It’s coming up fast: you could almost hold your breath until the end of school. Then comes your chance to do some real reading–untrammeled, unfettered, free.
So…what’s on your list, and what do you recommend?
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I’ll read MUSE, Muse, and um, MUSE, plus other books I’ll talk about after first post jig is accomplished,
watership down.
ok, seriously:
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Keltiad by erm… someone
Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
The HitchHiker’s Quintet and the Dirk Gently books by Douglas Adams
The Discword books by Terry Pratchet (esp. Night Watch, Monstrous Regiment, Hogfather, Jingo, and Soul Music)
hold on, i checks my stock.
I’m in the middle of Warriors: Starlight. The aggresive Kittypets attacking without talking for no apparent reason surprised me. I’m going to be having nightmares about that scene.
I’m also reading Shrek: From Swamp to Screen. The making of Shrek in other words. It had some very interesting things about character development and CG animation. I recommend it.
And, Lastly, I’m reading The Blue Pages: A directory of companies by their politics and practices. Corproate politics, what a company has done wrong, how much they give to democrats and how much to republicans, and all the stuff that most kids my age wouldn’t even go near. Most Musers probably wouldn’t even like it. I recommend it if you like politics, but be warned: Its a lot bigger than it looks on the outside.
read anything, they’re all good…
but especcially Abarat by Clive Barker, and Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. well yeah….
okay, the Keltiad is by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison.
Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee: Good story, good morals, strong heroine, intricate setting, coupla sequels.
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde: realistic heroine, original plot.
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Johnathan Stroud: Hilarious and meaningful.
Castle Perilous by John DeChancie: for fans of Douglas Adams
The Inkheart Trilogy by Corneilia Funke: Really good.
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest: Really excellent collection, with some good authors.
The Cat Who books by Lillian Jackson Braun: Really good murder mysteries.
The Giver and sequels by Lois Lowry: Kinda sad, but very good.
Anything by Tamora Pierce. Especially her Trickster books.
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles and The Seven Towers by Patricia Wrede: Brilliant fantasy.
oh yes, i forgot about abarat. it was really good.
5- THE GIVER HAS SEQUELS?!?
Copper Yeti- I’d like to read that book. Very much so.
For me, a whole lot of Shakespeare. I’d like to read some of Thoreau’s work as well. So, nothing specific.
I recommend the first Warriors series by Erin Hunter- the second is a bit slow for my tastes, but seems to be picking up in Starlight.
Also: The Goodness Gene. I forget the author’s name, I mentioned it somewhere earlier. Hmm.
And this isn’t necessarily book reading but- anything by Emily Dickinson. Anything.
yup. gathering blue and messenger.
excellent.
i don’t really have a summer reading list. i’ll probably go to the pool with my mother and sister, then walk to the library, which is only a block away.
2-IT’S AN INCREASINGLY INNACURATE TRILOGY! NOT A QUINTET! Em, I know you know better than that!
I have to go get “Trilby” by George duMaurier, and DUNE, and more hard, noirish, dark science fiction than has ever been dreamt of. And Saki. At camp we have a huge library of 20s-40s books that is delicious to rummage around in.
darkish sci-fi rocks.
Giver sequels!? Ew! The first one was bad enough! I don’t really have and summer reading plans, per se. I don’t really plan. At all. And I’m messy. Oh well, so order isn’t my strong suit. Big deal. I usually just go to the library and check out according to my whims. Whims are generally pretty reliable. Hey Em, I’m reading Monstrous Regiment right now. My only complaint so far is that the cover makes it look trashy. I mean, it has half a naked lady on it and it’s says ‘Monstrous Regiment’. That just sounds bad. Queen j, your camp has it’s own library? Froody. Where I used to live, the library wasn’t even a block away, it was two houses away. So that was really cool, but the selection was sometimes rather lacking and the building was super old (as are most of the buildings in that neighborhood) so the ceiling was about a million feet high. Plus the library ladies were crotchety and if you ticked them off (which you could just by setting foot on the lawn of the place, which is public property by the way) the tall one would holler at you out of one the high windows that, when viewed from inside, would be humanly impossible to stick one’s head out of. I don’t know how she did it. Then once you walked in the door they’d be all nice, as if they didn’t even know you and you were just some stranger who happened to be passing through. Except they were still kind of suspicous; you had to ask for a key just to use the bathroom. It was still a nice library, though. I miss it.
I don’t know what my summer reading is yet. But I’m going to highschool and it shall commence shortly. *sigh* Alot of people have already said some of my favorite books but here are some more!
The Wheel of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
They’re a little thick but extremely addicting (I read nearly the whole series last summer) and very good. It’s like Lord of the Rings but has some big diffferences.
Anything by Robin Mckinley-
This is a British author and a very good one too. Her books are very light reading and captivating. She has written around like 30 books, and I think all of them are fantasy.
To Kill A Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee-
Someone might actually have this for summer reading but it is an awesome, sweet (not as in “cool”) classic. I thought it was very enjoyable.
