Colt
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"I shall put my most prettiest pin in it" ~ Lord Zio Sunstrider
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Post by Colt on Mar 25, 2015 18:24:08 GMT -5
Hello everyone! I decided to create this thread because, for those who don't know, I love to read! This is your chance to share some of your favorite books and/or book series with us! All of the site rules apply here...if you wouldn't recommend it to your mother or grandmother, it probably shouldn't be suggested here for reading. I'll start us off....have fun and Enjoy! The "Wings" Series by Aprilynne Pike Book One: Wings Book Two: Spells Book Three: Illusions Book Four: Destined The story follows Laurel Sewell, a girl who has always been home-schooled in her family's cabin in the country. When she is moved to public school, her whole life changes. As she finally settles in, her life is turned upside down once she notices a small bump on her back, between her shoulder blades. As it grows, she begins to worry that she is sick. When she wakes up one morning, she finds that the bump is gone, replaced by a large, bluish flower, growing right out of her back. As she turns to her friend David for help, Laurel's past comes alive, and she discovers that she is the center of a plot that could destroy a world that humans never knew existed. The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini Book One: Eragon Book Two: Eldest Book Three: Brisingr Book Four: Inheritance This story follows a boy named Eragon, a farm boy from the small village of Carvahall in the magical land of Alagaësia. One day while out hunting, he finds a blue stone that will change his life forever. The stone isn't a stone at all, but a rare dragon egg, thought to be one of the last in existence. When the dragon Saphira hatches for him, Eragon's journey to overthrow the tyrant king Galbatorix begins. With the help of ancient dwarves and mysterious elves, he learns of his true heritage and the history of the once great Dragon Riders of Alagaësia.
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Post by Denton on Mar 25, 2015 20:06:14 GMT -5
I needed a thread like this! I've been looking for some good books to read for awhile now and I can't seem to find one that's right for me yet. :/
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Colt
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"I shall put my most prettiest pin in it" ~ Lord Zio Sunstrider
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Post by Colt on Mar 25, 2015 21:27:46 GMT -5
I'd really try one of those two if you haven't yet! I loved them!
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Post by ♦ Spencer Oldmind ♦ on Mar 25, 2015 22:07:00 GMT -5
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M.T Anderson (I'd say i'ts PG13. 1 of 2 books.) Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes (PG13, definitely. 1 of 3 books, as well.) In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power--brutally transforming their subjects' lives in the process. Amidst betrayals, bargains, and battles, four young people find their fates forever intertwined.
Cleo: A princess raised in luxury must embark on a rough and treacherous journey into enemy territory in search of a magic long thought extinct.
Jonas: Enraged at injustice, a rebel lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country impoverished--and finds himself the leader of a people's revolution centuries in the making.
Lucia: A girl adopted at birth into a royal family discovers the truth about her past--and the supernatural legacy she is destined to wield.
Magnus: Bred for aggression and trained to conquer, a firstborn son begins to realize that the heart can be more lethal than the sword...
The only outcome that's certain is that kingdoms will fall. Who will emerge triumphant when all they know has collapsed? Atlantia by Ally Condie (PG. Mild romance lol.) Can you hear Atlantia breathing?
For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamed of the sand and sky Above—of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But in a single moment, all Rio’s hopes for the future are shattered when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected choice, stranding Rio Below. Alone, ripped away from the last person who knew Rio’s true self—and the powerful siren voice she has long silenced—she has nothing left to lose.
Guided by a dangerous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her mother’s death, her own destiny, and the corrupted system constructed to govern the Divide between land and sea. Her life and her city depend on Rio to listen to the voices of the past and to speak long-hidden truths. Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan (and the Olympians) The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
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Post by Janay on Mar 26, 2015 8:28:53 GMT -5
I read a ton of 'children' books. Here are a few off the top of my head/on the bookcase over my head on the wall. The Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen Book 1: The False Prince Book 2: The Runaway King Book 3: The Shadow Throne Ashtown Burials by N. D. Wilson Book 1: The Dragon's Tooth Book 2: The Drowned Vault Book 3: Empire of Bones The Blackwell Pages by K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr Book 1: Loki's Wolves Book 2: Odin's Ravens Book 3: Thor's Serpents
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Colt
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"I shall put my most prettiest pin in it" ~ Lord Zio Sunstrider
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Post by Colt on Apr 19, 2015 10:48:05 GMT -5
The "Faerie Path" Series by Frewin Jones.......don't let the frilly covers deceive you! These books are amazing to read! Book One: The Faerie Path Book Two: The Lost Queen Book Three: The Sorcerer King (Also published as "The Seventh Daughter") Book Four: The Immortal Realm Book Five: The Enchanted Quest Book Six: The Charmed Return Swept away into a court of magic and beauty, sixteen year old Anita Palmer discovers that she is Tania, the lost princess of The Immortal Realm of Faerie and the youngest daughter of King Oberon and Queen Titania. Since Tania’s mysterious disappearance on the eve of her wedding five hundred years before, Faerie has been sunk into darkness and gloom. The courtly Lord Gabriel Drake, who Tania was once to marry, has found her and brought her back. With Tania’s return, Faerie comes alive again as a land of winged children, glittering balls, and fantastic delights. But Tania can’t forget Anita’s world. Torn between two worlds, Tania slowly comes to discover why she disappeared so long ago. She possesses a singular magical ability and she must use it to stop a sinister plan that threatens the entire world of Faerie.
