Gathering of the Figments

The Bee · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:45 am Post subject: Rate the Last Book You've Read

I thought since we have one for movies, we should have one for books!

I shall start:

Secret Life of Bees
11/10

This is the second time I've read this book, and it definitely got better. I'll probably be reading it at least one more time in the span of the next 2-3 weeks...
Definitely a good book, though. But I'm not sure how much guys would like it. From the comments of the guys in my English class...
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Shaye · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject:

Ancient Pioneers - The First Americans
By: National Geographic

6/10

Not exciting, but very interesting.

...Did I really read a national geographic book?

Kill me now.

But not before you ask me anything about Mesoamerica!

No... On second thought... just kill me.
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trinity · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

Leven Thumps and the Gatway to Foo-Obert Skye

10/10!

This would be the third time I've read this book, do to various reasons, but this last one is so I can read the rest in the series. Amazing book, Obert is awesome!
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DarkWaltz · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject:

The Tower of Ravens by Kate Forsyth

9.5/10
pretty awesome. Smile

EDIT: I read more. No one else read anything good lately?

The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings

11/10
It is so amazingly hilarious. Very Happy

~J
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trinity · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject:

Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret-Obert Skye(Book #2)

10/10!

Though book 1 takes the cake as the best, book 2 was still pretty amazing! Now onto book 3!
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DarkWaltz · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject:

The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte

9.5/10
It was really cool. Fencing and love and political plots. Pretty awesome, if you ask me. Smile

Maximum Ride: The Final Warning by James Patterson

8/10
I love Max, but 1 and 2 are much better than 3 and 4. I hope 5 is good...

~J
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The Grey Dawn · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

I feel like breaking my vow (I haven't done very well in the reading department, but there's suddenly a lot going on in school. I haven't had much free time for weeks) and posting here.

Mere Anarchy by Woody Allen

11/10

Sadly this /is/ the last book I've finished. Why is that sad, I hear you ask,? Well because I finished it some three weeks ago and I haven't read much since then. But I still remember each glitter word of genius with such clarity I wonder how I lived before the wonders of Woody floated off the page and was absorbed into my mind in a process so painless it was akin to osmosis. Everytime I think about it, I feel like spring has sprung, bells have been rung, and wonderful fling has been flung, but more importantly, it makes me wish to fill my writing with strange metaphors like pepperoni on a good pizza. It makes me want to compare everything to physics. Simply put Woody Allen is a genius on screen and, maybe even more so, on paper.
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The Bee · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:52 am Post subject:

DarkWaltz · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject:

Yeah, the Max Ride books are awesome. Eventhough the third and fourth aren't as good as the first and second, they're still really cool.

Happy are the Oppressed by Andrew M. Greeley

8/10
I really like it, but the guy writes about the same characters every time, even when they're supposedly completely different. It was really good except for that.
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pommie42 · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject:

The Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey

Read it start to finish in around 3 hours, and not because it's a really short book, but because it was really good. It was a sad but happy book, and yes, it does have dragons, but not in the normal sense. I won't say any more on that... just to say to read it for yourselves.
All in all, a very well written book. On to it's sequels ASAP!!!

10/10
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DarkWaltz · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:55 am Post subject:

I read a lot on my trip.

The Fionavar Tapestry--Guy Gavriel Kay
10/10

I kind of have mixed feelings about these books (composed of The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, and The Darkest Road). There is so much grief in them, so many wrongs, many of which are never really righted. It is absolutely masterful work, however, and the ending is quite satisfactory. In the end, I respect the fact that he put all that darkness in the books, because it makes them ring truer than some other books, where there's darkness, to be sure, but everything is basically perfect again in the end. They make me angry and sad at points, but they're amazing.

Silent in the Grave--Deanna Raybourn
9/10

Awesome. It's a period mystery, which I love, and there's a side romance, of a sort.

~J
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The Bee · Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject:

I never really got in to mystery. I don't know why... I liked the mystery that I was forced to read, but none of it sounded very interesting by itself... I suppose I'll have to give it a try over the summer. My reading list will be getting very long.

Twilight~10/10

I think I should have probably waited a while before I read it again, but I just had a craving for some vampire romance Razz

I think you can tell that I am a little impatient when it comes to books that I really want to read. Whether they're out or not Very Happy

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If life is a highway I was drunk at the wheel. (Relient K)

DarkWaltz · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject:

Yarrow by Charles de Lint

11/10
I love Charles de Lint. He's so amazing and original!

~J
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trinity · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:22 am Post subject:

Wake-Lisa McMann

8/10

It was interesting, I really liked the idea but I think it could have been done better then it was in this book. It was a short story so I did finish it in one day because I wanted to know what was up with the supporting character. Razz

All in all it wasn't bad but I doubt I'd read it again.
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The Bee · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

Lord of the Flies
8.5/10

It was a pretty good book. The writing is good, but it's like, way less-personal than even normal 3rd person, so that was a little annoying. It also looses points for being extremely disturbing and killing my favorite character.
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If life is a highway I was drunk at the wheel. (Relient K)