The Once and Future King, by T.H. White-
Another classic, this one however may drag. It’s about King Arthur, complex, and a little deep at times.
His Dark Materials Series, by Phillip Pullman-
Lovely, well written series set in multiple worlds. Just really very imaginative. You just don’t see anything like his come out anymore.
Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson-
This is an old comic series about a boy and his pet stuffed tiger. Charming. witty, and fun to re-read many, many times….
The Abhorsen Series, by Garth Nix-
More fantasy, about teenage girls who go on quests in the Old Kingdom and fend off the dead resurected by neocramancers and evil entieties. It’s much more cheerful than it sounds and is the best this author has written.
Trilby is good. I’ve been reading.
So is Le Morte D’Arthur, which i also got and which is also very good, even though everybody knows the story. Plus, v. thick and moderately slow reading. Keeps you busy.
Not as hard as shakespeare. Definitely not as hard as the Cantebury Tales, which i also recommend. I agree w/h2g2 and pratchett recommendations too…if u haven’t read GO READ! NOW! ARR!
Em, i WILL read WD this summer. I WILL! If the lurking army of books ever gives it up.
Saki is good. Wodehouse is good. Funny stuff.
Menny more, but i’m gonna stop now cuz lb is yelling at me. More to come.
I’m planning on reading the eragon trilogy, whenever that last book comes out. and then I’ll read huckleberry fin.
And then: Lord jim (I bet you’ve never heard of it)
any other book that comes to mind
my book (when it get’s published. Maybe three years from now. Hey, you never said which summer)
and many, many, more
I would recommend the Bartimaeus trilogy!
And I’m not a newbee
9 I’m gonna read those. And “all things Prachett”. And right now I’m starting “Shades of Simon Gray” anyone read that?
I LOVED the Giver! The first one really left you wondering… and I’d like to keep wondering.
2- Its a triogly. look at the books. INCREASINGLY INACCURATE!
General yoda, there is now a music thread.
has anyone read the Outsiders? I think it’s famous, but my mom never heard of it. Hmmm…… Well, we had to read it in class.
I’m gonna read mystery books!
I’m going to read some classics. Tons of them. Here is a list of those I really want to get through:
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
A Tale of Two Cities
Nicholas Nickleby
Agnes Gray
Ulysses
LotR
Okay, that’s all I’m putting on that list for now. My summer is mainly going to be hanging out with friends, going on vacations, and going to the lake.
(2) I was also plannig on reading The Left Hand of Darkness
Also
Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clark
Foundation, Isaac Asimov
Watership Down
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
The Inferno (well, actually, I’m reading it right now, but I’ll porbably still be reading it this summer…. and for the next ten years, at the rate I’m going)
Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegurt
Emma, Jane Austen
The Element of Style (I’m still trying to dig my copy out if the abyss of my parent’s study bookshelves)
(4) Ooh I love Abarat! I want the next one to come out!
(22) Yeah I read The Outsiders. We did it for school in 6th grade. It was good. She wrote it when she was like 16, which is cool because it’s written better than some of the stuff I’ve read by grown up experienced writers.
I just remembered…I also want to rean Robinson Crusoe and The Odessey/ The Illiad.
Of course, theres no way on Earth or Mars that I will ever get all or even half of these done this summer, but this way I have lots of chioces.
Oh, that’s the other thing I was going to read! I saw the last half of Troy, and after gagging for about an hour at the mere though of Brad Pitt, decided to read the actual story.
Persepolis II
Franklin’s Autobiographie
The book my mom just published but i cant tell you its name cause then some stalker might find me
A tree grows in brooklyn (its supposed to be good)
reread dracula
reread 20000 lgs under le sea
i got trilby and found it extremely boring and dumb. ill be reading whatever i find, i guess.
i dont really plan these things. i go to the library and see whats available. maybe ill go to a bookstore and all the books that just came out and then check them out at the library.
gathering blue and messenger are NOT the givers sequels!
13- I liked the Giver. good book. I have to get the sequels now!
14- To Kill A Mockingbird was probably the most boring book i have ever read. Actually, second-most-boring, after A Seperate Peace. His Dark Materials was good, and the Abhorsen Trilogy was excellent. Try reading Shade’s Children, also by Garth Nix. It’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy.
19- I am also going to attempt to obtain “all things Pratchett”
Asimov is excellent. I think my father has all of his sci-fi books.
Steinbeck’s The Pearl was good, too…
24- Dante’s Inferno? Must read!
Abarat was awesome. Quirky, but really good. I liked the pictures, too!
I have tons of classics to read…
I really want to find the Odyssey and the Illiad in Latin and in English. I probably know enough Latin to read them…
I’d like to put in a plug for some old stuff–books, books of paintings, and music. The Victorians and Edwardians produced some gems that almost nobody reads today but that are worth investigating if you can find them. Some of my favorites:
George MacDonald (author)
One of C. S. Lewis’s favorite writers and strongest influences, he wrote fantasies for children (The Princess and the Goblin and its sequel The Princess and Curdie) and adults (Phantastes and Lilith).
