I'm going to do The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke she's German.It's about these two boys
Prosper and Bo they run away from there rude and awful aunt and uncle.They ride in a
ship to Venice where there dead mom and dad told them about the amazing merry go
round.On the first night they sleep on the streets.The next night they find the thief lord
he takes them to a adomed movie theater.Where the thief lord's friends are. Soon there
aunt and uncle send a detective to find them.The theif lord has a secret and when his
friends find out he and understanding prosper discover a merry-go-round that can turn a
child into a adult and a adult into a child.The thief lord and prosper go to the dangorous
island were the merry-go-round is.To take a ride and become adults and get a job and
money. this is my favorite children's book. i really recommend this.did it make sense
too you?

Geez. I wish I had time to read all of the books everybody's suggesting.

But, you know, if you want to...you could always submit a review to me and I might consider posting it if it's good enough. You'll get full credit and everything, and I'm always looking for some good reviewers.

Just send me a review at mheck@veritaserum.com if you're interested.

Btw, Ashley, don't you just love when people are like "Your last name's Heck?" and you get to say "Yeah. Like 'What the heck?!'" That always makes me happy.

This is an awesome idea for a forum! I hope that it's successful and people enjoy it, thanks.

Anyone read any of the Nicholas Sparks books (Message in a bottle, the notebook, etc.) I know a lot of people have watched the movies, but the books are so much better. I highly recommend anything by him.

I also love Dan Brown. Davinci Code and Angels and Demons are awesome. I love his writing.

I am currently reading Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier(Cold Mountain). Highly recommend it, he gets difficult to read as he doesn't use quotes, but he is a really good story teller.

OOH this looks good! I'll have to look for it.

I think I've read a Nicholas Sparks book. The author sounds really familiar. Hmm...

Hey has anyone read the "Private" series? They are REALLY good. You'll have to try them.

I know this is completely random but... Deleted,Okay I'm over it.

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Some of my favorite books, that are also fantasy, are any Tamora Pierce book. She is a phenomenal author. Currently, she has seven different series out, and they are all great. If you like more of the magical creatures and different spells in HP, combined with some history, you'll love her books.

I really like the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books. Their really good. I also like the book The Egypt Game. I loved it when I was younger (still do, as a matter of fact! ).

well I would just like to coment my favorite books beside HP first place would be for LOTR I just love the complexity of Tolkein writting, is so rich and magical, is just amazing, for me LOTR are great and create a hole nwe world for avery one that reads them, and also, save the magic fairy tales of my childhood, in a extremly fascinating way.

And also had any of you had ever read Gabriel Garcia Marques?, is just fantastic, and about poetry I love Jaime sabines and pablo Neruda I know they are in spanish but if any one knows it I strongly recomend them.

I like the book Sweetblood it was kind of tense at a few parts.
It's about a 16 year old girl who is diabetic she is kind of obbsessed with blood actually no she just understands it. She has her own opinions on vampairs [i can't spell that!!] On her computer she goes into a Translevanian chatroom. She get involved with a creep called draco.
soon she gets involved with goth culture and late-night parties. Her life starts to fall apart.
i loved this book but it was kind of creepy when draco gets her drunk and tells her lies.
(i promise she does not die this is not a sad book) sorry about the major plot spoiler.
I highly recomend this book.

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I'm reading that now. its really good so far. Cornelia Funke is a really good writer. I recomend her series "Inkheart" its wonderfully written and its a really neat comcept to think about. Its basically about a man who can read things, people, ect out or into books. And the story is about how he reads out the Villain of the story, there is a second one called "Inkspell" and a third one coming out called "Inkdeath", "Inkheart is currently being made into a movie. It is a long book, but its a really cool series.

Also I have started reading this series, by Margaret Peterson Haddix. I think there are like, 6-8 books in all the first is called "Among the Hidden", all the tiles start with "Among" Its basically about how there was a large famine, so because of that the government only allowed 2 children per family so that a food shortage would never occur again. The Government in the book basically rules everything, there is no junk food and so forth. The story's main character is an illegal third child. Obviously because he isn't supposed to exist he has to live his life hidden in his house, and so on, so that the population police don't know that he exists. The punishment of a third child is death to the child and possibly to those who hid the child. It is really, really, well written and really supsensful.

Okay, I know this series has already been mentioned in this thread several times, but I want to bring them up as well. Hopefully with enough repetition, they'll get added to the list of books for us to review and talk about.

The Twilight series, by Stephanie Meyer, is absolutely amazing. She's already written 3 books in the series and there are 2 more in the making. I hope they get added so we can dive deep into the depths of those pages.

