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Comment by Erik on June 19, 2009 at 11:50am

Hey - I just read Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling. Little rich boy gets his comeuppance and learns valuable life lessons — in an unschooling manner. 5 stars! Anyone else read it? Erik

Comment by Wendy on December 9, 2008 at 9:13am

Someone on a list suggested the Elf Quest Series of manga/anime books. My son is inhaling them! Fortunately we have found many in our library system, but may have to supplement that though.

Comment by Kimberly Slage on December 7, 2008 at 11:17am

I am reading "Twilight" and love it. My 15 year old is on the second book.

Comment by Amberlee on October 10, 2008 at 12:39pm

Books I love: The Amber series of novels by Roger Zelazny, I have read some William Gibson, Stainless Steel Rat, Hitchhiker's, pretty much anything by Peter David. I recently read Knight Life and loved it. Need to read the rest of the series. My favorite old King Arthur series is The Crystal Cave ....I can't remember the names of the other books, but I think the author was Stewart.
Classics I love include Uncle Tom's Cabin, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Anne of Green Gables, Little House, .....things like that.

I love the first 3 vampire novels by Anne Rice. Have read the Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Enjoy the Harry Potter series (haven't finished it yet)...

Lately I have been reading a lot of tech books (photoshop, computer, knitting, crochet) and crafting books. Although I have gotten to read the Leven Thumps novels (first 2) and started Stormbreaker. I haven't read a mystery in a while, I used to love Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes. I got into the Patricia Cornwall Scarpetta series too. So I have an eclectic taste in books as well.. I have read almost every genre. I don't like romance novels though.

Comment by Valerie on October 8, 2008 at 10:17am

SOOOO many books, so little time. I'd like to wipe my memory and read for the first time again: "Atlas Shrugged," "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon," "Cold Sassy Tree," "Hitchhiker's Guide," "Mists of Avalon" and so many more.

Comment by Margaret on September 3, 2008 at 12:42am

The Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner is excellent. I think they are technically a young adult books; the first book was a Newberry Honor book. I didn't discover them until this year and I really enjoyed them, especially the main character. Lots of other great books, but I wanted to mention that one as I hadn't seen the series mentioned so far.

Comment by Rowan on August 26, 2008 at 11:09am

oh and right now i'm reading dragon slippers, its great so far.

Comment by Rowan on August 26, 2008 at 11:08am

ooooo i loved princess academy!

Comment by Christine Yablonski on August 22, 2008 at 7:16pm

Kim & I just read the entire Twilight series, too. We heard that the 4th book was coming out & then one of Kim's friends mentioned that she loved the series. So, in just two weeks, we read the first 3 books so that we could be ready for the 4th. We even went to the midnight "Vampire Prom" at our local Barnes & Noble to pick up the book, Breaking Dawn.

Comment by Katherine on August 17, 2008 at 3:26am

Franny and Zoe is one of my long time favorites (Catcher in the Rye author... JD Salinger). The kind of book that makes me wish Bob Dylan had also been an author (though he didn't write in Salinger style) as well as songwriter. It was probably one of the biggest influences in my love for NYC. A unique and unforgettable culture and people. I've only been once and would love to go back. Soon..;)

I've always been nuts for biographies and haven't read a good one in probably a couple decades so I'm open for suggestions. I am pretty sure I'm going to get Katharine Hepburn's Me.

Science fiction. I even like fantasy though I prefer the philosophical bent of science fiction. Greg Bear, Ursula Le Guin, and I even made it through the entire Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert, though the religious stuff got completely overwhelming. I would call Tolkien's writings fantasy: the Lord of the Rings series and the Hobbit though The Silmarillion is very celestial stuff. C.S. Lewis' Science Fiction Trilogy was a great fave and I am reminded yet again to re-acquire them and re-read. I want my own copies. Madeleine L'Engle is a cross between science fiction and fantasy and I'm reading A Ring of Endless Light, which doesn't seem to be science fiction but has several hints of what she does in her science fiction books.... mixing the future with the present day.

In years past, I would say some formative books have been all the Jane Austen novels, Bronte's Jane Eyre and a lot of Victoria Holt. I ate those up all through middle and high school. My feminist inspiration, with Victoria Holt and Jane Eyre frequently acting as feminism foils. I should re-read those to see where my perspective fits in now, because I thought very differently then a long time ago.

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