Victorian poets: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (his Arthurian Idylls of the King struck critics as hopelessly retro), Algernon Charles Swinburne (incredibly ornate, but sheer music), Christina Rosetti (try “The Goblin Market”), Robert Browning.
Pre-Raphaelite artists.
Period Piece by Gwen Raverat
Memoirs of a Victorian childhood by Charles Darwin’s granddaughter.
The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
A fantasy-allegory masquerading as a spy novel, published in 1907.
The Children’s Country by Katharine Burdekin
Published in 1929 and thus neither Victorian nor Edwardian, but an appealingly weird fantasy. Polly Shulman recommended it to me and lent me her copy (it’s hard to find).
To listen to (while reading along):
Richard Wagner, The Ring of the Nibelung or Ring Cycle
Decades older and much more complicated than The Lord of the Rings, this series of four operas based on Norse myths has everything you could want: a dangerous magic ring, dragons, dwarfs (not dwarves; Tolkien invented that irregular plural), shieldmaidens, doomed lovers, doomed heroes, doomed gods, and 16 hours of orchestral music to blast through the house as you follow the words in the libretto, to the annoyance of everybody.
Oh, Period Piece looks interesting. I should make a note of that…
Everyone should read The Joy Luck Club. Or at the very least watch the movie.
Loads of poetry for me, though. I’d like to, at least for a day, do nothing else except read a nice thick book of poetry outside. I’ll look at some of those as well!
31- I’ve listened to parts of that opera. They were pretty good. I’ll have to get the full version…Wagner. It’s annoying when people pronounce that incorrectly.
“Pictures at an Exhibition” is an interesting album…I can’t remember the composer’s name….nevertheless, I’m sure everyone has heard “Night on Bald Mountain.” Unless you haven’t seen Disney’s Fantasia movies.
Axa (32),
One of my favorite poetry anthologies is The Rattle Bag, edited by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney. It’s quirky and lots of fun. I’d include it if I were putting together a Muser survival kit.
CoS (33),
Mussorgsky. Yes, that’s another good one for cranking the volume up.
If you do decide to tackle Wagner, better read about the plot first. It can be hard to follow if you just plunge in–like starting in the middle of the Silmarillion.
sorry about the mix-ups between sequels and companions and trilogies. i never pay much attention to that kind of thing.
i forgot about To Kill a Mockingbird, but it is an excellent book, please don’t dis it. Please don’t dis the Giver either.
and read his dark materials. i finished the last one recently, and had to read them all again, they’re so good.
Also, another good book I have discovered is Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. it probably won’t appeal to many people who books like wd, the giver, and TKAMockingbird, don’t appeal to, but it really is good.
Also read the Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen. it’s not really about math.
and im surprised nobody has read the Keltiad. it would appeal to you if you liked Dune. it’s two books, The Copper Crown and The Throne of Scone. there is also a prequel, The Silver Branch, but i’ve never read it because i lost it directly after buying it. It’ll be hiding with my koko shirt and smirking at me by now.
To clarify something about trilogies: what they really are is not three books in a series, but one story told in three books. there is a certain way to write trilogies that makes them trilogies, and annoying publishers will sometimes put “Trilogy”
on a group of three books, and then the author comes out with another one. its the magical power of three.
The Giver and Gathering Blue were written together, and Messenger was written to connect them
I finished Starlight. The map in front pretty much gives the story away. If I were you, I wouldn’t look at it untill you finish the book.
*WARNING-SPOILERS*
Finding Feathertail in Starclan wasn’t really that surprising. Leafpool and Crowfeather falling in love, however, was a shocker. And what kind of name is Squirrelflight? Maybe Squirrelclimb…. but Squirrellfight doesn’t make sense. Squirrels don’t fly!
I also finished, last night.
***MORE SPOILERS***
I’ve been around in the RPGds and actually spoiled myself, so i knew about it…It’s a nice pairing but it sort of cam from nowhere.
Squirrelflight is so annoying. >.>
Poor Brambeleclaw. Hawkfrost is going to be a huge problem though- that was such an obvious lie he told Onewhisker.
Onewhisker isn’t the leader type, if you ask me.
*** End Spoilers***
(34) I’ll look into that.-hoards poetry books-
Well usually I would reccomend anything on bonobos (yum, yum),
but since summer is hot, and bonobos are bound to make you even hotter, I must reccomend something else for once.
I reccomend reading a book with a badly thought out plot, boring characters, and a dull ending. With any luck, it’ll make you feel all cold and grumpy, and you’ll forget about the nasty heat.
Hey. That’s just how I feel.
Come to think of it, sweating is just a way of cooling off, so I reccomend anything on bonobos (sighs in admiration).
By the way: Where is the Girl Power thread already?
