OK, here's the scoop. You just list what you are reading!!! Simple, eh?
P.S. If you wish, you may also tell a bit about the plot.

Here is my list:
Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce: Need I say more?
Oxymoronica by Dr. Mardy Grothe: 1400 oxymorons, on subjects ranging from insults to stage and screen.
The Wish List by Eoin Colfer: I just started the first page, I can't really say!!

i love your signature, it's very nice...ok, i'm reading:

trickster's choice for the thousanth time

gone with the wind

both have plots that are hard to explain, though trickster's choice i'm sure you know all about. :lol: all right, there's one smiley.

the wish list is a very good book at least as far as i'm concerned. i've met eoin colfer and he's a very nice, extremely funny guy. the artemis fowl trilogy rocks too.

Perks of being a Wallflower Highschool drama about Charlie, a wallflower, as he deals with the deeper aspects of teenage life.

Lady in Gil—tongue in cheek, extremely different style of story telling and a very reluctant hero. Gil needs it’s greatest hero, too bad only his brother’s available!


Cart and Cwidder—My personal favorite in the Dalemark. Mostly because I adore Moril. Unfortunately, it’s the shortest of the series.

[u]Great Expectations[u] School. Ugh. It’s BORING.

Oh I know, I wanted to strnage Dianne Wynne Jones for just lettinf his future just vanish. I loved Moril, I wanted to marry him.

The Ring[/i]: Nothing to do with the movie stupid movie. It's the second in the trilogy. It's not the best when it comes to characters. But the plot keeps you glued in your seat.

[u]Every Boy got one: Cute Meg Cabot romantic comedy book. Jane's best friend Holly is eloping in Italy unfortunately she has to put up with the best man Cal who's a chauvanist, womanizing prig.

cool, a new meg cabot? i'll have to check it out

I'm reading

Dissolution by C.J. Sanssom - A murder mystery set against the background of the English Reformation. Very good indeed, and I still have no idea who did it!

A Land Without Evil by Ben Rogers - A book about the military junta and the oppression of ethnic groups in Burma, very factual and interesting but very sad.

The Nazi Past - A fantastic collection of essays about aspects of the Nazi regime. Probably only interesting to a history teacher like me though. :)

*burns with shame* Kiddie Book!

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques. Yeah, the guy who wrote Redwall... I think this is for like the fifth time. :)

Nothing to be ashamed of, I must read as many kids books as I read "grown up" books. :)

I just finished ttyl. Good book, though Zoe's english teacher was waaay creepy.

I've read like half of the Redwall books, and then I quit, since they got really very boring, and I realized that they all have basically the same plot. I mean, the villain does something, and our brave furry heroes set out to save the day. They kill the villain, and in the next book, there's a new bad guy. Over and over and over.

On a totally unrelated subject, I just watched The Perfect Score last night, and it was really good...I love Roy! he cracks me up! lol :lol:

I just finished ttyl. Good book, though Zoe's english teacher was waaay creepy.

I've read like half of the Redwall books, and then I quit, since they got really very boring, and I realized that they all have basically the same plot. I mean, the villain does something, and our brave furry heroes set out to save the day. They kill the villain, and in the next book, there's a new bad guy. Over and over and over.

On a totally unrelated subject, I just watched The Perfect Score last night, and it was really good...I love Roy! he cracks me up! lol :lol:

Oooo, books!

*quickly scribbles down names to check out*

I'm a huge history geek. I freaked out when the history channel mysteriously vanished from our listing for a week. It got a new station and it didn't change.

well if you want history books recommended I can keep on about that for months. A big bonus of teaching History is that I get to read books I love. :)

I know... Redwall started repeating itself... a lot... And so, after Triss, I stopped reading them. But Castaways is totally different... and much better. I recommend it, even if it is a kiddie book.

Is it just me or is the Killer Angels hard to read? Ok - well not *hard* as in the language is complex or anything *has Charles Dickens nightmares OHMYGODIHATEHIM* but I'm having a hard time just making myself read it. In fact, I'm not. Ever since discovering fanfiction and roleplaying, I've all but stopped reading.

Actually, could you reccomment some good American History books? Extra credit, y'see. Wait, nevermind, you're British, right? Or do you read American history anyway? God knows I've read British...

I try to avoid history at all costs. All right, it's not that bad, but it can get bloody boring sometimes. I'm all for the tudor england history though...that I can get interested in, lol, I like reading about the lives of royalty...American history sucks though. I mean, it's boring, and there was no royalty except in Hawaii a long time ago! We've just got presidents...lol, did you know that William H. Taft was really very overweight, and he once got stuck in a bathtub at the white house! He had to order a new bathtub that was twice as wide as a normal one! *cracks up*

No duh.

