Young Writers Society

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

Ok I am so gona get flamed for afew books in here.

1. Any Matthew Reilly book, With Scarecrow, 7 ancient wonders or 6 sacred stones at the top.
2. Oh This is gona be burned, Eragon, I honestly don't get why people hate it, it has great plot, its well written and sure the characters are a little dull but who cares.
3. Magician and it's series, which i forget what its called, been along time since i've read it. (Go nutty)
4. The Cherub series, not sure how many people have read it but I think it is great.
5. A game of thrones, its an old series but I thought it was pretty good.

Strange, in the thread were you put worst book most people put Eragon, and in this quite a few people put Eragon.

I figure out my favorite book or books:

The Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray
The Green Riders Series by Kristian Britain

and.....

last but not least, the Study trilogy by Maria V. Snyder.

Kirsten! I will so totally kill you for saying nobody likes Jane Eyre. It's one of the best books ever written!

Lily! Eeeks, did I phrase that wrong? I meant no one likes Villette as much as Jane Eyre
My mistake *removes hat for a bow* *bows, whirls on the balls of her feet and leaves*
x

Ahh!

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte [though I doubt anyone could love it more than Kirsten ]
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak > About the only contemporary novel I like, I found it awesome though. xD

That is all.

The Invisible Man!!! For sure! I love that book, so, so much. It's ridiculous. I read it at least once a year, since... 8th grade, I think. I would draw crazy amounts of fanart, but... he's invisible

((lolz, Trikky is obsessed))

He's adorable, though! He gets kicked around the streets of London in January, and then he's just leaving bloody footprints in the snow... andandand he's just too pathetic and hopelessly evil and irritable not to love <3333333
...<3

((she's crazy...))

Hehe, sorry but Griffin is the only mad scientist I will completely abandon my grammar/spelling skills for! ^.^




Although whenever I post this in a forum nobody replies... ((I wonder why))

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.

For the longest time I have called Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas my favorite book for reasons I could never really figure out...

Now that I think about it, it's not because it's about a crazy hippie and his attorney spending the whole trip to Las Vegas up to their necks in LSD and similar drugs. Sure, it's a bizarre read because of that, and the imagery is so good that you can actually see the colors, lights, the madness running across the page, not the actual words. But I really think that the reason I like it is because Hunter S. Thompson, at certain moments within the book, shows the strange sanity of his character, Raoul Duke, and his take on the year of 1971, and how he misses the beginning of the LSD revolution in 1965.

However, while he misses it, Duke also despairs how decieved hippies have become about their LSD, and how their happiness can be bought through those drugs. He realizes that in the end, it doesn't matter what they thought about those times, and the drugs they did. He realizes that in the end, the hippie revolution strove to great heights, and fell in the ending because they were kidding themselves about all the things they believed.

However, this is not a depressing book. Anyone who reads what I just typed might think so; but it really isn't a depressing story. The humor in the book will have you laughing, the sheer madness and stupid stunts that Duke and his attorney pull will make you laugh just because you won't believe why they'd be dumb enough to load up on ether before going into a casino, or why they'd be dumb enough to do some mescaline before they go to a police meeting that explains why the drug culture and hippies must be stopped. Overall, the madness is what drives this story, and even if you don't believe in what Duke stands for (I certainly don't.) you can't help but like him enough to follow him on his adventures in the city and in the desert.

That is why I love this book.

Hunter S Thompson = fun

I'm surprised so many very young people are listing classic literature. Contemporary books are fun too! You don't want to miss out on those.

Um ... my brother is sitting here with me and for some reason has the desire to tell you his favourite books. I think he's bored. Anyway ...

MY BROTHER:

#Frowns to self and shakes head.

Okay. Lord of the Rings is great for a retro fantasy fix.

David Gemmel is great if you want something deliciously ridiculous and heroic. Legend is especially good.

Terry Pratchett is laugh out loud funny and has steadily improved through his career. Its hard to pick one. They are all great. Except the colour of magic and the light fantastic.

And yes. I have read and enjoyed Harry Potter. Sometimes you want to wring his scrawny little neck, but on the whole I did really like it.

And many others...

best book
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The Underland Chronicles, by Suzanne Collins. Same author as The Hunger Games.

I love these books. They're not perfect, but the concept is amazing and the characters are really well developed. I also love the plot in general. If you can, read them.

Also Owl In Love, by Patrice Kindl. It's not the most detailed, but there's something about the writing that's addictive and compels me to read it again and again. I also love the MC; she's so lovable and really just unique.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. It may not have been the best writing one might have seen, but the story is so touching. It's a depressing book, but Jay Asher really understands what teenage girls go through. It's just amazing. I absolutely loved it. =]