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Re-doing My Favorite Books List
Remeber when we...
Remeber when we were all making quizzes and favorite books lists? Well, I wanted to re-do mine, becasue I've read some great books recently.
1. Harry Potter: Love all except Harry himself, and even he has his moments.
2. Lord of the Rings: Amazing, if a bit wordy.
3. H.I.V.E.: I really need to get the last one, but what I've read is awesome.
4. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy trilogy: Funny, if a bit strange.
5. Alcatraz: I've only read the first one, Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librairian, but that was hillarious.
6. Frankenstein: Excellent writing. Has anyone ever watched teh movie Young Frankenstein?
7. Dracula: So awesome...
8. Wicked: Love, and I want to see the musical.
9. Nicholas Flammel books: The first 2 are best, but all are excellent.
10. Runemarks: Really fun, I don't think most people have read this book, but I'd definetely reccomend it.
11. The Golden Compass: Most people who haven't read it say they've ehard bad things about it, or don't want to read it, but it's actually a great book.
12. Narnia: Coudl use a bit more action, but I still love them.
submitted by Lovely Lunegood
(November 3, 2009 - 3:58 pm)
(November 3, 2009 - 3:58 pm)
I've watched Young Frankenstein! I disagree with what you said about the Chronicles of Narnia. There's plenty of action! The Golden Compass is good, The Subtle Knife is okay, and I couldn't even get halfway through The Amber Spyglass.
(November 3, 2009 - 6:57 pm)
Yeah, I 'gree about Narnia.
I am currently reading Frankenstein. Of course then, going through Grammy's bookshelves, I FOUND THE WILLIAM GOLDMAN REVISED EDITION OF THE PRINCESS BRIDE!! and immediately *had* to begin reading it. *guilty grin* It rocks.
Book Harry has his moments, yes. Movie Harry, I'm afraid, does not. *is still glaring at producers for butchering HarryxGinny in the latest movie* And for God's sake /get DR green contacts/!
And at some point I shall read the Golden Compass books; like you said all my teachers are very anti-GC: "It's uncatholic!!11! EVIL WINS!! If you read it you'll go to hell!!!" typa thing... Main reason I plan on reading them.
Hitchhiker books? Strange? *wide, innocent eyes* ;)
And yeah, the latest HGIVE book is pretty good. Better than #1.
*has yet to read most recent Alcatraz book*
(November 4, 2009 - 3:59 pm)
1: It's wonderful!
2: See 1.
3: Never read it—who's the author?
4: From what I've heard, it sounds very creative and interesting, but not really my type of saga.
5: Never heard of it—what's it about?
6: I'm not sure I want to read/see it.
7: Can I please have some clue as to what it's about?
8: Who's the author again? I want to read it...
9: I plan on reading those, too.
10: See 5.
11: I haven't read it, but I've heard bad things about it.
12: See 1 & 2.
(November 4, 2009 - 6:06 pm)
Okay... since I believe Mary W., and maybe Reuben or TNÖ are the only ones who have read almost all off these, here are the authors:
Skipping one and two, as almost everyone knows those... (if you don't you could probabaly find out on half the theads on here).
3: Mark Walden
4: Douglas Adams
5: Brandon Sanderson
6: Mary Shelly
7: Bram Stoker
8: Gregory Maguire
9: Michael Scott
10: Joanne Harris
Skipping the last two (see above)
(November 4, 2009 - 9:43 pm)
I is special. XD
(November 5, 2009 - 5:06 pm)
Yes, yes you are Mary Liz. ;)
@ Cara: Well, in some Narnia books--not all--it seems like there's a bit too much history or prose going on, not enough action and adventure. Don't get me wrong, I love history and prose, I just don't think it really goes with the whole Narnia theme. Fantasy and history can't be mixed up that much, and when they are, it's better when there's tons of action.
@ ML: Yes, I would definitely read that before Frankenstein. ♥ *loves The Princess Bride*
@ Ima: Yes, read the Niccholas Flammel books and Wicked!
Has anyone ever read Chris D'Lacey dragon books? I'm not gonna say anything about them until at least one person has...
