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Post by kittieorion on Jul 23, 2004 7:19:27 GMT -8
Kris, I scared the SNOT out of myself one summer when I worked at a summer camp by reading "Peircing the Darkeness" and "This Present Darkness"... The reason I was scared? I had to walk up an unlit hill in the pitch black of the forrest to my house I shared with three other workers. I was only Seventeen and eventually became SURE that there were things lurking in the shadows! Brrrrrr. But that summer I also read "Phantoms" by Dean Koontz (The movie is not ANYTHING like the book) because someone swore up and down it was just Science fiction and not Horror.
AUUUUUUUUGh!!!!! That book was even WORSE in scaring me! I couldn't take a shower or wash the dishes at my job with out staring at the drain and wondering...
But later I discovered the historical fiction of Brock and Bodie Thoene If you like WWII books these books ROCK! Full of action, intrigue, romance and Christian message. Very worthwhile reads!
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Post by kalilza on Jul 23, 2004 15:09:55 GMT -8
I like dean koontz, a really good book by him is WHispers.........it has a really interesting plot, and the psychological aspects of the book.....wow...... the bad guy, although not my favorite book bad guy, was definitely the most interesting I have ever read about...I would suggest this book...although it does have some adult content, so only for the older kids  those of you who are allowed |
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Post by kalilza on Jul 23, 2004 15:14:22 GMT -8
hmmm, some really good books I would suggest for anywhere from preteens, to midteens are the books of the Dark Secrets series, by Elizabeth Chandler....they aren't really quite true horror books, I was spooked by them when I read them when I was younger, but they aren't classified as horror. But, to this day, that series is still one of my favorites, there are 5 books in the series, they are fast reads, but very very good, I couldn't but them down.
I highly suggest them.
also, if you go onto amazon.com you can look up some review i wrote of some of the books I have read, there aren't too many of them, but if you want, you can read them. my amazon nickname is vampire_angel
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Post by krisconcepcion19 on Jul 26, 2004 1:08:38 GMT -8
Kris, I scared the SNOT out of myself one summer when I worked at a summer camp by reading "Peircing the Darkeness" and "This Present Darkness"... The reason I was scared? I had to walk up an unlit hill in the pitch black of the forrest to my house I shared with three other workers. I was only Seventeen and eventually became SURE that there were things lurking in the shadows! Brrrrrr. But that summer I also read "Phantoms" by Dean Koontz (The movie is not ANYTHING like the book) because someone swore up and down it was just Science fiction and not Horror. AUUUUUUUUGh!!!!! That book was even WORSE in scaring me! I couldn't take a shower or wash the dishes at my job with out staring at the drain and wondering... But later I discovered the historical fiction of Brock and Bodie Thoene If you like WWII books these books ROCK! Full of action, intrigue, romance and Christian message. Very worthwhile reads! Oh I know, me too. i completely scared myself reading those books, i read them for the first time when I was 14. I found it hard to go to sleep, I kept thinking about what might be out there. Spooky! |
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Post by sorcha55bunny on Jul 31, 2004 16:58:29 GMT -8
Ive read some great books Rosslyn was excellent as well as the Divinci code. That book was really awesome i finished it in 2 days. Lord of the rings is great and i really enjoyed reading Anne McCaffery's Acorna series, i finished the last one in the series and liked how it left it open for a new series to continue off of it.
the longest series ive been following though is Piers Anthony's Xanth series. For people who like puns their a great series.
but oneof my all time favorate was the black unicorn trillogy by Tanith Lee. I was sad when i finished the last book becasue i knew there werent any more books to come.
