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What is the Title- Author's Name of your favorite Book (or Books)?

Include a 'Brief Description' below please (or not so brief if you want).

If you wanna Spoil, then go do it but put a warning separating the Spoil like this, because people get mad for some reason.

SPOILER ALERT: <----like that.

I'll go first.

Elsewhere- Gabrielle Zevin

Elsewhere is about a 15 year old girl named Liz who died in an accident and finds herself on a cruise ship heading to a place called 'Elsewhere'. When she gets there, she meets up with her Grandmother that she never knew because of an early death who told her that people age backwards in Elsewhere, and when you're young enough they send you down this river to be Born again.

SPOILER ALERT: Later in the Book she falls in love with this guy who got married but died before she died and has aged backwards so that he is about the same age as her. And then the guy's wife (because he was married when he was alive) died because of the flu, so they were like AKWARD. But the guy ends up picking Liz instead of his original wife instead. Oh and Liz tries to escape elsewhere once and got stuck between the dead and the living (because you can get hurt in elsewhere but you can't die.) AND THERE ARE MERMAIDS THAT MADE FUN OF HER.

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http://www.cornwalllibrary.org/library_newsletter_october_2006.html		2010-12-26 06:21:00

Author:
wolverine_2008
Posts: 304

Favorite Book: Holes ( Its not a perverted book you sickos lol)
Author: Louis Sachar
Description: I got the description from a website cause i would have written to much.

The trouble started when Stanley was accused of stealing a pair of shoes donated by basketball great Clyde "Sweetfeet" Livingston to a celebrity auction. In court, the judge doesn't believe Stanley's claim that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head. And yet, that's exactly what happened. Oddly, though, Stanley doesn't blame the judge for falsely convicting him. Instead, he blames the whole misadventure on his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather." Thanks to this benighted distant relative, the Yelnats family had been cursed for generations. For Stanley, his current troubles are just a natural part of being a Yelnats.

At Camp Green Lake, the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the treacherous warden is searching for something, and before long Stanley begins his own search?for the truth.

Fate conspires to resolve it all?the family curse, the mystery of the holes, the drought that destroyed Green Lake, and also, the legend of Kissing Kate Barlow, an infamous outlaw of the Wild West. The great wheel of justice has ground slowly for generations, but now it is about to reveal its verdict.

Theres also a movie about the book and its awesome XD		2010-12-26 07:14:00

Author:
Lgjoka2002
Posts: 538

Favorite Book: Holes ( Its not a perverted book you sickos lol)

No one said anything about that. . .


Book: Nikki Sixx - The Heroin Diaries: Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FKtJndIkL._SS500_.jpg)
Author: Nikki Sixx
Description: In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki himself. When Motley Crue was at the height of its fame, there wasn't any drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days - sometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and lovers - in a coke and heroin-fueled daze. The highs were high, and Nikki's journal entries reveal some euphoria and joy. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions. Here, Nikki shares those diary entries - some poetic, some scatterbrained, some bizarre - and reflects on that time. Joining him are Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Slash, Rick Nielsen, Bob Rock, and a host of ex-managers, ex-lovers, and more. Brutally honest, utterly riveting, and shockingly moving, The Heroin Diaries follows Nikki during the year he plunged to rock bottom - and his courageous decision to pick himself up and start living again.		2010-12-26 07:31:00

Author:
Unknown User

oooo, lets see.... hmmmm thats sooooo hard, lol i'm a bibliophile so my list would be too long to put on here. but a few favs are:

UGLIES by Scott Westerfield which is a book about societies perception of what is considered beautiful, Its a post apocolyptic (can't spell lol) book that tells you what happens when a new society takes over, where normal is considered ugly and at the age of 16 everyone goes in to have plastic surgery to make them "pretty" . this is an excellent book, there are 4 in the series. Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras.

Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve, Hmmmm... what can I say except its Steampunk, involves mystery, murder, revenge, london, airships, and renagade cities. I haven't read this book in a while but its excellent.

thats just a couple from a verrrrrryyyyyyy long list lol!!!!!		2010-12-26 15:50:00

Author:
calyst_aayla
Posts: 217

Didn't Disney make a movie about that book with Shia Lebouf? (Holes)

and I wanna read the UGLIES series, I've seen it before. I've never read a steampunk book before though lol.

