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STALKER O.O!!! Haha, just kidding... Sometimes it's difficult to join in a conversation, but it helps to randomly blurt something out... Randomness and weirdness can go a long way...And about your identity crisis, I can relate. I don't enjoy every popular book out there, and I love some random stuff... Although it's not really a crisis. It just means you have a taste in books (not meaning you eat them...) that is specific to you. It just means you like what you like (sorry, this is probably not helping your situation).
Don't be afraid to read something just in case you hate it to pieces. You need to try something before you don't like it. If you want to look for books, go to a library, and skim through the shelves for a book that catches your interest. I did this yesterday, and found a book I loved.
Thank you! Yes that's helpful. Sometimes I wish I could predict what I'm going to like better. But skimming at the Library sounds fun.
No problem, and it actually is fun! It's odd how walking between shelves looking for a cover or title that pops out to you... And the great thing is, if you randomly stop walkinjg, grab a book, and sit down it won't be that strange to the people around you. And libraries have comfy chairs...
I think Goodreads can automatically generate a list of book recommendations based on how you rate your books. I don't really find that particularly helpful myself but it might be interesting to take a look.
Sometimes it is helpful, other times it is not. But it is definitely worth a look.
It is occasionally helpful... The only problem with me is I'm too lazy to organize the books I've read, so I get random options...
Yeah, I do look at the recommendations Goodreads gives me but it's kind of random it seems like. They give me a bunch of books in the same genre as other books but it doesn't seem to be based on anything deeper than that.You know what would be cool, I wish they would recommend friends that had similar ratings on the same books. If I found people that matched my tastes more it would be easier to find other books I like based on what they've read. As far as I know they don't have anything like that.
But, I've been looking at the book recommendations in this group and I'm finding a lot of intriguing suggestions that I want to try ;-)
I've really wanted that! they have a 'suggested friends' thing that appears to be broken because all it does it suggest friends from this random guy who added me, who appears to add everyone and these people its suggesting have like 3 books in common with me. I'm just like, what?There's the Jane Austin Book Club which I did not like but I've also never read any of her books... lol Maybe watch the movie and see what you think, but thats not very good either.
It's looking like you enjoy books with more simplistic worlds, like historical stuff, and with hunger games they're stuck out in the wilderness for most of it. I can't really think of stuff, some things come to mind in dystopian but you might not like the sci-fiish elements of them. Maybe, have you checked out Under the Never Sky?
It would be really helpful if you read reviews of the book first before you read them. But don't read spoilers. :PRead a 5-star/4-star review that explains the good points of the book. Then read a 1-star/2-star review that states the bad qualities of that book.
Think about the things you've read in the reviews, ask yourself how you feel about those issues, and decide whether or not you still like to read the book. This technique always helps me find books that I would like/love and hate. (Saves time!)
Another advice about skimming through library shelves.. If you are unsure about whether you would like that certain book or not, go to Goodreads (maybe the iPhone app, that's what I use) and check the ratings and review first. Chances are that if it has a high rating, it is a good book.
Don't be afraid to try new genres, but try the ones that have romance. Since you like romance/love, you might start to liking those type of genres just for the romance. Love makes everything interesting!
For fantasy/urban-fantasy, I suggest you read Tiger's Curse, Seraphina, Forgive My Fins, Shadow and Bone, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Hex Hall, Bewitching, A Kiss in Time, The Catastrophic History of You and Me, and Cloaked.
I strongly recommend Harry Potter, that's my most favorite book of all time.and The Count of Monte Cristo. This book is EPIC.
Thanks Lucille and Ayu! Thanks for the book recommendations :-DAyu, I plan to read TCoMC, but I have to admit I HATED the Three Musketeers. Have you read that one?
Jessica, I haven't read Under the Never Sky, but I'm going to check it out. But what you said...."It's looking like you enjoy books with more simplistic worlds, like historical stuff", I thought wow, that's so INSIGHTFUL! Really that makes a lot of sense to me. I like awesome character developement amidst good action and plot. I like the setting to be a believable world. Even if it's somewhat unrealistic, it can still be believable. If I have to work to hard to understand a very strange world though, the book looses me quickly, like in DUNE. I tried to read that book and I'm like "yeah right" after about 20 pages. I mean, I'm sure the story is fantastic, but I think I'm too much of a romantic at heart for all that weirdness ;-P
Haha thanks! I pride myself in picking books for people I know they're really like, little more difficult when I don't know the person, or full extend of what they'v liked/haven't, like you, but I try. Okay well with Under The Never Sky umm.. some people have developed powers and there's something wrong with the sky (which is where the powers come from)... lol so I don't know if you'll like that but the whole book is based out in the wilds so you might like that aspect. Actually what I'm reading now might be okay, I'm not very far in it so don't know how good it is, seems good so far. Ashes, Ashes its futuristic global warming is attacking the planet and a plague wiped out most of the population so the girl has been living by herself in what's left of central park
I finally started reading the Hobbit and I LOVE it! So far ;-)
The Hobbit is amazing!! I recently read it and as soon as I finished it, I wanted to re-read it XD
I read the Hobbit in first grade and my teacher didn't believe me . . . she was one of my FAVES. I've gotta reread that, I forgot some parts.
