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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2010 14:43:41 GMT -5
Wow! Such awesome suggestions =D I feel like a kid in a candy store!
Marion Zimmer Bradley... the name rings a bell. I'm quite sure I've read one of her books... can't quite come up with the name, though.
And Sassygirl, To make a spoiler box you either click the surprised smiley button when you go edit your post, or simply write out this:
[ spoiler ] Text goes here [ /spoiler ]
... without the spaces within the tags. You can add a title to the spoiler box as well. To do so, you just add the header attribute so the first tag looks like this: [ spoiler header=Title of your box ] Text goes here [ /spoiler]. Keep the space between 'spoiler' and 'header' and in your title.
Does it make sense =)
*reads book*
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Post by Chao on Jan 11, 2010 14:50:33 GMT -5
Wow! Such awesome suggestions =D I feel like a kid in a candy store! Marion Zimmer Bradley... the name rings a bell. I'm quite sure I've read one of her books... can't quite come up with the name, though. Her most famous book perhaps is 'The Mists of Avalon', but she is also known for her Darkover Series (which starts as Sci-Fi but becomes soon more like Fantasy).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2010 15:02:59 GMT -5
Aaah yes. Mists of Avalon. I should read that one again. I can hardly remember anything from it. xD
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Post by Kathleen on Jan 11, 2010 15:10:03 GMT -5
Verdigris Deep, I also liked. =3 It's about some kids who steal some coins for a well and then have to fulfill the wishes of the people who tossed the coins in there for this well spirit, and things get rapidly worse and worse. It's a decent story, decent characters, but the thing I always like best about Frances Hardinge's books is her description. <3 Often utterly gorgeous, and quite unique. If you wanted to read something by her, I'd recommend Fly By Night, which is my favourite book of her's. But read this one if you're trying to do the alphabet challenge and are stuck for a V. xD I was wondering what sounded so familiar about Frances Hardinge's name, and realised that at one point my little siblings were listening to Fly By Night on CD in the car. I think I may just go read it. xD I'm going to try and read as many people's suggestions as possible. =D Because I certainly don't have enough variation in my reading, and some new authors are muchly needed.
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Post by M is for Morphine on Jan 11, 2010 16:50:08 GMT -5
Oh, for people looking for scifi recommendations, I'd highly recommend James Tiptree Jr. If you can find a copy, grab 'Her Smoke Rose Up Forever'. The stories are truly fantastic, some of the best I've read in any genre. I could barely finish the story 'With Delicate Mad Hands' because I couldn't see the page from crying. She was an incredibly brilliant person (she had a doctorate in experimental psychology), and she brings that brilliance to a laser like focus on her fiction. It's interesting to see a science fiction take on matters of relationships and romance ('The Screwfly Solution', 'Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death'); in fact gender relations are an ongoing theme in many of her stories. The author might be as interesting as her stories. She was a pioneer in a lot of places and ways, and started her scifi career writing as a man. (Her real name was Alice Sheldon) You can read about it here: www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/books/review/20Itzkoff.html?_r=1&8bu&emc=bubest quote:
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Post by Athykad on Jan 14, 2010 9:20:48 GMT -5
Oh-em-zee booooks! O3O Count me in! C: I'm at the beck and call of my MA (in Special Ed+work+more work) so I might not be around all the time, but updating this list will keep me entertained & motivated. Sounds fun! Thank you! ^___^ Titles in bold = in progressTitles in italics = pending
1: Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom 2: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 3: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle 4: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls 5: Chocolat by Joanne Harris 6: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 7: After Dark by Haruki Murakami 8: The Lies of Lock Lamora by Scott Lynch 9: Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung 10: The Language Instinct: How The Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker 11: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore 12: The Portable Thoreau Edited by Carl Bode 13: Dragonrider by Cornelia Funke 14: Smokes and Mirrors: Shorts Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: 29: 30:
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Post by Stephanie (swordlilly) on Jan 15, 2010 11:55:34 GMT -5
Since I failed last year, I'm going to try again this year. xD
And OMG, Pizza, I loved "A Wrinkle in Time" too. I highly recommend reading all the rest of the series as well; it's really imaginative and amazing.