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Post by pinkpiggy777 on Jul 31, 2004 17:57:38 GMT -8
is a break with charity the one about the salem witch trials? icuz if so, I have read that one yea it is. did you enjoy it? i did ;D i also enjoyed Sarah Dessen, Dreamland for young adults [girls book]. i also heard This Lullaby is a great book, havent read it yet though but planning to. also i read this back in fourth grade, actually my teacher was reading it to our class, the whole one chapter a day thing. i got so intrested i went out bought it and finished cause i couldnt take the suspention anymore... Wilson RawsWhere the Red Fern Grows. im sure many of you have read this and if you havent its a must... its about 249 pages |
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Post by pinkpiggy777 on Jul 31, 2004 18:01:03 GMT -8
Ive read some great books Rosslyn was excellent as well as the Divinci code. That book was really awesome i finished it in 2 days. Lord of the rings is great and i really enjoyed reading Anne McCaffery's Acorna series, i finished the last one in the series and liked how it left it open for a new series to continue off of it. the longest series ive been following though is Piers Anthony's Xanth series. For people who like puns their a great series. but oneof my all time favorate was the black unicorn trillogy by Tanith Lee. I was sad when i finished the last book becasue i knew there werent any more books to come. oh... ive heard about the Divinci Code from my friend, she highly recommend it but i dont know what its about. do you mind telling me what its about? ;D |
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Post by sorcha55bunny on Jul 31, 2004 18:10:34 GMT -8
oh... ive heard about the Divinci Code from my friend, she highly recommend it but i dont know what its about. do you mind telling me what its about? ;D sure well rosslyn although nonfiction actually goes well with divinci code so its a nice book to follow through with. Divinci code is the story of this guy whos publishing a book about the holy grail and its travels and stuff and somehow gets accused of murdering this great scholar guy who knew all this stuff about the grail and crpytography. This guy was also the leader or the secret organization of the priory de sion the group supposidly responsible for hte keeping of the holy grail. the guy accused of the murder teams up with this girl whos actually the murdered leaders grandaughter. The dead priory leader had left them clues to find the grial but they have to avoid the french police, this really creepy detective who you really hate in the book, as well as the members of this extreme catholic group which are actually the ones who framed the guy in the first place. theres alot of actual history of religion and the grail in there which was why i liked it because i love the grail mythology and how it actually displayed alot of the true deceptions that got put into religion during the dark ages by the church which at that time was very corrupt and you could pay a bishop to tell you god forgave you for something even as bad as murder. its a really great book with a nice little twist of plot in the end. |
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Post by pinkpiggy777 on Jul 31, 2004 18:18:01 GMT -8
wow.. it sounds really good... maybe i should read it.  ... im going to the borders tommorow maybe ill read the first chapter too see if its good... hehe... i always sit at borders and read the first few chapters of a book before buying it... but if i dont like it i put it back.. ..bad habit. |
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Post by sorcha55bunny on Jul 31, 2004 18:27:42 GMT -8
you should but you really have to get past the first three chapters before the plot thickens enough to make it practically impossible to put down
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Post by kalilza on Aug 1, 2004 15:43:20 GMT -8
one of the sadest, but prolly one of the best written, and favorite of series is the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman, I have read almost every single one of his books, even the more obscure ones, and they are all very good, however, this series of three books stood out, it was totally different from anything else I had ever read before, and Istill have not read anything like it. but at the end of the series I was sad, because I knew there would be no more adventures for me to read, and I would never get to go back into that fantastical world that he had created in those three books  |
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Post by kalilza on Aug 1, 2004 15:50:13 GMT -8
WHere the Red Fern Grows....I remember that I read it, but I don't remember very much about it, I just remember being sad.
and I like A Break With Charity, it was actually for a historical book report, but it was still pretty cool, I am interested in witches, and I have always found the Salem Witch trials fascinating, so it was an interesting read.
have any of you ever read Seed Folk?