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Post by ♦ Spencer Oldmind ♦ on Jun 5, 2015 12:38:07 GMT -5
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a truly stunning novel. The book is centered around an average girl, Jane, who is not pretty, nor rich. When her parents die when she is just a baby, she is taken in by her family, the Reeds, who treat her with cruelty and contempt. The story begins with her as a child, seven or six, and progresses to her as a governess at Thornfield Hall when she is eighteen years of age. This book is written with such emotion and intelligence I'm amazed with every flip of the page. I would recommend it to any (moderate - advanced) reader.
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Post by Layla Littlenymph on Jun 27, 2015 12:43:34 GMT -5
Hard to believe. I read between 50-100 books per year, and yet have never posted to this thread.
This year I will probably be on the low end of that scale. Not only am I a little busier, but I have made the decision to go back and peruse some of my favorite authors in order to fill in some gaps. Case in point, I have followed the works of Mercedes Lackey for several years, yet completely missed out on a five book set known as The Collegium Chronicles.
The problem one runs into with an author like Lackey is the fact that she often revisits a world to write another series in the same setting. Sometimes the time frame between these series is but a few years, while in other instances it could span centuries. All of these books do not come together so much to establish a single story, but they do share place and follow a time line, and in so doing, each series contributes to the foundation of the next series in line. An example of another writer that uses a similar device would be Tom Clancy. All of Tom Clancey's novels were stand alone works, but he had a primary character, Jack Ryan, that had a part in the majority of them. Each novel that featured Jack Ryan to some degree saw an evolution in the character of Jack, and the evolution of that character laid the groundwork for how that character was presented in the next novel to follow. The primary difference in how thes writers employed that device is that while Clancey focused on evolution of character, Lackey's focus is on an evolution of place. This is actually not an uncommon device among prolific writers like Lackey and Clancey, but it can be a nightmare for readers attempting to assemble their works in chronological order.
The Collegium Chronicals is but one of eight series that comprise The Novels of Valdemar, each series consisting of between two to five books totaling twenty-four novels in all. In addition to that she has coauthored two more Valdemarian series of three books each with another of my favorite writers, Larry Dixon. While these last two series are not crucial to The Novels of Valdemar as a whole, they provide a nice capstone to the collection, and should be included by any serious reader. Last but not least are the seven Valdemar Anthologies, which brings the total number of books in the Valdemarian legacy to a grand total of thirty-seven. A lot of readers do not care for short story format and will normally skip anthologies. I have been guilty of that myself, but after reading an anthology or two written for other series, I find them to be something like going back to a familiar place to visit. Not crucial by any means, but a pleasant diversion that is worth the time and effort more often than not.
The Novels of Valdemar are pretty much standard fare for the fantasy genre. Medieval swords and sorcery based fantasy for the most part. The thing which sets them apart from most fantasy stories are the primary characters. While fantasy works tend to default to royalty and heroes, The Novels of Valdemar tend to make heroes out of Heralds, Bards, Healers, and ordinary people. Lackeys point of perspective is rather different from most fantasy work which lends it a certain degree of freshness. Through all of these books, I did not run across a single hero undertaking an arduous quest on behalf of the crown to obtain a mysterious artifact with which to overcome an undefeatable foe who's sole purpose is to plunge the realm into darkness. Sound familiar? No guarantees however on whether they will have to persevere against the odds, fall victim to despair on occasion, and perhaps even fall in love somewhere along the way. It's an epic. You can't throw all the ingredients out, or the cake becomes a lie. If you are up for a serious, sometimes humorous, and well written fantasy epic with strong characterization, this is one of them. While I would suggest you try and tackle the entire collection in chronological order, it is not necessary that you do so. Each series constitutes a stand alone work, and can be enjoyable to read in that manner. just for the sake of those that are more ambitious however, the correct chronological order for this epic is as follows.
The Novels Of Valdemar, by Mercedes Lackey.
The Heralds of Valdemar 1. Arrows of the Queen 2. Arrow's Flight. 3. Arrows Fall
The Last Herald-Mage 1. Magic's Pawn 2. Magic's Promise 3. Magic's Price
The Mage Winds 1. Winds of Fate 2. Winds of Change 3. Winds of Fury
The Mage Storms 1. Storm Warning 2. Storm Rising 3. Storm Breaking
Vows and Honor 1. The Oathbound 2. Oathbreakers 3. Oathblood
The Collegium Chronicals (part-1) 1. Foundation 2. Intrigues 3. Changes 4. Redoubt 5. Bastion
(part-two) 1. By the Sword 2. Brightly Burning 3. Take a Thief
(part-three) 1. Exile's Honor 2. Exile's Valor
The Mage Wars (w/ Larry Dixon) 1. The Black Gryphon 2. The White Gryphon 3. The Silver Gryphon
Darian's Tale (w/ Larry Dixon) 1. Owlflight 2. Owlsight 3. Owlknight
Valdemar Anthologies 1. Sword of Ice 2. Sun in Glory 3. Crossroads 4. Moving Targets 5. Changing the World 6. Finding the Way 7. Under the Vale
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Post by ♦ Spencer Oldmind ♦ on Jan 18, 2016 22:35:31 GMT -5
Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter's whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (François Rabelais, poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young, who is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart.
After. Nothing is ever the same.
Looking for Alaska is honestly one of my all-time favorite books. (It's up there with Jane Eyre.) Some people don't like it, but it's definitely my favorite John Green book. (I've read all of them haha) Like, just read it. I rate it 5/5 stars for sure.
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Post by Lord Zio Sunstrider III on Jan 24, 2016 2:46:08 GMT -5
Grisha Trilogy! Read it
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