Young Writers Society

The Green Mile, Stephen King - the only book to ever (admittedly) made me cry. :]
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen - If there happens to be an onomatopoeia describing the sound of swooning, it would go right here.
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes - Brilliant. 'Nuff said.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King - Come on. How could I not?

I personally cna't shoose jsut one so here are a few of my favorites..

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Outsiders
Twilight
Harry Potter
Lock and Key
The Shack


Jeeze i better stop i could go on forever!

-balletbabe12

thunder_dude7 wrote:

I really really really love The Host.
But I know Stephenie Meyer is kind of frowned upon around here.

As much as I can't stand Twilight, The Host is actually good. And you're perfectly entitled to your own opinions.

Amen. I hated twilight with a fervent passion. Which is why I didn't read the Host. then I was forced to by my friends....very, very well done. It's the exact opposite of tiwlight; poor flow, but brilliant characters, concepts, mileu laws, conflicts....though she still has a lot to learn about dramatic scenes and climaxes.

Personally, I think twilight was her test book. She was just testing the market and playing with an idea she didn't take seriously, then boom! it hits bestseller and she's forced to live with it for a few years. Makes me wonder if she was relived when Midnight Sun was leaked instead of freaking out like a child, as I used to think.

She's regained my respect, and probably many other writers', too.

These books are awesome. I'm one of those fortunate enough to have not read Twilight, although I did suffer Eragon.

1. The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins (most unputdownable books ever)
2. Unwind - Neal Shusterman (Fast paced, great characters, interesting concept)
3. Dark Tower series - Stephen King (Deep and though provoking. Brilliant characters)
4. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams ( )
5. Enders Game - Orson Scott Card (The book that got me into sci-fi)
6. Shadow of a Dark Queen - Raymond E Feist (Much better than Magician)

Matthew Reilly's Seven Ancient Wonders and its sequels, as well as Contest are worth a mention as fun, light reading, but I wouldn't touch the Scarecrow series with a ten foot pole.

The best book I ever read was 'Invitation to the game,' by Monica Hughes.

Loved it!

1.Poison
2.The League series
3.Storm Theif
4.Rainbow Boys Series
5.Vladamir Tod series
6.The Killing Joke
7.Levithan

These are my seven deadly sins and I can't get enough of them .

"The Distance Between Us" by Bart Yates

There's just no question about it. Yates made a masterpiece with this novel.

Ender's Game, and any in the series. Moving, exciting, and freakin' intense!!

1.Frankenstein
2.Lovely Bones
3.Bartimaeus Trilogy
4 Hunger Games( the book not the series. The second was good but I think it would rank like 6 or 7)

I always count in 4's.

I have liked many books: Harry Potter, His dark materials, Inkheart Inkspell and Inkdeath (But they aren't really my favorite books), a french book called "La revelation des medicus"(but i'm not sure if it exists in English, and finally the puzzle ring(even tough it is kind of confusing, but it is very interesting)

Lolo

All-time favorite for me is and always will be Victor Hugo's Lest Miserables (preferably the full annotated version): it's an epic, it's masterfully written, and it makes me cry like a baby no matter how many times I've read it.

Then there's House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, which I've been trying to rec to everyone and their mothers ever since I read it, because it is really innovative,has a great, intriguing plot and awesome formatting (also, footnotes. I adore footnotes.)

The History of Love, by Nicole Strauss, is also really great. And also Good Omens, by Pratchett and Gailman, American Gods by Gailman (the mythology geek in me was pleased)...

Here are some of my favorites.

1.The host
2.Twilight
3. Percey Jackson and the Olympians
4.Crank (best book ever)
5.Because I am Furniture (it was ok)
6.Some of the harry potter books.
7.Time Travelers Wife
8.The Awakening (old but good)
9.To much to lose. (it was ok)
10. It was a book about homeless kids and I don't remember the name...so sad....

My all-time favorite book is A Separate Peace by John Knowles. At first I thought it was going to be really lame and boring, but after a while, I really got into it. It was an awesome book! The only reason I picked it up was because I needed the A.R. points to pass my class. I'm so glad I read it.

Im obsessed with the book 'Letters to my mother' By Teresa Cardenas.

Melvin Burgess - Bloodtide - Just a brilliant fantasy adaptation of Romeo + Juliet!

I strongly advise anyone to read this book, as it is full of action and fantasy elements, that all go along with a dark and passionate romance.

It's just amazing!!~