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Dec 18, 2008 21:49:24 GMT 8
Post by asparagus on Dec 18, 2008 21:49:24 GMT 8
No really, if you only read manga, dont put it here please.
So books you've read, liked or disliked, want to recommend, put them here. I'm going to put a few here, but not quite at the moment.
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Dec 18, 2008 21:55:00 GMT 8
Post by Kim Kwan-Jang on Dec 18, 2008 21:55:00 GMT 8
i read light novels. >_>
....alright, on topic, 1984 is nice.
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Dec 19, 2008 1:23:59 GMT 8
Post by RiesbyfeStridberg on Dec 19, 2008 1:23:59 GMT 8
i read light novels. >_> ....alright, on topic, 1984 is nice. ya that's a nice book ^^ LotR if you haven't, i'm a fanboy who has read it along with Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, and got a few of the history of middle earth collection >_> idk lately all non-mango i read is like pratchett or agatha christie O YES, NEIL GAIMAN.
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Dec 19, 2008 5:16:14 GMT 8
Post by RaineScarlet on Dec 19, 2008 5:16:14 GMT 8
J. R. R. Tolkein writes the longest books ever. Who else would spend over 20 pages describing a tree? I kinda quit after the Hobbit.
I really enjoy all the books written by Eoin Colfer though: Artemis Fowl, Half Moon, Airman, Supernaturalist, Wish List, just to name a few. They are just so witty and funny. I laugh out loud at them and then get strange looks from my parents.
Um. I liked the first Twilight book, only because it was one of the few omg-vampire books I found and thought was interesting enough to read. Didn't like the rest. The first was really sweet, but then I got pissed at a lot of characters come the second book. <_<
At the risk of sounding like a nerd, I also like Shakespeare's plays. He's such a genius when it comes to controlling his characters. My favorites are Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Othello and Romeo and Juliet were just depressing, though not bad.
I Am Legend is the perfect book to read if you want to survive a vampire-zombie invasion. It was like horror+survival. Yum yum.
I think I'll end here for now, until I think of more.
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Dec 19, 2008 5:58:43 GMT 8
Post by skiboydoggy on Dec 19, 2008 5:58:43 GMT 8
At least you didn't say you liked the later Twilight books. The first is vaguely manageable, though I found Bella flat and more like a fangirl than a girlfriend, but the later books... Ugh. Tolkien on the other hand, you don't want to read his books without being fully awake. You really want to catch every detail he puts in, and there are a heckuvalot of them. Epic plot is epic though.
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Dec 19, 2008 8:38:32 GMT 8
Post by Shirafune on Dec 19, 2008 8:38:32 GMT 8
I agree with raine on J. R. R. Tolkein. It's just simply too long. I like short reads, hence Eoin Colfer too. And the bible's a good book, both for philosophical stuff (And whatnot) and interest because as long as it is, its content weighted.
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Dec 19, 2008 8:48:07 GMT 8
Post by randName() on Dec 19, 2008 8:48:07 GMT 8
Little Brother is a good read if you liked 1984.
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Dec 19, 2008 10:07:25 GMT 8
Post by Kim Kwan-Jang on Dec 19, 2008 10:07:25 GMT 8
J. R. R. Tolkein writes the longest books ever. Who else would spend over 20 pages describing a tree? But it was a nice tree.
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Dec 19, 2008 11:39:35 GMT 8
Post by asparagus on Dec 19, 2008 11:39:35 GMT 8
I thought Animal Farm was pretty good, but probably most of you have read it already. Personally I feel that novels by writers like Eoin Colfer, although they are fast paced and can be fairly fun for a quick read, I feel that they don't quite exactly get you in the story, and their plots can become rather simplistic at times.
So generally, I like somewhat longer, and more complex books. However, I'm not at that Tolkien level, with tons and tons of description (I read it, and put it down for 1 month after 600 pages because I was getting tired), but I am most definitely in favour of long, complex plots and subplots.
Due to this, I currently reading the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, by far the longest series of novels ever written, twelve books and one short prequel novel in the series, averaging about 800 pages a book, though some go to >1000 pgs. The last book isnt actually out yet, due to the author dying (;_; meh), but they've got someone else to finish the book, and this one is expected to be around 1500 pages or 600,000 words. A very good and highly acclaimed read, but be careful, try _NOT_ to forget anything, or anybody, since they may turn up when you least expect it. Fortunately there are many online resources if you forget stuff. Highly complex and very detailed, rivals Tolkien. (currently on book 8 lol)
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Dec 19, 2008 12:17:55 GMT 8
Post by boingboom on Dec 19, 2008 12:17:55 GMT 8
Same sentiments on Eoin Colfer: imba.
I've done The Third Wave and I'm nearly completing "The Air Conditioned Nation", and both are quite good reads, even if highly technical in their use of terms.
I'm planning to get 1984 and The Mortglane Service soon, they seem good at least.
