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On December 07 2009 01:45 Zergneedsfood wrote:
Wow...I was about to recommend Ender's Game to you, but I guess you've read it. Have you read the rest of them? Most of them are VERY good, and I'd highly recommendt hem.
But if you haven't read it already, I HIGHLY SUPER HIGHLY recommend that you read The Alchemist by...Paulo Coelho. It's a simple but incredibly good book to read.
I had to read The Alchemist for English....pretty boring imo.
Ender's Game is REALLY good. but kinda short.
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Neuromancer Trilogy - William Gibson, Cyberpunk.
Idoru - William Gibson.
Otherland Series - Tad Williams.
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Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
one of the best read's I've ever had, highly highly recommend
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On December 07 2009 06:46 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
one of the best read's I've ever had, highly highly recommend
Was just going to post this. Excellent book. Can't wait for sequel.
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Some Lovecraft. It is a mix of Fantastic / Sci fi ( usually in the early 20th ) / Horror.
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Ugh, fantasy and scifi? I agree that they can be enjoyable but I recommend broadening your horizon, especially for an english class. Personally I think it's so much more fun to think about books with deeper themes.
If you like humor/satire I suggest Catch22, it's about WW2 and is just hilarious all the way through, great book and I can't imagine anyone on this site not liking it.
A great psychological masterpiece that I recommend is crime and punishment by dostoevsky, although I'm not sure if you can read it for an english class. It's a brilliant story about someone's state of mind dealing with murder.
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House of Leaves is a good albeit difficult read.
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House of the Scorpion is a good easy read with some deeper themes.
Anything by Dostoevsky is great of course.
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On December 06 2009 19:22 BookTwo wrote:Show nested quote +On December 06 2009 16:12 ArvickHero wrote:
At my school we do this thing called Accelerated Reader, which is 10% of our english grade. AR is due next week and I have.. about 500k words I need to read haha.. Usually I get all this stuff done pretty quickly but I haven't really been able to find any interesting books this year.
Books I really liked (and have already tested) are the Ender series, LotR books, HP books, Bartimaeus Trilogy, Fountainhead and some others I can't really remember right now. I tried to read Inkheart and this bigass book by Tom Clancy, but I got kinda bored of those and stopped reading it.
For a point of reference, Fountainhead is around 300k words.
Edit: My preferred genre is that of Fantasy/Sci-Fi, or a combination of the two, but I do not mind the other genres. I have read some fiction novels that involved some litigation (Forgot the author's name, books were titled something like "The Judge" or "The Firm", idk), which I enjoyed. As long as its well-written at least, I should enjoy it.
More books I really enjoyed:The Last Book in the Universe wow. your are exactly like me. like the book you have read, and your fav genre, this is really, really weird
TL attracts like-minded individuals :D
On December 06 2009 20:36 resonance wrote:
Some book to do with grammar
haha, funny  Grammar is definitely one of my weakest points
On December 07 2009 09:41 Frits wrote:
Ugh, fantasy and scifi? I agree that they can be enjoyable but I recommend broadening your horizon, especially for an english class. Personally I think it's so much more fun to think about books with deeper themes.
If you like humor/satire I suggest Catch22, it's about WW2 and is just hilarious all the way through, great book and I can't imagine anyone on this site not liking it.
A great psychological masterpiece that I recommend is crime and punishment by dostoevsky, although I'm not sure if you can read it for an english class. It's a brilliant story about someone's state of mind dealing with murder.
Well, those are my preferred genres because they spark my imagination but I remember reading QBVII (Not sure if thats the title, it was about this Nazi doctor being prosecuted by Jews I think), it was kinda hard to get into but I liked it. Also I really liked Foutainhead :D both books are AR so I might read those.
that was really nice of you, looks really interesting I'll be sure to read it
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On December 07 2009 06:46 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
one of the best read's I've ever had, highly highly recommend
looks good, but school library does not carry it sadly :l
On December 07 2009 10:18 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
House of the Scorpion is a good easy read with some deeper themes.
Anything by Dostoevsky is great of course.
looks good, this dystopic stuff really interests me :D
On December 07 2009 05:24 LiminalMadness wrote:
Neuromancer Trilogy - William Gibson, Cyberpunk.
Idoru - William Gibson.
Otherland Series - Tad Williams.
None of those specific books by that Gibson are AR xD
Slaughterhouse Five and the Dark Tower series sounds like something I could read
Thank you all for your suggestions  I'll be spending the entire next week reading non-stop xD
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