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List of Books I Really Enjoyed (In Three Parts)
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This will be in three parts, because there almost 60 books in it. (Currently. I add to it from time to time.) Please also understand that these are NOT in any particular order. I do not like them from first to last, for example. (Please do not attack me for liking Eragon, either!:) Here is the first installment:
1. Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
2. Eldest, by Christopher Paolini
3. Brisingr, by Christopher Paolini
4. Shadow Spinner, by Susan Fletcher
5. Becoming Naomi Leon, by Pam Munoz Ryan
6. Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan
7. Blue Jasmine, by Kashmira Sheth
8. The Tower of Geburah, by John White
9. The Iron Scepter, by John White
10. The Sword Bearer, by John White
11. Gaal the Conqueror, by John White (May be more easily found in Canada)
12. Homesick: My Own Story, by Jean Fritz
13. Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
14. Fairest, by Gail Carson Levine
15. The House With a Clock in it's Walls, by John Bellairs
16. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L'Engle
17. A Wind in the Door, by Madeline L'Engle
To be continued :)
ADMIN, could you take the stuff at the bottom off? I didn't copy and paste, so I don't know why it's there.
Can Do. --Admin
submitted by Brynne, age 14, Flying away on
(July 22, 2009 - 11:59 am)
(July 22, 2009 - 11:59 am)
Thank you, thank you, Admin! You're amazing! :D
(July 22, 2009 - 1:32 pm)
Oh, and sorry, the "May be more easily found in Canada" goes for all of the John White books, not just that one.
(July 22, 2009 - 1:34 pm)
Paolini's books... yes. Won't say anything.
I've never heard of four, or seven through eleven. Which were the best of them, would you say?
Becoming Naomi Leon and Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan did not appeal to me, because I'm, well, just not into those... all culture appreciation coming-of-age etc. stories, and I'm not a PMR fan, but they seemed fairly well written.
Homesick: My Own Story was pretty good. Certainly fairly decent writing.
Ella Enchanted and Fairest were of course amazing, as is most of GCL's work.
The House With a Clock in Its Walls... I really should reread that. I didn't appreciate it when I was eight, but it was a good book.
Wrinkle in Time, I should reread that too. It was an excellent book. Went over my head back in second grade, though... :/
Good list, for the most part. :)
(July 22, 2009 - 7:06 pm)
I've never heard of 7-11 either, but I own 4, and it's really good. It's... kind of based on Tales of the One Thousand One Nights. It's really good.
(July 24, 2009 - 10:25 am)
Don't worry, I love the Eragon books too! I can't wait for the - oops, sorry. This isn't an Eragon discussion thread, and I don't want to turn it into 1, since they all seem to turn into debates nowadays, and I don't think it's worth debating about.
Anyway, I have read a lot of the books that are so far on the list. Let's see... I've read 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 16, and 17! I think they're all great! Well, I didn't love 13 and 14, but I liked them anyway!
Randomness: Does anyone else find themselves obsessed with the organization of their books? Mine are on a bookshelf in alphabetical order by author's last name! And yet people still say I'm disorganized! If this is trolling, by the way, you can ignore it.
(July 22, 2009 - 7:29 pm)
I love the Eragon series (I'm on Brisingr) I can't wait til' the fourth one comes out! (Um when does it come out anyway?)
(July 22, 2009 - 7:59 pm)
I think it comes out sometime in 2010, but I'm not sure. By Luna Lover, do you mean Luna Lovegood? Did you know that at the open audition for the part of Luna, 1,500 girls came?!?
Ima, I organize my books, too! Except mine are in alphabetical order by the title, ignoring any A's or The's.
(July 23, 2009 - 11:30 am)
What I meant by Luna Lover is that I love Luna Lovegood. No, I did not know that 1,500 girls tried out for the part of Luna Lovegood! I think that Evanna Lynch first tried out for Katie Bell or Angelina Johnsen (but I'm not completely sure). Who is your favorite character in Harry Potter? Tonks is my favorite girl adult character, and Remus Lupin is my favorite boy adult character.
Bye everybuggy!
(July 23, 2009 - 12:44 pm)
18. Over the River, by Sharelle Byars Moranville
19. The Thieves of Ostia, by Caroline Lawrence
20. Treasures of the Snow, by Patricia St. John
21. Rainbow Garden, by Patricia St. John
22. Star of Light, by Patricia St. John
23. Tanglewoods Secret, by Patricia St. John
24. Angelfish, by Lawrence Yep
25. Gracie's Girl, by Ellen Whittlinger
26. Glass Slippers Give You Blisters, by Mary Jane Auch
27. Lily's Crossing, by Patricia Reilly Giff
28. Willow Run, by Patricia Reilly Giff
29. The Daring Book for Girls, by Andrea J. Buchanan
30. Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
31. Come Sing, Jimmy Jo, by Katherine Paterson
32. The Master Puppeteer, by Katherine Paterson
33. The Great Good Thing, by Roderick Townley
34. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
35. Prince Caspian, by C.S. Lewis
36. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C.S. Lewis
35. The Silver Chair, by C.S. Lewis
36. The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis
37. The Magician's Nephew, by C.S. Lewis
38. The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis
39. Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery
40. Mr. Popper's Penguins, by Richard Atwater
41. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor
42. Follow My Leader, by James Garfield
To be continued again.
(July 23, 2009 - 11:25 am)
I'm very disorganized. Half the time my books are not even on shelves. =] Sorry.
I've read 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 40. And I'm about to read The Great Good Thing (and the other two books in that series). Are they good? I was a mite doubtful.
(July 23, 2009 - 12:17 pm)
Has anyone read Inkheart??? I just finished! I really enjoyed it!!! :D
(July 23, 2009 - 1:27 pm)
Brynne we posted at the EXACT time on this EXACT thread!!!!!!
(July 23, 2009 - 1:28 pm)
Inkheart's great! The other 2 books are even better!
I've read fewer on this list than the other. Only 27, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39. They're really good, though! (Well, I stopped liking LM Montgomery's books after a few months of obsession, but...)
(July 23, 2009 - 2:20 pm)
I liked The Great Good Thing, but the other two were unbelievably bad. :/
(July 23, 2009 - 4:35 pm)
43. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by JK Rowling
44. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by JK Rowling
45. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by JK Rowling
46. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling
47. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by JK Rowling
48. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by JK Rowling
49. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by JK Rowling
50. Detectives in Togas, by Henry Winterfeld
51. Mystery of the Roman Ransom, by Henry Winterfeld
52. Hope was Here, by Joan Bauer
53. Snow Treasure, by Marie McSwigan
54. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin
55. A Mango-Shaped Space, by Wendy Mass
56. So B. It, by Sarah Weeks
57. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
58. The Year of Ms. Agnes, by Kirkpatrick Hill
59. The Adventures of Holly Hobbie, by Richard Dubelman
60. The Twenty-One Balloons, by William Pene DuBois
There! :D
(July 23, 2009 - 4:54 pm)