Anyone Know Of Some Good Books?..

I wasn't sure where to post this, so sorry if I've posted it in the wrong place.

Anyway, I'm not much of a reader, and never really have been. But I have a sudden urge to read. =/ But I dunno what to read. Anyone know anything good to read? Tehe..

the one book ive read in my life and it was amazing but i cant remember what it was called it has a picture of a toy doll on the front it looks scary but it is really a good book :):)

Read Libba Bray's "A Great and Terrible Beauty". Great book. For me, it kind of started oof slow, but keep with it and it'll be one of the most amazing books you've ever read.

Cool..I shall read it. =)

"The perks of being a wallflower" is the strangest but most amazing book i've ever read. It's not exceptionally long but it's really good. It's from the point of view of a young boy and how he feels and how he interprets things that happen in his life. The books in the form of letters from him to someone (you never find out who it is - but they're not of importance apart from being the supposed recipitant of the letters) who he feels he can tell everything to. But mostly it's just like any other story.
It also has the saddest poem i've ever read in it (which kick starts tears everytime i read it) called "Once on a yellow piece of paper." I can almost recite the poem I love it so much. You can find it on google if you search for it but at the moment it is on the shoutboard (a little down and on the right) of this page - http://spot.deviantart.com/journal/9761356/
It's a fabulous book and definitely worth anyone reading it.

^^ Since you're not 'much of a reader', it's good too because it's quite easy to take in and very fluent. :)
If you DO read it, i'd like to know if you enjoyed it or not. Please let me know.
Oh and another thing i forgot - its by Stephen Chbosky.

:) Good luck with your reading escapade.

JUst go out and get Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's brilliant "Good Omens". And that's all I have to say. The smart amongst you will read it and comment. The ignorant won't. The stupid reply as neither. :-)

I've read a lot of books, believe me, so I might have to narrow it down for you later amd post some. Weird enough, there's a book I've read that while it was written all too well, it was a good story and had a good message to it.

Jerri Spinelli, all the way.

It depends on what you get into.
You won't enjoy books like Stargirl or anything by Jerri unless you're willing to think, because his writing is so...it's so, like, applied to life,and amazingly well written.

I LOVED "the perks of being a wallflower."

The thing about that book for me, is that I didn't love it until after I read it and realized how...I donno if I'd call it good....complex, you could say, it is.
It really really really makes you think, and if you're willing and open-armed you can definitely learn from it.
It's kind of a hard hitter, though, I donno if you should start off with it.

Wowee-- Thanks everyone. :]

All of Terry Pratchetts "Diskworld" novels are awesome! Also if you like fantasy Eragon and
Eldest by Christopher Paolini and maybe Temeraire and Temeraire: Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik are good (they're about dragons so I wouldn't recomend them if you didn't like dragons)
I could go on with this all night so pm me if you want some more titles.

Pip xxx

A bad boy , can be good for a girl

( it was like reading a few years of my life ,lol)

-take care

-sam

A handful of time was a really good book, i read that when i was in grade six and i still love it to this day. =)

RECOMMENDED READING

Okay, get out your library card.........Below is a recommended reading list.This is just a starting point, you may discover others alond the way.I have listed both Poets and books that could be considered reference/self-help/type books(some of these deal with understanding poetry, some are exercises and workshop-type stuff, etc.).I know for the most part, more poets like to write poetry rather than read any.Sometimes it is a matter of finding a poet who's work you like.But reading other poetry can bring a better understanding and appreciation of the art and can also influence and improve your own writing skills.Even reading the small press poets on the e-zines and small press poetry zines(paper published ones) is beneficial.The anybody-can-post-anything sites are not very disciminating and have both have some really great poems but mostly some really bad ones -but checking these out can help you see the difference.I've tried to include a wide diversity of styles/forms/voices/ poets both past and contemporary-included are the known masters, contemporary poets,academic poets, street poets, rock/music stars, actors,(surprisingly a couple by the musicians and actors are very good), small press poets, etc..There is something for everyone here if you explore and seek out what interests you.All practicing poets should read poetry, past and present, all the varieties/styles/voices.

Poets(and some of the books):

Oscar Williams(edited by)-Immortal Poems (a good collection of many poets)
William Harmon(edited by)-The Top 500 Poems (another good collection of a variety of poets)
The Best American Poetry Of (year)-an anthology collection put out each year of the more contemporary poets(as opposed to the well known, long dead masters)
Jim Carroll (Fear Of Dreaming*Pools Of Mercury*The Basketball Diaries)
Edgar Allan Poe (Complete Poems)
Billy Collins (Nine Horses*Sailing Alone Around The Room)
Anne Sexton (The Complete Poems)
Henry David Thoreau
Michael Madsen (The Complete Poetic Works Of:Vol. I:1995-2005)
Allen Ginsberg
Jewel (A Night Without Armor)
Carl Sandburg
Rod McKuen (Alone*Caught In The Quiet*The Works Of Vol. 1*many others)
Ogden Nash
Walt Whitman (Selected Poems)
Charles Bukowski
Emily Dickinson (Selected Poems)
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Tupac Shakur (The Rose That Grew From Concrete)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lord (George Gordon) Byron
Robert Browning
Leonard Cohen (Stranger Music*and others)
William Blake
Mark Van Doren (That Shining Place)
David Berman (Actual Air)
Ezra Pound
Robert Frost (Anthology Of Poems)
Langston Hughes
E.E. Cummings (100 Selected Poems)
Sylvia Plath
Jim Morrison (Wilderness*American Night*The Lords And The New Creatures)
William Shakespeare
Dylan Thomas
Richard Brautigan
Federico Garcia Lorca (Selected Poems Of (translated))
Gwendolyn Brooks
Shel Silverstein (Where The Sidewalk Ends* and others)
Robert Pinsky
Erica Jong (At The Edge Of The Body, others)
John Keats
Henry Rollins (believe he has a book, know he has some spoken word cds)
William Carlos Williams
Douglas Pagels-(I Love You Sooo Much(ABook For My Soul Mate And A Thank You From My Heart))
A.E. Housman
Edward Field(edited by)-(A Geography Of Poets:An Anthology Of The New Poetry)
Oscar Wilde
Stevie Smith
Billy Corgan (Blinking With Fists)
T.S. Eliot
William Butler Yeats
Mark Strand
Mary D. Esselman & Elizabeth Ash Velez (edited by)-(The Hell With Love:Poems To Mend A Broken Heart (actually this could go in the reference/self help section!))
Lawrence Ferlenghetti
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Dave Kappel & Sally Steenland-(The Magnetic Poetry:Book Of Poetry)
Robert Burns
Alexander Pope
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Robert Bly
John Sweet(google search for his chaps on the internet)

