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Post by Morgoth on Nov 22, 2004 0:10:01 GMT 10
As most can infer from the title, ya'll can talk about books and such here... Such as: Good books you recommend, bad books that you don't think anyone should waste time reading, ok books, boring books that have good info, and stuff like that... I'll post my top 10 list, and others can do the same if they so wish... Oh yeah, categories: sci-fi, fantasy, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction, children's books, (and so on...) Anyway, a compilation of my 10 favorite books/ series/comics (not exhaustive... I've got alot more..)
1. Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis 2. LotR, J.R.R. Tolkien 3. Fountainhead, Ayn Rand 4. Mary Higgins Clark books 5. Foxtrot (comic strip), Jim Adams? 6. 1984, George Orwell 7. The Far Side, (can't remember his name either...) 8. (any John Grisham books) 9. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell (I think) 10. Bunny Suicides (a comic book type thing, can't remember the illustrator)
horrible books that I wouldn't throw at my worst enemy: Across 5 Aprils (YEAGHHHHHHHHHHH!! )
Perhaps later we can have book reviews, etc.
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Post by Sauron (Gil) on Nov 30, 2004 3:08:13 GMT 10
This is a jolly idea!
My top 10 1~ LoTR- Tolkien 2~ Sword of Truth, Wizards FIrst Rule- Goodkind 3~ Lionesse Quartet- ? 4~ Daughter of the Forest-? 5~ Shelters of Stone- Auel 6~The Walking Drum- L'Amour 7~ The Bride- Garwood 8~ Montana Sky- Roberts 9~ Guardians of the West- Eddings 10~ Sahara- Cussler
My least favorite book that I ever read~ To Kill a Mockingbird *rolls off in a fit of gagging*
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Post by Morgoth on Nov 30, 2004 6:21:23 GMT 10
ah, I can't really rate books, they're all pretty awesome, and I can't really decide which ones are better, there are so many subleties that I miss from reading them so fast, or for other reasons... But I forgot the add A Wrinkle in Time (and the other books in that trilogy thing, by that one lady.. dang! Can't remember!) Yeah... well, anyone else, feel free to post comments on books *(even if you aren't an American..)* To Kill a Mockingbird- I think I've read it, was rather boring.. I've got to read it again this year.. Urgh...
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Mar 4, 2005 9:23:25 GMT 10
Ok... here's a list... Song of the Lioness series The Immortals Series' Protector of the Small series Trickster's Choice Trickster's Queen The Mage Wars Trilogy (Mercedes Lackey) The Mage Winds Trilogy The Last Herald Mage Trilogy Brightly Burning Circle of Magic Series The Circle Opens Series Earths Children (My fav is Shelters of Stone) Harry Potter, of course The New Jedi Order series The Jedi Academy Trilogy The Hand of Thrawn Duology The Thrawn Trilogy The Truce at Bakura Young Jedi Knights series The Crystal Star The Courtship of Princess Leia Tales from Jabba's Palace Magic Knight Rayearth Kodocha
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Mar 4, 2005 9:28:28 GMT 10
Books not to read 1. Moby snowman 2. The Scarlet Letter 3. The Ancient One 4. Ancient Evenings (it's sorta, dirty.) 5. Silas Marner 6. Hamlet (srry shakespeare lovers) 7. Of Mice and Men 8. I know why the caged bird sings 9. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Post by Morgoth on Mar 4, 2005 11:44:08 GMT 10
Hey, that's great! I really liked the circle of magic books... Tamora Pierce, right?
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Mar 4, 2005 11:46:37 GMT 10
uh huh! *nods head with a huge grin* Have you read Trickster's choice by her?
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Post by Morgoth on Mar 4, 2005 11:48:33 GMT 10
not yet... I've just read the ones about the mage peoples
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Mar 4, 2005 11:52:47 GMT 10
You really should watch it. It has a trickster god in it... he's fun.
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Post by Morgoth on Apr 5, 2005 15:39:16 GMT 10
Right...
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Apr 6, 2005 7:55:23 GMT 10
No, really!
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Post by Morgoth on Apr 6, 2005 17:12:33 GMT 10
perhaps after I finish memorizing a zillion freaking theorums, postulates, and correlaries for geometry, memorizing my German vocab, and reading another 30 or so pages of Les Miserables....
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Apr 11, 2005 16:22:26 GMT 10
Poor you! I've already taken Geometry, so I've got all these Root functions and stuff... *gag* and we're doing history in French, and it's HARD!
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Post by Morgoth on Apr 25, 2005 0:30:03 GMT 10
Well, Les Miserables gets better in the middle, but it's so darn long... It takes me approximately an hour and a half to read about 30 pages, and it never fails, I always fall asleep when I read. Arrgh! And we have a big exam over it too... angry angry angry!
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Apr 25, 2005 9:52:48 GMT 10
*nod nod* I have this huge English test on Grammar, and a math test on how to divide Cubics, and another realy weird thing on the holocaust, and south africa...
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