THE RETURN OF BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!

[tricia868]

I am somewhat tempted to tell people that all I want for my birthday this year is books.  I doubt my family will buy me volumes of Bleach, but regular books are a very common thing for me to want, so...


I'm asking for must-reads.  I'm a bookworm who will read just about anything, but I have a soft spot for fantasy.

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[bouncy-erbear.livejournal.com]

THE PENDRAGON ADVENTURES by D.J. MacHale. Its a series of 10 books, first one is The Merchant of Death. I'm not sure what to classify it as....perhaps a little more sci-fi than fantasy. Take away all the Disney and keyblade stuff from Kingdom Hearts and replace it with a 14 year old boy who has no special powers going to unknown worlds to change the fate of the entire universe and you have a good summary of this book series.

But even that doesn't do it justice.

And I don't think I have to mention that you should read The Dresden Files.

Another series I've been really eating up is Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. The first one for this series is The Lightning Thief. This series takes all your favorite Greek myths, gods, and stories and places them in the modern world. Percy is our hero and finds out he's the son of one of the Greek gods and is sent to a camp to learn how to be a hero/demi-god. It's really neat and a great page turner. Plus, if you like Greek mythology, it's fun to see the modern spin they put on some of the stuff. I haven't finished this series yet but I'm fairly certain there's only five books.

[if-iweretherain.livejournal.com]

Oh yay, thanks for suggesting books my brother owns (apart from Dresden Files, of which I have the first book), so that I don't have to spend money! His tastes in books are becoming remarkably similar to mine lately, so I should consider raiding his bookshelves, now that you mention it...

<3

[goldenskyking.livejournal.com]

LOL, well, there ya go. You don't even need to spend money to read them 8D