Glowmay
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YES! And the only reason he did it is because no-one likes happy endings or something like that. That something tragic always has to happen at the end of the book. (well it wasn't like that in Inkdeath, was it?! *stabs the author* OR in the movie *stabs the director* )
Ah! I'm exactly the opposite! I found his arguements with Rsenquartz amusing
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The Fire Within - Chris D'lacey
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I wanted to find out some books that may be similar, so took to Amazon to see what other readers of the book may have purchased. I realized that "Inkheart," "Inkspell," etc are books also written by Funke. I found this thread and saw that for the most part (except for a couple of readers), the reviews for the Ink books aren't overwhelming.
Anyone else read "The Thief Lord," and know of any books by any other authors that may be similar, but were received a bit better than Funke's Ink books?
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke is good. But it's a bit more childish. I read it when I was eight...
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Welcome Glowmay!
Piano and Guitar is good! How long have you been playing for?
I learnt guitar for half a year but then I moved house, so I'm not very good... But my piano teacher is very good and I'm at level 3-ish for the practcal and sadly, 1-ish for theory :)/
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I joined a few days ago because I got really bored of talking about the same books over and over with my friends at school
. I am a fan of Marianne Curley, who writes books about time traveling and soul mates, etc. I'm quite addicted to a certain blue haired character that she created.
I suppose I'm the exact opposite of a typical girl... I don't like boys or makeup... I hate shopping... I like books... I hate sports... I play piano and guitar... I'm Christian.
But I hope to meet some new people here. Good day.
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I personally find reading fanfiction interesting, although sometimes it is a little annoying when a writer has bad spelling or there isn't a single comma or full stop in the entire story, but it can often give me inspirations for my English stories, etc.
So what do you think? Is fanfiction just some mumble-jumble made up by fans to satisfy their thirst for more, or something worth paying attention to?
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From fantasticfiction.co.uk
Discworld
1. The Colour of Magic (1983)
2. The Light Fantastic (1986)
3. Equal Rites (1987)
4. Mort (1987)
5. Sourcery (1988)
6. Wyrd Sisters (1988)
7. Pyramids (1989)
8. Guards! Guards! (1989)
9. Eric (1990)
10. Moving Pictures (1990)
11. Reaper Man (1991)
12. Witches Abroad (1991)
13. Small Gods (1992)
14. Lords and Ladies (1992)
15. Men at Arms (1993)
16. Soul Music (1994)
17. Interesting Times (1994)
18. Maskerade (1995)
19. Feet of Clay (1996)
20. Hogfather (1996)
21. Jingo (1997)
22. The Last Continent (1998)
23. Carpe Jugulum (1998)
24. The Fifth Elephant (1999)
25. The Truth (2000)
26. Thief of Time (2001)
27. Night Watch (2002)
28. Monstrous Regiment (2003)
29. Going Postal (2004)
30. Thud! (2005)
31. Making Money (2007)
32. The Unseen Academicals (2009)
I thought the Tiffany Aching books were Discworld as well?
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Interestingly, Sally Gardner is dysletic. But her books are very good. Most of my friends and I admire her.
She's got a new historical book out now. It's called the Red Necklace.
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I've never been big into poetry, but William Blake has a few I like. A Poison Tree comes to mind. Same thing with Robert Frost. The Road Not Taken is a particular favorite.
I don't read much poetry either, but I have a fondness for Auguries of Innocence by William Blake.
Although it's a little difficult to interpret...
Still, I've got my trusty library friends to help me!
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I was born in China but I've lived in Hong Kong, England and Scotland. I shan't go into detail because it would be too long and boring.
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Peter Pan in Scarlet is good too. Apparently some of it contradicts J.M. Barrie's book, but when I read it I couldn't notice anything. Strongly recommend that.
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The Blood Stone - Jamila Gavin
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When you look at a list of classic books, authors like William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, Jane Austin, Mary Shelly, etc. usually show up. So when do you think the books of today (Terry Pratchette, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo, etc.) become labeled as "classics"? Is it just when the language is replaced by new slang, or when the authors die, or...??
Quite a pointless question.
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I think prologues are rather important. I once read an Alex Rider book which I could not understand a word of until I went back to the prologue and found out that his father killed a giant spider (or something of the sort) that was on Yassen's face...
Never skipped one since.
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They're really good books. I had to beg my school librarian for months because she kept forgetting to buy Inkdeath... But she eventually did.
My favourite character sort of changed from Dustfinger to Fenoglio half-way through. 0.o
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The other night I was watching a documentry called the Narnia Code. It's about the seven books relating to the seven planets that people once thought were in the solar system... in the medieval times...
I want to re-read my Narnia books, since I last read them when I was ten or so.
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Well, someone I know once told me that if you acknowledge that you're moving while reading in the car (as in, you see out of the window out of the corner of your eye) then you're less likely to be sick.
But I've never tried it. I don't dare.
The Carnegie Shortlist
in Children's / Young Adult
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So has anyone read anyone of the list yet? I know that some schools (including mine) across the UK are holding meetings, etc. to read all these in six weeks. I'd really like people's opinions on them
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