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Post by Wolfy on Mar 17, 2006 18:46:35 GMT -5
Tsk tsk...oh well, we all have our faults... ... You know, I think my mother owns every single steven king book ever written...or at least close to it...
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Post by Flagg on Mar 17, 2006 18:52:36 GMT -5
All the more reason to read them, wolfchild! Well, OK, I have to warn you (and anyone else who hasn't read Mr. King) that he is usually pretty graphic in just about every way you can be graphic (we're talkin' if they made a movie straight from the book, it'd probably never get to theaters-type graphic), so if that'll bother anyone, then it'd be best to steer clear. But anyone could still read Eyes of the Dragon, that one's cleaner than Harry Potter!
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Post by Wolfy on Mar 17, 2006 18:55:16 GMT -5
>^_^< I'll read some when i finish the 3 or 7 books I have checked out from the library
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Post by Eclectic Replicant on Mar 17, 2006 22:09:39 GMT -5
I don't have a favourite book. Only genere, fantasy.
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Post by silverwolf on Mar 21, 2006 23:56:45 GMT -5
I think I may die. I say NO mention of Douglas Adams in this whole thread. Anyway, you are all much too advanced for me, I'm going to hang out down here in the "feeling inferior" bin with Rehiro. Though I would definitely Recommend The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Also, for those with a liking for more "adult" books, I recommend everything and anything Kelley Armstrong. It gets a bit..a lot..graphic at times, but that gets buried in story. kelleyarmstrong.com She has some on-line fiction there. I also love the first four Harry Potter books, the last two have gone off my liking radar. Sadly, The Lord of the Rings kinda put me to sleep. Sorry. Oh, and also, read The DaVinci Code. The publicity out me off it a bit, but it was so worth the read.
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Post by Wolfy on Mar 22, 2006 0:00:51 GMT -5
I've been dying to read the DaVinci Code! But people keeping checking it out before me...>_<
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Post by silverwolf on Mar 22, 2006 0:02:02 GMT -5
HAHA! Sorry, I just tried to offer to let you borrow my copy! Shows how close we get here, eh?
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