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 Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:44 pm
It is time once again to poll for a book to read and discuss. Our previous read, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was great but no one really talked about it. This time, let's all try to be less . . .utterly silent . . . about it.
Meldor Parmarva is now open for new book suggestions which should be placed in this forum.
It's up to you!
Have at it!
By the way, I think it a wonderful idea not to delete any of the prior posts even though Phase One is over with for this round of reading. If you all would please simply continue this thread as is, that would be lovely.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:09 pm
Ok, here are some more suggestions I have
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Redwall by Brian Jacques
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
just a few to get out there
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:33 pm
The Assault On Reason by Al Gore
I've begun reading this and believe that it is essential for every American who cares about America to read this book. A lot of what is said is what I believe to be common sense, but then as Voltaire (I think) said, "Common sense is not that common."
Also,
Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
It's pretty old, late 1800s, but I thought it was pretty good. A social critique by means of a fictional story of a man falling asleep and waking up in the future. Read it for my Utopian Thought class last year.
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:22 am
In bit of a dark mood at the moment, so I'll suggest the following:
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Has a lot of dark stuff going on in it, but gave me a new possiblity in the way heaven may look like. Makes you want to hang around with the living when you're done, at least to me it did.
Norwegian Woods by Haruki Murakami. Borrowed this from my boyfriend to read on the plane here to Japan and never got pat chapter 4 as playing Elite Beat Agents was 'more important'. *coughcough* Opened it up yesterday, two days ago maybe? and finished last night. Another really good, but dark book.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:34 pm
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:39 pm
Since one of our members has lost her ability to use Gaia, I'll be posting some suggestions from her, voting for her, and keeping her updated outside of Gaia so she can still read with us. So here are Arya Elda's suggestions:
"Okay, Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce. It's the first in a quartet but it's got a really good message and it might even be cool to read the whole quartet because they are really quick reads. I read mostly seris books because they can get so much more in-depth. The Bartaemus Trillogly by Jonathan Stroud. If you want books that aren't in a seris let me know and I'll recomend differnt books. "
She brings up an interesting question, how do you all feel about series books? Let us know.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:10 pm
Just thought of another series which is good.
The Otori Trilogy by Lian Hern
Set in a Japan-like country, there's lots of ninja funness. Very, very involving. Just sucks you in. I think I finished each book in less than 3 days...
As for reading serious books, I'm all up for it.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:48 pm
Well, I don't exactly have any suggestions...well, maybe I have one: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip. I haven't gotten very far into it yet, but I decided I might as well suggest it since I have to read it for an English report anyway. ^^
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:17 pm
Dune by Frank Herbert. Normally, I'm not fond of the science fiction genre, but this book is pretty good so far, though I'm only on page 40 or so (I have this tendency to start more than one book a a time...). Anyway, it's the first book of a series called The Dune Chronicles. I've listed the books that make up the series in order:
Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapterhouse: Dune
Okay, this is a rather random question, but would the guild members mind stating their ages? You don't have to, of course. ^^ I'd just like to know what the general age range is. I'm 14. ^^
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:29 am
Keeping with my Japanese-themed books (what do you expect when I'm living here?), I'd like to suggest the Sano Ichiro Murder Mystery series by Laura Joh Rowland. It consists of the following books (asterisk next to ones I've read already):
Shinju*
Bundori*
The Way of the Traitor*
The Concubine's Tattoo*
The Samurai's Wife
The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria
The Dragon King's Palace
The Perfumed Sleeve
The Assassin's Touch
Red Chrysanthemum
They have to be read in order (I read the first two out of order as the guy who lent them to me mixed them up), but it's a great, great series. Pulls you in and doesn't let you back out. I would have read more, but neither the local public library nor my university's library carried the 5th book.
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