There's nothing wrong with American history, you just don't know very much about it. Take the Civil War for example. Absolutely fascinating. And the more you know about it, the better it is. Someone summed it up really well - get this -

The Civil War was a crossroads in time. It was the end of Napoleon-like war tactics. Wars were now fought by factories, not armies. And during it was fought the first battle of iron ships. It revolutionized warfare in so many ways, not to mention American life - the list goes on and on...

That said, I'm not obsessed about the Civil War. Too many people are. Still, it's hard not to be. And Gone With the Wind is a good movie, even if its sorta corny, and really old...

Duh. America was exactly formed to get away from royalty I don't think they'd've started another monarchy. That's just asking for trouble.

But I love American history, becasue I had the world's coolest history teachers for it.

Where else do you get to crumble up paper and throw it at your teacher for the Boston Massacre and runn around with Indian Hedress on for the Boston teap party.

I miss Hamilla.

TEA not teap.

Lol, I'm teasing you. So are you agreeing or disagreeing with me?

Wish my history teacher were that cool. Instead we listen to the llama song. Don't ask.

Speaking of monarchy, a movie came out a while back titled JFK: An American Prince. That really bugged me. There is no royalty in America, neither should there be. Besides, JFK was a pretty worthless president, he's only 'famous' because he was shot. Pretty ridiculous, if you ask me.

oh the llama song! the "here's a llama, there's a llama, and another little llama, fuzzy llama, funny llama, llama, llama duck" one? or am I totally crazy, and thinking of something else? albinoblacksheep.com rocks! :lol: :lol:


lol, ok, some stuff is interesting in American history, and some stuff isn't. Just like in all cultures. And American history is less interesting if you have it pounded into your head all the time.


ok, one more thing: there was royalty in america, but it was on hawaii, and I think it was before the US became a country, lol...

Actually I did loads of American history at University. I wrote a 10,000 word paper on Vietnam and we teach quite a lot of American history at school here. British education is very global.

I like the history of royalty, but I'm actually a bit of a socialist so I don't care much for the current Royal family, they're a bit of a waste of space. One of my best friends is a titled Lady, I get quite a lot of joy out of teasing her about "come the revolution!" :)


What American history are you after especially Emmi? I'm sure I can recommend something.

So therefore there was no royalty in the US... Queen Liliokalanii was only a puppet queen anyways...

Llama song! I'd never heard it before but some kid taught to me on the bus at an academic meet. He regrets it now, I can tell you. Have you seen the original numanuma video?

Ruth, any kind of American History book is fine - even if its a little before America was actually founded. I'm looking for historical fiction (its gotta be very historical and include actual historical characters) or a really good history book. Brevity is greatly appreciated (this is extra credit). Even more so is a good plot, preferably with lots of action, adventure, etc.

Lol, I sound like such a loser... But seriously - I really do like history, I just don't read my textbook for enjoyment. For that matter, neither do I read Dear America for enjoyment. *cringes* Ugh...

what's sad, is that I don't even know what that is... :ph43r:

Oh goodness... I'm such a book worm.

Lets see, last night I finished: First Rider's Call By Kristin Britain. SO GOOD! Its the sequel to Green Rider *sighs* She's sort of new, and has the longest span from book one to book two, but it is well worth it... So good! She definitely has talent.

Right now, I'm in the middle of Fall of a Kingdom by Hilari Bell. I got side tracked from the book above. Pretty intriguing.

I'm also attempting to finish The Return of the King Yet, it sits at the bottom of my backpack. ;.; I should get it out and continue reading.

Aw, darn, gotta go to bed. I'll be back to edit, as the bookwormness never will end.

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Another book I've read, and recomend is Eragon By Chris (I don't know how to spell his last name >.>) And the sequel comes out August 31, which is the first day of Band Camp, meaning, I won't have a lot of time to read it ;.;

The only "history" books I've liked, are The Scarlet Letter by Natanial Hathorne. I have no clue if I spelled that right. I think I only liked that because of the practical waterfall of symbolism. (The only literary thing I can do properly.) Along with that was The Witch of Blackbird Pond. I will also read any of the Titanic Books out there. Like A Night to Remember and Titanic: The Long Night. I also liked the Dear Americas when I was younger. So good!

Another Historical Fiction I read was Briar Rose By Jane Yolen. It was about the holocaust, and that is all I remember. I think I will read it again... Cause I liked it... Just can't remember.