Try 13 Reasons Why, it's very different, many people I know have read it, and are very critical. But most people have loved it! It's different becasue you know how it ends, before you even turn to page 2,but you don't know the 13 Reasons, and that's what keeps you guessing.
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I want to read Hobbit!
It's difficult to reccomend something to someone because you will never know what they like entirely. Also I read many genres and inly few people could pick a book that I truly love for me to read.I would suggest any book by John Green, especially The Fault in Our stars.
Also if you want to try a series not many people have heard of so they can't make fun of you, try Michael Scott's The Secrets of the Immortal nicholas Flamel.
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Legend, I am Number Four, Across the Universe, City of Bones, and Maze Runner!
I know this is old, but I will leave a comment anyways. I LOVED Delirium. Maybe you would like it because I think it's romantic. The 2nd book is Pandemonium and the 3rd is due out in 2013.
I also hate predictable books yet ironically love to read favourite books over and over. I would recommend any books by John Wyndham - he wrote The Chrysalids and The Day of the Triffids - but my favorite of his (as well as Chrysalids) is The Trouble with Lichen.I would also generally suggest reading the samples on Amazon - for most novels they have a look inside and on the Kindle listing a fairly lengthy sample to get a fairly good idea about whether or not you'd enjoy the book.
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Not really. LOTR is seperate from the Hobbit.
I'm STILL reading the Hobbit. I put it down for a long time and I just picked it back up again.
thomas'team leo' wrote: "I have tried both. But got bored. I have seen two movies too. But havent understood a great deal. So whats the reading order?"The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King and I suppose you can read The Hobbit either after or before LOTR. I read it before. It's too bad you didn't enjoy them. I loved them and thought they were beautifully written.
Scott wrote: "How about Carrie?"I read this recently and it was a good read. Not as great as I thought it would be.
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I read this recently and it was a good read. Not as great as I thought it would be."
That sounds disappointing!
It kind of was. I mean I didn't dislike it but I did not think it was amazing either. Honestly, I prefer the movie.
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I need a little help, and hopefully I won't come off like a whiner.
It seems like every book I read lately bores me half to death. Unfortunately, I don't tend to like books that fit strictly into a genre, so I end up feeling lost when picking books to read. It's like hit or miss. Even when people recommend stuff, I usually find something wrong with it.
Lately, I can't seem to finish a book. I want that awesome heavenly feeling I get when I'm stuck in a book and I want to stay up all night reading, but it hasn't happened for like the last 10 books or more I've read. The last book I read that I loved was "The Princess Bride." And I REALLY loved it!
So, I'm hoping you all can give me some suggestions based on my weirdo tastes that make no sense whatsoever, and hopefully I'll find my groove again. I'll give you a list of a few books I've loved, and ones I didn't, and the reasons why. Maybe some of you can relate to me and have overcome this problem. I think it could rightly be defined as a reading identity crises :-(
LOVED:
The Hunger Games - it was fun, and I loved the romance.
All Jane Austen books - because they are so witty, and I love the romance.
The Princess Bride - hilarious, and you guessed it....ROMANCE!
One Day - witty, sarcastic, complicated characters I that were very imperfect but loveable....romance.
Juliet - fun, action, mystery, love....it has it all.
Alas Babylon - I love a good end of the world book, especially the realistic kind.
11-22-63 - It was cool, and different.
BOOKS I DIDN'T LIKE FOR RANDOM REASONS, BUT EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO LOVE THEM, SO I FEEL LIKE A LOSER!
Enders Game - boring boring boring. Video games...blah blah blah.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Lack of plot. No action whatsoever. Nothing ever happens. Didn't finish.
Almost all books in the romance genre - YES I love romance in books, but I hate predictability. They are all the same. I liked the first one I read, but haven't loved one since, because it is the same story with the same Highlanders names Alec over and over and over and over and......
Fantasy - Just haven't found one I love. I tend to be a realist. I want to read LotR, but I'm so afraid I won't like it, and all my fantasy nerd friends (and I have LOTS of them) will crucify me :-(
Game of Thrones - Dragons are not my thing, and neither is child rape and everyone always dying.
That's a start for now. I'll think of more and post later. I'd really love to hear your thoughts and suggestions!!!!