I was going to start a series of book recommendation reviews for this purpose (Ibelieveinquality), but I haven't found the time to even finish my first review! Oh well :) 

Here are some great recommendations:

1. Dragonfly Pool. Historical Fiction. Age recommendation: 9+ for some war, romance, etc. 

This is a well-written story that sticks in your mind years after you have read it. I think it's catagorized as historical fiction, but I'm not sure how much of it is true. However, this at least feels like realistic fiction and is full of drama and hidden identities and self-discovery. I totally reccomend it!

2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Fantasy. Age recommendation: 11+ for...well...lots of blood. Lots of battles. Lots of death. Y'know. 

Ummm...I think everyone knows what LOTR is about, but a lot of people I talked to haven't read the books. I read the books before watching the movies and think that is the best way to enjoy the series. It's required reading for my highschool when we are on the Ancient History cycle, and they're very picky about finding just the right quality of books to read. Try t. Don't let size daunt you. I zipped through the trilogy in 2 weeks. Also, even though it's a classic ( student definition: stuffy boring old books that aren't written in a relateable way that are usually required reading. Teacher definition which I agree with: the epitome of great literature!), LOTR is written in a wonderful and enthralling way that is still relatable today. 

You've probably already read this (I see you like Inheritance Cycle), but I just thought I'd put it in there. I actually didn't read the trilogy until recently b/c my mom said; "you should read this," so I didn't, because for some reason I have to pick up a book on my own in order to enjoy it. 

3. Absoluetly anything written by E.L. Koningsberg. Realistic fiction and historical fiction. Age recommendation: 8+ (sometimes more because of the in-depth and involved writing style for a couple of her books or some heavier topics).

The View from Saturday, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The Second Mrs. Giaconda, and any other titles by her are wonderful reads and some of my favorite books of all time.

4. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. Realistic fiction/Sci-fi. Age reccomendation: 11+ for hinted romance and just a more middle-schoolish feel. 

One of my absolute favorite books, and my most re-read book aside from School Story, Percy Jackson, and Trixie Belden (I also recommend these). The style is beautiful and compelling and fluid. You will not be able to pick this book down until the very end, and then you will probably do what I did and immediately re-read it. It's a perfectly realistic middle school story (which would have been satisfying in itself) with a time-travel twist and SO MUCH depth.  

Happy Reading! I tried not to give any YA stuff, but if you want more intesnse reads, I know some good ones of those too! 

Hey, Admins! 

Are we allowed to share our Goodreads names so we can friend each other and see what books we're reading?

Thanks!

~HSG  

Moonlight, I'll have to get back to you on suggestions. right now I can't think of any. 

~HSG  

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Hey! Hope you like these:

-  The Apothecary by Malie Meloy (Historical Fantasy)

-  The Westing Game (Mystery)

-  The Book Theif (Historical Fiction)

-  The Glass Sentance (Fantasy)

-  Magyk by Angie Sage (Fantasy)

-   A Tale Dark And Grimm (Fantasy)

-  Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (Graphic Novel, Fantasy)

-  Lumberjanes (Comic, but the volumes are in store. It's realistic fantasy)

- The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (fanatsy) 

- Fablehaven (fantasy)

-The Lunar Chronicles (sci-fi) 

- The Unwanteds (fantasy)

- Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld 

And Percy Jackson and Harry Potter if you haven't read those! Have a good summer!

i luv goodreads! oh & by the way these couple of recs don't include any of my fav y.a. novels . . . but if that's your reading style i can share some of those too! 

♥︎ coraline // neil gaiman ( fantasy ) dreamy & eerie & chillingly timeless with an alternate world & all sorts of lovely lovely things.

♥︎ the hidden oracle // rick riordan ( fantasy ) honestly one of my most beloved riordan novels — the greek god apollo, who is cursed during the book to be a teenager (!!!) in nyc, is such a magnificent character & it's crawling with monsters & gods like any other book of his. 

♥︎ rebel belle // rachel hawkins ( fantasy ) ( 12+ for language! ) southern belles + paranormal abilites = a gorgeous read that's the perfect blend of chicklit & humor & fantasy 

-The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman

-Borderline fantasy

-Some action 

-I Am Princess X, Cherie Priest

-Avant-garde

-Suspense

-Borderline mystery 

-Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen

-Realistic fiction 

-Listening for Lucca, Suzanne Lafleur

-Part fantasy

-Part realistic fiction

-Part mystery

-The Cat Who . . . series, Lilian Jackson Braun

-Murder mysteries

-Realistic fiction 

Those are some of my favorite books.  I hope you'll like them! 

Elena says ncpi!  Pi is nice, Elena.  I agree. 

Thanks, everyone! This is my book list from Goodreads. Please tell me if you've read any of these books, so I know if the books that I've picked out are actually good. I've never read any of these books, so I had to rely on the descriptions and the reviews. This is in the order that I added/found the book, NOT IN THE ORDER OF WHAT I WANT TO READ. Sorry, I needed to put a big emphasis on that. Here it is:

1. The Novice (Summoner, #1)

2. Keeper of Lost Things

3. Orphan Island

4. The False Prince

5. The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)

6. Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)

7. The Crown (Selection, #5)

8. The Burning Sky (The Elemental Trilogy, #1)

9. Princess of Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfall Trilogy, #1)

10. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon, #1)

11. Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1)

12. Born in Fire (Fire and Ice Trilogy, #1)

13. Reboot (Reboot, #1)

14. Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

15. The Assasin's Curse (The Assasin's Curse, #1)

You can really tell how much I like reading series' from this list. I actually only chose a bunch of books that are the first in the series because they sounded good (though it will be very inconvienient to buy every book in the series. *Cringes in realization of stupidity*).

Thanks everyone for helping me!

Signed,

Moonlight

So, to get rid of the difficulty of the 13 different serieses I put on my list, I made a new 15-book list by eliminating some books and adding all of the books in each series (except for Crown: I've already read and I own the first four books). So, here it is (in random order):

1. Crown (Selection, #5)

2. The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy, #1)

3. The Runaway King (The Ascendence Trilogy, #2)

4. The Shadow Throne (The Ascendence Trilogy, #3) 

5. The Novice (Summoner, #1)

6. The Inquisition (Summoner, #2)

7. The Battlemage (Summoner, #3)

8.  Reboot (Reboot, #1)

9. Rebel (Reboot, #2)

10. The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)  

11. The Crown of Embers (Fire and Thorns, #2)

12. The Bitter Kingdom (Fire and Thorns, #3)

13. The Burning Sky (The Elemental Trilogy, #1)

14. The Perilous Sea (The Elemental Trilogy, #2)

15. The Immortal Heights (The Elemental Trilogy, #3)

BTW: I don't have any of these books yet, so I'm going to start LotR tonight. :)