My comments on books people have been mentioning:
Abarat by Clive Barker
Awesome!!! I love Abarat. It is kind of a combination between sci fi and fantasy. I love it. it is illustrated with the authors paintings
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde:
I’ve read books by her before, I think I’ll try it
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Johnathan Stroud:
I love the footnotes
Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
I just reread this one. Excellent.
The HitchHiker’s Quintet and the Dirk Gently books by Douglas Adams
NOT A QUINTET! A INCREASINGLY INACCURATELY NAMED TRILOGY! Never read Dirk Gently books, I think I shall
His Dark Materials Series, by Phillip Pullman
Very good. I love the Oxford parts of Northern Lights/Golden Compass
The Abhorsen Series, by Garth Nix-
My favorite is Lirael.
16 hours of orchestral music to blast through the house as you follow the words in the libretto, to the annoyance of everybody.
Hahahahahahahaha ^_^
i forgot about To Kill a Mockingbird, but it is an excellent book, please don’t dis it. Please don’t dis the Giver either.
I agree. Both are excellent.
Hmm… I’ll think about what I’ll be reading and tell you guys soon.
Have you done a head count lately? MuseBlog looks like ONE BIG Girl Power thread to me.
w00t! Go us!
TKAMockingbird was ok. Terrible if you read it in class of course, but good if u read it on your own. Bit annoying after a while though. (say after the second re-read…)
Did i already mention Le Morte D’Arthur? I’m reading it now and it’s really good.
Oh yeah and i hereby ban all dissing of books with my amazing powers of simply an authoritative voice. Or if you must diss it, tell us why you didn’t like it and we can talk/argue your legs off and get deep thought to make you go for a walk (which i imagine would be quite painful)
23-MG, when you mention Lotr and Tale of 2 cities, they are, of course, re-reads, are they not, note, the excess, of commas, which is really quite annoying, upon re-reading this. Ah well. Anyway. They are re-reads? *grim stare of death* lol. Don Quixote is very funny.
most books are appreciated by someone.
We read To Kill a Mockingbird in class, and I loved it! But we have a REALLY good teacher.
uuuum… muse, attack of the smart pies (again), the warriors books (again), HP books (for the millionth time), narnia books (again), dracula (again), and maybe those semptimous heap books that r exact copies of HP but still Ok. and anything possible on egypt!!
39/41- GIRL POWER THREAD! We might as well make it official.
Bonobos. Interesting. *looks for internet article on them*
30 I tried reading Shade’s Children. I got about three chapters from the end and lost interest. I liked the way it started, though.
31 My dad told me about The Man Who Was Thursday. I’d forgotten about it until now, but I’ll add it to the list.
My dad is also always palying Wagner, though I think it is usually a different piece than that one.
33/34 I love Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition! My teacher bought me the album for piano (as in the written music). I’m learning The Bogatyr Gate, and man oh man, is it a work out for the fingers. Really awesome chords, though.
I liked To Kill a Mockingbird, even though we read it in school and my teacher isnt particularly phenomonal. I loved the Giver! We read that in school, too, but I had a great teacher that year.
The His Dark Materials books were incredible. I loved them.
Somebody read some John Marsden already!!! The Tomarrow series is about kids who go camping in the Australian bush and come back to find that the country has been invaded and their families taken captive. They hide out and become a sort of geurilla army. It’s well written and exciting. 7 books in all, it’ll probably take you abot a day to read. That’s how gripping it is.
He also has written a lot of really good short novels, like Letters From the Inside, which is amazing, one of his best ever, plus So Much to Tell You and it’s companion Take My Word For It and the darkly funny but also cute Winter.
Ebeth: No, shocking as it may seem, I have never read those books. I wanted to read A Tale of Two Cities, but my library didn’t have it. And I found LotR mildly boring when I tried to read it a few years ago.
Is there anywhere I can order Attack of the Smart pies online? The maagzine doesn’t show it anymore….
Carus Publishing sells it online and by phone.
Read Timeline (you guys, not me)
hmmmmm. read the belgariad & the mallorean if you havnt already. if you have read it again!
GIRL POWER THREAD!
This is basically the same thing as the Books thread!
I have to catch up on Carl Hiaasen. I just read Sick Puppy and loved it. NOT for younger Musers, though. It has every kind of illegal activity one could care to name. Hoot was truly absymal, though. I think Hiaasen’s works for adults are superior to his that are meant for children.
I thought Hoot was cute… kind of boring, but cute.
yesterdayskinkedmoose you used the word froody(froodyfroodyfroody)are you a dragon or do just an ignorant human who does not not know the words true meaning?hm? If the former is true then,YES I KNEW IT ANOTHER DRACONIAN MUSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it is the latter statemant that is then (leans head back and cries in a terrible voice that chills the hearts of all humans with sadness,wonder,and fear)NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!But the search must continue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Onward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im a dragon. and a hpb.
