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Dec 16, 2007 3:47:15 GMT -5
Post by Trey on Dec 16, 2007 3:47:15 GMT -5
I...just had....a brain overload.
Ok, I'm mostly into fiction books, I'm not all too interested in sci-fi, or even modern/fiction. I really like the stuff like LotR, DRoP, etc. Stuff set in a time with no technology.
Having said that, DRoP is more of a sci-fi...
ALSO, I do like my non-fiction history books, no matter how little times I get to them.
It's kind of neat to know random facts about stuff. I just like to know.
I'm not listing or thinking of books right now. I have the worlds worst memory, and I'm really fucking tired.
I'm also going to read those French books, in French... just to spite.. well, everyone.
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Dec 16, 2007 4:59:19 GMT -5
Post by bats on Dec 16, 2007 4:59:19 GMT -5
Cool, smite everybody.
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Dec 16, 2007 6:20:11 GMT -5
Post by alba on Dec 16, 2007 6:20:11 GMT -5
I also really like the Horrible Histories series by Terry Deary. They're historically accurate, but written for children. I was talking to a friend about them, and he said that he knew they were going to be discussing the Tudors in his History tutorial the week after Reading week, so when he went home he read the Horrible Histories book on Tudors, and then was the only one who knew the answer to one of the questions, and felt quite smug about it.
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Dec 16, 2007 13:19:40 GMT -5
Post by Aindel on Dec 16, 2007 13:19:40 GMT -5
I'd like to go through that book, 1000 Movies to See Before You Die, or whatever it is. I just want to see how many of them I've already seen. I also like books on strange archeological phenomena. I've got one called "Mysteries of Mankind" that talks about the heads on Easter Island, the city in Palenque, the pyramids, Stonehenge... whole buncha stuffs.
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Dec 16, 2007 13:50:03 GMT -5
Post by misaki on Dec 16, 2007 13:50:03 GMT -5
That's the sort of thing that I'm really into. *loves Halloween because then they have all those shows on TV* XD
I like mysteries that you can make crazy stuff up about, like the disappearance of the colony on Roanoke, or the mystery pit on Oak Island. (Which, by the way, I tried to convince my parents to take us to when we were on holiday in NS this summer, but they just ignored me. ;_;)
When we're just talking about genres, I guess what I like is fantasy, but it's not high fantasy like Robert Jordan and Anne McCaffery or whoever. It's more surreal stuff, I guess you could say, where the setting's a place like our earth, but there's still magic and whatnot, like a lot of stuff by Neil Gaiman, Charles de Lint, Diana Wynne Jones, and so on. I guess I like universes like our own with just a few things tweaked, because then it gives me hope. TT__TT (That's how I write, too. It's nice to dream...)
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Dec 16, 2007 14:37:42 GMT -5
Post by Trey on Dec 16, 2007 14:37:42 GMT -5
I watch that stuff on TV all the time! History channel ftw.
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Dec 16, 2007 20:35:17 GMT -5
Post by alba on Dec 16, 2007 20:35:17 GMT -5
@misaki: I like that kind of stuff, too, and for the same reasons.
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Dec 16, 2007 22:20:28 GMT -5
Post by Aindel on Dec 16, 2007 22:20:28 GMT -5
Ooh, Charles de Lint. Forgot about him. I own "Riddle of the Wren" and "Wolf Moon" by him. Riddle is definitely my favourite of the two, by a long shot. Hurray for world-hopping through standing stones!
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Dec 16, 2007 22:39:07 GMT -5
Post by misaki on Dec 16, 2007 22:39:07 GMT -5
I have a few books by him: "Mulengro" is the only one I can remember off the top of my head (all of them are at home)...and perhaps "Spirits and Revelations" or something like that. I haven't actually read them. I've only read "Waifs and Strays" and that was pretty much awesome. I'll have to check out "Riddle of the Wren" though.
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Dec 17, 2007 4:40:54 GMT -5
Post by Clover on Dec 17, 2007 4:40:54 GMT -5
See, I love books about the supernatural. I'm a huge fiend for them. And I like non-fiction. Or historical fiction. XD There's a book I want to read about Victorian-era lesbians called "Tipping the Velvet" which makes me laugh and rofl all over the place. And OH MY GOD HORRIBLE HISTORIES. Shit, those books kicked butt.
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Dec 17, 2007 4:51:21 GMT -5
Post by alba on Dec 17, 2007 4:51:21 GMT -5
About Charles de Lint: I've only read one of his books, The Blue Girl, but it was quite good.
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Dec 22, 2007 14:44:22 GMT -5
Post by Aindel on Dec 22, 2007 14:44:22 GMT -5
Yay! Now that I'm home, and can actually look at what's on my bookcases, here's a few more! The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon (currently, the first three are published) anything by Tamora Pierce, but especially any of the Tortall books The Shannara Trilogy and The Haritage of Shannara by Terry Brooks The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice by Deborah Chester The Secret Country Trilogy by Pamela Dean (basically Narnia meets King Arthur...only better)
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Dec 22, 2007 22:03:19 GMT -5
Post by Trey on Dec 22, 2007 22:03:19 GMT -5
Gah, I could barely stand the Sword of Shannara, sorry.
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Dec 23, 2007 13:31:38 GMT -5
Post by Aindel on Dec 23, 2007 13:31:38 GMT -5
Understandable. But the trilogy got better after that. And the Heritage series was pretty good. Magic Kingdom For Sale, though, is an entirely different story. At least it's better than Terry Goodkind stuff. Now those I could barely stand.
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Jan 29, 2008 22:31:03 GMT -5
Post by Kanna-chii on Jan 29, 2008 22:31:03 GMT -5
why did people let this thread go unattended for so long. it's great.
I suggest "the Canning Season" by Polly Horvath. Be prepared for laughter. I loved it. especially when mother stained her own table cloth, and HOW she did it... good times.
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