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Any recomendations for my summer reading list? Let me give you some background on my reading interests. I love classics, enjoy a good realistic fiction, and am forever looking for enjoyable, well writen historical fiction. I have nothing against fantasy, though I usualy don't read much of it. I would, if I knew some good ones. I despise dystopian novels, and don't like modern romance novels. So basicaly, I don't like anything YA ;). I get scared SUPER easily, so scary books are not really for me. So, any tips? Please? I really need some good new books to read!
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(June 6, 2016 - 2:38 pm)
(June 6, 2016 - 2:38 pm)
YESYESYESYES!!!! I love the apothecary so much!!!! By the way, there's a third book...
I NEED TO START A THREAD!!!!!
(June 7, 2016 - 8:03 pm)
@Bibliophile
YES!!! Start a thread, please! The Apothecary is like, my favorite book ever! And I didn't know there was a third book... I need to go get it now!
(June 9, 2016 - 3:49 pm)
I thought this book was just a tad boring to me, but you might like it, if you haven't read it. It's called Out of My Mind.
Sadly, I'm not that crazy about realistic fiction or classics, so I couldn't suggest that many.
Because of Winn Dixie is a good one.
(June 7, 2016 - 4:32 pm)
My favorite historical fiction is Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson. It's really good, and it's my second favorite book of all time.
I also recommend Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. It's realistic fiction, and it's really moving.
Since you like classics, you might like Watership Down. It's about rabbits. It's sort of fantasy, but it's not really since the rabbits act like humans.
I know this is fantasy, but it's probably the best book ever written. It's called Kendra Kandlestar. It's a series of five awesome books that I tore through really fast. It's so good; you'll have a hard time leaving it in another room. I can remember burying myself under the covers and reading with a flashlight. XD
(June 8, 2016 - 1:04 pm)
Ha ha, I just mentioned Watership Down to Cho! That's funny!
Thanks for the recommendations! I'll definitely give those a try.
(June 8, 2016 - 5:05 pm)
Awwwww, Bridge to Terabithia.....that was, I believe, one of the first books I read that had something truly sad happen....I was pretty young when I first read it. I remember almost crying...yes, it is very moving.
Did you know they're making a musical out of it? Some of the songs are supposed to be really pretty.
good book, good book...
(June 8, 2016 - 9:26 pm)
Wait. THERE'S A MUSICAL?!?!? I have to check that out! :0
(June 9, 2016 - 4:43 pm)
I love the Dragonfly pool!
Booksy, I reccomend:
Historical Fict.
The War That Saved My Life
Number The Stars
THE INVENTION OF THE HUGO CABRET!!!
THE BOOK THEIF!!!
Realistic Fict.
The Running Dream
A Mango Shaped Space
Wonder
Out of My Mind
Counting by 7s
Stargirl
True
Wonderstruck
Because of Mr. Terupt
Love, Aubrey
Sci-Fi
Pi in the Sky
The Giver
LUNAR CHRONICLES!
A Wrinkle in Time
Fantasy
THE APOTHECARY!!!
THE GLASS SENTANCE!!!
The Land of Stories
Fablehaven
The Tale of Desperau
The Miracoulus Journey of Edward Tulane
The Alchymest
PJO and HP, of course!
I'll probably add some more later.
(June 9, 2016 - 9:46 am)
Wow, thanks, Biblio! That list wil take me a while to check out. . .
(June 9, 2016 - 4:03 pm)
Wow Biblio, that IS a good list!
I bolded the oens I really really love
I've read...
-Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass (any Wendy Mass book is good!) about a girl with synesthesia, which means that when she hears sounds, she sees different colors and shapes. Not in a poetic sense; she legit actually sees colors. And what's really amazing is that this is a real condition.
-Out of My Mind OMGYOUSIMPLYMUSTREADTHISITISSOGOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I've read it more times than I can count! The main character is a girl named Melody with cerebal palsy which "limits her body but not her mind" so she is like, a genius, and nobody knows it, not even her parents. Well, that's how it starts out...it's a really amazing book. Coincidentially, Melody also has a little synesthesia.
-Counting by 7s...this one made me cry...the author does a really good job at laying out the main character's emotional journey and changes...
-Stargirl....haven't read it, but I've heard it's good
-The Giver...this is, in my opinion, a classic, though it's fairly modern....you HAVE to read this..it's just one of those books....you really do have to read it.
-A Wrinkle In Time...also what I call a modern classic, older than the Giver, published 1962. but I like the Giver better. the first time you read it, I guarantee you won't get it. That was how it was for me, and the people I know. The second time, you should get it.
-Becuase of Mr. Terupt, recently reread this....it's a multi-perspective book, with 7 perspectives. but dont worry, its not confusing like some multi-perspective books...
Jessica: The new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in
Peter: Class prankster and troublemaker
Luke: The brainy kid
Danielle: Who never stands up for herself; shy
Anna: Whose home situation makes her an outcast
Jeffrey: Hates school; mad at himself
Alexia(Lexie): The popular bully
Mr. Terupt: NEW 5th grade Teacher at Snow Hill School who's about to change everything...
-The Land of Stories- fantasy, really good, very funny. waiting for the 5th book!
-The Glass Sentence is also very good...it takes place in colonial America, but with some twists...basically, the whole world had suddenly split into different time zones. It reminds me of teh Expeditioners.
-The Tale of Despeareaux- (did I spell that right?) about a mouse, it's fantasy, in medieval times. By Kate DiCamillo, who has written a lot of excellent books with animals as main characters, and won 2 Newberrys.
(June 10, 2016 - 11:57 am)
Thanks for the descriptions! I've added the books to my reading list. As for The Giver, I am not sure I would enjoy it as I am really really REALLY predjudiced against dystopia. I get that it's good, but...
(June 10, 2016 - 7:05 pm)
@ Bibliophile, Love, Aubrey is one of my favorite books!!! It's sad, but it's still good!
Anyway, here are my recomendations. I like classics, so here are some good classics!
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery- there's a series, but the first book is still the best.
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin- I haven't read it, but I'm going to and I've heard it's really good!
The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
E. Nesbit books- 5 Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Enchanted Castle, The Story of the Amulet, and more!
The Adventures of Tom Saywer by Mark Twain
(June 18, 2016 - 6:18 am)
Wow, you like the books that I like! Those are all great books.
(June 11, 2016 - 4:35 pm)
Have you read the unabridged version of A Little Princess? How about Black Beauty?
Those are two of my fave classics.
(June 8, 2016 - 9:27 pm)
So, here's a story I'm sort of ashamed of.
When I was in elementary school, I didn't really know about amazing children's books, as my parents grew up in a different country. So, I never got to read Black Beauty, A Little Princess, or The Secret Garden, or any other lovely books like that. Now that I've grown up, and I know about the books, I feel like they're too childish. I kind of feel ashamed of reading them. . . And ashamed of not reading them earlier. What do I do? I don't know.
Read them! I'm an adult but I will enjoy children's literature for the rest of my life! Classics can be enjoyed by all ages.
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(June 8, 2016 - 10:40 pm)