Reference or poetry related:

Dictionary(a very good one!-sometimes I get inspired by new words & such))
Thesaurus(again, a good one)
John Frederick Nims-Western Wind:An Introduction To Poetry
William Packard-The Art Of Poetry Writing
Rainer Maria Rilke-Letters To A Young Poet
Bill Moyers-Fooling With Words
Robin Behn and Chase Twichell(editors)-The Practice Of Poetry
Judsom Jerome-The Poet's Handbook
Constance Hale-Sin And Syntax
Natalie Goldberg-Writing Down The Bones(Freeing The Writer Within)
John Ciardi-How Does A Poem Mean
Brenda Ueland-If You Want To Write
Ron Padgett(edited by)-The Teacher's And Writer's Handbook Of Poetic Forms
William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White-The Elements Of Style
Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge-Poemcrazy(Freeing Your Life With Words)
The Poet's Market-the current edition (put out each year by Writer's Digest Books-This is essential regarding markets and also has other information, interviews with poets, etc.)
Theodore A. Rees Cheney-Getting The Words Right:How to Revise, Edit, & Rewrite
Leonard Knott-Writing For The Joy Of It

These are not so much poetry related but very profound,inspirational and life enriching, influential writing, sometimes verging on poetry-highly recommended)

Hugh Prather- Notes To Myself*I Touch The Earth, The Earth Touches Me
Richard Bach- Illusions (this book changed my life!)*Jonathon Livingston Seagull
Douglas Coupland- Generation X
Robert Cormier-Fade
Peter Hedges- What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Richard Adams- Watership Down
Nick Hornsby- High Fidelity
J.R.R. Tolein-The Lord Of The Rings
Carson McCullers- The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Kurt Vonnegut-anything
David Viscott- Finding Your Strength In Difficult Times(A Book Of Meditations)
S.E. Hinton-The Outsiders*That Was Then, This Is Now
Bret Easton Ellis-Less Than Zero

I'm a huge book worm, but I'm kinda young for the site so my books might be a little underlevel.

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levin
Absolutly Normal Chaos by SHaron Creech
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
The Warriors by Erin Hunter
Wings of Dawn by Sigmund Brown
Charlie Bone Series by Jenny Nimmo
Sun Tzu's Anciernt Art of Golf by (Transated) Gary CHapin (My Daddy!)

Taha! Thanks everyone!!.. I think that's enough though, Geez, it'd take me years to read all these!

Haha. Thanks again, I'll check some of these out!

Theres some great true stories out there.. i am currently reading a book called 'Betrayed' and have recently finished reading 'One Child'.. both of which are very inspirational, and indepth books.

It's hard for other people to recommend books without knowing your reading preferences. Two books I have recently enjoyed have been written by the same author, Sue Monk Kidd. Those books are the Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair. They wonderfully written novels about women and their private turmoils. Ken Follet is one of my favorite authors and my favorite books of his: Pillars of the Earth. Another recommendation is McCourt's Angela's Ashes, about a very poor Irish boy and his life. It will make you laugh and cry at the same time. The book won a Pulitzer.

Noughts and Crosses, Knife Edge and Checkmate by Malorie Blackman are amazing books READ THEM OR DIE!!!

I would say that one of my favorite books is "Scribbler of Dreams" by Mary E. Pearson.

Its a take off of "Romeo & Juliet", yet its very modern. If you're wanting a good read, and you're into the whole "complicated love" scene, then you'll love it!

Its one of the best books I've ever read! Best wishes!

Dearest,
Brit

Oh and I forgot to mention. Another good book is "Blue Bloods" by Melissa De La Cruz.

Only if you like vampire books though. Its got quite a twisty plot to it. Not to mention good characters.
Well, ta!

Brit

OOOH! I just got a bunch of books from this ladyt hat my Mom works with, I'm only on the first one, but it is sooooo good! You might like it, It's called "To Die For", and it is the true story of the female serial killer Dana Sue Gray. It is really good, the other ones are all true stories about serial killers as well, but I started with this one. =] It's pretty long, but well worth the read so far I'd say. =]

-Jenna.

'The Mind Game' By Phillip Day.

If you're the type to wonder about the world, its formation & eventual deterioration- I'd strongly recommend this.

Possibly one of the most engaging and powerful books written. I seem to think so.

-Elysium.

I really love to read.. so here are some of what I'd recomend:
*Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
*A Dance of Sisters by Tracey Porter
*Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson
*Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Dunkan

well.. those are a few of the books i recently read that i thought were really good...
hope you enjoy your reading...

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