Just finished The Picture of Dorian Gray. Fantastic book, Wilde was a genius. Its about a young man, Dorian, who has his portrait painted by an artist, Basil. The portrait actually started to age and take on the evils that he does, and becomes a reflection of his soul. (For those of you who don't know, Dorian Gray was also a character in The League of Extraordinary Men.) Another good one is Fathers and Sons, by Ivan Turgenev. Its about the end of Tsarist Russia. Basically, there are three types of people: the old Romantics, who belong in Tsarist Russia; the Revolutionaries, who want to overthrow the Tsar and make a people's government; and the moderate people who want only to deal with life as it comes. It was written about the same time this was actually happening in Russia and was Turgenev's protest against radicalism. He's got a point - moderation is best. Lastly, a fantasy book - best enjoyed if you are younger and female - Alanna: The First Adventure, along with all the subsequent sequels. The first series, "Lioness Rampant" is about a girl who wants to be a knight, so she switches places with her twin brother, and he goes to learn magic, while she goes to learn how to be a knight - while disguised as a boy. The next series is "Wild Magic" or something along those lines. (Sorry, don't own that one.) Its about a girl who can communicate with animals...basically. Anything more I said about it would ruin the series. ^-^; Last one I know of is "Protector of the Small" series. I know there's more that are in line with this universe, and yes, they are all in the same universe and country and most of the time know one another. Protector of the Small is several years after Alanna...about 25 or so. The first girl to openly go to train as a knight about 15 years after the decree of girls being able to go. She's bullied, harassed, ect. >> I read a lot, btw. Generally between 2-3 books a week. (Note: Not when I'm in the middle of finals, like I am now, obviously. xD) EDIT: Also, the Alanna books and whatever are written by Tamora Pierce.
I hate that book with a passion. I like a lot of Wilde's other works, though. Especially Earnest. I read a lot of plays. I'd recommend Six Characters in Search of an Author, which is this existentialist play about these people who are actually ideas from an author who never actually created them, so they need someone who can basically make them exist. No Exit and The Dumb Waiter are also really good. Read them!
sorry about the late reply, just busy/tired this week and next week is finals so; wont be on either :/ anyway I read mystery, suspense, comedy and... sometimes random books (old books i like too )
I love reading anything by Cassie Edwards. She writes Indian historical romance, I love learning about Indians, and the romance doesnt hurt lol...
Haha. Really? All the people in my class loved it...but then we were also reading Middlemarch and Jude the Obscure...which, by the way, made me want to stab myself in the eyes several times with a dull spoon.
Oh--also, if anyone likes Fantasy ..The Inkheart,Inkspell,Inkdeath(unreleased) trilogy is great.. Errr. And Uglies, Pretties, Specials (and there is a new one out now..I'm not sure of the name) but..those are realllly good.
While I have not actually read them, my brother says anything by Isaac Asimov is really good; if memory serves hes practically the father of the modern sci-fi novel. I intend to check it out myself by reading a collection of three books he has called The Foundation Trilogy, so I'll get back to you on that.
I'm currently reading 'Uglies'.. it's about this perfect world, it's similar to Brave New World.. really interesting
I fell in love with "Asylum" and "Spider" by Patrick McGrath, but they are pretty difficult-to-understand books, or, at least non-recommended to a young public =P They are very beautiful... but so sad stories =( More easy books that I love are the Stephen King's ones; I hope to receive more of them for Christmas *-* Anne Rice's series of vampires' chronicles are another good choice... I've read a lot of stories about vampires... but she has written the best =P Lestat for president! XD "The Alchemist" of Paulo Coelho and "Steppenwolf" of Hermann Hesse are other two books that I'd commend... even if the second one is another pretty heavy book.
lol even though this book is sort of kiddish. i like peter and the shadow thieves and the books in that series. after the first chapter it gets good
i recommend reading deltora quest all 8 books. it may be low reading level but great series! i was hooked and finished it in like 2-3 days also ready harry potter read it ever since 1st grade =D
I'm reading the His Dark Materials trilogy. It's really good. (The Golden Compass movie is about the first book, Northern Lights)
Meditator (series 2 & 3) I suggest them as well as 'Dial L for Losers' & 'Missing Judy'. They are really good.
Oye I concur about the books on tape thing. Once we we're on a road trip from West Coast USA to Wisconsin. We listed to Anne of Green Gables I think it was. One section is a solid block of conversation that is just the protagonist rambling on about nothing for about 10 minutes of tape. At least I think that was it. I've heard its never good but I was alot younger then, so I never really got around to listening to it again. As for a book I've read, I really like the Magic: The Gathering books. Great reads but a bit gory.
If you're more into classical literary buff I'd recommend anything by H.G. Wells or Robert Louis Stevenson, particularly, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.