Young Writers Society

Lover Mine by JR Ward <3

There have been a couple books that I've come back to to really enjoy: first, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse; it's a really compact and powerful book. Second, The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, I think there's a lot of things that a writer can relate to in this one, plus Joyce does hold up to the reputation as being the Shakespeare of prose, which is even more evident in Ulysses. Third, Animal Farm by George Orwell, I noticed a lot of people really liked 1984, but, since i love concision, it ranks a cut above 1984, plus the whole animal fable concept was masterly.

Oh gosh, there's so many, so I'll only name a few.
The Silenced by James Devita
Killer Take All
The Historian
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Whiteout
Jane Eyre

That would definetly have to be It by Stephen King. This books took the clown theme and made it unaccessable to other authors unless they want to be compared to S.K. But it-- haha pun--- wasn't just the Clown that made this book so amazing, it was the pure feeling of being involved with the world that King conjures in this book. Every last character in that book felt Alive, as he or she was living and breathing right then in Maine while I read about them. When one of these chacters experience horror I felt the horror they were going through. And then, to top that all off, the story was completely unique, unlike no other story I've read. Definetly a 10 out 10 book.

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

Basically, it's...well I don't want to spoil anything, because it's full of surprises, but I'll introduce the two main characters:

1: Kafka Tamura, a fifteen year old boy who leaves home to search for his long-lost mother and sister.

2: Nakata, a man with various supernatural abilities (that I won't reveal, because they're bizarre.)

Basically...man, there's nothing I can say about this book without spoiling it.

It's fantastic, though. Changed my life.

Top 5 (in no particular order)

1. Dune by Frank Herbert- just finished this last week and I absolutley loved it. The first 30 pages or so were a bit of a slog but after that it really took off into an epic sci-fi/fantasy story underpinned by religous and political themes.

2. The Choas Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness (The knife of never letting go, The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men)
Amazing trilogy, very unique, fantastic storyline and dealing with numourous moral questions in a thought provoking way.

3. The Silver Sequnce by Cliff Mcnish - unique story in which children evolve in order to combat a threat from a gaint interstellar creature called the Roar.

4. Mortal Engines Quartet by Phillip Reeves - Set in a Post apocalyptic future where cities move and based upon the struggles of characters caught up within hostility between the moving cities and static settlements. extremely imaginative.

5. The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer - Better than the his Artemis Fowl books in my opinion

Well, I'll second Dune and Kafka on the Shore. Also, all time favorite, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Read it. It will change the way you write and look at things. Wonderful book.
Also, anything by Brandon Sanderson is pretty good. Or Neil Gaiman. Or Diane Wynne Jones.

And now I'm going to stop. c:

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 8D

One of my favorites is called, "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. It really makes you think about how the world would be if there was no pain, jealousy, etc. I've read it about five times and it still makes me cry.

It's a tie between The Famished Road by Ben Okri, and Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden.

I have far too many favourite books, but here are a few and reasons why:

- Jewels by Danielle Steel.
An absolute classic, and while I absolutely love her, the story between William and Sarah made me believe in love again, and for that I couldn't love the book more than I already do.

- Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski.
A special friend whom I trust his opinion far more than a few others, recommended it to me, and I am absolutely in love. I feel for Henry, and the way that is life was. Bukowski is an amazing writer there is simply no doubt about it.

- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
Recommended by the same person as Ham On Rye, I was captured until the very last page. It's amazing, and I would tell anyone who hasn't read it yet, to read it.

-GhostlyImpressions.

The best books i've read would have to be andre aggasi's biography, under the dome, and just after sunset.

A bit of a different list from most here, but I love a lot of the books that were mentioned in the topic already. Especially 1984.

Some of my favorite books are:

A Storm of Swords (ASOIAF Book 3)
The Blade Itself - (First Law Trilogy book 1)
The Stand - (Stephen King - This is due mostly to nostalgic value, this was the book that got me into reading.)
I Am Legend - The mood described in this book is absolutely brilliant.

miroirnoir95 wrote:Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

Basically, it's...well I don't want to spoil anything, because it's full of surprises, but I'll introduce the two main characters:

1: Kafka Tamura, a fifteen year old boy who leaves home to search for his long-lost mother and sister.

2: Nakata, a man with various supernatural abilities (that I won't reveal, because they're bizarre.)

Basically...man, there's nothing I can say about this book without spoiling it.

It's fantastic, though. Changed my life.

Really?
After reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore just didn't live up to the standard of that book. I found it really boring and drawn out. Maybe because i was expecting another Wind up Bird Chronicle. I liked the characters, especially the guy ( ) that works in the library. But the plot just didn't seem to go anyhere. And all that business with Nakata and the rock?? What was that all about?


My favourite book is Geek Love by Katherine Dunn.

It's about a travelling family that run a circus. When the mother and father first get together they realise there's a lot of business to be made with circus freaks (or geeks as they are called in the story), so when the mother is pregnant she takes various drugs to alter the children she gives birth to.
This sounds like a horrible, disgusting book, but it really isn't. It is incredibly witty, poignant and heartbreaking at points. Although there are some very unsettling, gruesome parts. It also has the greatest character development of all time in the form of Arty. It's really good, read it.

Woah my gosh! Must I pick one?

1. Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit (these books are my LIFE - if you insult them I shall cry)
2. Redwall (series, not single book)
3. Deltora Quest
4. Artemis Fowl
5. The Inheritcance cycle (the whole cycle - Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr ... HURRY UP, PAOLINI!!!)

And I'm off to read one right now. Good bye!