Froody?
yeserdaysmose?….. …….. ……. .. ……… … … …….. …. …
well looks like I finally fuond another dragon
muser.But whats an hpb?trukai( NOT TRUAKI AS IN THE PIE WAR OF OLDE) is my draconic name.
trukai aknor.:mrgreen:
sorry about that its sopose to be a book thread. im reading the golems eye the final book in the bartmaiiiius or whatever you spell it trilogy and think its very good.I wish that J. stroud would come out with some more books i love the footnotes warriors new prophephecy (but that could be canceled because my library is bieng rebuilt or even if thats like next year,they take about 6 months to get any books that come out,probably the reason there building a new library in the first place atack of the smart pies if i can manage not to blow all my money at once mabye reread fire us cus there pretty good in a strange sort of way. *gulp* *prepares to be pied* *in a small voice* n *gulp* wd? help? I h a v e n t r e a d w a t e r s h i p d o w n
death to galbitorix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! conversion of murtagh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rise of the elves,dwarfs,varden,and…ERAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oops i forgot to mention rescuing to the remaing dragon egg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
froody, as in another deffintion other than
“everything’s cool and froody.”
(-The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)?
Head Games – Mariah Fredericks – true awesomeness
47 Skipper Nancy – i have read some John Marsden, his stuff is BIG here. esp the tomorrow series. everyone should read it…should be compulsory.
Jane Eyre – i just believe that if i have to read it for my english class everyone else should too. a warning : charlotte (author) really really REALLY likes her adjectives…
anything by tamora pierce
anything .
also king of whatever and raincheck on timbuktu by kirsten murphy
I don’t have a definite list worked out yet, I just plan to read a lot. The only thing I know I want to read so far is The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (I think). Oh, and maybe Dante’s Inferno, since I didn’t get to read it in English this year.
I wouldn’t call the two books after the Giver sequels, exactly. They both connect to the original story, but they aren’t direct continuations of it. What does that make them, though? I can’t think of the proper term.
The Children’s Country and Period Piece sound interesting! I read the Idylls in English last year. I enjoyed it, but I should probably read it again – I’d probably enjoy it more without having to stop and fill out questions about it in a study guide.
I read The Man Who Was Thursday a month or two ago. It was really, really good but I have the feeling I missed the point of the book somehow – I got to the ending and I realized I didn’t understand the story as well as I’d thought. Manalive is also a good Chesterton book.
i might read the giver
well i guess i gotta log off now.see ya tomoroww
Voyage of the Basset
Forgotten Realms series
Sandman series *eats delicious books* *munchmunch*
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65- Ha, I know. I visited my cousins in australia and they ALL had like every John Marsden book on the planet… I nearly went crazy. They had to pry me off them with a crow-bar. Did you read Letters from the Inside? That was such a an intense book! It was completely surprising and original.
60: hbp= hot pink bunny. hbps take over the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I liked Hoot, and Flush
well, Em has a campaign to get everyone to read Watership Down, so I get to have a campaign to get everyone to read Catch 22.
CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH
22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22CATCH 22!!!!
READ IT!!!!!!
I’ve read Watership Down. Maybe I should go read Catch 22 now…
Has anyone else read the Thursday Next books? The first one is The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. (yes, he spells his name that way; he’s Welsh)
I’ll start a campaign to get eveyone to read the Lionboy troilogy
LIONBOYLIONBOYLIONBOYLIONBOY!
lionboy?never heard of it,whats it about?
Copied from thebestkidsbooksite:
Book Selected: Lionboy
Author: Corder, Zizou
Summary: “What do you do when you come home one day and discover that your parents have been kidnapped? Well, if you’re a brave young guy named Charlie Ashanti, you go off in search of them. And since you happen to know how to speak Cat, your feline friends — the stray cats of the city and the caged lions on a magnificent, astounding floating circus — rally around you, bringing help, advice, and occasional special deliveries. Little do you know that in this search of yours, the fate of the world is at stake. From an exciting new mother/daughter writing team comes this captivating adventure full of heroes, villains, and astounding events. Set in a near future that blends the familiar and the new in unexpected, intriguing ways, Lionboy is an exhilarating, suspenseful whirlwind of a novel — a book destined to become a classic. ”
-From the Publisher
Age Range: 10 to 12 years old
WARRIORSWARRIORSWARRIORSWARRIORSWARRIORSWARRIORSWARRIORSWARRIORSWARRIOSWARRIORSWARRIORSWARRIORSWARRIORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(dont worry i’m not going crazy with the !!!!!!!!!!!!!! anymore. … … …for a while,that is. #37,#38,I’m going to turn you into totally pied baboons on the pie war of olde thread if you ever show your faces there:wicked:.Espescially you Axa because I know you’re there and because you published the most spoilers,yah,this is what it’s about,and you dare even think,{oh,but I said warning:SPOILERS}because do you really think there was the slightest chance that I would be able to resist looking at them?Hm?HM?HM?HM?HM?HM?HM?HM? etc. eventualy:GAPA’s:okay,now were going to take you away for a little time to cool off an-Me:WHAT!!!!!!!!! I DON’T NEEEEED TIME TO COOL OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’M PLENTY FINE AS I AM, HOW DARE YOU CRITICIZE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????(Hey when you’re typing by just holding down the button,?s go a lot faster than!s.)Me:MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(sorry about the really long post GAPA’s but please let it in.)
