Which Meg Cabot book do you like the most?
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I always love the guy next door.
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I think Joan of Arc would be interesting...I'd kinda like to hear from her directly what was going on inside her head.\n\nHelen of Troy, maybe, and Cleopatra.\n\nCould I collect a few and bring them with me, like in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure?  As I think about it, the list grows...
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Yes!  I've read and loved both of them.  If Speak is the book I'm thinking of, it was also made into a Lifetime movie (which wasn't too bad) last year, I think.  Another book you may like is "The Only Alien on the Planet", by Kirsten Randle.  Have you read anything else by Francine Rivers?
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I have to admit I really am slightly obsessed with the Surreal Life.  My favorite so far was the one with Janice Dickinson.  I did enjoy the last one with Tawny Kitaen quite a bit.
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I actually have three favorites.\n\nThe first book is Shogun by James Clavell.  I've read it so many times it fell apart, and I had to buy a new one. It's about an explorer whose ship runs aground in "The Japans."  He has heard about fabulous riches there.  He finds himself in a strange place where he can't speak the language at all and where the customs are completely alien to anything in his experience.  Worst of all, the samurai can kill him for the slightest of affronts.  Fascinating book actually based on the life of a real person (Will Adams), someone who was the ancestor of a man my family knew in Japan.  He moored his boat next to ours.  \n\nThe second is Watchers by Dean Koontz. It's about a genetically enhanced golden retriever, the man who finds him in the woods, and the Other, a creepy creature. \n\nThe third is The Stand by Stephen King.  This one is basically about a Super Flu which escapes from the lab and proceeds to decimate the country.  There are very few survivors, and they are drawn to one of two places - to an old woman (the good) or to the Walking Dude in Vegas (the bad).  Basically, it's about the battle between good and evil for control of the remaining people.  M-O-O-N that spells great book!!
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I think The Diary of Ann Frank is one of the mos tpowerful novels you could do with young people.  Where the Red Fern Grows is another good one, as well as Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A NOvel of Sacagawea.  Call of the Wild, Julie of the Wolves, Black Beauty, and Old Yeller are great for animal lovers.   Summer of My German Soldier is interesting. \n\nI hope these thoughts help you in your decision.
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Well, I enjoyed them both. \n\nHer new one is good too - I love the chapter where she explains why everyone can be rude to people around them - because they are trying to pretend they are alone in their own bubble and there are no others.
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"The 13 1/2 lives of Captain Bluebear" by Walter Moers. A book so good it's the only one I ever immediately started re-reading as soon as I got to the end.\nIf you want something to just dip into now and again then "English as She Is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written by Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown" is absolutely hysterical - it's a phrasebook for Portuguese travellers to England, but the translations are more like something from that Monty Python "Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch.
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I have a favorite book given to me by a mentor.  My 21 year old drew on inside cover when he was 2.  I was mad at the time, but now it is an endearing memory.\n\nThe same goes for the liberty bell.  It is an endearing memory of the first time it was rung when it cracked.
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farenheit 451- i liked this book because it realy showcased the human need to learn and seek the truth in a world were knowledge is a crime.\n\nand magician master- good story well written. should be a movie. but its more of a geek book.
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Dude I love Francesca Lia Block. I never knew anyone else did. Her writing style is so beautiful and enrapturing. Her words make me want to cry sometimes. I loved Rose and The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold. My favorite retelling was probably of Sleeping Beauty (story name Charm) How she was addicted to heroin so in a sense she was asleep. She combines fantasy with the harsh realities of life and makes it seem a little bit easier to deal with. I LOVE FLB!
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I also have a list given to me by a college bound program I attended. I'll name several (it has more than 20):\n\nAnimal Farm, George Orwell\nBrave New World, Aldous Huxley\nFahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury\nLord of the Flies, William Golding\nGreat Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald\nScarlet Letter, Nathaniel Harthorne\nSiddhartha, Herman Hesse\nTo Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee\nPride and Prejudice, Jane Austen\n\nI also provided a link in sources where there are many others. Enjoy :]
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Depends on your interests. I used to love to read "chick lit" while edging away from my hardcore books for my Lit major. Chick lit is basically romance-ish books that aren't your moms romance novels. They are about fashion, shopping, dating, sex and etc. and are quick and easy reads. \n\nAnything by Meg Cabot is excellent and then Candace Bushnell of Sex and the City fame.
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Phoebe because she is funny and is always getting into trouble innocently. She also has premonitions and recently seems to be getting more and more powerful. But I really like all the Halliwell Sisters!! Charmed Rocks!
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The Great Santini\n\nW/ a vivid imagination everything comes alive in this book about a Marine Pilot who gets in and out of so many different situations.  The club scene in the beginning of the book is sooooooo funny.
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A tie Between:\n\nPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen\nLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott\nHis Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman\nTalon of the Silver Hawk by Raymond E. Feist\nThe Five People You'll meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom\nHarry Potter series by J.K. Rowling\nLord of the Rings Trilogy/ the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien\nThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis\nIf I think of any more, I'll put them up
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Anne rice is my favorite arthur of all time.  i have almost every boook she's ever written. yes i've read them all too.  everyone thinks she's another gothis freak because she writes about vampires anf witches, but that's not the case at all.  it's about modern society and how we interact with eachother in the wrong way.  a vampire3 villing in her book could represent opression, or the violation of your neighbors rights while exercising your own.  i think she's a more talented arthur them most give her credit for.  Who's your favorite charecror? Mine is claudia.  i can relate.  instead of an adult in a childs body in many way's i'm a child in an adults body.