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For Valentine’s Day...
For Valentine’s Day this year, we’re doing some book recommendations! I suppose romance novels would be appropriate, but they’re not required. You may include books with a notable lack of romance, too. Short descriptions of the books in question are always nice. I have quite a lot to read at the moment, but let me know if there’s anything I can’t miss out on. However, this isn’t all about me; let’s get some discussion going!
submitted by Viola?, age Secret, Secret
(February 13, 2019 - 8:24 am)
(February 13, 2019 - 8:24 am)
Well, not romance-y at all, but I'm currently reading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and I highly recommend it. Ender's Game takes place in a futuristic world. The main character is Ender, who is 6 years old at the beginning of the book and- well, right now he's ten or so. Ender is extremely smart, and at the age of 6, he is taken by the government (with his consent) to become a soldier at the Battle School learning to fight aliens, where the teachers, in order to foster Ender's abilities, cause the other students to torment him mercilessly. Um, this is a terribly incompetent summary, but I really want to finish already so I can go read more (literally, this is not for dramatic effect here).
Uh, yeah!
(February 13, 2019 - 8:27 pm)
Oh, yes, I read Ender's Game too! It was really good! I didn't care for any of the other books in Ender's series, but I'd really like to finish the concurrent series of Bean books x3
(February 19, 2019 - 4:00 pm)
Ooh, I haven't started reading any of the other books yet. I've been meaning to borrow Ender's Shadow from my brother but haven't gotten around to it. :)
(February 20, 2019 - 12:38 pm)
(February 17, 2019 - 7:30 pm)
It's not Valentines' Day anymore, but if you want something light and romanc-y a good book is What if it's Us. It takes place in NYC, and narration alternates between the two main character, who start out by meeting at a post office for a few seconds, then each wondering about the other.
Obviously, everyone shoud read Pride and Prejudice, because even though it's like 200 years old, it is really funny and connectable, and Elizabeth is an amazing character.
That's all I can think of for now, so yeah
(November 20, 2019 - 9:22 am)