Books and Ali-- yum yum yum, what a combination. :3
Really good funny book: The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde. It takes nursery rhymes and connects them to the mysterious crime world of Reading, England, so it's funny but also has serious stuff, but the fact that the serious stuff is serious makes it funny... yes!
Really good old book: Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. We're reading it right now in Brit Lit and it's AWESOME. I like it a lot better than Great Expectations, and that was a good book.
Really good younger book: Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye. It's for like the sixth-grade age group probably, but I read it for the first time this year and it was so much fun. Very absorbing and lots of twists and turns. Sometimes I wish adult novels were more like books like these.
Right now I was reading a book I got for Easter called The Third Circle, but it was only okay and so I've put it on hold for now in favor of re-reading the Harry Potter series. The last movie is coming out July 15 so it's a really big deal!!
Except for A Tale of Two Cities, because I believe I have read that...twenty times at least, in my lifetime. Did you know Charles Dickens is my favorite author? His book "Hard Times" is my favorite book in all the world.
Are you excited for the last Harry Potter movie, Eldr?? I saw a trailer the other day and almost died. Looks amazing.
I hadn't known the new trailer was out!!!!!!!! So of course I had to go and watch it and couldn't respond until I did.
Wow, I did not know he was your favorite author. I have so far only read one book by him, Great Expectations, but this book is flying along! Unfortunately our study sheets ruined a surprise for me by foreshadowing, and talking with some other kids about it showed me their very insightful guesses about other stuff that will happen, but I'm still having a blast reading it!
Let me know if/when you read any of the other books I recommended. :)
I was on the fast track to being a Dickens scholar when I was in undergrad. I've read probably 90% of what he's written. My favorite is "Hard Times," like I said, but I also think that "A Christmas Carol" is one of the most perfect stories ever told. The structure of his stories and the journey of his protagonists are totally compelling and original, to me. He was a genius. A Tale of Two Cities is so wonderful, and I hope you enjoy it in spite of spoilers. D:
Really good funny book: The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde. It takes nursery rhymes and connects them to the mysterious crime world of Reading, England, so it's funny but also has serious stuff, but the fact that the serious stuff is serious makes it funny... yes!
Really good old book: Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. We're reading it right now in Brit Lit and it's AWESOME. I like it a lot better than Great Expectations, and that was a good book.
Really good younger book: Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye. It's for like the sixth-grade age group probably, but I read it for the first time this year and it was so much fun. Very absorbing and lots of twists and turns. Sometimes I wish adult novels were more like books like these.
Right now I was reading a book I got for Easter called The Third Circle, but it was only okay and so I've put it on hold for now in favor of re-reading the Harry Potter series. The last movie is coming out July 15 so it's a really big deal!!
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Except for A Tale of Two Cities, because I believe I have read that...twenty times at least, in my lifetime. Did you know Charles Dickens is my favorite author? His book "Hard Times" is my favorite book in all the world.
Are you excited for the last Harry Potter movie, Eldr?? I saw a trailer the other day and almost died. Looks amazing.
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Wow, I did not know he was your favorite author. I have so far only read one book by him, Great Expectations, but this book is flying along! Unfortunately our study sheets ruined a surprise for me by foreshadowing, and talking with some other kids about it showed me their very insightful guesses about other stuff that will happen, but I'm still having a blast reading it!
Let me know if/when you read any of the other books I recommended. :)
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I was on the fast track to being a Dickens scholar when I was in undergrad. I've read probably 90% of what he's written. My favorite is "Hard Times," like I said, but I also think that "A Christmas Carol" is one of the most perfect stories ever told. The structure of his stories and the journey of his protagonists are totally compelling and original, to me. He was a genius. A Tale of Two Cities is so wonderful, and I hope you enjoy it in spite of spoilers. D:
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