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Oooh yay, books! I love books. The first one that pops to my mind is The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint. It's a fiction book about this unique girl that gets a scary but intriguing glimpse of the Other/not-so-Fantasy world ^.^ Wonderful read with a good lesson about being yourself and facing fears.

The next one that pops to mind is Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz; another fantasy book about a short-order cook with an interesting view on life, who can see ghosts. (both books have a lot more to them, I'm not good at short summaries...) It's really sad in the ending but really makes you think.

Another good book is Druid Power; it's an overview of Celtic History and gives symbolic and meaningful views of elements and the ways to appreciate them, plus some more interesting stuff on Celtic and Druidic religion. It's been a while since I've read it so I don't remember all it has in it.

The Book Theif by someone I don't remember is an interesting book about a little girl who's been given up for adoption during the pre-Holocaust and Holocaust times; it's narrated by Death/the Grim Reaper, so you can imagine the interesting comments xd It's really long but really good.

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber is a really long, good book that I was lucky to get for $1 at a thrift store xd It's about a prostitute in around Elizibethan times, I gather, and her rise and fall to glory as a mistress. It's really about a lot of people, who you get introduced to, but they all tie into her some way or another. It's a good lesson on motherly love and background.


I also like all the Harry Potter books xd whee

I'll probably be back with more to add, but that's all that's coming to mind right now 3nodding

OH YEAH! I forgot about Terry Brooks' books... He's a really good fiction writer; I've read about six of his Journey of the Jerrle Shannara books; they're about a post-apocalyptic world that seems fairy-tale and old-timeish, but they're really in the future after technology has killed the whole world and Magick has resurfaced.

Hehe Yay ^^ I've noticed that The Blue Girl is a fairly popular book ninja At least on Gaia whee One of my best friends had me read it last year and I've read it about six times since then xd



Oh oh!! I forgot The Giver, by Lois Lowry. I read it in 7th grade, and my boyfriend just gave me a copy of it a little while ago xd It's marvelous ^.^ I can't explain it accurately without ruining the ending, so I'll just include the description on the cover.

"It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened." Thus opens this haunting novel in which a boy inhabits a seemingly ideal world: a world withut conflict, poverty, unemployment, divorce, injustice, or inequality. It is a time in which family values are paramount, teenage rebellion is unheard of, and even good manners are a way of life.
December is the time at which each twelve year old receives a life assignment determined by the Elders. Jonas watches his friend Fiona named Caretaker of the Old and his cheerful pal Asher labeled the Assistant Director of Recreation. But Jonas has been chosen for something special. When his selection leads him to an unnamed man--the man called only the Giver--he begins to sense the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his world.
Told with deceptive simplicity, this is the provocativ story of a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes something impossible. In the telling it questions every value we have taken for granted and reexamines our most deeply held beliefs.

^.^ w00t!

I've read so many books over the years and have so many favorites it's hard to remember them all... sweatdrop

Oh Oh! And A Crack in the Line was a great book about a girl and a boy with the same families in parallel realities who accidentally cross each other's paths. It's pretty awesome and looks into the possibilities of infinite realities.

These books range from 3rd grade lv. to NC17...
Just so we know ^_^;;

A
A Sending of Dragons -Jane Yolen
A Series of Unfotunate Events -Lemony Snicket
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl -Anne McCaffrey
Acorna's Quest -Anne McCaffrey
Acorna's People -Anne McCaffrey
Acorna's World -Anne McCaffrey
Acorna's Search -Anne McCaffrey
Acorna's Rebels -Anne McCaffrey
Acorna's Triumph -Anne McCaffrey
All-American Girl -Meg Cabot
An Exchange of Gifts -Anne McCaffrey
Artemis Fowl -Eoin Colfer
Ashes in the Wind -Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

B
Boy Meets Boy -K. Sandra Fuhr
Brooke -V. C. Andrews
Butterfly -V. C. Andrews

C
Catcher in the Rye -J.D. Salinger
Children of the Night -Mercedes Lackey
Cinnamon -V. C. Andrews
Crystal -V. C. Andrews