I agree. That series is amazing LittleRed7771!
I'm currently waiting for the third one to come in at my library. I am so excited for it.

Oh those books are amazing! haha I got Eclipse the day it came out I was so excited! The next book is called Breaking Dawn and that one is really the end of the story. But Midnight sun is the last book she'll be writting and it's Twilight from Edward's point of view! Those books are so good!

I just want to say that Series of Unfortunate Events is my favorite series following Fear Street by R.L.Stine.I Have read Letters to Beatrice and all I can say is with Daniel Handler puts me in one mystery,then another,and another,and another.I really was lost the first time I read the first book in his series.Let me go to Fear Street.This series is a horror,blood and guts kind of series.Robert Stine is a talented writer,ad sometimes sadly,a descriptive writer.You can see the hurders,the cold dead eyes,and of course,the pain.This is why I love it soo much!

Besides harry potter my favorite series is the shadow children series by margaret haddix there are 7 books Among the Hidden, Among the Imposters, Among the Betrayed, Among the Barons, Among the Brave, Among the Enemy, and Among the Free. They are amazing books over 1 million copies sold. Some of my other favorite books include A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer(this book is not for those who are extremly emotional it is very heart wrenching and depressing) , The Diary of Anne Frank, Memories of Anne Frank, Carribean Crusing by Rachel Hawthrone, and im currently reading Emma by Jane Austen and I am about 200 pages in its looks very good and I want to continue reading her marvelous works.

2 of my other all time favorite works are Izzy-Willy Nilly and Go Ask Alice both are very heart wrenching as well

o i didnt even see the shadow children series had been mentioned by ILoveHarryPotter07 until I looked through again well I shouldnt be suprised considering how good of books they are!

AHHH, NO WAY!! AHHHH!!! I thought Eclipse was the end!! AHHH!!! (sorry, I get excited over these things)...okay one more time. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Kay I'm done I swear. But I seriously think we should review those.

I like the Among the...whatever series too! The last one, Among the Free was really good! They're so deep and they have so many twists and turns....I love them!

Also, did anyone read the Alice series? You know, Simply Alice, Alice on the Outside...etc? Those are really good, and you can really relate to them...well if your a girl.

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I love Inheart & Inkspell, amazing & original ! I love Dustfinger to bits

People were talking about reading Maximum Ride by James Patterson, they're good but are too babyish to be taken seriously, I recommend reading 'When the wind blows' & 'The Lake House' which he's wrote first & also feature winged children (main star Max of corse) but they're are far better but are adults books.

Eragon & Eldest are some of the best of the best ! I actualy prefare them to the first three Harry Potters anyway, Saphira is excellent, one if not the best fictional charter !

The Power of Five seris by Anthony Hortwiz is well worth a read, its about five children with amazing powers which have to fight to save the world from the anicients (ruthless deamons)

The Artemis Fowl seris is fun & intresting too & younger readers might enjoy it a bit more.

Skulduggery Plesent people ! You's really MUST read it ! Believe me you's won't regret it !

PLEASE tell me someone here has read ANYTHING by Marian Keyes ?????

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Well,I really do want you guys to know about R.L. Stine's Fear Street series.Inspell and Inkheart are AWESOME!!!!

I have not yet read this book although it's up on my shelf and has been for well over a year now. One of the many precursers to The Lord of the Rings - the Silmarilion. I would like an opinion on whether or not it's as hard to read as I've heard. The most common review I hear about it is it's like reading the bible - a difficult feat. So if someone has read it a review would be great, even a time frame on how long it might take? I do hope to get to it one day but it's in a long queue.

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The Silmarillion is a lot like reading an encylcopedia. There is some deep information on a lot of things, particularly the origins of all the peoples and much of their lore. I personally loved reading it.

That being said, the beginning is VERY dense. It is hard to understand, although not of profound importance in the very long run. Still, I took notes (primarlily on the relationships between people) when reading it so that I could keep everything in order. That way, when I ran into a name I did not remember, I did not need to search very far to rectify my ignorance.

Hey thanks heaps for that, that does help and give me some perspective! Good idea on the taking progressive notes, hopefully that wil help me too, as I also have a huge encyclopedia on the whole LOTR world so I'm guessing it would be a good idea to have that on hand whilst reading it. I think the day I do is still a while off yet but thanks heaps for the feedback on it.

Wow well I as reading other posts and I agree with The Clique by Lisi Harrison. It's really good even though it is for girls. I actually have read the first Samarkind book or whatever it's called haha and I actually didn't like it as much. I ADORE Eragon and Eldest, I love them just as much as HP!
Also I love The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Traveling Pants is good too, as well as Ella Enchanted and The 2 Princesses of Bammare, both by Gail Carson Levine.
Please Create more topics on some of the books mentioned please.

