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 Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:14 am
Ok, guys, so here's a thread where you all recommend a book. Here I'll post a list of all the recommended books so far so we can keep track of them smile Just post the book title and author, and then a small summary. Don't worry, you can still post about them in the main forum if you want smile
Recommended books so far:
"Les liaisons dangereuses" -- Choderlos de Laclos | Orikami
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:22 am
So, I'll start. One of my favorite books so far has been "Les Liaisons Dangereuses/Dangerous Liaisons" by Choderlos de Laclos. It's a psychological epistolary novel (meaning iit's formed by letters of one character to another) about how of two rivals belonging to the high nobility who use sex in order to ruin everybody's reputations and humiliate them. Plot Summary from Wikipedia The Vicomte de Valmont is determined to seduce the virtuous (and married) Madame de Tourvel, who is living with Valmont's aunt while Monsieur de Tourvel is away for a court case. At the same time, the Marquise de Merteuil is determined to corrupt the young Cécile de Volanges, whose mother has only recently brought her out of a convent to be married to a former lover of Merteuil. Cécile falls in love with the Chevalier Danceny (her music tutor) and Merteuil and Valmont pretend to want to help the secret lovers in order to gain their trust, so that they can use them later in their own schemes.
Merteuil suggests that the Vicomte seduce Cécile in order to exact her revenge on Cécile's future husband. Valmont refuses as he wants to devote himself to seducing Madame de Tourvel. Merteuil promises Valmont that if he seduces Madame de Tourvel and provides her with written proof, she will spend the night with him. He expects rapid success, but does not find it as easy as his many other conquests. During the course of his pursuit, he discovers that Cécile's mother has written to Madame de Tourvel about his bad reputation. He avenges himself in seducing Cécile as Merteuil had suggested. In the meantime, Merteuil takes Danceny as a lover. _______________ORiKAMi&*:...;
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:06 pm
"The Kouga Ninja Scrolls"- Futaro Yamada
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:50 pm
My List:
The Pendragon Series - D.J. McHale
Eragon Trilogy/Series - Chris Paolini
Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
Kingdom Keepers - Ridley Pearson
Artemis Fowl Series - Eoin Colfer
The Supernaturalists - Eoin Colfer
The Phantom Tollbooth - ?
The Looking Glass Wars - ?
So You Wanna Be A Wizard Series - Diane Duane
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:26 am
All .hack novel series, including:
.hack//A.I. Buster (two books, Before the 4 games, right after The World Beta) - Tatsuya Hamazaki
.hack//Another Birth (4 books, follows the original 4 games in Blackrose's perspective) - Miu Kawasaki, Kazunori Ito
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:05 pm
~{The answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything...is...}~I found a new series by E. E. Knight while working in the bookstore that I find to be really good: *Dragon Champion *Dragon Avenger Another series by Donita K. Paul is very good, although I don't know how well received it would be by some, although I enjoyed it: *DragonSpell *Dragonquest *Dragon Knight *Dragonfire ~{...42.}~
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:17 pm
You and I must fight for our rights. -"Ender's Game" and the rest of the series along with the "Shadow" series (that starts out with the parallel book, "Ender's Shadow" that's told from Bean's point of view) by Orson Scott Card. -The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. Ender's Game Wikipedia ArticleTwilight Wikipedia ArticleYou and I must fight to survive.
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:46 pm
If you can't say something nice... I Am America! And So Can You - Stephen Colbert
I let my Improv coach borrow it. She's never seen The Colbert Report or The Daily Show before, and she's been cracking up laughing.
Also, anything by Woody Allen. Don't say nutin' at all. 
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:06 pm
Anything from Carol Plum-Ucci, shes my favorite writer...
The body of Christopher Creed
What happened to Lani Garver
The She
The night my sister went missing...
Others...
The lord of the flies -by....someone sweatdrop
Catcher in the rye by J.D.Salinger
To kill a mockingbird
The cay
G.T.O.
Anything .hack
Tsubasa
Rebirth
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:34 pm
kurl
The lord of the flies -by....someone sweatdrop
Someone = William Golding
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:19 am
ANYTHING by either Tamora Pierce or Scott Westerfeld
Westerfeld examples are
The Uglies, The Pretties, The Specials, The Extras
So Yesterday, Peeps, The Last Days, The Midnighters(all three of them)
Peeps is a scientific approach to vampires. Explains vampirism as a disease and of people immune to the disease such as the main character who is now trying to cure and treat people he formerly passed this desease on to.
The Uglies series is a futuristic based story about a young girl. When children reach a certain age they are reconstructed physically to be pretty. They become symetrical and vulnerable looking. When our main character finds out they aren't only changing physical features she runs from the city and it's ignorant people.
Pierce exemples:
The Circle of Magic series
ummm...she's got a ton and they're all about magic and are really great,
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:13 pm
diver_fins kurl
The lord of the flies -by....someone sweatdrop
Someone = William Golding Heh, i was too lazy to go find it sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:41 pm
diver_fins kurl
The lord of the flies -by....someone sweatdrop
Someone = William Golding You and I must fight for our rights.
I'm actually reading that book right now. It's good. But depressing. But still good. xd
You and I must fight to survive.
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:13 pm
strangerthanfiction ANYTHING by either Tamora Pierce or Scott Westerfeld Westerfeld examples are The Uglies, The Pretties, The Specials, The Extras So Yesterday, Peeps, The Last Days, The Midnighters(all three of them) Peeps is a scientific approach to vampires. Explains vampirism as a disease and of people immune to the disease such as the main character who is now trying to cure and treat people he formerly passed this desease on to. The Uglies series is a futuristic based story about a young girl. When children reach a certain age they are reconstructed physically to be pretty. They become symetrical and vulnerable looking. When our main character finds out they aren't only changing physical features she runs from the city and it's ignorant people. Pierce exemples: The Circle of Magic series ummm...she's got a ton and they're all about magic and are really great,
Oh, I've heard about Uglies. 3nodding I really wanna read it (my friend owns it), but I'm in a looong line of people to read it. It happened with the Twilight series, too. xd
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:07 pm
Terra of the Lilies strangerthanfiction ANYTHING by either Tamora Pierce or Scott Westerfeld Westerfeld examples are The Uglies, The Pretties, The Specials, The Extras So Yesterday, Peeps, The Last Days, The Midnighters(all three of them) Peeps is a scientific approach to vampires. Explains vampirism as a disease and of people immune to the disease such as the main character who is now trying to cure and treat people he formerly passed this desease on to. The Uglies series is a futuristic based story about a young girl. When children reach a certain age they are reconstructed physically to be pretty. They become symetrical and vulnerable looking. When our main character finds out they aren't only changing physical features she runs from the city and its ignorant people. Pierce exemples: The Circle of Magic series ummm...she's got a ton and they're all about magic and are really great,
Oh, I've heard about Uglies. 3nodding I really wanna read it (my friend owns it), but I'm in a looong line of people to read it. It happened with the Twilight series, too. xd
It's super duper awesome! Altough hard to find, I need to read that last one "The extras"...
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