D
Dancing with an Alien -Mary Logue
Dark Tower Series -Stephan King
Dragon's Blood -Jane Yolen

E
Earth's Children: Clan of the Cave Bear -Jean M. Auel
Earth's Children: Valey of the Horses -Jean M. Auel
Earth's Children: The Mammoth Hunters -Jean M. Auel
Earth's Children: The Plains of Passage -Jean M. Auel
Earth's Children: Shelters of Stone -Jean M. Auel
Ella Enchanted -Gail Carson Levine
EverWorld -K.A. Applegate

F
Falling Stars -V. C. Andrews
Flipped -Wendelin Van Draanen

G
Gathering Blue -Lois Lowry
Go ask Alice -Anonymous
Green Angel -Alice Hoffman

H
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix -J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -J.K. Rowling
Hawksong -Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Heart Song -V. C. Andrews
Heart's Blood -Jane Yolen
Holes -Louis Sachar
Honey -V. C. Andrews

I
Ice -V. C. Andrews
If Only it Were True -Marc Levy
In the Forests of the Night -Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Interview with the Vampire -Anne Rice
Into the Land of the Unicorns -Bruce Coville
Into the Woods -V. C. Andrews
Island of the Blue Dolphins -Scott O'Dell
It -Stephan King

J

K
Keeper of Dreams -Lynn Armistead McKee
Keeper of the Night -Kimberly Willis Holt

L

M
Maniac Magee -Jerry Spinelli
Melody -V. C. Andrews
Midnight Preditor -Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Midnighters -Scott Westerfeld
Mother ocean, daughter sea -Diana Marcellas
Music in the Night -V. C. Andrews

N
Nights in Rodanthe -Nicolas Sparks
Night of the Werecat -RL Stine

O
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies -Sonya Sones
Owl in love -Patrice Kindl

P

Q

R
Remember my Heart -Janis Reams Hudson
Rose -V. C. Andrews
Runaways -V. C. Andrews

S
Song of the Wanderer -Bruce Coville
Stargirl -Jerry Spinelli

T
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale -Holly Black
The Bean Trees -Barbara Kingsolver
The Blooding -Patricia Windsor
The Blue Girl -Charles de Lint
The Bridge to Terabithia -Katherine Paterson
The Call of the Wild -Jack London
The Castle in the Attic -Elizabeth Winthrop
The Claidi Journals- Tanith Lee
The Fires of Merlin -T. A. Barron
The Giver -Lois Lowry
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -Douglas Adams
The Hound and the Falcon -Judith Tarr
The Last Mermaid -Shana Abe
The Lost Years of Merlin -T. A. Barron
The Mirror of Merlin -T. A. Barron
The pigman -Paul Zindel
The Seven Songs of Merlin -T. A. Barron
The Smallest Dragonboy -Anne McCaffrey
The Queen of the Dammed -Anne Rice
The Vampire Armand -Anne Rice
The Vampire Lesstat -Anne Rice
The Wings of Merlin -T. A. Barron
The Witching Hour -Anne Rice
The Wizard of Earthsea -Ursula LeGuin

U
Unfinished Symphony -V. C. Andrews

V
Vittorio the Vampire -Anne Rice

W
Walk Two Moons -Sharon Creech
Water Trilogy -Kara Dalkey
Wicked 1:Witch & Curse -Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie
Wicked 2: Legacy & Spellbound -Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie

X
Xanth -Piers Anthony

Y

Z


There are more, but these are the ones I can think of right now... I'll add more as I read more and I remember the names of more. ^_^

*googles and reads up on it* Nope, not the same book, but that one looks interesting.. might find it to read LOL. Thanks for trying ^_^

Hah, I'm also one of those people who liked The Giver. I read Gathering Blue, too. I don't really remember it all that well since it was a few years ago, but I remember The Giver pretty well.
I love the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I've actually never read any of his other books, as I'm not a fan of horror, but they were suggested to me.
I have a tough time keeping busy when it comes to books, as I read them extremely quickly.
Here's an example: I finished the sixth Harry Potter book in six hours, plus eating supper in that time period.