(November 5, 2009 - 9:19 pm)
I've read Harry Potter and It's my favorite book(s). I haven't read any of those all the way through MYSELF; I've read about half of The Golden Compass and my parents read Narnia to me about five years ago and I don't remember a lot about it. I absolutely HATED Prince Caspian the movie.
And DR really does need green contacts. That is one of the most annoying things to me. And them putting Levicorpus in the fifth movie. And them putting Harry getting his firebolt at the end of the 3rd movie just so they didn't have to do another quiditch scene. :(((((
(November 5, 2009 - 6:30 pm)
Ohhh!I just LOVE to talk about books on here! My two younger sisters get kinda annoyed when I start rambling on about great books and stuff.
Lovely Lunegood's list:
1. LOVE IT!!!♥♥♥♥♥♥
2. Ugh. Read the first, ummm, well I think I've said what I think about LotR on here....
3. Never heard of it. What's it about?
4. I've heard about that one, but I don't know what's it's about.
5. What's that one about?
6. Heh, heh, never heard of that one either.
7. " "
8. I've heard of that one. It sounds cool.
9. There are books about Nicholas Flammel?! Cool!!
10. Never heard of it.
11. I have heard bad things about the author. Like how he thinks God is bad and stuff. No offense meant at all.
12. I've read the first one for myself. My mama's read all of them except the last to me. I've seen the first movie.
O.K. I guess I'll make my own list now:
1. Harry Potter!!!!♥♥♥♥♥.-J.K.Rowling
2. Juniper. AWESOME BOOK!Like, as good as Harry Potter!!Please read this!!-Monica Furlong
3.Wise Child. " "-Monica Furlong
4. Thin Wood Walls. Great story. But sad at the end. One of the only books I almost cried in. Please read this too.-David Patneaude
5. Helen Keller. This is, well, fairly old. But great.-??
6. The Cabin Faced West. Great book. Quick read.-Jean Fritz
7. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. I'm just starting this one. So far it's great.-Avi
(November 6, 2009 - 12:33 pm)
1: <3
2: I've heard good things, and not any bad, so I might read them. Who's the author? I knew, but I forgot... And what's it about?
3: This is the sequel to Juniper, and I can only say the same about it.
4: It sounds good, what's it about?
5: <3! And lots of old books are great! (Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Diary O Anne Frank, The Bible, etc)
6: What's it about? Is it less than 100 pages? If so, you don't need to answer my first question (I don't read books less than 100 pages, since I read them so quickly 'd have to go to the library every day).
7: It's very good, although perhaps not on my own (very long) list of absolute favorite books.
I should make a list too. As a matter of fact, I have, but almost no one saw it (I think ML was the only one, actually) and I have things to add to it. However, if if I put it in this comment, this thread might be deleted for being too long. Therefore, I'll make a new commment and post it there.
(November 6, 2009 - 6:41 pm)
@ Ima, answering questions that she asked about a week ago that I was too lazy to answer until now (sorry that was so long):
2. I made a thread of Juniper on Cricket Readers Recommend if you want to read about it there.
3. I made a thread of Wise Child on Cricket Readers Recommend if you want to read about it there.
4. I made a thread about Thin Wood Walls on Cricket Readers Recommend if you wan to read about it there.
6. No, I think it's a little longer than 100 pages. It's about a girl in the Revolutionary times who lives on a farm kinda place. She doesn't like it there compared to her previous life style in the more sophisticated part of America. She writes in her journal, and teaches a boy how to read. But she still finds life pretty boring. But then one day a famous person (I'm not going to ruin the surprise for you!) comes to her family's house.
-☺☻
(November 19, 2009 - 8:49 pm)
@ Lovely Mathilda: You're special too. ;)
Haha, I love William Goldman. <3
And darling mother won't let me read Wicked because she says there's "inappropriate content"... and she suggested I read *Meg Cabot* (Princess Diaries) at, what, age nine... clearly not knowing what was in them... *cough* *cough*
Is it that bad?
@ Hannah: About Golden Compass: Well, yes, that's what they told us too. But, I mean, it's fantasy, you have to expect and respect differences in religion. And, who knows, maybe it's not even that bad... I'm gonna read them.
