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archmage wrote:

gettysburg11 wrote:

floatingmagictree wrote:

The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Definitely not. We read that book in class and it was one of the weirdest books I've ever read. It's about a society where emotions are frowned upon and they don't know what animals are.
I'd recommend the following books
-Eragon series by Christopher Paolini
-Last Shot and Vanishing Act, both by John Feinstein (A little cursing, but nothing too bad)
-Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
-Cryptid Hunters and Peak, both by Roland Smith
-The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
-Leaving Protection by Will Hobbs
-Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney

Those should keep you busy for a while.

Definitely not? The Giver was great. Its a science fiction book that asks the question "what if a utopian society actually existed"?

No, it was not great. It was boring. There were some decent parts in it, but there were also some boring, kind of like Tom Sawyer. Also, with all this talk to kids now about "express yourself" and everything, an emotionless society is a bad idea. Lastly, the ending was hard to follow, and very vague. If there wasn't a sequel, I'd say it was one of the worst endings in any book I've every read, and even with the sequel, it was not good.

The Giver was a book that was much more about the ideas behind it then the events that happened in the book. You have to think of things like morality and what things symbolize.

The ending did suck but it was still a good read.

Last edited by archmage (2009-12-06 22:10:50)

Zelda123 wrote:

One really, really good book is The Count of Monte Cristo.

I loved that book when I was a kid!

Oh, by the way, some really good satire is by Jon Stewart. Personally, I'd recommend America (The Book).

Also, I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert is a good read for some laughs.

Hey! I was going to post those two books, Chrischb! 

I recommend those two books if you like dogs/wolves - though plenty of people like the books, even though they don't like dogs/wolves. 

Last edited by Jonathanpb (2009-12-07 01:10:43)

Fantasy, lord of the rings were great books. Just a little hard to follow.

archmage wrote:

The Giver was a book that was much more about the ideas behind it then the events that happened in the book. You have to think of things like morality and what things symbolize.

The ending did suck but it was still a good read.

Agreed except I liked the ending! And it was cool to see all three books in the series tie together.

TheSaint wrote:

Fantasy, lord of the rings were great books. Just a little hard to follow.

yes the hobbit was amazing but I tries reading the lord of the rings and it was so boring! I mighttry again, but...

Zelda123 wrote:

gettysburg11 wrote:

archmage wrote:

Definitely not? The Giver was great. Its a science fiction book that asks the question "what if a utopian society actually existed"?

No, it was not great. It was boring. There were some decent parts in it, but there were also some boring, kind of like Tom Sawyer. Also, with all this talk to kids now about "express yourself" and everything, an emotionless society is a bad idea. Lastly, the ending was hard to follow, and very vague. If there wasn't a sequel, I'd say it was one of the worst endings in any book I've every read, and even with the sequel, it was not good.

I personally liked it. There's a reason why it won the Newbery Award.

Yeah, same with me. I have to agree, though, the ending was bad. I didn't know there were any sequels to it until a month ago, and I havent gotten my hands on one yet, so I can't say.

I didn't really like the Artemis Fowl series, because the "Sci-fi " part is realy Fantasy.

Who put fairies in a "science fiction" series?

cocoanut wrote:

67589jun wrote:

I didn't really like the Artemis Fowl series, because the "Sci-fi " part is realy Fantasy.

Who put fairies in a "science fiction" series?

Who said it was sci-fi? My library marks them as "Fantasy."

My library is now dumb.