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BOOKS! BOOKS!
azer Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:23 pm
Post names, reviews, and discussions of good books here
Ill start:
Lord of the rings
Chronicles of narnia
enders game/shadow
Redwall books
Wheel of Time series
Inheritance trilogy
Ill start:
Lord of the rings
Chronicles of narnia
enders game/shadow
Redwall books
Wheel of Time series
Inheritance trilogy
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BobShmob Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:29 pm
I wrote:Terry Pratchet's series with captain Vimes is awesome! Also I like the Bartimaeus trilogy, and the series "percy jackson and the Olympians"
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Jon Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:44 pm
I like to read textbooks.
As for fiction, Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, and The Terminal Man are some of my favorites. I also like Isaac Asimov's novels.
As for fiction, Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, and The Terminal Man are some of my favorites. I also like Isaac Asimov's novels.
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BobShmob Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:48 pm
I wrote:I used to like redwall, but I find that the stereotypes are annoying (how all the rats are evil) and the characters are underdeveloped and are either completely good or completely evil.azer wrote:Post names, reviews, and discussions of good books here
Ill start:
Lord of the rings
Chronicles of narnia
enders game/shadow
Redwall books
Wheel of Time series
Inheritance trilogy
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azer Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:47 pm
I've kinda outgrown Redwall too, but they are still pretty good
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Jon Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:00 pm
Ironically, they were originally made for high-school students.azer wrote:I've kinda outgrown Redwall too, but they are still pretty good
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BobShmob Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:07 pm
I wrote: that's weird Jon! And though I don't particularly like Redwall, the other books that are using the same basic idea (medieval setting and animals that are sentient) are much worse. Having to deal with the setbacks of a plot like that, I think that Brian Jacque did pretty well.
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azer Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:30 pm
Jon wrote:Ironically, they were originally made for high-school students.azer wrote:I've kinda outgrown Redwall too, but they are still pretty good
Whoa, he failed at that...
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okohokonu Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:59 pm
Anyone ever heard of the Quantum Prophecy series? Pretty good, if your into scifi. 
Sadly, only the first and maybe second is out in America. Pretty new series, even in the UK where it was written.
BTW, i have only read the first book.
Sadly, only the first and maybe second is out in America. Pretty new series, even in the UK where it was written.BTW, i have only read the first book.
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グリフィン Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:46 pm
Any Robert Cormier book and I'm sold. (The Chocolate War, Rag and Bone Shop)
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eklipse13 Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:22 am
Woot Inheritance trilogy!
Also, take a look at Maximum Ride, Artemis Fowl, The Heirs, The Door Within, Dragons in our Midst, and the Inkheart series.
As for individual books, try House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker for a horror/Supernatural Thriller. Also the Kingdom Keepers, by Ridley Pierson.
(you can tell I like books.)
Also, take a look at Maximum Ride, Artemis Fowl, The Heirs, The Door Within, Dragons in our Midst, and the Inkheart series.
As for individual books, try House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker for a horror/Supernatural Thriller. Also the Kingdom Keepers, by Ridley Pierson.
(you can tell I like books.)
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Y3K Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:17 pm
Right now I am reading War and Peace, I would recommend the Ender's Game Series of books, and also Catcher in the Rye, and The Art Of War
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BobShmob Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:21 pm
I think that artemis fowl is sort f lame because he is created by the author who is not a genius so cannot make artemis fowl a genius. instead artemis fowl has normal intelligence while everyone else is stupid.pseudonym wrote:Woot Inheritance trilogy!
Also, take a look at Maximum Ride, Artemis Fowl, The Heirs, The Door Within, Dragons in our Midst, and the Inkheart series.
As for individual books, try House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker for a horror/Supernatural Thriller. Also the Kingdom Keepers, by Ridley Pierson.
(you can tell I like books.)
Inkheart was pretty good
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BobShmob Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:26 pm
I also like:
the seventh kingdom
obernewton
douglas adams
diana wynn Jones
the last apprentice
rangers apprentice
the problem with me is that I read alot of books, but I don't like most of them
the seventh kingdom
obernewton
douglas adams
diana wynn Jones
the last apprentice
rangers apprentice
the problem with me is that I read alot of books, but I don't like most of them
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eklipse13 Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:16 am
BobShmob wrote:the problem with me is that I read alot of books, but I don't like most of them
Same here. I have several boxes of books that I do not deem worthy to sit on mine shelves.
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BobShmob Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:22 pm
I really think that the inheritance trilogy is not all that it is made out to be. The first book was badly written and I really did not like the second book, I think that the third book is much better than the others, but I still do not think that it is exceptional.pseudonym wrote:Woot Inheritance trilogy!
