Suggest a book anyone?

stellalunagirl • 28 March 2012 at 12:20 AM

I'm going to try build up a holiday reading list to keep me occupied. Also want to challenge my reading abilities.

Please don't suggest stuff like Twilight (no vamps please) or the hunger games (read that) or Harry potter (i'll read it eventually) or warriors (gave up)

I'd like to read books not really well known by a lot of people, because they can somtimes be the best I've read. 😉

I'm 15 so books for people around my age, maybe older. I'd like to give a try at reading some literary classics so feel free to suggest those as well?

linpug • 28 March 2012 at 12:22 AM

Gregor the Overlandor.

sakura2596 • 28 March 2012 at 12:24 AM

@stellalunagirl Warriors! Im 12 but I read at an eighth grade level XD

blackrose_chan • 28 March 2012 at 12:26 AM

most classics I know are usually the scary ones(well not scary just not for kids)

but here are books I like and are pretty much classics 😊 can't name all
Red Dragon
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Lord of the Flies
Everything Illuminated

and another one(I didn't like just because but many others love it)
Maximum ride any of the book

duchess • 28 March 2012 at 12:27 AM

@stellalunagirl,
Have you ever read City of Bones?

Or The Great Gatsby?

The first one's a YA novel, the second a classic, they're both pretty good 😊

silver_winged • 28 March 2012 at 12:27 AM

@stellalunagirl
If you're looking for something emotionally mature, try A Prayer for Owen Meany. It's religiously themed, and extremely well written. You'll cry both from laughter and sadness. It's my favorite book. I read it when I was 15, so you'll probably be able to appreciate it too.

stellalunagirl • 28 March 2012 at 12:34 AM

@silver_winged
Thanks for the suggestion!

@duchess
lol nah I wanted to read it but decided against it, thanks for the suggestion though!

@blackrose_chan
I'll give those a shot thanks! 😉

@sakura2596
Oh I read the first book, couldn't be bothered trying to track down the rest xD Thanks for the suggestion though!

@linpug
Interesting name, whats it about?

linpug • 28 March 2012 at 12:36 AM

@stellalunagirl It's by the same Aurthur from the Hunger Games.

stellalunagirl • 28 March 2012 at 12:38 AM

@linpug

Ooh! Cool I'll look it up 😉

blackrose_chan • 28 March 2012 at 12:38 AM

@stellalunagirl
read One flew over the Cuckoo's nest 😊 a lot of people love that story and I'm not just talking about adults~
Red Dragon is like Law & Order or something like that.
Lord of the Flies is about kids stuck on an Island trying to survive
and lastly Everything Illuminated is about a jewish man on a quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather(I loved the movie~)

each one has a movie to it as well 😸 so if you liked the book maybe go on TV and hunt down the movie or if you have Netflix maybe watch one on there.

however Lord of the Flies has the worst movie part so don't watch that movie version!

Deleted • 28 March 2012 at 1:09 AM

go for the Eragon saga by Christopher Paolini (4 books)

Its a complete series, and is absolutely brilliant.

stellalunagirl • 28 March 2012 at 1:14 AM

@phalen

Read that lol xD

pebblestar-nightclan • 28 March 2012 at 1:16 AM

@stellalunagirl

The Inheritance Cycle (Eragon is the first book) or Maximum Ride. The Inkheart series, too. 😋

pipkitten • 28 March 2012 at 1:17 AM

@Stellalunagirl
While they're quick and easy reads, I suggest Varjak Paw, Time Cat, and The Cricket in Times Square. 😊 They're wonderful books~

stellalunagirl • 28 March 2012 at 1:18 AM

@pebblestar-nightclan

Read The inheritenace cycle.. well the last four books (long story) 😋

OMG INKHEART FAN xD

pebblestar-nightclan • 28 March 2012 at 1:20 AM

@stellalunagirl

So you've read the whole Inheritance cycle? By the way, the whole series IS four books... o_e And you've obviously read Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath...