OH! And you guys have to read the Hunger Games series. They're amazing.		2010-12-27 03:32:00

Author:
wolverine_2008
Posts: 304

"ELRIC OF MELNIBONE" (all the books) by Michael Moorcock


Elric was the last emperor of the stagnating island civilization of Melnibon?. Physically weak and frail, the albino Elric must take drugs — later retconned to mean special herbs — in order to maintain his health. In addition to herb lore, his character becomes an accomplished sorcerer and summoner, able to summon powerful, supernatural allies by dint of his royal Melnibon?an bloodline. Unlike most others of his race, Elric possesses something of a conscience; he sees the decadence of his culture, and worries about the rise of the Young Kingdoms, populated by humans (as Melniboneans do not consider themselves such) and the threat they pose to his empire. Because of his introspective self-loathing of Melnibon?an traditions, his subjects find him odd and unfathomable, and his cousin Yyrkoon (next in the line of succession, as Elric has no heirs) interprets his behavior as weakness and plots Elric's death.
As emperor of Melnibon?, Elric wears the Ring of Kings, also called the Ring of Actorios, Elric is able to call for aid upon the traditional patron of the Melnibon? emperors, Arioch, a Lord of Chaos and Duke of Hell. From the first story onwards, Elric is shown using ancient pacts and agreements with not only Arioch but various other beings - some gods, some demons - to assist him in accomplishing his tasks.
Elric's finding of the sword Stormbringer serves as both his greatest asset and greatest disadvantage. Forged in the distant past, the sword confers upon Elric strength, health and fighting prowess but must be fed the souls of those struck with the black blade. In the end, the blade takes everyone close to Elric and eventually Elric's own soul as well. Most of Moorcock's stories about Elric feature this relationship with Stormbringer, and how it - despite Elric's best intentions - brings doom to everything the Melnibon?an holds dear.

and

"DUNE" (all the books) by Frank Herbert


Some 21,000 years[9] in the future, the human race has scattered throughout the known universe and populated countless planetary systems, which are ruled by aristocratic royal houses who in turn answer to the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. Science and technology have evolved far beyond that of our own time despite the prohibition of computers and artificial intelligence. Humans with highly-developed minds, called Mentats, perform the functions of computers. The CHOAM corporation is the major underpinning of the Imperial economy, with shares and directorships determining each House's income and financial leverage. Key is the control of the desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the valuable spice melange, which gives those who ingest it extended life and some prescient awareness. Melange is crucial to space travel, which is monopolized by the Spacing Guild. Their Navigators use the spice to safely plot a course for the Guild's heighliner ships using prescience and "foldspace" technology, which allows instantaneous travel to anywhere in the universe.
The spice is also crucial to the powerful matriarchal order called the Bene Gesserit, whose main priority is to preserve and advance the human race. The secretive Bene Gesserit, often referred to as "witches," possess advanced mental and physical abilities in part developed through conditioning called prana-bindu training. A Bene Gesserit acolyte becomes a full Reverend Mother by undergoing a perilous ritual known as the spice agony, in which she ingests an otherwise lethal dose of an awareness spectrum narcotic and must render it harmless internally. Surviving the ordeal unlocks her Other Memory, the ego and memories of all her female ancestors. A Reverend Mother is warned to avoid the place in her consciousness that is occupied by the genetic memory of her male ancestors, referred to as "the place we cannot look." In light of this, the Bene Gesserit have a secret, millennia-old breeding program, the goal of which is to produce a male equivalent of a Bene Gesserit whom they call the Kwisatz Haderach. This individual would not only be able to survive the spice agony and access the masculine avenues of Other Memory, but is also expected to possess "organic mental powers (that can) bridge space and time."[10] The Bene Gesserit intend their Kwisatz Haderach to give them the ability to control the affairs of mankind more effectively.
The planet Arrakis itself is completely covered in a desert ecosystem, hostile to most life. It is also sparsely settled by a human population of native Fremen tribes, ferocious fighters who ride the giant sandworms of the desert and whose tribal leaders are selected by defeating the former leader in combat. The Fremen also have complex rituals and systems focusing on the value and conservation of water on their arid planet; they conserve the water distilled from their dead, consider spitting an honorable greeting, and value tears as the greatest gift one can give to the dead. The novel suggests that the Fremen have adapted to the environment physiologically, with their blood able to clot almost instantly to prevent water loss.[11] The Fremen culture also revolves around the spice, which is found in the desert and harvested with great risk from attacking sandworms. Bene Gesserit missionary efforts have also implanted a belief in a male messiah, born of a Bene Gesserit, who will one day come from off-world to transform Arrakis into a more hospitable world.