72- letters from the inside is the best. can u get many of his books over there? every year he runs writing camps at his property in victoria which would b amazing.
have u read checkers? its really really really … really good.
Number 46!
Good for you.
But beware. Once you get into bonobos, you’ll be hooked, and you’ll nver think about anything else.
Well maybe not that far. But it’ll sure give you a good kick.
LIONBOY read it!!!!!!! LIONBOY LIONBOY LIONBOY
and its sequels:
THE CHASE
THE TRUTH
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Actually, school isn’t that close….we get out mid-june
70 – Hey, I’d forgotten about Voyage of the Basset! I used to really like that series – I should read it again! Thanks for reminding me!
I’d like to put in another plug for Enthusiasm. (By the way, there’s an oblique reference to me and one of my cousins on page 8.)
(81) yeah, you can get most of his books here… at least the most popular ones are in my school library. I guess he’s pretty big everywhere, but mostly in Australia.
I read about that summer camp in the back of Tomarrow, When the War Began. It souded like so much fun! I seriously considered trying to convince my parents to let me go but then I rememberes that a) it would be a lot money and b) Australia has a different summer break schedual.
I haven’t read Checkers yet, because my schoo library doesnt have it but I’m planning to.
(84) ha ha I get out May 25!
(87) yeh the summer camp sounds awesome. i think i read somewhere that he is the highest selling teen author in the world.
not sure how that goes with harry potter and stuff…
u should read checkers coz it is really good
read Nothing but the Truth by Avi. its a must read! i already read the lionboy trilogy.
Has anyone read “Alias Grace” by Margaret Attwood? good book, but some…ah…’mature’ content
Tristan Jones. Welsh sailor. Wrote lots of books about his adventures. Jolly good yarns. Highly recommended.
cool.lionboy.i’m in.
third book in inheritance series if its out by then
I just got my muse todayyyy!I just got my muse todayyyy!
hi GAPA’s i know youre here becuase my just got checked in like one min
hi
please can someone tell me a good book to read i alredy am adding his dark materials to my list.
Hi, trukai,
I’m here for a few seconds but then gone again for a while. I’m still at work — so no time for frolicking on the MuseBlog. Have fun and bye for now!
PP, they aren’t sequals. Its a triology.
86-really? I missed that. Huzzah, excuse to re-read! (not that i really need an excuse…)
99-Wait…i thought it was the other way around!!! The frolicking takes place when you’re off the MB. This is your True Calling. Music swell here. Swirling winds. Voices from above singing in strange languages. GAPA RS in the middle, hair flying around. (against the wind of course). Momentous, life-changing moment. Cut to shot from behind. Light, happy music. Kokopellian flute. Rosanne sitting at desk. Zoom in over her shoulder, to comp. See on the screen MuseBlog homepage. RS happily typing away. The Forces of Evil are vanquished for the day. RS scrolls down, credits appear on comp screen as she keeps scrolling. Theme song plays. FINIS.
*bows*
88 – yes, but when did you start school??
Mr. Coontz, that was you on page 8? Oh. I’ll have to reread it. Hmm. Pretty cool, though. Oblique.
101- *applause*
84 – I get out at the end of May, so I still have awhile to go before I’m free for pleasure reading.
86 – You’re in the book? Wow, I’ll have to look for that reference when I read it!
Did you know the author or something?
I recommend the Valdemar books by Mercedes Lackey (or any of her other books) and His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman (I’m in the middle of the third book in the trilogy, and must admit, I still haven’t figured out whether Dust is bad or good, or which side is good, and who I should be hoping wins…).
The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings is a good book, too. So’s the Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium, and something else that’s related to the Elenium, but I don’t remember the name of that trilogy. Elder Gods is okay, but not as good.
And of course, Harry Potter, but anybody who’s going to read that probably already has.
Anne Rice books are goode, but have “mature” content.
hi sorry ive been missi ng for so long:mrgreen:
siddhartha and the five people you meet in heaven are two of the best books on the planet, will post more later.
I just realized…when you type “kokopelli,” you type it only with your left hand except for the “e”
cool!
the odyssey (you misspelled it skipper
we had to read it in class… it wasn’t horrible or anthing, but i’m not planning on reading it again anytime soon. Penelope ROCKS!
i love TKAM
farewell to mazanar is OK.
