Bubble Tea and Book Req's = good combination.

[mecomptane]

Stopped by a smoothie store on the way home from class today (after missing my morning class because UGH, DO NOT FEEL GOOD... round 2 X_X) and actually, finally asked if there was a bubble tea store around.

There used to be, directly across from the main bus terminal. It shut down about a year ago now (not enough business I guess? Especially for

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[reidluver]

*smirk* That's so funny about the guy going to Bubble Tea.

Ah, my sister reads the Golden Compass stuff, so I should work harder at trying that out. XD

Reqs? Well I HIGHLY recommend the Artemis Fowl series. There will be a total of eight and there's seven so far. None of the stories are too long or too short, and it's a decently easy read for the first couple. It's like boy genius (12-yr-old Irish boy) meets underground faiery world

[mecomptane]

Ahaha, Bubble Tea. One of the few things I have come to be unable to live without, and yet. THERE IS NONE. Living in a small(er) city is just no fun sometimes. :(

ARTEMIS FOWL. As stated in that... other... post, DO LOVE IT. The humour is amazing. Colfer is one of my favorite authors for weird, nonsensical writing, possibly best exemplified by his sixth book to the Hitchhiker's Guide.

My one complaint is WHY DID THEY CHANGE THE BOOK COVERS. D:

[reidluver]

*laughs* Yeah, Colfer is great for that. Have you read his other book "Supernaturalist"? It's not a series but it's an interesting and unique book. I got it for free for some library thing in high school and it's a fun read.

Hmmm...that's a good point. It was only the last one though, right? All the other ones I have are the same. Though I think it's because there's a North America version and then an Irish version or something. I know that there's two...or maybe it's just the new versions? Either way I agree with you. :( I liked the old covers with the old way of writing Artemis Fowl. I try not to think about it, but the fact that my last book is different from the others makes me twitch. Just like how half of the AF books I own are paperback and half are hardcover. Those kinds of inconsistencies make me crazy for some reason. I think there's something wrong with me...

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I've been meaning to read more Colfer books, but, alas, there's always another couple shiny books that catch my eye before I get to the sections where you can find Colfer-related things. Darn you, bookstores, for your organization system. Or: no, not yet, planning on it when things stop jumping out at me

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The Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness is super amazing and I highly recommend it. It's about a 14-year-old boy growing up in a colony on a distant planet where everyone can read minds. EVERYONE. And it's completely unfiltered, so everyone is basically hearing everyone else's thoughts, all of them, all the time. The way the author illustrates this concept is amazing; the writing style is first-person and very stream-of-consciousness-whatever-is-running-through-this-kid's-head-at-any-given-moment, but it's very easy and fluid to read.

So that's the concept, and that's not even getting into the actual plot (which is amazing and consistently so suspenseful that it's incredibly hard to stop reading), and the character development, holy shit. It's sort of a coming-of-age story, and it's really nothing short of breathtaking what the characters go through and how they grow and change because of it

[mecomptane]

Every single one of these suggestions sound amazing. *_* I've heard of Bartimaeus before, and I will definitely read it through! It sounds like a really intriguing concept.

...okay, honestly, everything sounds like a really intriguing concept, especially Chaos Walking. As soon as I find somewhere to buy it, definitely going to read it. Oh, character development, how I do love you. (And have been missing you--Amano, is it really so hard to give some backstory or something to Hibari? Really?)

Oh, love stories. <3 I can't stand it if it's the central plot, but when it's incorporated into something bigger, more plot-y, I do love them.

The last one sounds amazing. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell? I've never actually heard of this series. Definitely need to look into it--and ooh, humour. When I find it, I shall read it!

Thanks so much for the reqs!

[sordid_humors]

I would recommend The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind if you haven't read them already.

If forced to describe the 11-book series (each ranging 500-900 pages), I would say that it is a statement in philosophy and world citizenship thinly veiled as a magical fantasy. If you want something that will turn your brain on and make you think, then this is the ticket.

Also, the author is pretty damn inspiring. He's a painter with severe dyslexia--so severe that he was told all through school that he could never read five pages together, let alone write them. And yet he worked at it every day for years and years, producing what I feel is an underestimated summation of what it is to be a good person in a modern world seemingly without morals. It conveys the beauty of the human condition. And it's a love story for the ages.

questionable themes: non-con/dub-con, some nasty beheadings, torture, human sacrifice, slavery, political assassinations, grass-roots revolt

[mecomptane]

...11 books. 11 books. *_* This is like a dream come true. No series that I like and/or sounds remotely interesting is longer than 8.

I have heard of Terry Goodkind before, and I'm fairly certain I have a few of his books at home, but I've never heard of Sword of Truth. And oh, that background is beautiful. Thank you for providing me with it: it will make actually reading the books (when I find them) all the more amazing, I'm certain.

Ah, questionable themes. T'would not be a series I could get behind unless there's at least one (no matter how subtle/implied they are), and these all sound excellent.

Thank you for the req!

[metisket]

*so late to the party* YOU HAVE TOTALLY ALREADY BEEN TO THE BOOKSTORE, but. Well. Recs! I have so many! For next time, maybe?

Books about Italy!

Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi, which is nonfictional, written during WWII. Carlo Levi is just so...SO WEIRD. That man. Political dissident, artist, author, uh, doctor? And just really, genuinely strange. Wow. Detached is one word for it, but it doesn't really cover the scope.

The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones, which, considering it's a book about corruption and broken political systems and Berlusconi, is actually a really sweet, fond look at Italy. Tobias Jones is British by birth; Italy is his adopted country and he loves it like crazy. <3

Anything by Donna Leon, who writes mysteries set in Venice. Haha, she lives in Venice, and because she lives in Venice, she refuses to allow any of her books to be published in Italian during her lifetime. o_O

The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi. This is a nonfictional book about the Italian justice system. IT WILL

[mecomptane]

SO. MANY. BOOKS. I... think I might love you.

I HAVE BEEN, but that doesn't mean I can't go again. I need an excuse to avoid my thesis/midterms/planning how to tutor the kiddies. And I do have to flail at and thank you for mentioning Gomorrah, because I am in love with it. Completely and totally.

Books about crime. Books about crime in Italy. Books about crime outside of Italy. There is nothing about this list I do not love, THANK YOU.

...wow. Adelstein, Thompson, they both sound completely... I can't quite think of a word for it right now, but I'm sure there is a word. In meantime, will be reading!

I have heard of To Say Nothing of the Dog, but I never actually heard a summary that struck my interest. "CATS THAT DESTROY SPACE-TIME" has got to be the SINGLE BEST SUMMARY EVER. Good reason to read ANY book. :D

Ahaha, I'm almost guaranteed to like all of them based on what I've heard and/or read. Thank you SO MUCH!