and

"NIGHT WATCH" (all the books) by Sergey Lukyanenko


In the story's worldline there exists a magical realm beneath the surface of all things—referred to as the Twilight (or Gloom in other translations). The action in the novel centers on a group of people referred to as the Others—human beings who tapped into the Twilight and gained supernormal abilities. The Others were the humans (shamans, soothsayers, and wisemen) from long ago who figured out how to step into the Twilight. However, the Others are different from humans, they are born as Others. Humans are not able (at least in the first part of the tetralogy) to become Others. The Twilight does not offer its gifts freely; it feeds off the strength of those Others who enter it. If sufficiently weakened, they are consumed, never to return to the ordinary world. The aura of any Other, or emotional state at the time of their first entry into the Twilight, determines whether or not the Other will become a 'Light' or 'Dark' Other. Furthermore, once determined either Light or Dark, an Other must choose what specific powers they will borrow from the Twilight. Variations such as vampires, magicians, and healers are all possible, each with their own benefits and restrictions. Often, the choice is made by the state of mind but if choosing Light or Dark during Initiation, a Watch can attempt to steer the powers of someone into what they need at the time. "Initiation" refers to the process of an Other choosing not Light or Dark but choosing to officially be a part of the Night Watch (Light Others) or Day Watch (Dark Others). An Other can exist without being initiated as part of a Watch, still independently capable of entering the Twilight and becoming Light or Dark. The choice of becoming light or dark, even what specific powers you gain is usually final.
The division of Light and Dark had always existed between the Others. Those of the Light believed it was their duty to help the weak and the helpless. Those of the Dark shunned all obligations. They did what they wanted, regardless of morals and consequences. For many millennia, the two sides fought a vicious battle. Both were willing to use any means necessary to achieve victory. Eventually they realized that if they continued their battle, neither side would survive. The leaders of both sides forged the Grand Treaty—a set of laws to govern the way the Others used their powers. The Light Others created the Night Watch, the Dark Others the Day Watch, to ensure that neither side would violate the Treaty. The Inquisition, a group composed of both Dark and Light Others, was created to arbitrate.
If they spend them too quickly, the Others can use the feelings and emotions of the humans surrounding them to recharge their powers. The Dark Others use negative emotions such as pain or anger, the Light Others use positive emotions such as joy. Feeding on pain causes pain to increase, feeding on joy causes joy to wane. Because negative emotions are much easier to achieve in humans, this arrangement creates a situation where the powers of the Dark Others are easier to recharge and are much more readily available than those of the Light Others.
Since the signing of the Treaty, the Night Watch and the Day Watch have kept their eyes on each other, diligently policing every violation. The old leaders continue to plot, using humanity and the Others as their pawns. Only time will tell which side will prevail.

From wikipedia since I didn't had the time to write a summary 		2010-12-27 07:18:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Everything by Douglas Adams;

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett;

No spoilers necessary.		2010-12-27 08:35:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

@ Omega Slayer, the final Elric book had the most awesomely nihilistic ending I've ever read. Great stuff, good pick.

My own faves include...

- Steven King's Dark Tower series
- The Dragonlance: Chronicles/Dragonlance: Legends trilogies by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman
- A Little Book of Bunnies and Bears by Anne Hope		2010-12-27 19:03:00

Author:
Ungreth
Posts: 2130

Book: Harry Potter series
Author: J.K. Rowling
Description: Do I really need to say?

Since reading this thread I am now aware that other books exist. Hmm.
*goes back to re-reading Goblet of Fire for the 27th time*		2010-12-27 19:42:00

Author:
Nuclearfish
Posts: 927

Didn't Disney make a movie about that book with Shia Lebouf? (Holes)

and I wanna read the UGLIES series, I've seen it before. I've never read a steampunk book before though lol.

OH! And you guys have to read the Hunger Games series. They're amazing.

Ya just finished hunger games, excellent books, also the dune series is another fave too!!!!!!! also just finished harry potter book 7 about 3 weeks ago lol, i've read about um....30 books since then.


ooo i have another excellent book series, Eragon by Paolini (lol don't know first name) and anything by lian hearn is excellent.

plus there is also any of the star wars books to add to that list.....		2010-12-27 23:03:00

Author:
calyst_aayla
Posts: 217

The Sigma Protocol by Robert Ludlum

and

Tamar by Mal Peet

The latter is shorter, but still muy interesante.		2010-12-27 23:09:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

ooo how about inkheart have you read that yet? thats an excellent book!!!!!2010-12-27 23:14:00

Author:
calyst_aayla
Posts: 217

Hmmm... I think I will say Stephen Hawking's different books! They are not story books, they just contain lots of history about science, explanations of how things work, but they are written in a really awesome way and they are illustrated with brilliant pictures.

