So, here's a list of my favorite books and authors. For the most part I tend to stick with fantasy, but I do read scifi or historical fiction on occasion.
My Top Ten Favorite Books
1. Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
Summary: [from amazon.com]
Intense is the word for Ender's Game. Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses -- and then training them in the arts of war... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of 'games'... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses; he wins all the games... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet?
Review:
I absolutely loved this book. I'd seen this book a few times at B&N in the kids section, but the cover was kind of hideous, then I was reading one of my sister's teen magazines and some singer mentioned that this was their favorite book, so I thought I'd give it a try. Thankfully the adult paperback is much easier on the eyes. Anyways, I think I ended up finishing it the first day I started reading it. I really liked it because not only is Ender adorable, but the story is amazing. It's kind of deep and really makes you think.
2. The Old Kingdom Trilogy
by Garth Nix
Summary: The Old Kingdom Trilogy covers three books, Sabriel, Lireal, and Abhosen, along with a collection of side stories, Across the Wall. Nix has also alluded to one or more sequels.
Sabriel: After receiving a cryptic message from her father, 18-year-old Sabriel sets off into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with peril, her journey takes her to a world filled with undead creatures. Unlike other necromancers, who raise the dead, Abhorsen lays the disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him--and now Sabriel, who has taken on her father's title and duties--to slip over the border into the icy river of Death, sometimes battling the evil forces that lurk there. Desperate to find her father, and grimly determined to help save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the horrible forces of the evil undead, Sabriel endures almost impossible exhaustion, violent confrontations, and terrifying challenges to her supernatural abilities--and her destiny.
Lireal: Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil.
Abhorsen: Following Lireal's ending, Lirael and Prince Sameth, along with Disreputable Dog and Mogget, are trapped in the Abhorsen House by a Dead creature, Chlorr of the Mask, who is in league with Hedge. After a daring break out they decide to rescue Sam's old friend, Nicholas Sayre, who has been tricked by Hedge into digging up a great evil; if Hedge's plan succeeds, the evil now contained by two separate hemispheres will join and annihilate all life. Secrets are revealed and questions answered in this thrilling conclusion.
Review:Prior to reading Ender's Game, these were my favorite books. They're a great mix of fantasy and thrillers. All the characters are wonderful and the story is great. Everything is wonderfully developed. The Old Kingdom is wonderfully detailed and the resolution of both stories is perfect and complete. (For the most part, Lireal and Abhorsen can be considered a novel in two parts.) Once I started reading Sabriel I couldn't put it down. I ended up reading it until 3 am in order to finish it. I went back to the bookstore and bought Lireal and Abhorsen the next day. These are amazing. I can't wait for the upcoming sequels.
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My Favorite Books:
The Blue Sword
Road of the Dead
Supernaturalist
Twilight
Favorite Authors
Eoin Colfer
Madeleine L'Engle
Anthony Horowitz
Diane Wynne Jones
Anne McCaffrey
Robin McKinley
Tamora Pierce
My Top Ten Favorite Books
1. Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
Summary: [from amazon.com]Intense is the word for Ender's Game. Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses -- and then training them in the arts of war... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of 'games'... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses; he wins all the games... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet?
Review:
I absolutely loved this book. I'd seen this book a few times at B&N in the kids section, but the cover was kind of hideous, then I was reading one of my sister's teen magazines and some singer mentioned that this was their favorite book, so I thought I'd give it a try. Thankfully the adult paperback is much easier on the eyes. Anyways, I think I ended up finishing it the first day I started reading it. I really liked it because not only is Ender adorable, but the story is amazing. It's kind of deep and really makes you think.2. The Old Kingdom Trilogy
by Garth Nix
Summary: The Old Kingdom Trilogy covers three books, Sabriel, Lireal, and Abhosen, along with a collection of side stories, Across the Wall. Nix has also alluded to one or more sequels.
Sabriel: After receiving a cryptic message from her father, 18-year-old Sabriel sets off into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with peril, her journey takes her to a world filled with undead creatures. Unlike other necromancers, who raise the dead, Abhorsen lays the disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him--and now Sabriel, who has taken on her father's title and duties--to slip over the border into the icy river of Death, sometimes battling the evil forces that lurk there. Desperate to find her father, and grimly determined to help save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the horrible forces of the evil undead, Sabriel endures almost impossible exhaustion, violent confrontations, and terrifying challenges to her supernatural abilities--and her destiny. Lireal: Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil.Abhorsen: Following Lireal's ending, Lirael and Prince Sameth, along with Disreputable Dog and Mogget, are trapped in the Abhorsen House by a Dead creature, Chlorr of the Mask, who is in league with Hedge. After a daring break out they decide to rescue Sam's old friend, Nicholas Sayre, who has been tricked by Hedge into digging up a great evil; if Hedge's plan succeeds, the evil now contained by two separate hemispheres will join and annihilate all life. Secrets are revealed and questions answered in this thrilling conclusion.Review:
Prior to reading Ender's Game, these were my favorite books. They're a great mix of fantasy and thrillers. All the characters are wonderful and the story is great. Everything is wonderfully developed. The Old Kingdom is wonderfully detailed and the resolution of both stories is perfect and complete. (For the most part, Lireal and Abhorsen can be considered a novel in two parts.) Once I started reading Sabriel I couldn't put it down. I ended up reading it until 3 am in order to finish it. I went back to the bookstore and bought Lireal and Abhorsen the next day. These are amazing. I can't wait for the upcoming sequels.(under construction)
My Favorite Books:
The Blue Sword
Road of the Dead
Supernaturalist
Twilight
Favorite Authors
Eoin Colfer
Madeleine L'Engle
Anthony Horowitz
Diane Wynne Jones
Anne McCaffrey
Robin McKinley
Tamora Pierce
JRR Tolkien
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