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- 07-06-2008 02:32 PM #1Dreamer
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Need book advice!
Heya,
I usually don't read a lot of books over the year but every time I go on holidays to seaside I get into a "reading frenzy" and I read anywhere from 5 and up to 10 books (almost 1 book per day pretty much lol).
Anyway, I need some suggestions on which books to take with me this year. I like fantasy and sci-fi books (either standalone novels or series) - and they must not be too childish, nor too serious and hard to follow.
If you read any fantasy/sci-fi books please write down a few choices with tittle and writer (if you know him/her) and a short description on what you liked about the book.
Thanks!
- 07-06-2008 03:06 PM #2Momentum Achievements:
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- 07-06-2008 05:24 PM #3Walking the Plank
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The Cirque Du Freak series. Enjoy.
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- 07-06-2008 05:46 PM #4Member Achievements:
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Water Margin/Outlaws Of The Marsh, Romance of the Three_Kingdoms, Journey To The West. Not exactly easy (or short) books but excellent.
- 07-06-2008 06:25 PM #5Haha. Hehe. Achievements:
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Coldfire Trilogy by C.S. Lewis is to date my favorite fantasy/scifi series, EVER!
It's essentially about how humans had to colonize a new planet, then lost their spaceship and everything else they owned, and were stuck there with no way to communicate with or get back to Earth. The planet so happens to be inhospitable, rejecting the humans. Its defense mechanism is to turn people's worst nightmares into reality.
I can talk about how amazing those books are for ages and ages. And they're not a difficult read at all.
Then there's the Narnia series. They're supposedly children's books, but I'm reading them now and really enjoying them. Definitely a good going-on-vacation kind of series.
- 07-06-2008 07:35 PM #6Member Achievements:
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I've been reading those as well
Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant 
I'm on "A Horse and His Boy."
Any trilogy by Robin Hobb (with the possible exception of the one I'm reading right now... it's yet to be decided), though I'd start at the beginning with "Assassin's Apprentice." David and Leigh Eddings are great (and fun) fantasy authors as well.
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- 07-06-2008 07:50 PM #7Haha. Hehe. Achievements:
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Oh I love that one!! Originally Posted by Amethyst Star I've been reading those as well I'm on "A Horse and His Boy." I'm on Prince Caspian at the moment. It's so fun to read them chronologically and kind of run into the same characters but in different situations.
- 07-07-2008 02:54 AM #8Dr. Danger Achievements:
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The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett, the best author since Mark Twain. That should keep you busy.
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