Book/Novels reccomendations.

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Heya! Can any of you guys recommend me some novels to read? I currently am reading Hobbit and LOD. Ordering Chronicles of Narnia set, and thinking about also getting Hunger games...recommendations?

Oohhhh sorry there's a spelling mistake in the pol question:facepalm:. It should be " Do you like reading books? "
 
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if you dont mine Japanese light novel i have a few recommendation
 
if you dont mine Japanese light novel i have a few recommendation
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Sure! Go ahead!
 
well first this one is called "Heavy Objects"
im actually do a review for this one you can find it in my blog post.

second "To aru majutsu no index" or "A certain magical Index"
this one is quite famous with manga and anime but the LN is quite good too if you interested i can give you a link :3
 
Teen/young adult books:
  • H.I.V.E. (series): One of the most tragically underappreciated book series of all time. It's slightly similar to Harry Potter in that there's a secret school for people with special abilities (in this case, they are potential evil geniuses). It's really great. They are training to be villains, yet there is nothing seriously bad in this book. Almost always their choices are actually 'good.' It's difficult to explain. But it's great, and I like the heavy focus on friendship and loyalty, even among villains.
  • The Power of Five (series): This is to Narnia what H.I.V.E. is to Harry Potter. Different (it's set in the modern world), but with an obvious Narnia influence, especially in the third book. It has some slight violence (nothing too bad - just a few words describing bad wounds or implying a certain sort of abuse), by the way.
Happy children books:
  • Any Roald Dahl book.
  • Any other Roald Dahl book.
 
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well first this one is called "Heavy Objects"
im actually do a review for this one you can find it in my blog post.

second "To aru majutsu no index" or "A certain magical Index"
this one is quite famous with manga and anime but the LN is quite good too if you interested i can give you a link :3
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Thanks! And ya, links would be appreciated :3

Teen/young adult books:
  • H.I.V.E. (series): One of the most tragically underappreciated book series of all time. It's slightly similar to Harry Potter in that there's a secret school for people with special abilities (in this case, they are potential evil geniuses). It's really great. They are training to be villains, yet there is nothing seriously bad in this book. Almost always their choices are actually 'good.' It's difficult to explain. But it's great, and I like the heavy focus on friendship and loyalty, even among villains.
  • The Power of Five (series): This is to Narnia what H.I.V.E. is to Harry Potter. Different (it's set in the modern world), but with an obvious Narnia influence, especially in the third book. It has some slight violence (nothing too bad - just a few words describing bad wounds or implying a certain sort of abuse), by the way.
Happy children books:
  • Any Roald Dahl book.
  • Any other Roald Dahl book.
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Thanks. That "Happy section" :hilarious:
 
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Roald Dahl is not at all happy! Those books are morbid! Great, but morbid. Sadly my favourite book is in Dutch. (And not translated as far as I know)

If you want a light read; Try Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The story is quite short but it's fun. On my to-read list are Through the Looking Glass (The sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) and Northern lights by Philip Pullman. The book is a bit Narnia-ish. The basics; It's about a world where souls take the form of animal companions and the adventures of a young girl in that world. Children's companions can still change form but when they're adult their soul chooses a form. There is an organisation that takes away those animals (basically their souls) because they would "bad". Oh and there are some huge talking polar bears and their souls are in their armour. The first book was made into a film (the Golden Compass) but in that time it was so controversial that the sequel never happened. I saw it twice so when I heard there were books I was overjoyed.
 
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Roald Dahl is not at all happy! Those books are morbid! Great, but morbid. .
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They're not happy as in 'yay sunshine land' but they're incredibly funny :rotfl: and I dunno, kids love him. He makes them happy :cat: After all, a friendly giant that blows in good dreams for chiddlers seems pretty happy to me (let's disregard that the other giants are horrid brutes who eat people :eek: ). A chocolate factory and a giant peach are very happy :D

His adult short stories, on the other hand, are downright scary.

He's one of my favourite writers either way :D
 
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They're not happy as in 'yay sunshine land' but they're incredibly funny :rotfl: and I dunno, kids love him. He makes them happy :cat: After all, a friendly giant that blows in good dreams for chiddlers seems pretty happy to me (let's disregard that the other giants are horrid brutes who eat people :eek: ). A chocolate factory and a giant peach are very happy :D

His adult short stories, on the other hand, are downright scary.

He's one of my favourite writers either way :D
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Yeah his adult stories are great because you only figure out what happening in the end but they are really morbid. (That guy that rents a room at an old lady's house and
then he sees the dead parrot and te dead dog and he realises that he really shouldn't have drunken that cup of tea... O_O
But the child stories are funny. There's quite some dark humour and irony in his adult stories too though.
 
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Yeah his adult stories are great because you only figure out what happening in the end but they are really morbid. (That guy that rents a room at an old lady's house and
then he sees the dead parrot and te dead dog and he realises that he really shouldn't have drunken that cup of tea... O_O
But the child stories are funny. There's quite some dark humour and irony in his adult stories too though.
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Yep, it's why I love them. That's 'The Landlady' :D

'Lamb to the Slaughter' is one of the darkest stories I've read, and it's great.
I have several Roald Dahl adult short story collections :cat:
 
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Yep, it's why I love them. That's 'The Landlady' :D

'Lamb to the Slaughter' is one of the darkest stories I've read, and it's great.
I have several Roald Dahl adult short story collections :cat:
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My grandma has a couple in translation, I really want to read them in English some time. The one with the guy who could hear the plants did seriously creep me out though and being scared of hurting plants is quite annoying. :p
 
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My grandma has a couple in translation, I really want to read them in English some time. The one with the guy who could hear the plants did seriously creep me out though and being scared of hurting plants is quite annoying. :p
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'The Sound Machine' wasn't as scary as 'The Great Automatic Grammatizator.' The ending to that was :eek:-inducing.

Okay, on the topic again: I recommend reading The Six Bad Boys by Enid Blyton. I know most of her stories are happy-happy (I love them though) however, this one was really meaningful and moved me. It's about family.
 
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I definitely recommend Ready Player One
It's a fun book to read especially with all the video game/pop culture references scattered around the story.

While I'm at it, I also recommend the Saga of Darren Shan series. Its not the typical vampire-themed book/series and its just a really awesome series.
 
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*This thread has gone too far :hilarious: *

Thanks everyone! And I have read Roald Dahl, and my personal favourite of his is "Going Solo" and all of his short stories :rotfl:

Here's my current collection. Also I didn't know that there was an AIW sequel. I asked my mom and she opened up me a full wardrobe ( yes I know :hilarious:) containing all the classic books. Anyway, here are the pics.

Also, did I mention that The Hobbit and LOTR are 75th anniversary edition?

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I know its not huge but at the same time many classics have been passed down to me so I don't need more classics.

Thanks everyone again!
 
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You could try reading War.of the Worlds by H.G Wells. Im currently Reading it. Although it has older language it is still a good read.
 
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You could try reading War.of the Worlds by H.G Wells. Im currently Reading it. Although it has older language it is still a good read.
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Thanks! :D
 
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hmmmm
Divergent
Insurgent
A dance with the dragons (something like that xD)
The Name of the wind
 
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have you read heavy object?
and that is quite a collection you have there
 
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have you read heavy object?
and that is quite a collection you have there
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Dealing with something, when I get free, I'll read it. And that's nothing :p You should see all the classics that have been passed down to me :hilarious:
 
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