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I read the Princesses of Bammare. I actually have it but I read it a while ago, and the way I read books, 2 a week or more, i dont remember it that well, But I did like it a lot. Fairy-tale-ish books are great!

I agree, the Two Princesses of Bammare are really good, I LOVE fantasy books!

But I seriously, SERIOUSLY think we need to reveiw the Twilight series. Almost everyone said they liked or loved it, and if you didn't read it, well then go read it! So...who's with me?

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omg i just read and then there were none by agatha christie simply amazing we were supposed to read it chapter by chapter and quiz on every chapter and my class is supposed to be reading chapter 9 currently but i just finished it off i could not put it down and other people are like 1 chapter ahead but i just cant read books slowly i can read 500 page novels in one sitting. it was one of the best books i have ever read (save harry potter)

• The last book that I read was by jack Higgens. He writes many books, but most of them are World War 2 books. The majority of the info in the books are usually true, and it’s really interesting. So the last of this books that I read was in polish “kriyptonim Wallahalla” lol don’t know what its called din English.

About ten years ago (so I wasn't even a teenager then), I read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Angele (I hope I spelled that right). I remember enjoying it far more than I expected too. It was one of the few books that turned out much better than I expected.

And I have no idea why that suddenly occurred to me today. I must be feeling nostalgic.

After the Burial that is an amazing book! i read it when i was about ten i think it's so amusing and very interesting i guess i loved it because i always thought that space travel is posible but not easily controlled

so yeah great book!

i'm reading a lewis carroll book he is truly great! i've loved his books since i was like 8 or 9

I don't know if these have been mentioned (probably have) but I REALLY like the Uglies series by Scott Westerfield. They have an amazing plot and story line. I highly recommend it. They (basically) are about a girl named Tally who is an "ugly". She wants to be "pretty" but finds out a truth about them that "isn't so pretty". I really loved it!

That sounds really good Jasmine.I suggest books by Lurlene McDaniel.I've only read one which is called odn't Die my love.It's really good.It's about a boy who is sick and all he and his girlfriend go through.Really sweet.

i've never read anything by Scott Westerfield so i'll see if i can get my sister to buy them for me when she comes to visit! i don't have access to many books because of where i live but i do try my hardest to read as much i can and laughingirl_92 i love Lurlene McDaniel she is like top 10 in my list or at least top 20 amazing books! one of my favorites by her is "baby alicia is dying" oh and the one "the girl death left behind" amoung many many others

another book that is great is "no graves as yet" by anne perry. it starts out a bit boring but you get hooked! very unexpected end

Ok hey Matthew I know you're out there somewhere...thanks for the review of The Alchemyst a couple of months ago, I did read the review when doing the scavenger hunt and today I got an email from Borders giving me a 3 for the price of 2 books in the kids top 100 books - for Australian stores, so I looked around and picked up two books for myself and one for my sister. I saw the alchemyst and thought it was the same one I'd read about on here and by george I was right!

So I couldn't resist, I re-read the review, you made it sound good and so did the borders review, so I went and got myself a copy! I'm sure I won't have time to read it for months yet but thanks for the reviews they do help in suggestions for new books especially considering everyone here has a love for this genre, your review really helped and I hope I like the book as much as you did Keep up the good work!

Ugh so many books to read! So little time! Your books sound great guys, I want to read them all! Hmm...I tried reading A Wrinkle in Time but I tried it when I was like, seven so I didn't get it and I thought it was really boring. Maybe its time to start again

I read the Uglies, they were really good and exciting! Scott Westerfield made other books too, right? I saw them in B&N (which is practically my second home).

Did you guys read any books from Sarah Dessen? She is an AMAZING author! I'm reading one of her books right now called Just Listen. Some others of hers are
The Truth About Forever
This Lullaby
Someone Like You
That Summer (I think its called that)
Theres more but I can't remember them...

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ok that is great i have more books! i think i'm going to have to find a way to make my sister buy em!
i finished reading the Iliad and the Odyssy for class and i must say that the Iliad is very boring in a way! like the story is good but the narration of it all is hard to read
the odyssy on the other hand is very interesting to read, much lighter and interesting that one i do recomend

omg i have a really good book that i just read and im telling everyone to go and read it....but you have to be like 15, there are some "bad" stuff. but the book is called the color purple by alice walker its awesome

Stef the Iliad was not boring in any way! It was so good. I used it for my research paper last year in english. The Iliad brings back good memories of 6th grade... hehe aphrodite... oh goodness.

anyways, I need more time in my life before I can read more books. But some another book I recently read was Rebel Angels. It was very good.

i loved the confessions of Georgia Nicholson books... those were really funny.
also, has anyone else read anything by Lynn Flewelling? she wrote these really great series - it's all fantasy... the Tamir trilogy, that's what it's called. anyway, it's really good. also i loved The Lovely Bones
OMG and Jodi Picoult! she is such an amazing writer. i've read all of her books - they're so good. but some of you younger kids out there shouldnt read them - they're kinda..um... innapropriate at some parts. i think the best one, though, was My Sister's Keeper so definitely you guys should read that.

