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May 31, 2010 10:22am
Any books that you absolutely loved, or just really liked, can be posted here for others to maybe add them to their bookshelves! :)
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Here's my read shelf. The ones rated 4 or 5 stars are the best to me :)http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
I just got
by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl in the mail today from the GR's swap. I pulled it out of the brown paper and kissed it. I'm so happy to have it! Looking forward to this re-read.
But to the topic! I HIGHLY recommend this YA book :)
by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl in the mail today from the GR's swap. I pulled it out of the brown paper and kissed it. I'm so happy to have it! Looking forward to this re-read.But to the topic! I HIGHLY recommend this YA book :)
How does the Swap work? What is the condition of the books usually?I have a ton of books someone gave me that I want to get rid of b/c I'll never read them and if I can't make money off of them from ebay then the least I could do would be to trade them for something I do want right?
pretty easy. go to the swap, type in the book and click to the book to make it swapable. then you wait for someone to request the book then you have to mail it to them. Print out a label that they pay for and slap it on the package. It is fun. You should check out the swap on here. I've received a few books that are amazing!
I absolutely fell in love with Bernard Shaw and Walter Moers just recently. Their books are beyond amazing and both are funny and witty in their own very special way. I also really liked the book, That Amazing Junk-Man. It's a collection of fun stories that made me cry and laugh almost simultaneously.
Plain TruthHere's my review of it, just in case you need some encouragement to seal the deal. ;)
http://justanotherbookaddict.blogspot...
sounds good! i've read my sisters keeper and i have songs of the humpback whale on my shelf at home to be read but i think i will def. go and get this one soon.PS - have you read the humback one?
I haven't read any of those. Have never heard of the ones by Ms. Moning. Never heard of her either really. What's it about? Are they good?
I have only read the first Moning book (Darkfever) but I really liked it and I have the second one out from the library sitting on my desk!
♥ZakiyaR♥ wrote: "I haven't read any of those. Have never heard of the ones by Ms. Moning. Never heard of her either really. What's it about? Are they good?"the Moning books are really good. They are aimed for adults because of the content in them. What made me want to read the series is that there is Unseelie and Seelie fae in it and I love reading about them. The fifth and final book in this series is coming out this December.
♥ZakiyaR♥ wrote: "Ohh okay. That sounds like a cool concept to read about. Was just curious. thanks :)"You're welcome
If anyone wants good books, first make sure you're my friend. If not, request me! Then you can check out my "absolute favorites" and "runner-up favorites." shelves. All of them are four and five stars in my eye!!
or any of the books from this series!!!
love this book!!
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great books!!!
and any from this series!!Vampire academy series
house of night series
I've read all the vamp academy books. actually, I'm reading SB right now. Ready for Last Sacrifice or what?! :DI just finished Betrayed the other day, Can't wait for Chosen. The HON series is def promising!
this is the first book to the sign of the zodiac series I just finished reading and I will check out the other books from this series for sure.
One of my favorite authors is John Green. I love his books! He's really funny and his books are fantastic. Paper Towns and An Abundance of Katherines are my favorites, then Looking for Alaska, and lastly, his collab in Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Oh, his bit in Let it Snow was really great, too. READ THEM!
I really like any book by Jasper Fforde. The Thursday Next series is really clever and funny, especially if you are a bibliophile (which would probably be all of us). I mean, she can go into books!!! And the opening book for his newest series, Shades of Grey is amazingly absurd dystopic fiction. I also recommend the Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger as they are laugh-out-loud funny and proper at the same time! I almost switched to sides from vampires to werewolves after reading these books. Thank goodness I read Dracula, My Love by Syrie James in time. (Also a good book!)
Sorry, I don't know html so I couldn't but in the links and pictures... :(
i really liked the books memoirs of a geisha, wintergirls, the house of night series and blood and chocolate
My son is going through an "I hate girls" phase- he's twelve. What it really is, I think, is that he doesn't understand girls. For example, he got the phone number of a really "hot" girl before the end of summer. I told him not to call her right away, but he called her the second he got home. She told him she was busy and hung up. Any recommendations of YA books to help him understand girls better?
Angela wrote: "Haha I can't think of any but that is so cute is a poor kid kind of way"Okay, maybe not completely understand girls, but maybe to understand why girls can be so mean. Ugh, I always thought girls were meaner than boys. I don't know, I think it's meaner to freeze someone out and make them a social leper than it is to punch them (like a boy would do).
The only thing I can think of is a book where girls do a lot of gossiping that can damage another girls life/reputation/emotions. That is the best bet. I mean I know not all girls are like that but there are quite a few girls that are.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend the Mortal Instruments Series by Cassie Clare!!!! Love her writing and the idea of Nephilim/Shadowhunters!!!
Yep, same here. I've only read City of Bones, and will be trying to read City of Asheds super-soon. COB was so much different with the Shadowhunters being entered into my idea of a mystical world. Absolutely love that book!
I highly recommend the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon - they are all long books - 500 - 1100 pages in hardcover...but well worth it...they are historical fiction/romance...with some time travel mixed in. they start in post WW2 Scotland, and the woman Claire walks through some standing stones and ends up in 1740's Scotland prior to Culloden. There are currently 7 books out, and they follow her going back in time and meeting Jamie (her "soulmate")
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "I highly recommend the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon - they are all long books - 500 - 1100 pages in hardcover...but well worth it...they are historical fiction/romance...with some time travel..."I've been meaning to give this series a try. I think I will since you've liked them so much. I just added it to my ebook wishlist at the library. I'm reading
Fall of Giants and Gone With the Wind right now, and they're both over 1,000 pages. (And I got notified that the ebook for World Without End ebook needs to be checked out; also over 1,000 pages.) So, I'll start this series after I finish those three. Thanks.
If anyone wants to give the series Dee mentioned a try, Outlander is free today, as a ebook, at Amazon and Kobo.
I have Fall of Giants on my wishlist...waiting on the kindle price to drop slightly...I loved Pillars of the Earth, have WWE as well, but haven't read it yet.Outlander starts out a little slow, but gets better and if you don't mind audiobook, Davina Porter does a great job
Shay wrote: "Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "I highly recommend the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon - they are all long books - 500 - 1100 pages in hardcover...but well worth it...they are historical ..."
I have been thinking of the Outlander series. I guess I will have to put it a little higher on my list.
I recomend any of the following:
(i havent read the forrest of hands and teeth yet which technically comes before dead tossed waves so i cant speak for that one yet)
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