Then there are the books of Neil Gaiman, among them Stardust and Anansi Boys which I have read, they are mesmerizing in their own way, and I just have to read what more he has when I get the chance.		2010-12-27 23:27:00

Author:
moonwire
Posts: 1627

Hmmm... I think I will say Stephen Hawking's different books! They are not story books, they just contain lots of history about science, explanations of how things work, but they are written in a really awesome way and they are illustrated with brilliant pictures.

Then there are the books of Neil Gaiman, among them Stardust and Anansi Boys which I have read, they are mesmerizing in their own way, and I just have to read what more he has when I get the chance.

Stephen Hawking's...cool! I just finished to read "Physics Of The Impossible" by Michio Kaku, that strange scientist that is in some videos from Gametrailers explaining the science in Videogames.		2010-12-28 06:41:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Stephen Hawking's...cool! I just finished to read "Physics Of The Impossible" by Michio Kaku, that strange scientist that is in some videos from Gametrailers explaining the science in Videogames.

Ohhh... That name makes some tingles in my head, I have heard that before... Maybe in the tv series "The Theory of Everything" with Stephen Hawking in it... Go google! 		2010-12-28 12:00:00

Author:
moonwire
Posts: 1627

Uncle fred in the springtime by PG Woodhouse.
In search of lost time by Marcel proust.
The color of magic by Terry pratchett.
Lord loss by Darren shan.
Northern lights by philp pullman.

I would normally read about eight books at the same time because english is the only subject I can excel at in school. Hoping to become a writer when I'm older.		2010-12-28 12:13:00

Author:
wev99
Posts: 67

Silmarillion, the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.

-I love Tolkien's Middleearth Books. His Stories taught my Dreams to fly.

The painted Man, the Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett

- A big Fantasy-Saga about a Boy named "Arlen".
The World he lives in is haunted by cruel Demons.
They come at night to attack and kill People.
One Night, Arlen's Mother get's killed, while his Father is standing nearby and doing nothing.
So Arlen runs away from Home, embarking on a Journey to find a way to fight the Demons.
A Tale about Loss, Love and Friendship. And about paying a high Price to become a Hero.
It's a Trilogy and Part 3 (Title unknown) might come out in 2011.		2010-12-28 13:25:00

Author:
DeKay1980
Posts: 183

Definatly the "Chaos Walking" Trilogy by Patrick Ness. Here's a plot summary by my good friend Wikipedia:

Chaos Walking is a series of young adult dystopia novels written by award-winning novelist Patrick Ness. "The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking." From this, the title of the trilogy was derived.

The books are centred around Prentisstown boy, Todd Hewitt, and companion Viola Eade, with the first volume beginning a month before Todd?s thirteenth birthday. The story follows his journey through New World, where he searches for answers and opposes the plans of Prentisstown?s Mayor, Mayor Prentiss.

The first novel was narrated entirely by Todd. The second has been told through the viewpoints of both Todd and Viola and the third book has been told through the viewpoints of Todd, Viola and 1017 (The Return and later, The Sky).

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3yTAuykEs0/TDAT9MPBMCI/AAAAAAAACSM/ZVv7WwWVzss/s1600/Picnik+collage.jpg

They aren't the front covers of the one's I have 		2010-12-28 15:41:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893

death plays solitaire by r.l.goldman
the soul of a robot by barrington j bayley
oliver twist
war of the worlds
jurassic park
the woff
jaws
fingerprints series
beyond the deepwoods
marvel annual 1997
complete works of a a milne		2010-12-31 00:44:00

Author:
unXpectiD
Posts: 1132

3 words

http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n707.jpg		2010-12-31 01:10:00

Author:
MrFunctionality
Posts: 637

Percy Jackson Series. 'Nuff said.2010-12-31 02:43:00

Author:
Super_Clone
Posts: 849

Percy Jackson Series. 'Nuff said.

No it isn't. I don't know the first thing about the Percy Jackson series, so why would I bother picking it up and reading it someday?

Hmm?

2010-12-31 02:46:00

Author:
Unknown User

Alright, Thanks Wikipedia! I'm gonna put it all in hide tags just in case! This is only the summary of the first book, seeing as I haven't gotten my hands on the second book yet. Linky-Linky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lightning_Thief) Why aren't my Hide tags working!?! I'll just put in the link for the time being....2010-12-31 02:58:00

Author:
Super_Clone
Posts: 849

ooo percy jackson series was good, has anyone read any of the alex rider books?2010-12-31 17:52:00

Author:
calyst_aayla
Posts: 217

I have! Text filler here!2010-12-31 18:04:00

Author:
Super_Clone
Posts: 849

Definatly the "Chaos Walking" Trilogy by Patrick Ness.

