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Post by androgynousmermen@verizon Sun May 03, 2009 1:01 pm

Ok so we're all semi-nerdy Englishy types and I'm always looking for a new good book to read... so what are some of your favorites?
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Post by androgynousmermen@verizon Sun May 03, 2009 1:10 pm

In no particular order:
1. Running with Scissors
2. Flowers for Algernon
3. The Picture of Dorian Gray
4. Memoirs of a Giesha
5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
6. Frankenstien
7. Of Mice and Men
8. As I Lay Dying
9. The Black Magician Trilogy
10. All Creatures Great and Small
and anything by:
Victor Hugo, Augusten Burroughs, James Herriot, and Maya Angelou
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Post by Natalie Zhen Sun May 03, 2009 1:16 pm

!!!!! THE FOUNTAINHEAD (Rand)
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY (Irving)
ALL HARRY POTTER! (Rowling)
ZORRO, any others English/Spanish edition (Allende)
!!!!! Any Lorca poetry, especially in a bilingual edition
SOMEDAY THIS PAIN WITH BE USEFUL TO YOU (YA: Cameron)
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Post by Paige Sun May 03, 2009 1:27 pm

These are some of my recent favorites:
1. Looking for Alaska by John Green
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. The Named by Marianne Curley
4. Devices and Desires by K.J. Parker
5. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton
6. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
7. Cyrano De Bergerac (Yea I know its actually a play, but I love reading it.)
8. Wicked by Debbie Holder and Nancy Viguie
9.Warrior by Marie Brennan
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Post by Natalie Zhen Sun May 03, 2009 1:39 pm

Curley, yeah! Though I liked Marianne Curley's OLD MAGIC better than THE NAMED. YA stuff is good for a fast, fun, exciting read.

And anything else by Hinton is good. I liked TEX.
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Post by FoodFanatic Sun May 03, 2009 1:44 pm

Okay, so I'm terrible with my memory so I'll put things down as they come to mind.

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey Smile

There's a lot more but I can't think of anything right now!


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Post by Paige Sun May 03, 2009 1:45 pm

Haven't read Old Magic.... but, if it's better than the Named then AWESOME!
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Post by Paige Sun May 03, 2009 1:46 pm

Captain Underpants? hahahaha. I totally forgot about that dude!
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Post by kt2u155 Sun May 03, 2009 2:24 pm

Okay here are some of my favs in no particular order:

The House of Spirits
The Bluest Eye
1984
Frankenstein
A Lesson Before Dying
Brave New World

Oh and some bandwagon books like: HP and Twilight. =D
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Post by larkawash Sun May 03, 2009 2:29 pm

My Favorite Books are:
the Twilight Saga
The Other Boleyn Girl
Troy
The Color of Water
The Series of Unfortunate Events
Elsewhere
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Post by Paige Sun May 03, 2009 2:37 pm

Ooh. I love the Other Boleyn Girl. I have two copies... I dropped the first in the pool. oops.
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Post by iheartnyc2010 Sun May 03, 2009 2:57 pm

I don’t like fantasy but I did jump on both the “Harry Potter” and the “Twilight” bandwagons (though I’m not one of those obsessed fangirls…no offense to those who are J) I also love “The Green Mile” “Saving Private Ryan” “A Child Called It” the play “Angels in America” “Catcher in the Rye” “Lord of the Flies” and so many others that I can’t think of right now! and I used to love the "Series of Unfortunate Events" too!
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Post by androgynousmermen@verizon Sun May 03, 2009 3:04 pm

oh yes.... the Kite runner... and Their Eyes were Watching God. some of the best books... HA. serious of Unfortunate Events... I kept trying to finish it. really I did. but I never could... someday. In that vien, any Fantasy addicts here read Pendragon? a bit repetetive and hateful cliffhangers but loveable characters nonetheless.
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Post by kt2u155 Sun May 03, 2009 6:32 pm

This is really stimulating my memory. I love their eyes were watching God and Catcher in the Rye too!

Never read serious of unfortunate events though. =/
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Post by androgynousmermen@verizon Sun May 03, 2009 6:40 pm

Catcher in the Rye...I've never read it but I heard it was just about teen angst which reminds me of "wizard angst"... what is it about?
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Post by MarvelousLight Sun May 03, 2009 7:29 pm

I just read A Prayer for Own Meany and loved it. I too like the Twilight Saga (the movie sucked though). Also the Vampire Academy series is good if you like that theme. 1984 is great, Umm... Anthem (Rand) and I can't think of any others off the top of my head.

I really wish I had more time for pleasure reading. Maybe once I get in to college. Razz
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Post by angelofmusic208 Sun May 03, 2009 9:14 pm

Catcher in the Rye...
well its not really about anything haha
its hard to describe
its just this guy trying really hard to figure things out and its written basically as a jumble of thoughts.

great book though-definatly should read it =)

Hmm. books for me-this is so impossibly hard because I read/love mostly everything
These are the most recent favorites...
The Other Boleyn Girl
Walden
My Sister's Keeper
Atonement

Not so recent favorites
To Kill a Mockingbird
Catcher in the Rye
Pride and Prejudice
Wicked
Gone with the Wind
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Razz
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Post by FoodFanatic Sun May 03, 2009 9:19 pm

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

INEVERTHOUGHTIDFINDSOMEONEELSEWHOKNEWTHATBOOK

Definitely one of my favorites!
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Post by larkawash Sun May 03, 2009 9:49 pm

Of Mice and Men is pretty ballin' Cool
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Post by angelofmusic208 Sun May 03, 2009 11:22 pm

hahaha Cloudy with a chance of meatballs was my FAVORITE book as a little kid
My favorite book EVER
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Post by dsennett Sun May 03, 2009 11:36 pm

Hooray to the person who wrote "Own Meany." A great, great book. Have you read Mark Halperin's "Winter's Tale?"

Hey, androgynous...read "Catcher." It's not at all about teen angst. It's about...well, you tell me. Just be careful -- Once you've read it, you'll never feel the same way about watching someone pick his nose. Intrigued?

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Post by Natalie Zhen Sun May 03, 2009 11:40 pm

TO REVERT BACK TO PICTURE BOOKS, I ALSO LOVE CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS. I EVEN READ THE SEQUEL PICKLES TO PITTSBURGH. MY FAVORITE SCENE WAS THE PANCAKES.

(READ OWEN MEANY AND YOU WILL NEVER READ CAPITAL LETTERS THE SAME AGAIN.)
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Post by simply_sammij Sun May 03, 2009 11:46 pm

My favorits are:
The Giver
The Parable of the Sower
Harry Potter
The House of Night series
The Giving Tree (my favorite book when i was little)

among many others
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Post by angelofmusic208 Sun May 03, 2009 11:56 pm

i could never find pickles to pittsburgh

you should bring it this summer haha. so i can fufill my childhood query of how the story ended.
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Post by ~Kirsten~ Mon May 04, 2009 12:08 am

Favorites so far....
Go Ask Alice
Twilight
Impulse
House of Night Series
Vampire Kisses
Catcher in the Rye
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