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Post by kalilza on Aug 1, 2004 15:53:20 GMT -8
haha, thrid response to this post ini the last like 10 minutes for me.... I haven't read the divinci code, however I am going to get around to reading it at some point, but I read Deception Point, by the same author as THe Divinci Code, and I really liked it, the WHOLE plot idea was one used fairly often, but it was also so unique at the same time, that I really wasn't sure where he was going to go, or how it was going to end. It has some points in the book where is actually had me worried, and, I must admit, a little scared, but that is mostly because I REALLY don't like bugs....if you read the book, you will understand why I felt this way, but I am afraid that if I say any more I will give something away
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Post by kalilza on Aug 1, 2004 15:58:26 GMT -8
I have to admit to reading the first few chapters every once in a while, but mostly I just get the book, sometimes the first few chapters can be a little boring, but as the book moves along it get very interesting. you just have to stick with it. I can never go into a book store without buying at least one book, usually I buy 3 or even 4, lol, and I love to start reading new authors...you should see my room, there are books everywhere, I think I am getting close to having more books that my mom.....hmmm, maybe I will go count how many books are on my books shelf let's see, there are 212 books on my book shelf, unfortunately, most of my books aren't on my book shlef |
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Post by krisconcepcion19 on Aug 1, 2004 18:40:59 GMT -8
I had to leave all my books in Texas at my parents house when i movied out here to Hawaii. There just wasn't room for all of them. I brought 13 books with me and finished all of those. I went to the book store about 2 weeks ago and bought 2 books, and finished those ages ago. The public library here is currently under reconstruction (the inside is) so I have nothing to read. How sad.  |
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Post by pinkpiggy777 on Aug 1, 2004 18:43:54 GMT -8
there are only a few books were the intros are very intresting.. one of them is Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones. But this book has young adult/adult reader material... but its a good book.
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Post by kalilza on Aug 1, 2004 20:43:07 GMT -8
haha, after seeing The Villiage I made the purposeful mistake of going into barnes and noble, walked out with three more books I think I am a book addict, literally, I don't even really like watching tv anymore, if I watch tv, I usually have to force myseld to do it, I would always rather be reading  |
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Post by kalilza on Aug 1, 2004 20:46:00 GMT -8
there are only a few books were the intros are very intresting.. one of them is Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones. But this book has young adult/adult reader material... but its a good book. my friend lent me Lovely BOnes, I read the intro, but it just didn't catch my interest, it didn't seem like my type of book, so I didn't read it....I don't know, maybe the cover was just too cheerful for me (jk) but truthfully, the intro WAS good, just not good enough, I guess
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Post by kittieorion on Aug 3, 2004 13:59:43 GMT -8
I so know about being a book addict! I mean, I'm on Vacation in Carmel (a huge art community in Ca.) And I decide to go into a bookstore and I walk out with "The Outsiders" (My all time favorite book) "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and "The Martian Chronicles." I prolly would have bought more but they didn't have the Ray Bradburry Short Story anthology I wanted! As for Mind warping young adult fiction that even Adults will enjoy, Try "The Chocolate War." and "Beyond the Chocoalte War" and "I am the Cheese." All by Robert Cormier. "I am the Cheese" is a total mind bender! I've read it 1-2 times a year since I first discovered it in 4th grade. A small warning though. I totally didn't "get" the book until later. Other books I thought were great were "Neverwhere" and "Stardust" both by Neil Gaiman. His latest work though "American Gods" was a bit heavy for my tastes. |
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Post by mystery_creature2 on Aug 5, 2004 5:38:47 GMT -8
one of the sadest, but prolly one of the best written, and favorite of series is the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman, I have read almost every single one of his books, even the more obscure ones, and they are all very good, however, this series of three books stood out, it was totally different from anything else I had ever read before, and Istill have not read anything like it. but at the end of the series I was sad, because I knew there would be no more adventures for me to read, and I would never get to go back into that fantastical world that he had created in those three books I have read the entire series sooooo many times - I think it's about 6! Now I've got to the stage where I can start at any place in ny of the books and understand whats going on! I was quite surprised when the books were so good - they really are masterpieces that suit older and younger readers alike. |
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... im going to the borders tommorow maybe ill read the first chapter too see if its good...