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What do you mean I should write a book? You mean on how it's like to be deaf? I think I will, I'll start out in the Fan Fictions, and create a new character! My insperation (sp?) is lit!

There is this amazing book on autistic children you should consider reviewing. It is called "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon. I don't know if this has been mentioned already. It is a great book. It narrates the story of an autistic kid who tries to figure out who killed the dog of the woman living next to him. Through his search, he comes up with other events concerning his life and he finds out things about his family. This book is so great because we have an insight on an autistic kid's brain. The character, Christopher, says he doesn't like people to touch him and that he prefers numbers from actual people because people are too complicating. And that he hates certain colours... It really reminds me of that movie, Autumn or something with Lyv Tyler. I really think you should talk about this book.

Alkisti I had to read that book for school and I think I was going to write about it here, and I'd written a huge posts on my books I recommend and then my computer had a fit and I lost the post and didn't want to write it again. But it's a great book, one of the best I've read, and even if it's not true many aspects of those characters were based on many different autistic characters that the author knew and had observed. It's a very easy read but really intersting and great to analyse both the main characters and the overall themes as I had to do in detail for school but I too highly recommend it.

Has anyone read "the Seeker, the Dark is Rising" becaus I went and saw it at the cinema's on Friday and didn't realise it was a book. Now as a movie I was a bit disappointed you just waited for something big to happen but even at the ned I was intrigued by the story and curious if anyone has read it what they thought of it?

blondie the iliad was boring! i'm not saying the story in general i'm saying the way it's cluttered with so many characters and names that it bothered me! i love the story i mean it's great but the book in general is so cluttered!

you guys mention such great book here and i'm like i have to choose one but i don't recall who mentioned it but i recently got the book "the uglies" by scott westerfeld and oh merlin it's amazing! i'm loving the story so who ever recommended it here big thanks and a hug it's really great the story is like so amazing and i love the comparasin it has to the real world


Drinotonks i'll be sure to look it up and see if i can tell you what i think

I've got two books on my mind at the moment which I'm sure have probably been previously mentioned, so I'll second them.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen : The romance, the humor and the insight of this story make it a wonderful novel. I'm not even sure how to approach going further in depth for the story is widely known and loved.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee : The amazing story of the Finch family told by the youngest member, Scout. The story follows the family's adventures during rough times. Atticus Finch is a lawyer who is defending an African American man accused of rape. In this society, prejudice is common, so it's assumed that Atticus doesn't stand a chance in court.

To Kill a Mockingbird was amazing....i read it first in third grade, so i didn't really understand most of it, but i will have to read it for school next year and i can't wait...that's an awesome book!!

Another great one is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. That book was AMAZING...it is soooo sad thouigh, but it is the best book I've read. Everyone should definitely read this book

workaholic_1231 those books are amazing! i'm a huge fan of jane austen! i love the way she write and pride and prejudice is one of my all time favorite books!

i had to read to kill a mockin bird for school and its totally cool, very inspiring

i like the book scarlet! well it's not as good as gone with the wind but for a second part it's good

What ever you say ynafets!

Those are al such good books! Oh I had to read this book for english last year but it was actually really good, Anthem. Yeah but it was really confusing until I figured that when he said 'we' it was just himself he was referring to... took me a while to figure that out.

Then another book is Of mice and Men. I thought it was really good! Incredibly sad yes and I didnt' like the ending but overall it was really good.

Oh and one more...
Polar the Titanic Bear: It's so good it's based on the true story of the toy Steiff polar bear. Like how his family survived. The Spedden's I think the little boys name was Matthew... if I remember it right. They had the bear on display at the Titanic museum and it reminded me of that book!

Thanks guys! Glad you liked the ideas!

Ohh I love Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck! That book was wonderful!

Another great book is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury which I think can be related in a discussion with The Wrinkle in Time series by Madeleine L'Engle along with The Giver by Lois Lowry.

I've read The Giver and A Wrinkle in Time I would totally recommend A Wrinkle in Time, but The Giver just didn't appeal to me. I've kinda always wanted to read Pride & Prejudice cause it's a classic. If a lot of you recommend it, then I might just read it.