Yes.
Yes.
YES.

Also Everlost by Neal Shusterman

Allie and Nick both die in a car crash. At least there're supposed to. But they get stuck in a mysterious world between life and death called Everlost. This world is dangerous and unexpected for the souls that reside there. If they stay in one place too long, they will sink into the middle of the earth. They want their lives back, so they start searching. But, the longer they stay in Everlost, the more they forget.
It's incredibly addictive reading and makes you think about the afterlife, death etc. Really intresting. 		2010-12-31 19:18:00

Author:
Plasmavore
Posts: 1913

Tad Williams - Otherland series: a group of individuals are caught in a virtual environment where impossible "worlds" are linked by a river. Highly imaginative.

Dan Simmons - Illium and Olympos: completely insane and awesome at the same time. Post-humans have re-created the Illiad of Homer on Mars, and a 20th century literature professor who was an expert on the text finds himself resurrected as a clone with the job of aiding in the accuracy of the tale. Simply amazing

Anything by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis

A beautifully written non-fiction work Annie Dillard's A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Extraordinarily deep and mystical. Just gorgeous.		2011-01-03 02:08:00

Author:
thanatos989
Posts: 248

Beloved by Toni Morrison. A gripping story which is both beautifully written and informative. It's kind of like poetry, a history book and a thriller all rolled into one.

White Teeth, by Zadie Smith (slow to start but worth it)

The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters

The Secret History, by Donna Tartt. I'm still shocked when I get to the end, even though I have now read it 3 times.

Also anything by Marian Keyes, Jodi Picoult, or Stephanie Meyer. You can say what you want, but they have kept me company through many long nights.		2011-01-03 17:11:00

Author:
Clarie
Posts: 13

Book: Divine Comedy
Author: Dante Alighieri		2011-01-03 17:32:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551

I've just finished reading Conn Igulden's "Emperor" series about the life of Julius Caesar and absolutely loved it. Then again I'm interested in anything to do with Julius Caesar or ancient Rome in general.

I also just started read Plato's "Republic". It's hard to read, being translated from ancient Greek, but very interesting.		2011-01-03 18:59:00

Author:
Killian
Posts: 2575

Hmm
Heat by Mike Lupica is good,
I have just started to become a book lover and i have been using this site
http://www.shelfari.com/
Great for seeing all the books you have read and even gives you stats on read books like total pages read. I like it, you can put on your profile all your read books, currently reading, and planning on reading.
If you sign up add me this is my profile.
http://www.shelfari.com/snrm		2011-01-04 02:25:00

Author:
Snrm
Posts: 6419

Leviathan
-by Scott Westerfeld

Someone already made a little trailer for the book, so i'll just post that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYiw5vkQFPw

I highly recommend it for any steam-punk fanatic, plus the fact that it has very Victorian-style illustrations!		2011-01-17 15:33:00

Author:
dragonember
Posts: 607

Leviathan
-by Scott Westerfeld

Someone already made a little trailer for the book, so i'll just post that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYiw5vkQFPw

I highly recommend it for any steam-punk fanatic, plus the fact that it has very Victorian-style illustrations!

ooooo I love this book!!!!!!		2011-01-21 20:38:00

Author:
calyst_aayla
Posts: 217

Yes.
Yes.
YES.

Glad someone agrees with me, definatly my favourite book series ever.		2011-01-21 21:14:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893

Dune by Frank Herbert.

Trying to explain the story would be like trying to explain quantum physics. But it is a really deep and interesting Sci Fi story. But it is the HARDEST book I have ever read. Don't read it unless you are an amazing reader, because I struggled at first.		2011-01-23 00:47:00

Author:
Unknown User

Dune by Frank Herbert.

Trying to explain the story would be like trying to explain quantum physics. But it is a really deep and interesting Sci Fi story. But it is the HARDEST book I have ever read. Don't read it unless you are an amazing reader, because I struggled at first.

Oh, if you want slightly confusing ones, good ol' Patrick has one of those as well.

http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c2/c14067.jpg

Got it for Christmas. Weirdest and best short stories I've ever read. I've finished a couple and just sat there for a moment thinking "WTF!?!?".		2011-01-24 17:10:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893

Has anyone ever read a book caled "Go Ask Alice" ?2011-03-28 03:59:00

Author:
wolverine_2008
Posts: 304


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