Read Maximum Ride yet? OH! LORD OF THE RINGS! *facedesk*

stellalunagirl • 28 March 2012 at 1:23 AM

@pebblestar-nightclan
*last 2 books typo


Yes I have, loved them 😃 (about inkheart)

Maxium ride? No, but it has been recommended to me so I'll put it on the list 😉


@pipkitten
Thanks! Any others you'd recommend?

Deleted • 28 March 2012 at 2:04 AM

Young Samurai series by Chris Bradford
The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon
A song of Ice & Fire series by George R. R. Martin
The Lost Tale of Mercia series by Jayden Woods
Shadowcry by Jenna Burteshaw
The Fallen Blade series by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann
Sword of truth series by Terry Goodkind (11 books)
Blade of the flame series by Tim Waggoner

crazy4life • 28 March 2012 at 2:48 AM

@stellalunagirl

I loved Tamora Pierce's Books. She has several related series out- most four books long. The Protector of the Small quartet is one of my favorites.

Eon by Alison Goodman
The Green Rider series by Kristen Britain

stellalunagirl • 28 March 2012 at 4:36 AM

@phalen

Oooh, looks good! ^^

@crazy4life
I;ve got Eon on my list ^^

james-bond • 28 March 2012 at 4:42 AM

Evil Genius
Agatha Christie's And then there were none

@stellalunagirl

Are you able to send me your 'list'? If it's on the library website, it'll be easy. It's fine if you can't/don't have time though.😊

naleap • 28 March 2012 at 5:06 AM

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, i havent read it yey, but its sounds interesting! 😸

And Jodi Picoult's series 😃

amunoko • 28 March 2012 at 5:16 AM

@stellalunagirl
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor.
It's a twist on Alice in Wonderland that makes Alice a princess escaping to earth and the Mad Hatter a cool body gaurd with cool weapons. OH and the names are redone.

I second someone's motion for The Great Gatsby.

And if you wand hard core fantasy try The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K Jemisin or and book in the triligy in any order all can be stand alone novels.

stellalunagirl • 28 March 2012 at 5:22 AM

@naleap

HEY!

Yeah I've been getting those suggestions quite a bit xD I'll look into them 😉

@amunoko
Thanks for the suggestion!

@james-bond
Yeah I'll find a way to send them to you 😋

naleap • 28 March 2012 at 5:24 AM

@stellalunagirl

POKES!

I havent finish reading inheritance yet xD Im so slow..
The Hunger Games series sounds nice too 😱

amunoko • 28 March 2012 at 5:32 AM

@stellalunagirl
ur welcome I hop eypu enjoy your list😊

stellalunagirl • 28 March 2012 at 5:36 AM

@naleap

Yeah ive read the hunger games xD

gotta go now, talk to you later 😉

april__ • 28 March 2012 at 5:37 AM

I personally for a young adult author, love Sarah Dessen. So anything by her. I'm 18, yet still enjoy her books, very much so. I can't suggest a specific book of hers, because you should read all of them. XD


Jodi Picoult is pretty amazing, too.

The Eragon series is pretty decent.

Inkheart is awesome.

Chronicles of Narnia

asi • 28 March 2012 at 5:43 AM

@Stellaluna Ooh, I love Agatha Christie *_*
The one @James-bond suggested, that's one's BRILLIANT. Really scary. People trapped on an island, and one of them's the murderer and you don't know who O_O

Maximum Ride, it's a series I've stopped reading because like Inkheart, my rating for the whole series will be based on what couples end up together XD

Tamora Pierce is good; well, some of the series I liked, whereas others I just didn't. I liked the Song of the Lioness quartet, the Tricksters books (2), and Beka Cooper, but the others, not so much.

The Looking Glass Wars!!!! That one's amazing! Do it! You'll never see Alice In Wonderland the same way again 😋

naleap • 28 March 2012 at 5:43 AM

@stellalunagirl
Byes! 😃

@april__

I should try Inkheart ;D The movie is awesome, i spose the book is, too 😊