Broomsticks And Owls

by **menotyoo** » Wednesday 21 January 2004 12:05:18am

There are many parts in HP with mysteries and detective work, and i love mysteries, my favorites were the sherlock holmes stories, but then i found:
Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell stories. I think they're great, they take place years after SH's "retirement" and he apprentices a girl and they go about solving cases. Laurie R. King is the author, however she was merely sent the manuscripts anonymously, which I think makes them cooler.
They are The Beekeeper's Apprentice, A Monstrous Regiment of Women, A Letter of Mary, The Moor, O Jeruselem, and Justice Hall.

by **master_o_magic** » Friday 13 February 2004 7:23:56am

Hmm good books

My favourites probably are:

* Lord of the Rings 1,2 & 3 By JRR Tolkien
*The Beach By Alex Garland (made into the movie)

the beach was great! It was very different to the movie, but it included a sence of avendture and the sastisfaction every tourist likes on a holiday. It was a good book, and i Recommend it to older readers ,as it has fowl language and some fairly scarey moments (e.g Richard, the main, and his 2 french freinds find themselfs in a heavily gaurded dope plantation.)
It grew rather grewsome towards the end, many were killed.
I also recommend people see the movie (rated R :-?

) It was better than the book

I dont read much but the occasional book does tempt me. If anyone has a worthwhile book of any genre dont hesitate to leave me a message! :grin:

~Master_o_Magic~

by **Plep** » Saturday 21 February 2004 5:39:38pm

uhm....the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy was kinda funny...

Has anyone read the Chronicles of Narnia??? Those books are supposed to be really good

by **jarvan49** » Thursday 26 February 2004 10:20:01pm

Dont know if anyone has mentioned this yet or not but i'm reading the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Its a really good book!

by **Eos** » Friday 27 February 2004 2:18:25pm

Does anybody know the books by Haruki Murakami? He's a japanese author and his books are GREAT! Really strange and well told and superb and brilliant! I think he is quite common in the States but not that well known in Europe. In Japan he's supposed to be a superstar (any japnese guys here to confirm that? I think it's Murakami Haruki in japanese, last name first...)
It's not fantasy or something, but a lot of things happen which don't happen normally

But you get used to that while reading so that you're not really surprised by a talking sheep or that the feeling of reality changes if a woman shows her ears...

by **paintballdecoy** » Saturday 28 February 2004 3:14:29am

Well I love the LOTR series, and most of Steven Kings work. I really like Artimus Fowl and Charlie Bone, both were great,

but none were as good as Harry Potter

by **Amon Rê** » Thursday 4 March 2004 7:05:41am

If you're younger anything by Dianne Wynn Jones (well ya don't have to be young but they are aimed at a younger audience). The "So You Want to be a Wizard" series by Diane Duane is similar to HP only in America (it was written a good 10 years prior to HP). Also if you're older there is a set of six books by Kate Forsyth which are superb, they start with The Witches of Eileanan. Also for science fiction read H.G. Wells...the godfather of science fiction...

In response to Da Vinci Code....definitely read Angels and Demons, an earlier work by Brown...SOOOO much better. All of his novels are worth the read :-D

by **Alice I** » Thursday 11 March 2004 1:54:40pm

The book that opened me up to reading was The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
Her series is called the Earth's Children Series. I was less impressed with her last book in the series but the first four were quite good.

If you like Dragons you should check out the Pern series by
Ann McCaffery.
The Dragon Riders of Pern a very good series and it also has several spin off books that are alo very good.

by **fierce** » Saturday 13 March 2004 12:54:21pm

Alice, I read Clan of the Cave Bear ages ago... thanks for reminding me of its existence! I forget everything in it, cos I read it in like grade 7 or something... Someone from Grade 12 gave it to me to read on the bus (it was an hour & a half trip each way!)

I've read chronicles of narnia, that was ages ago as well. or maybe my mum read it to me? anyway, i've just finished the lion the witch & the wardrobe. I'm going to get the other books just as soon as I pay off the last 10 books i bought on credit!

by **FairyTale** » Sunday 14 March 2004 4:10:54pm

I love books by Anne Rice and Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. They're great if you're into vampires, shapeshifters and such!

by **Galateia** » Sunday 14 March 2004 4:27:49pm

Of course Harry Potters are my favorite books, but then comes Robin Hobb's books. Farseer trilogy and Tawny man trilogy. it's fantasy and characters are all different and very human. The story is realistic and it's interesting to read about the court life and how the kings and queens are plotting. My favorite character is the Fool, the king's jester.

And I love the Narnia-books. They were the first fantasybooks I ever read. I'm really hoping that the film is going to be good.

by **jeckle_freckle** » Wednesday 13 June 2007 5:20:53am

the 'wheel of time' series is quite good, but i have to agree its being dragged out a bit too long.
also the 'his dark materials' trilogy by phillip pullman is fantastic for childrens books, i have read them so many times koz it really is an awesome story.

by **FawkesthePhoenix** » Thursday 14 June 2007 7:30:15pm

has anyone here read muntiny's daughter by ann rinaldi?

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