Also, take a look at Maximum Ride, Artemis Fowl, The Heirs, The Door Within, Dragons in our Midst, and the Inkheart series.
As for individual books, try House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker for a horror/Supernatural Thriller. Also the Kingdom Keepers, by Ridley Pierson.
(you can tell I like books.)
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azer Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:55 am
BobShmob wrote:I really think that the inheritance trilogy is not all that it is made out to be. The first book was badly written and I really did not like the second book, I think that the third book is much better than the others, but I still do not think that it is exceptional.pseudonym wrote:Woot Inheritance trilogy!
Also, take a look at Maximum Ride, Artemis Fowl, The Heirs, The Door Within, Dragons in our Midst, and the Inkheart series.
As for individual books, try House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker for a horror/Supernatural Thriller. Also the Kingdom Keepers, by Ridley Pierson.
(you can tell I like books.)
For the most part, I agree with Marina, although I think that the Brisingr was exceptional,
And they are OK books all round
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eklipse13 Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:35 am
azer wrote:BobShmob wrote:I really think that the inheritance trilogy is not all that it is made out to be. The first book was badly written and I really did not like the second book, I think that the third book is much better than the others, but I still do not think that it is exceptional.pseudonym wrote:Woot Inheritance trilogy!
Also, take a look at Maximum Ride, Artemis Fowl, The Heirs, The Door Within, Dragons in our Midst, and the Inkheart series.
As for individual books, try House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker for a horror/Supernatural Thriller. Also the Kingdom Keepers, by Ridley Pierson.
(you can tell I like books.)
For the most part, I agree with Marina, although I think that the Brisingr was exceptional,
And they are OK books all round
You have to remember that Christopher Paolini was 15 when he started to write Eragon. He has gotten better with age.
On a side note, I'm not talking about how he wrote, I'm talking about the story in general and how it developed.
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BobShmob Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:23 pm
I know of some authors who have started writing books when they are quite young, and have made them well written (though I agree that Eragon's plot was pretty cool), a woman called Isabell Carmode wrote a book called farseekers when she was sixteen, I enjoyed when I read it a couple years ago, and I know that it was more well written than Eragon.pseudonym wrote:azer wrote:BobShmob wrote:I really think that the inheritance trilogy is not all that it is made out to be. The first book was badly written and I really did not like the second book, I think that the third book is much better than the others, but I still do not think that it is exceptional.pseudonym wrote:Woot Inheritance trilogy!
Also, take a look at Maximum Ride, Artemis Fowl, The Heirs, The Door Within, Dragons in our Midst, and the Inkheart series.
As for individual books, try House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker for a horror/Supernatural Thriller. Also the Kingdom Keepers, by Ridley Pierson.
(you can tell I like books.)
For the most part, I agree with Marina, although I think that the Brisingr was exceptional,
And they are OK books all round
You have to remember that Christopher Paolini was 15 when he started to write Eragon. He has gotten better with age.
On a side note, I'm not talking about how he wrote, I'm talking about the story in general and how it developed.
on another note, a series to avoid is the Divide trilogy, the plot is under developed, the characters overly simplistic, and the writing style is horrible!
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eklipse13 Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:06 am
Did i mention the series Dragons in our Midst? I am currently reading it, and it is amazing. Bryan Davis makes them seem almost believable, as if the books could actually exist! BTW, there is a prelude series, but read these three first.
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okohokonu Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:51 am
Has anyone read House of The Scorpion? Awesome book! 
And yes, I absolutely love the Ender's Game series. Oh, and did anyone say the Supernaturalist?
And yes, I absolutely love the Ender's Game series. Oh, and did anyone say the Supernaturalist?
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グリフィン Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:46 pm
okohokonu wrote:Has anyone read House of The Scorpion? Awesome book!
Ah, yes, the Supernaturalist. Great book. The only Eoin Colfer book I probably will ever enjoy.
Throw me a Manga, also, and I'm game. Haha.
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BobShmob Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:27 pm
The fablehaven series and the floating island are pretty good books, though I am not sure what the name of the series for the floating island is.
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Insanity Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:51 pm
of course, jon. :rolleyes:Jon wrote:I like to read textbooks.
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Insanity Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:53 pm
DEH ANIMORPHS ARE AWESOME
i also love The Dangerous Days of Daniel X.
yes, the extremely violent alien-related sci-fi books are my kind. =)
i also love The Dangerous Days of Daniel X.
yes, the extremely violent alien-related sci-fi books are my kind. =)
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