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Dec 19, 2008 12:25:32 GMT 8
Post by RaineScarlet on Dec 19, 2008 12:25:32 GMT 8
If you want long stories, go for that wtf series called Dragonlance. Every time I go to that section, there are huge huge sections of those books--though each series has a different plot. I used to be into the Redwall series when I was younger. >_> I read a lot of those books until I lost track of which book happened first. Then I lost my liking for furries and stopped reading the series altogether. Now that I think about it, it was a really silly series. I read Terry Brooks for no reason. I can't remember why I liked the Shannara series. <_< My favorite was the Elfstones, where the main girl character is a coward and ends up being the *spoiler* *spoiler* *spoiler*. A change from stereotypical alpha female girls. Tamora Pierce. Oh god. Her books were the first ones I read where there was kissing. It didn't help that Daine (15) and Numaire (30) got together. Their series was the first I read, and I was reaaaally disturbed. Pedo!?!?! I really enjoyed the Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen though. The main girl character here is more cloak-and-dagger when compared to the knights or the magically gifted character. More brains than brawn. I read all of these when I was... 14-15 though. <_< When I entered high school, outside reading greatly diminished because the school assigned harder stuff to read.
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Dec 19, 2008 18:18:05 GMT 8
Post by Shirafune on Dec 19, 2008 18:18:05 GMT 8
A wrinkle in time anyone?
Speaking of Animal farm, I just got reminded of charlotte's web. That's not a bad book either. I prefer somewhat middle-length stories.
The chrysalids was a good book too.
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Dec 19, 2008 19:10:49 GMT 8
Post by Carillus on Dec 19, 2008 19:10:49 GMT 8
Madeleine L'Engle (sic) is good, if you can get past all the references.
J.R.R. Tolkien's only non-draggy books are the Lord of the Rings series, of which Fellowship is actually pretty draggy. Return of the King was my favourite.
Neil Gaiman ftw.
I kind of liked Sebastian Junger's Perfect Storm, too, but it doesn't make for a good read if you're in it for action. Lots of swordfish descriptions and stuff, since it's mostly biography.
Dan Brown. Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, Da Vinci Code, etc.
Goh Sin Tub, for Singaporean writers. His short stories are mysteriously interesting, even though they seem boring.
Neil Humphreys, because he's just hilarious.
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Dec 19, 2008 19:31:31 GMT 8
Post by RiesbyfeStridberg on Dec 19, 2008 19:31:31 GMT 8
I prefer Silmarillion over LotR actually lol. Omg someone else who read Chrysalids It was rather depressing for me though @_@
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Dec 19, 2008 20:00:19 GMT 8
Post by Shirafune on Dec 19, 2008 20:00:19 GMT 8
The chrysalids is depressing for everyone who is a nice person (read: my classmates are all sadists).
C.S. Lewis isn't bad. Narnia was rather the epic.
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Dec 20, 2008 20:54:59 GMT 8
Post by asparagus on Dec 20, 2008 20:54:59 GMT 8
Agree. Liking Narnia. However, I did find that last book somewhat slower than the rest. Not very slow, mind, but slower. Just watch out a bit. And yay A Wrinkle in Time. Out of that series, I liked A Wind in the Door the best, but found A Swiftly Tilting Planet kind of slow as well.
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Dec 21, 2008 8:11:45 GMT 8
Post by RaineScarlet on Dec 21, 2008 8:11:45 GMT 8
OH.
A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Hilarity and randomness for the freakin' win. >_>
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Dec 21, 2008 8:28:13 GMT 8
Post by RiesbyfeStridberg on Dec 21, 2008 8:28:13 GMT 8
OH. A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Hilarity and randomness for the freakin' win. >_> i spent a week reading the entire series at one go in secondary school = D
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Dec 21, 2008 12:46:32 GMT 8
Post by asparagus on Dec 21, 2008 12:46:32 GMT 8
Yay hitchhiker's! Unfortunately Douglas Adams died.
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Dec 21, 2008 13:01:42 GMT 8
Post by RiesbyfeStridberg on Dec 21, 2008 13:01:42 GMT 8
i heard the movie sucked. but then its hard to bring across that kind of humour in a visual form
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Dec 21, 2008 16:39:28 GMT 8
Post by randName() on Dec 21, 2008 16:39:28 GMT 8
Yeesh H2G2!
Babelfish.
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Dec 21, 2008 17:11:26 GMT 8
Post by Shirafune on Dec 21, 2008 17:11:26 GMT 8
Someone chide me into reading my "To kill a mockingbird"
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Dec 21, 2008 18:38:29 GMT 8
Post by randName() on Dec 21, 2008 18:38:29 GMT 8
I never did mine
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Dec 21, 2008 18:42:10 GMT 8
Post by Shirafune on Dec 21, 2008 18:42:10 GMT 8
Isnt it the book for sec 2? Which one are we doing for lit?!
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Dec 21, 2008 21:30:53 GMT 8
Post by asparagus on Dec 21, 2008 21:30:53 GMT 8
Well, we nver had to do tokam. Dunno maybe urs different.
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