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Post by Celestial on Jan 15, 2010 13:29:30 GMT -5
It's likely I won't win this due to a very busy schedule in life but I might as well try. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. xD However it'll just have to be the basic challenge. ;_; 1: War and PeaceAnd then you start with such a long novel as well . I never managed to read the whole of War and Peace, though as long as my interest lasted I enjoyed the mere language and style of the work. Point taken. ^^; I actually jump between books. =3 Currently I've read a book on sociology, started Divine Comedy and am planning to jump into Dune Messiah soon. The thing is, I have two seperate reading places, home and school. In school I'm reading War And Peace and at home I read the other things. Also, it is in Russian which is a little easier for me than English. Also, I'm crazy. xD
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Post by Alyssa on Jan 15, 2010 22:12:23 GMT -5
Yay! I love reading so much. maybe this will give me hints on which new books to read. 1: The Lightning Thief 2: The Sea of Monsters 3: The Titan's Curse 4: The Battle of the Labyrinth 5: The Last Olympian 6: The Lovely Bones 7: The Hunger Games 8: Catching Fire 9: To Kill a Mockingbird 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: 29: 30:
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Post by Serene on Jan 16, 2010 1:36:23 GMT -5
I used to read a lot. School has been getting in the way the past few years. After reading the Challenge for last year, I was really interested, but it was already November. I only managed to read a handful of books this past year. Even though I haven't finished a book yet this year, I am going to try hard to complete this challenge. It is going to be tough, since I started watching Friends for the first time, and have only seen seasons 1, 2, 3, and 10. During the process I am going to keep track of the other two for fun. I have told people about the Alphabet challenge, and wanting to do that: so I might still try that also. I put "X" on my lists even though I probably won't be able to find anything interesting. For those you interested in an AMAZING BOOK, read 'The Thirteenth Tale' by Diane Setterfield. A friend of mine turned me onto it this past year, and it immediately became my favorite book. It seemed a little slow at first, but by the end of it I would not do anything, except read the book. I even brought it to work with me to read when we weren't busy. The writing style is absolutely amazing, and a little advanced, but the best writing I have yet to read. It took three years to write, and there is no easy way to describe it, but I will try. It is a a tale about a "dark, sordid" family past. The main character Margaret Lea is asked to write a biography for the reclusive writer Vida Winter. The story journey's into both Mrs. Winter's and Margaret's pasts. It is an amazing mystery, which is guessable before the end, but not very easy to guess. (My friend did not see it coming. I only guessed once throughout the novel.) You can tell the writer has a passion for books while reading it, and if you share that passion, you will thoroughly enjoy this book. I suggest it to everyone I ever talk to about books now. (I might have to read it again this year. 1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 2: Psych: A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read by William Rabkin 3: Psych: Mind Over Magic by William Rabkin 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: 29: 30:
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2010 16:47:30 GMT -5
oh poo. xD we're doing 30 books now instead of the alphabet? alright. well, I'm still gonna do the alphabet challenge and post my progress on my Facebook, but here's my 30 books. haha. 1. Lucas by Kevin Brooks 2. Jinx by Meg Cabot 3. Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol 5. Haters by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez 6. Macbeth by William Shakespeare 7. The Stranger by Albert Camus 8. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 15:36:14 GMT -5
Done with my first two books for the year (gotta read 2½ every month at least, to reach 30). I must say, Dan Brown has a nack for suspense. At some point I could almost feel the pain of this poor guy getting eaten by sharks *shudders*
Anyways, I'm onto my third book. The second book in the Golden Compass series, The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman. I'll read the third one as well. I wonder when the second movie is gonna come out =D
Oh, and I know that most of you guys loathed Eragon, but have any of you read the second book in the series? I saw the book at the library and it had some pretty high-end comments on the back, praising it. And it was a big sucker! =O
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 15:40:21 GMT -5
Ooooo! I believe I shall join this =D I've been quite taken by reading lately. I guess that comes from starving my brain for the past.... uh... 10-12 years xD For now, I'll just list my books. Then I'll sort them later, because the alphabetical list sounds intriguing =D - Boneshaker - by Cherie Priest (ordered) - Digital Fortress - by Dan Brown (done) - Deception Point - by Dan Brown (done) - Magician' Daughter, The - by S.C. Butler (pending) - Queen Ferris - by S.C. Butler (ordered) - Reiffen's Choice - by S.C. Butler (ordered)
- Subtle Knife, The - by Philip Pullman (In progress)
If anyone has suggestions for books in the sci-fi, adventure, horror, suspense, fantasy genre... I'd be happy to get some titles =D Clive Barker is pretty good for horror. I've at present only read one of his collections of short fiction, but his stories were deep, affecting, and very startling. I read "The Inhuman Condition," and of that, The Children of Babel (that last story in the book) has been one of my favorite short stories of all time. Very good writer. Dean Koontz is good for suspense, but I've had mixed feelings with his books. By all means, DO NOT read False Memory, but DO read The Voice of the Night. That book was one of the most intense and suspenseful books I've read in a long time, and it's not a terribly long read, either. His Odd Thomas books are also very good, I've heard. I've only read the first (Odd Thomas...oddly enough, lol), and although it started out rather slow, by the time I got into it, I couldn't do anything but read it. And then the ending stuck with me for days. Truly chilling.
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Post by Chao on Jan 19, 2010 16:11:30 GMT -5
I must say, Dan Brown has a nack for suspense. At some point I could almost feel the pain of this poor guy getting eaten by sharks *shudders* You mean one of the bad guys while Corky survives thanks to pee? I loved Deception Point, though Digital Fortress surprised me even more. I think that's why I was a tad disappointed by The Lost Symbol. The suspense was not that great... some of the puzzles were too obvious. I'm currently reading Clive Cussler's Pacific Vortex! and I must say I am pleasantly surprised. Easy going style and you really want to know the solution to the problem presented in the prologue. I think I'll have to ask either my mum or my dad to go search their house for all the Dirk Pitt adventures my father definitely has collected over the years. ;D
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Post by ♥ Azzie on Jan 19, 2010 16:47:22 GMT -5
I'm definitely in, here. Oh goodness, yes. Although having this list is probably going to make me read like a maniac, it'll be fun. So yes, I'm going to. 1: Tris' Book- Tamora Pierce (Now on to the rest; I'm very much liking these.)
2: Pride And Prejudice- Jane Austen
3: Daja's Book- Tamora Pierce 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: 29: 30:
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