What I'm saying is, I do not think Philip Pullman is, like hell-bound because he writes controversial children's books. I mean it's not like he's Dan Brown or anything. *shrug*
(November 6, 2009 - 7:38 pm)
1. Harry Potter: Great books!
2. Lord of the Rings: I'm just finishing the first book, so far it is amazing!! Love the movies
3. H.I.V.E.: Never read it
4. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy trilogy: I haven't read the book, I've heard the first chapter or so of the radio play, and I have watched the movie.
5. Alcatraz: Haven't read it
6. Frankenstein: Unread
7. Dracula: Need to read...
8. Wicked: Unread
9. Nicholas Flammel books: Never read
10. Runemarks: Guess what? i haven't read it!
11. The Golden Compass: It's a good book, i don't enjoy the other 2 though. It's a really good book if you don't get caught up in the religion part! But that is mostly in the last 2.
12. Narnia: BEST BOOKS EVER!! love them! (see where I live?)
(November 6, 2009 - 7:13 pm)
Actually, Allison's seen the thread, too. Anyway...
1: Watership Down, by Richard Adams
2: Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbit
3: Ingo series, by Helen Dunmore
4: Inkspell, by Cornelia Funke
5: Inkdeath, by Cornelia Funke
6: Julie of the Wolves Trilogy, by Jean Craighead George
7: Shadow Children Series, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
8: The Missing Series, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
9: Ida B, by Katherine Hannigan
10: The Time Quartet, by Madeleine L'engle
11: The Two Princesses of Bamarre, by Gail Carson Levine
12: The Chronicles Of Narnia, by CS Lewis
13: Pharoah's Daughter, by Julius Lester
14: The Giver, by Lois Lowry
15: Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry
16: Messenger, by Lois Lowry
17: Inheritance Cycle, by Christopher Paolini
18: Chronicles Of Ancient Darkness, by Michelle Paver
19: Anything by Ann Rinaldi
20: Harry Potter Series, by JK Rowling
21: A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket
22: Bella at Midnight, by Diane Stanley
23: The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien
24: The Fellowship Of The Ring, by JRR Tolkien
25: The Two Towers, by JRR Tolkien
26: Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
27: Tris's Book, by Tamora Pierce
28: Shatterglass, by Tamora Pierce
29: Melting Stones, by Tamora Pierce
30: Trickster's books, by Tamora Pierce
31: A Girl Named Disaster, by Nancy Farmer
32: The Sea Of Trolls books, by Nancy Farmer
33: Blue Heron, by Avi
34: Blue Wolf series, by Catherine Creedom
35: The Bible, by multiple people
36: Alosha books, by Christopher Pike
37: The Mysterious Benedict Society books, by... I don't rememer who.
38: The Diary Of A Young Girl, by Anne Frank
39: Helen Keller's autobiography
And more...
(November 6, 2009 - 7:35 pm)
*pounces* Someone else has read Lemony Snicket. <3 I read those when I was... eight or nine. So now I'm trying to get Maggie to read them. Difficult child that she is, she refuses. Thinks they're too dark.
In her defense, they are rather. I was a third grader with slightly dark tastes.
Have you read Horseradish? Or, for that matter, the Unauthorized Autobiography or the Beatrice Letters?
And Mysterious Benedict Society is by Trenton Lee Stewart. Only reason I remember that (didn't like the books) is because that name is *so* *insanely* *cool*.
(November 7, 2009 - 12:26 pm)
Sorry, I've been /trying/ to comment on every post.
But as you can see, it hasn't been working out.
@ Mary Liz: Love Lemony Snicket; I, too, read those when I was about 8. As for Wicked being too mature, er... your mom let you read The Princess Diaries and not Wicked? Sure, I s'pose at times it's rather 'mature',sStill, it's nothing compared to HG2G, The Princess Diaries, etc. Mysterious Benedict Society, well, no offense to any fans, authors, and so on, but I didn't like them at all either. Mainly becasue of the characters; the plot wasn't that bad. And the mane indeed is the best part. ;)
@ Ima: Umm... I'm gonna create a seprate comment. So, bye! For approximently 1 1/2 minutes! *waves*
(November 8, 2009 - 7:11 pm)