Summer reading:
my antonia
NOTHING by tamora pierce, i can’t STAND her
maybe the koran the tanakh (sp?) or the bible, or another religios text. I’m interested in finding out all the major religions views
antigone
shakespeare
any books in french i can find
fairy tales
If you’re interested in learning about different religions, I highly recommend The World’s Religions by Huston Smith. In short, readable chapters, Smith explains what the major religious faiths mean to the people who believe in and practice them. Your library probably has a copy. (An earlier edition was called The Religions of Man.)
i reqested it. thanks, GAPA
I should request that too..that kind of stuff interests me. We’re learning cultural georgraphy in Social Studies this year and it’s really interesting. I’m learning more about other religions than I know about my own!!
the jedi apprentice is exelent if you can get all of them.is jedi quest isnt as good but okay for light reading.
i second enchanted forest chronicles. they were awesome.
if your planning on a swiftly tilting planet beware! incredibly uncreative ending.
anything by tolkien or c.s. lewis.
journey from the land of no is prettty good…
100%,
Is the Siddhartha you recommended the one by Hermann Hesse? He was popular when I was Muser-age, but nobody seems to read him nowadays.
yes, GAPA, that’s the Siddhartha! THAT IS THE COOLEST BOOK IN ALL OF HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!
as for some more, SLIGHTLY less awesome books:
Axa- if your looking for poetry, 19 Varieties of Gazelle by Naomi Shihab-Nye is pretty good.
another excellent book (not poetry) of hers is Habibi.
also A Stone in My Hand by Cathryn Clinton
has anyone read:
A Crack In The Line and Small ETernities by Michael Lawrence or The Ear, The Eye and THe Arm by Nancy Farmer?
also The Hungry Planet is fascinating. These people went aroun to all these different countries and photographed everthing a family ate for a week, and told how much it cost, stats for that country about the obesity rate and stuff, and talked about the family. THey did it for like 25 countries all around the world.
you guys should post more here. or maybe i should post less… anyways i read this book called tree girl, which was sad. green angel is kinda trite
I’m reading a lot of depressing holocaust books…they’re really interesting
I like ATTACK OF THE SMART PIES. Of course, most of you have read it, right?
120- speaking of depressing, I tried to read A SEIRIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, but it just didn’t work. i gave up after # 10.
Let’s see. I just finished Augusten Burroughs’ new book, Magical Thinking. I’ve read his two other memoirs, also. Running With Scissors is about his childhood (12-18), in which he was given to his insane other’s pychiatrist, by his mother. He lived in the pychiatrist’s cult until he was 18, where he was abused (emotionally and more) by this pedophile. It’s mature but great. “Dry” is about recovering from alchohol abuse. “Magical Thinking”, which is a book of short stories. MT, isactually hillarious. One story is about when he got an insane housekepper who charged him thousands of dollars for overtime and stuff like extra extra virgin olive oil. Then there’s the one when he goes to Florida with his boyfriend. Hilarious.
Has anyone read Troubling a Star by Madeleine L’Engle? I read it every summer…a nice “cold” book (setting is Antarctica)
here’s an idea: dont read Eragon by Christopher Paolini. it is so awful that there have not yet been words invented to describe it. i forced myself to read it for a writing project, sorta a what-not-to-do thing, but it really hurt to make it to the end. anyone who likes the lord of the rings would probably throw it across the room.
I’d recommend So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Dune. There’s at least 6 sequals by now and they’re all great. It’s a completely different twist from harry potter and I find it almost belivable. It’s s a mix of science fiction and fantasy. The first book is a bit serious but still good and the latest one – Wizards at War is halarious.
(121) I’m soooo excited to read that!!! I think my sister is getting me it for my birthday. I didn’t want to buy it myself or it would look like I was obsessed and I’d be sent to the insane assylum. Not really.
(7) yes, The Giver is now part of a trilogy. The other books are Gathering Blue and, well… I forget the 2nd but do an author search at ste library and see what you find.
o_0 You people plan your reading?!
Okay, my initial moment of shock is over, ummmm. OO OOO! I KNOW, I KNOW! I just read a really good book called…
Daa-Daa-DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The Lightning Theifby Rick Riordan
I luuuuuurve that book. It’s based on greek mythology so if you don’t like greek mythology you probably shouldn’t read it. As for me? I’m obsessed with greek mythology. The second one’s called The Sea of Monsters. He hasn’t written a third one yet.
*twitch*
*twitch*
SABRIEL!!!!!!! LIRAEL!!!!!!!!!! ABHORSEN!!!!!!!!!!! FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you are abslutley into crazy fiction, this is for you!!!
HARRY POTTER!!! Of course
AIRBORNE is pretty good, it has a sequel, I haven’t read it yet,
CITY OF THE BEASTS is sort of adventerous,mysterious…ending is a bit cheesy
TRICKSTER’S CHOICE/ QUEEN WEE NEEEEEED A 3RD BOOK!!!
I could go on FOREVER, and I probablly will!
HOW COULD I FORGET EARGON????????????????????
Hello, Purplefinch. Welcome to the blog!
Would someone please present Purplefinch with a welcome pie?
