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cuteb0mberchick wrote:i just read a really good book called The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and now i’m reading a very boring book called The Giver by Lois Lowry, which i still have to read because my teacher said.:(
omg bomber, the giver is a spectacular book! give it a chance…it may be hard to read..i tried reading it when i was 12, which is close to your age of 13…but really, dig deeper into the book. it’s awesome i promise!
Yep I have to agree “The Giver” is an absolutely awesome book, that I think everyone should atleast read once. I don’t actually have a favorite because I’m always reading…yea college texts take up most of my time now especially when I was in Greek Literature…I just wish I had more time to delve into the books, characters, scenes, and metaphorical meanings.
Wheel of Time series – Robert Jordan
Song of Fire and Ice series – George R.R. Martin
Death Gate series – Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
1st & 2nd Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever – Stephen R. Donaldson (He is writing more books for this, BTW.)
There are many more, some of which have already been listed!
Wheel of Time and song of Ice and Fire are veyr good series, if you like them you really should read steven Eriksons Malazan book of the Fallen, simmilar in many ways, but in my opinion much better
I never like the thomas covenant books much though… i always found the covenant character to annoying to read about.
Am currently under a wave called Frederick Forsyth. His books are amazing. I have only 2 of his novels and they are just t.h.r.i.l.l.i.n.g.
He mainly writes about government conspiracies, assassination plots, spy stuff and perfect suspense stories which can make you sit infront of the book from 7 am till 9 pm (which happened with me lately) without any food or drink.
I have read The Day of the Jackal which made me realize of his awesome skills. Currently I am reading The Negotiator, which is simply brilliant so far.
The Day of the Jackal was almost like a handbook for assassination plots.
The Negotiator is a perfect handbook for kidnapping negotiators.I had tried reading the Negotiators 2 years ago, but couldnt understand anything and couldnt proceed beyond 2 pages. It had many internationally related incidents and technical stuff. But this spring I took International Relations class where I read about the Cold War, Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, the whole factors relating to oil crisis, different wars, all of which gave me great insight and helped me a lot in understanding The Negotiator. He uses and discusses about everything in that story.. The Cold War, relations between US and USSR during late 1980s, the different defense developments in both countries, the oil crisis, the consequences of Yom Kippur War, the Tet offensive, the Vietnam War, the war in Congo, everything!! Its that which makes his stories awesome, because he combines so much factors together that they just seem realistic.
For any one who wants to spend the summer reading books and stay away from computers, and love reading political thrillers, Frederick Forsyth is my first recommendation, even I recommend him more than Stephen King who is also awesome, but no where near this man’s class.
Qwerty wrote:neo, is day of the jackel what the movie, the jackel is based on?The Day of the Jackal at Amazon.com. i think “The Jackal” is loosely based on this book, but VERY loosely.i linked to the Amazon page detailing “The Day of the Jackal” so that you could see what it’s about. you asked if the movie “The Jackal” was based on that book, so i gave a site that detailed the book. if you read any of the reviews on that page, you’d get an idea of what the book was about, and then decide how much of the movie came from the book.
gossipingrae wrote:You’re not the only one. I also enjoy Holocaust stories. Ever since I learned about Anne Frank back in the 5th grade, I’ve always been intrigued. She is also the reason that I write in a journal.GossipinGrae, did you read “Milkweed” by Jerry Spinelli? Milkweed is a book of a roma-gypsy boy in the holocoust. It is very interesting, I myself also enjoyed the Diary of Anne Frank, as I recently read it in school. I myself really enjoy books.
:::MR.OATS = BOOK WORM :p :::I can’t really narrow down my favorite books to one, so here is a list of my favorites…
#1.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling
#2.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban- (Book 3) “……..”
#3.) Milkweed- By Jerry Spinelli
#4.) The Bridge to terabithia- by Katherine Paterson
#5.) Hatchet- By Gary Paulsen
#6.) Winter- “…….”I do however, have a favorite author, J.K. Rowling.
***NOTE: Harry Potter #6, “The half blood Prince” releases July 15th! 🙂if i remember Hatchet correctly, that was a great book. kid gets stranded somewhere, all he has is basically a hatchet, carves out a meager existence in the wilderness waiting for a rescue? is that right? i remember reading something to that effect back a long time ago in school for some class.
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