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Any good book recommendations? I don't really have anything to read right now, which in my case, is very disappointing and depressing. So, anyone?
A series I recommend is The Hunger Game Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Besides PJO, it's the best series EVER!!! The first book is called The Hunger Games. Here's the synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before -- and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Doesn't that sound awesome? It's for ages 12 and older, because of the violence of kid against kid. Here's the author's reasons: http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/videos/age-of-readers.htm
Reviews:
"I was so obsessed with this book I had to take it with me out to dinner and read it under the edge of the table so I wouldn't have to stop reading. It kept me up for several nights in a row, because even after I was finished, I just lay in bed wide awake thinking about it.... The Hunger Games is amazing."
-Stephanie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga
"[A] plot-driven blend of suspense, science fiction, and romance."
-USA Today
SPARKS ARE IGNITING.
FLAMES ARE SPREADING.
AND THE CAPITOL WANTS REVENGE.Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol -- a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.
Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.
In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before...and surprising readers at every turn.
This one was even better than the first!!! But, like most series, you have to read the first one first, or you don't know what's going on. Here's the book trailer: http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/videos/catching-fire-promo.htm.
Hope you decide to read these IF, you are older than 12 years old. They really are the best books ever, besides the PJO books of course. Unfortunately, the third book doesn't come out until August. I don't think I can wait that long!!! Anyway, enjoy!! Oh, and I heard a rumor that The Hunger Games might become a movie!!! Sweetness!!!
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Any good book recommendations? I don't really have anything to read right now, which in my case, is very disappointing and depressing. So, anyone?
A series I recommend is The Hunger Game Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Besides PJO, it's the best series EVER!!! The first book is called The Hunger Games. Here's the synopsis:
WINNING MEANS FAME AND FORTUNE.
LOSING MEANS CERTAIN DEATH.
THE HUNGER GAMES HAVE BEGUN...
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.LOSING MEANS CERTAIN DEATH.
THE HUNGER GAMES HAVE BEGUN...
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before -- and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Doesn't that sound awesome? It's for ages 12 and older, because of the violence of kid against kid. Here's the author's reasons: http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/videos/age-of-readers.htm
Reviews:
"I was so obsessed with this book I had to take it with me out to dinner and read it under the edge of the table so I wouldn't have to stop reading. It kept me up for several nights in a row, because even after I was finished, I just lay in bed wide awake thinking about it.... The Hunger Games is amazing."
-Stephanie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga
"[A] plot-driven blend of suspense, science fiction, and romance."
-USA Today
Plus many more!!!
The second book is called Catching Fire. Here's this book's synopsis:SPARKS ARE IGNITING.
FLAMES ARE SPREADING.
AND THE CAPITOL WANTS REVENGE.
Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.
In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before...and surprising readers at every turn.
This one was even better than the first!!! But, like most series, you have to read the first one first, or you don't know what's going on. Here's the book trailer: http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/videos/catching-fire-promo.htm.
Hope you decide to read these IF, you are older than 12 years old. They really are the best books ever, besides the PJO books of course. Unfortunately, the third book doesn't come out until August. I don't think I can wait that long!!! Anyway, enjoy!! Oh, and I heard a rumor that The Hunger Games might become a movie!!! Sweetness!!!
When you add a book recommendation, try to add the synopsis, your own review, or something else like a website, or video about your book. Support why you would recommend it too, to make it interesting!!!
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I highly recommend the Pendragon series. Here is a summary of the first book Merchant of Death :
Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby.
He is going to save the world.
And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn’t quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution.
If Bobby wants to see his family again, he’s going to have to accept his role as savior, and accept it wholeheartedly. Because, as he is about to discover, Denduron is only the beginning….
If you have any questions about this series feel free to PM me!!
Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby.
He is going to save the world.
And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn’t quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution.
If Bobby wants to see his family again, he’s going to have to accept his role as savior, and accept it wholeheartedly. Because, as he is about to discover, Denduron is only the beginning….
If you have any questions about this series feel free to PM me!!
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PJO-geek wrote:
The second book is called Catching Fire.
This one was even better than the first!!!
By any chance, do you like Gale better than Peeta?
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i know i do! peeta is just so.... not as cool
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same here.... i cannot, absolutely CANNOT wait till Mocking Jay comes out. this is one of my favorite series!! very beast....
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yeah! and, i mean, if you compare Gale to Peeta, Gale is just so much cooler!
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Peeta is sweet though, giving Katniss bread. But Gale is cooler. He has a cooler name. The name 'Peeta' just reminds me of the iCarly Pathetic Play ("The Englishman Who Was a Terrible Father to His Two Children named Fuffley and Peeta") and makes me laugh.
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I agree with smoothmoves.
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Read the chronicals if Narnia because it's awsome and thats a good enough answer
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I've only read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and I read The Last Battle once, but I was in second grade so I don't really remember it, plus I was confused because there were so many new characters, and people died, and... yeah.
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well thats because you dont just skip from the first to the last and expect to under stand it
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yea i tried skipping a book in the harry potter series, like chamber of secrets to half blood prince. i was confused!
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that's skiping like four books
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tinkerirock wrote:yea i tried skipping a book in the harry potter series, like chamber of secrets to half blood prince. i was confused!
Well it's what you get for skipping all of the info in between
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Got to agree with Riczhang if you want to know you got to read
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i tried that with 39 clues. i was confused....
anyone read Conspiracy 365? i want to start it, and i don't know what its about
anyone read Conspiracy 365? i want to start it, and i don't know what its about
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percyjackson101 wrote:i tried that with 39 clues. i was confused....
anyone read Conspiracy 365? i want to start it, and i don't know what its about
I've seen it on our school book orders, looks interesting.
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Well I was only like 6 and didn't really grasp the concept of reading the books in order...
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Well why would you try reading something before you knew what it was about?
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I don't know. I was little and dumb.
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Well i guess not many people are that smart a 6
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posiden#1god wrote:Well why would you try reading something before you knew what it was about?
Well sometimes I read books by its cover.
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O i know that i ment why would you just read something with nowing anything about it at all.
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posiden#1god wrote:O i know that i ment why would you just read something with nowing anything about it at all.
I don't know, I wouldn't do that, I need something to go on, whether it be recommendation. the cover, or etc.
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sometimes, you can look at the cover of the book, and it has a weird picture or something cool, and u want to know what the story is about. That's how i got into PJO.
OH! here is a summary for Conspiracy 365 from da internet:
On New Year's Eve, Cal is chased down the street by a staggering, sick man with a warning...
"They killed your father! They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days!"
Hurled into a life on the run, with a price over his head, the 15-year old fugitive is isolated and alone. Hunted by the law and ruthless criminals, Cal muust somehow uncover the truth about his father's mysterious death and a history-changing secrete. Who can he turn to, when the whole world seems to want him dead? The clock is ticking. Any second can be his last.
OH! here is a summary for Conspiracy 365 from da internet:
On New Year's Eve, Cal is chased down the street by a staggering, sick man with a warning...
"They killed your father! They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days!"
Hurled into a life on the run, with a price over his head, the 15-year old fugitive is isolated and alone. Hunted by the law and ruthless criminals, Cal muust somehow uncover the truth about his father's mysterious death and a history-changing secrete. Who can he turn to, when the whole world seems to want him dead? The clock is ticking. Any second can be his last.
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i wanna read it, but the copies are all out in the library. even the public one. I just bought 'City of Bones". I wanna read it soo badly!
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