Oh! And The Secret Life of Bees was good. Forgot who wrote it... It was for Summer Reading at School. It stinks as we only have three books to choose from and have to do all this extra stuff. I really wish they put more interesting books on them.

Also, The Penwyth Curse was enjoyable, and the Pirates! By Cicilia Rees (sp?)

Okay... I'm done ^^;

ooh! I need to read First Rider's Call...I read Green Rider and it was a really wonderful book! i'll see if the library has it...

These are the times when I feel very out of the loop. I haven't actually finished a book since January, and I don't even dare read anything fantasy lest I encounter yet another LOTR spinoff.

I love the llama song. I just do.

And I own all of the Redwall books, though I do agree that they get VERY repetitive. And I own both Castaways books. ...There are only two, right?

I'm currently reading:

The Laughing Corpse: Second Book in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series - It's about Anita Blake, and she's.. a vampire hunter, incidentally.

Angel: Seven Crows - Souled vampire killing vampires. Yada, yada.

Warriors: Book Four: The Rising Storm - Cats. In the woods. Fighting. It's good.

And, I think that's it. I just finished Under The Tuscan Sun, and Coldheart Canyon.

:)

Love history and I've really been reading about particular cultures lately.

The Destiny of Europe's Gypsies By Donald Kenrick and Grattan Puxon

and

Gypsies in the City By Rena C. Gropper


Both very informative.

:)

Sami

oooh they both sound really interesting, I'll have to check them out. My great grandmother was Roma.


I'm now reading The American Boy by Andrew Taylor a historical fiction about a man who is tutor to Edgar Allan Poe. It's very good.

Emmi you might like this one. Also if you want a good historical read that isn't too textbooky, read Gangs of New York. I read it a good year or so before the film came out and it's a really good non-fiction look at 19th century New York. I'm still thinking of some other books for you though... :)

ok, who are the Castaway books by?

and yeah, the llama song rocks!

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php

that's the url to my llama song...well, not mine exactly, but the one I'm talking about. is it the same as the one you've referred to? Click here and find out! (I also recommend the following ones, lol! :lol:

albinoblacksheep lives!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I'm not mentally ill, and I've never been hospitalized for insanity, though that time may not be long in coming...I also wonder if the people who make these things are crazy, but I prefer to think they have too much time on their hands ;)

I swear I'm not crazy or immature, this is one of my carefully hidden character flaws, lol...you're the first to know, besides 6 of my friends who are equally mad...(Gwynn and Penny for 2, lol)

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kittycat.php

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/guineapig

(someone posted a link to this on another site, and it's because of this song that I found albinoblacksheep! By now you're probably wishing I hadn't though :lol:) http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badgerphone

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/gollum.php

(this one's actually a bit weird for me...)
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/taters.php

this is a mini golf game. It's very good, really excellantly made, and quite realistic.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/miniputt.php

Getting back to the books, I'm reading three books.

The Runner, by Cynthia Voigt. Just started it.

Wolf-Speaker, by Tamora Pierce. Just started that one, too.

Lady Knight, by Tamora Pierce. You know? I just started that one, too. Lol. :lol:

Oh, and I love the banana phone song, and llama song! :D

Me too.

Lol, love Cynthia Voight, but I haven't read that one yet. I meant to, though. Unfortunately, its not at my library.

Thanks so much, Ruth - those books sound *good*. I appreciate it greatly. If only I can find *these* at me library.

The Castaways books were written by Brian Jacques (Redwall, yknow?)

No problem Emmi, like I said, if I think of any more I'll post them here.

Another good book I can reccomend in general is Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre. It's a brilliant comment on how the media use disasters, on the death penalty and on being a teenager. I'm sure it'd probably be an even more interesting read for an American, seeing as it's set there. Brilliant book.

look at the albinoblacksheep stuff, people!! or maybe I'll just start a thread for it...

I am reading I'm Indian, dammit! an essay written by my cousin, satrical about poltical correctness and a historical paper.

Steal out land go ahead, but by Heaven above let us choose what we want to call ourselves! White people have done enough to us already. Drop it!

I'm reading The Dragon Reborn (again lol) by Robert Jordan.

I've also got about four other books i'm readin or supposed to be reading now too, but i've put them off to read this one at the moment.

Well.. I just finished all of my books. So-So I'm reading... NOTHING!!! *sobs*

Read Stardust by Neil Gaiman....it's an excellent book.

I'm also reading the Singer of All Songs by Kate Constable.



AAAAAAAH her new book is out, must buy....

Ack, Robert Jordan. Definately *not* my cup of tea.