Gladly! *piespurlefinch* SPLAT!
Thanks. What type of pie was that?
heres a nice pie! it’s a book pie!!
by the way, i loved sabriel, lirael and abhorsen!! great books.
I found Sabriel, Lirael, & Abhorsen to be good books.
( I want a welcome pie!
Or else I shall sacrifice you to my demon lords, so HA!)
Airborne is a kewl book, too.
Would someone pie SO and his/her demon lords, please?
OK!! I am becoming the offish PIER!!!!
SPLATTTTT!!!
There. A nice cherry-golfball pie, Koko style!!
Wow, there seems to be another wave of newbies coming along… here ya go
*pies SO with raspberry*
You are now a Museblogger. WELCOME!
hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hate to burst your bubble, but i think your demon lords are scared of me! (you should hav seen their faces when they saw me coming around the corner + into this thread, ha!)
oh yeah. *presents SO w/ coconut cream pie*
enjoy!
*pies everyone who needs pie-ing*
I know Lois Lowry.
She came to my city to help with The Giver (the play). The director of the show wanted a chant type thing to say at the beginning of the play, so Lois Lowry wrote one specifically for the play that’s being performed here. The people who are making the movie of the Giver liked it too, so they’re going to use it in the movie!
the beginning goes like this:
Speak With Manners and Precision
that’s all I remember. One of my friend’s is Jonas in the show, and the other is Fiona, so I can ask them for the rest.
That is so cool that you know Lois Lowry!!
I would say I knew an author, but then I would be lying, and then
that would be bad.
Ann Rinaldi is pretty good, but her books can be sort of boring somtimes, and they can be pretty morbid (Like The Coffin Quilt)
Still, they are worth reading,especially if you like historical fiction.
Thank you all for the welcome-pies!!! (mwahahahahahah)
Is my face big enough for all those pies?
120: i went through a phase where i read ton of holocaust books…
the giver & co. are ok… defitely good if you’re bored.
abohorsen trilogy is quite good.
I like Cornelia Funke’s books
i’ve read the thief lord and inkheart, they were both very good.
I just started readiing Inkspell…it’s good so far!
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer is a cool book. It’s largely based on norse mythology. She also wrote House of the Scorpion (I think).
yes. she did.
She also wrote A Girl Called Disaster, and The Ear, The Eye and the Arm.
Nancy Farmer and Lois Lowry are great!
141- That’s so cool!
I’ve read Troubling A Star — Madeleine L’Engle is great too!
HDM is good.
I’ve read Enthusiasm.
Anyone here read Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks?
These are some of my favorites:
Douglas Adams, Abarat books, Lois McMaster Bujold, The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper, The Number Devil, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Nancy Farmer, Victoria Hanley, The Blue Avenger books, The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown both by Robin McKinley, The Wind Singer; Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong all by William Nicholson, Sabriel; Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix, Fire Arrow and Hero’s Song by Edith Pattou, Terry Pratchett, Phillip Pullman (both Sally Lockhart and His Dark Materials), Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks, Sherwood Smith, J. R. R. Tolkien, Patricia C. Wrede, the Molesworth books, The Westing Game, I Capture the Castle, A Girl Named Zippy, The Bean Trees, and many others.
We have to read The Wave and The House on Mango Street for summer reading…has anyone read them?
Yotsuba Book 1 is the best. This is an authentic manga boobk about a crazy little girl named Yotsuba that moves to a new town and has lots of fun adventures.
All of my friends LOVE it and I even decided to call myself YOTSUBA.
Read this book you won’t regret it.
Purple Panda, I have read The Wave. It’s this book about a teacher who does an experiment similar to the Nazis. It’s also a true story.
PP, i read a house on mango street and it’s VERY good. it only takes an hour or two to read as well.
the ear the eye and the arm was excellent. same with a girl named disaster.
e~a im so glad someone else likes the sally lockhart books!
i just read a mango shaped space which was really good. same with going going.
our summer reading book is haroun and the sea of stories.
our books for next year are the merchant of venice, sir gawain and the green knight, the arabian nights, beowulf, the canterbury tales and grendel.
I am reading a lot of non-fic right now.
Please would SOMEBODY read Catch 22? It’s so good!
156- i just requested it.
pleasepleaseplease whatever you do do not read sisterhood of the traveling pants!!!!!
We had a yard sale yesterday and I read The Wave during that…it was really good!
I’ll start House on Mango Street soon.
I have the Mango Street books. I will read them.
We watched the movie The Wave in 6th grade. I didn’t realise it was a book. I shall read it then.
um the house on mango street isn’t part of a series is it?
Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants is eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevilllll!
Read King of Shadows by Susan Cooper!!!!!!
161: yes, yes it is!!!
has anybody read abarat or the moorchild or we regret to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families?
I’ve read Abarat. I wish the next one would come out.
I loved the paintings/illustrations in Abarat.
165: i know! i wish i could draw like that…