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Post by LadyofShalott on May 12, 2012 3:10:11 GMT
Lol it isn't hard to find bad vampire romances. I tried one a few months ago because my friend recommeded it and it was really bad. Such horrible characters! *shudders and hides in a corner*
I'm reading The Tiger's Child by Torey Hayden right now, but will probably put that off to finish Crank and Burned by Ellen Hopkins. I have to get them done before school lets out. The Tiger's Child is pretty amazing so far (it's the sequal to One Child if anyone has heard of that). I have a feeling it's going to be a tearjerker before it's over though.
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Post by Caitlin on May 16, 2012 0:01:24 GMT
but will probably put that off to finish Crank and Burned by Ellen Hopkins. I love those books by Ellen Hopkins! Her books are amazing in my opinion. I own most, if not all, of her books! At the moment I am reading a book called The Year I Turned Sixteen by Diane Schwemm, and it is literally the longest book I'll ever read with it's 700 pages. It's pretty good, though, so I'm not complaining. I was reading the book Thirst numero 4 by Christopher Pike but since I didn't want the series to end I then started reading it. Anyone else ever get like that, haha?
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Post by LadyofShalott on May 29, 2012 17:15:38 GMT
Me again! Sorry, I feel like I'm spamming this thread a little bit. I did finish Crank which was AMAZING!!! But I ran out of time for Burned I guess I'm going to have to find it somewhere to read it. I went to the mall yesterday, which automatically for me means that I spent all my money in Barnes & Noble. (But it was sort of a graduation/birthday present, so hey, whatever ;D). I picked up two more books to add to my summer reading list, got home and realized I should really start on that list if I want to finish by the time I ship out for college. So I started reading Nightshade by Andrea Cremer again, since the first time I kept stopping in the middle of it to get done with my school reading. It's picked up pretty nicely since I left off.
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Post by legrande on May 29, 2012 19:31:44 GMT
I tried Nightshade (I think I still have it, it's about three weeks overdue from the library, my bad) and...I wasn't so sure about it; it was a little slow to start.
At the moment I'm reading VIII by H. M. Castor. It's really good, actually. It's a semi-fictional story about Henry the Eighth. I'm a complete self confessed history freak, and I love it. Seriously, I can't believe I'm actually rooting for Henry (seeing as he's the protag.) when whenever I've learnt about the Tudors, he's always portrayed in a negative light.
I'm also reading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, because my Hunger Games obsessed friend thought it was a crime that I'd only read the first two books in the series. It's good, don't get me wrong, but I'm not really into Sci-fi stories any more. I read Catching Fire two years ago, and I'm struggling to pick up from where the story left off.
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Post by Samantha on Jun 2, 2012 1:42:53 GMT
The Sixth Commandment by Lawrence Sanders. Has anyone ever read this book? I literally just picked it up off my shelf and began reading it--there's not even a synopsis on the back. It's different from what I usually read for fun, but it's good so far. I'm liking the writing a lot so far. I also have a thing for alcoholic male protags, but that's just me.
Just out of curiosity, are the Hunger Games books really as good as everybody says they are?
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Post by LadyofShalott on Jun 9, 2012 4:38:06 GMT
Just out of curiosity, are the Hunger Games books really as good as everybody says they are? Probably not. Don't get me wrong, they are really good and I enjoyed them, but I don't think anything is as good as some people say when things really hit fame. So yeah, they're good, and I suggest reading them, but I didn't think they were the best books I ever read. In a related note, I'm starting on Divergent by Veronica Roth, which I've heard is a lot like the Hunger Games. So far, I can see some simularities, but not many. But I'm only 60 pages in too...
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Post by Zoe on Jun 12, 2012 16:29:29 GMT
I am currently reading The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey, and it's quite the read. Lots of large, confusing words, but it's fantastic. Despite being well past the age, I'm really only used to reading books anywhere between the 6-8 grade level and this is not suited for those age levels. My mind veers off track very easily, and if the plot is too developed, I get bored. So kids books keep me on track. Quite sad, but I'm not much of a reader anyway. I only read the required 1 book a month for book reports and fanfiction online, so...
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Post by simgirl542 on Jun 13, 2012 22:46:34 GMT
I have a DS game called 100 Classic books and I recently finished Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I thought it was an interesting story. Another book that is in that game that I just finished is The Secret Garden. This game has several different genres of books from different eras and I am planning on trying them all. It's like having a reading tablet without the cost and/or the hassle. Right now, I'm re-reading my all of Twilight books. After I finish reading them again, I may pull out my copy of the Chronicles of Narnia and finally finish that series. After that I might look for all of my Harry Potter books and re-read those too. I own all of the books in the CSI series. They are based on the TV show. I haven't finished reading them yet though. Growing up I was obsessed with the Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon. I own tons of the books and I still haven't finished the ones I have. I'm not too sure if I will though. I used to own three of the four Eragon books but I recently sold them because they became extremely boring and overly drug out. What the author did in four books at 70+ chapters each could have probably have been successfully completed in less chapters and possibly less books.
