Favorite books

[Harpseal]

I love the inheritance cycle! I've only read 3/4 of eldest (my book at the moment) and all of Eragon, but i love it! I have another tenner ready to get brisingr to, as i am getting my own copy of all of them, which isn't something i normally do.

[folding paper]

I really like the series Harry Potter. The books are better then the movies. But I only read 5 books because our library closed and I forgot most of the series. Now I'm reading The Hardy Boys mystery series. Its an awsome exciting series. Plus its full of cliffhangers(this does not mean being stuck on a cliff).

[Pop pop]

hmm well i really dont have favorite book exept the typesof books which much of phillioshy

[Harpseal]

I agree about philosophy- and sattire- i love a bit of sattire.

[TheUnChosenOne]

I'm interested in philosophy but whenever I try to read a philosophy book my head starts to hurt

[Harpseal]

Same- that's why
A: i don't read philosophy books- i like it fitted into fiction
B: i like sattire- it disguises or (to be metaphorical) dilutes the philosophy in fiction- just look at the hunger games- take away the killing, surviving, futurism and cospiracy and most of what you're left with is very philosophical- (if it's on TV, does that make it ok?- one of the hunger games' many pieces of sattire, some of the less obvious in the story but most important to real modern people.) i could go on for ages!

[TheUnChosenOne]

Hmm... I don't really think of the hunger games as philosophy or satire (I'm fairly sure it's spelled with only one t, not to be a grammar nazi). Mainly I think of satire as something making fun of something else. Have you ever seen MAD on tv? I'd say that's satire

[Harpseal]

No, satire is the use of humour, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to point out bad points of people and things.
To show you how this works, i'll put it into the brilliant example of the hunger games.
At one point, Catniss says to someone "if no one watched the hunger games, there wouldn't be any". People watch children killing each other and enjoy it. The satirical side is that we think. 'Would we watch that and enjoy it, just because it's on TV?' satire makes people think and that's why i like it.

[TheUnChosenOne]

Ah..Now I see what you mean.

[chesscuber98]

Recently
The hunger games, Inhertience cycle(which i just finished Awesome!!!!), starting the Bartimeus cycle
etc etc

[Baltorigamist]

^ Bartimaeus Cycle is good, at least judging from the first 3--I haven't read the 4th one.

My favorite books are my own fanfics. Link in my sig.

[Harpseal]

I'm writing a book, but it isn't finished yet so i suppose it doesn't count. The problem is that i want to write a trilogy, and i don't know where to cut off the first to start the second. Definitely no where near where i am now and it won't be for years with my current level of input.

[malifold]

THE BARTIMAEUS CYCLE HAS A 4TH ONE ???!!!!
I didn't know, living in France.

I also liked the Fablehaven series, Inheritance, LOR, HP, and Pierre Bottero's books.

I LOVE the Michael Scott books (The Alchemyst).

I've also read a sci-fi novel mentioning origami: the ET makes origami which comes to life, but a kid steals it, folds a pajarita and a plane. The pajarita becomes a giant mutant chicken, which crashes the plane into a school. Not my favorite,(that's a side plot) but memorable.

[chesscuber98]

^ yes
amulet of samarkhand
golems eye
ptolomey's gate
and
ring of solomon

[Harpseal]

Has anyone here seen the film made of Eragon? It's awful isn't it? If you think otherwise then please say why but i think it is dreadful.