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Post by legrande on Jun 18, 2012 16:41:54 GMT
I've only read the first two Eragon books, I can't actually remember any more than just the gist of the story. :L Talking of Harry Potter, the Deathly Hallows is slowly, slowly working its way up my list of books to read.
Currently, I'm between books. I've just ordered The Reader by Bernard Schlink and The Glass Menagerie by Tenessee Williams from the library because we're studying them in English next term and we need to have read them by the end of the summer. Anyone know if they're any good?
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Post by xXTotallySimsXx on Jun 19, 2012 0:09:42 GMT
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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Post by Laura on Jun 20, 2012 15:07:10 GMT
I've just ordered The Reader by Bernard Schlink and The Glass Menagerie by Tenessee Williams from the library because we're studying them in English next term and we need to have read them by the end of the summer. Anyone know if they're any good? I've heard The Glass Menagerie is good. I've seen a dramatised piece from it, and I like the set-up of the plot: shy girl, over-bearing mother. I haven't actually read it, but plan to some time. As for The Reader? That's possibly the novel that the film Kate Winslet got the Oscar for was based on. In general, if it's made into a film, the book is probably good. But no, I haven't read that either. There are a lot of good novels put on literature courses in school, but I think reading them academically sucks the enjoyment of them. About to start reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy... though I'm likely just to take out the latter two Hunger Games books from the library and read them first. Classics can be intimidating, especially if they'd make a good doorstop.
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Post by Zoe on Jun 21, 2012 0:53:01 GMT
Although I'm not much of a reader--as I mentioned in detail in my previous post--I managed to crack open a sappy, teenage romance novel that is actually quite interesting, and surprisingly original. It's called Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen, who is actually quite a popular teenage fiction writer. I hadn't heard of her before I decided to buy the book, but it's actually a really good book. But I see like 90% of you guys are like into classics and HP and HG and PJ and all that, sooooo my opinion doesn't really matter XD
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Post by xXTotallySimsXx on Jun 21, 2012 21:26:17 GMT
Although I'm not much of a reader--as I mentioned in detail in my previous post--I managed to crack open a sappy, teenage romance novel that is actually quite interesting, and surprisingly original. It's called Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen, who is actually quite a popular teenage fiction writer. I hadn't heard of her before I decided to buy the book, but it's actually a really good book. But I see like 90% of you guys are like into classics and HP and HG and PJ and all that, sooooo my opinion doesn't really matter XD I LOVE SARAH DESSEN. ;D All of her books are flawless, if you like that one you'll love The Truth About Forever or Someone Like You. I got Along For The Ride from the library a few months ago, but I couldn't finish it with finals and everything. But I highly recommend her books.
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Post by LadyofShalott on Jun 26, 2012 18:27:16 GMT
Although I'm not much of a reader--as I mentioned in detail in my previous post--I managed to crack open a sappy, teenage romance novel that is actually quite interesting, and surprisingly original. It's called Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen, who is actually quite a popular teenage fiction writer. I hadn't heard of her before I decided to buy the book, but it's actually a really good book. But I see like 90% of you guys are like into classics and HP and HG and PJ and all that, sooooo my opinion doesn't really matter XD I LOVE SARAH DESSEN. ;D All of her books are flawless, if you like that one you'll love The Truth About Forever or Someone Like You. I got Along For The Ride from the library a few months ago, but I couldn't finish it with finals and everything. But I highly recommend her books. ^^ Agreed. They're kind of hit and miss for me though, but I love love love Sarah Dessen. Kind of my guilty pleasure. ;D This Lullaby has to be my favorite though. And then The Truth About Forever and What Happened to Goodbye. I personally never got into classics. Even though I know they have significant accounts of the time periods and are chalk full of symbolism, they always came out dull to me. I did love To Kill A Mockingbird though. I finished Divergent which is now one of my favorite books ever. It's even better than The Hunger Games in my opinion. I highly recommend. ;D Now I'm in the middle of Gone, by an author who's name I forget. It's kinda really weird, but I'll see where it goes. I think I read somewhere that it's like a cross between Lord of the Flies and Stephen King; doesn't bode well for me.
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Post by xXTotallySimsXx on Jun 27, 2012 20:11:03 GMT
I'm on Mockingjay now. Can't wait to see how this ends
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