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[kippurbird]

As Spirit Bear shambles towards an ending, I'm sure there are other books out there that demand my attention. So, I will take suggestions. A few criteria, I am not going to do a chapter by chapter analysis of the Wheel of Time books or the Sword of Truth. That would take forever and a half and I'd probably kill myself. I may do a series over view, however, of those two.

So, give me suggestions and comment as to why you think I should go through this book. Examples are always welcomed.

After that I'll put up a poll.

Sound good?

Comments

[anarchicq.livejournal.com]

House of Leaves.
There. Your mind is made up.
Oh, fine.

Watership Down
Good Omens (Which you've probably already read)
World War Z
Children of Men
Animal Farm!
1984?

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

American Gods. No matter how many people claim that Gaiman is Teh Pwnage, he can't plot to save his life, and his hero is just plan boring.

[thelittlebudgie.livejournal.com]

One of the Black Jewels books. Because while having a different magical system is always nice, wtfbbq Ring of Obediance?

[prototypical]

Nah, the entire Black Jewels trilogy!

[prototypical]

Janine Cross's Touched by Venom. Yes, it's the infamous "venom cock" book and I'm recommending you tear it apart partially because I want to see how you deal with the sex scenes. I've read it - it made my giggle and headdesk and want to throw it across the room because of the stupidity. The sad part? My mother loves it.

If you want an longer series to tackle at some point, you can always do the Anita Blake books.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

On a side note, Neil talked about American Gods at Comic Con and he said that he wrote it the way he did because he was sick of writing three act structure books.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

I read one of those... the Invisible Ring? That was interesting. As in "Strange". The whole... sexism and those jewels and things and the sex needing to go up and down the jewel scale and... um.. yeah.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Oooh... yes. Maybe. That would be interesting.

[anarchicq.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'm doing it wrong. I'm actually reccing books I think you'd enjoy.

I Still stand by "Lexicon Triumverate" then.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I'm gonna put it up to vote.

[authoressarktos.livejournal.com]

The Fire-us Trilogy ('The Kindling', 'The Keepers of the Flame', 'The Kiln') by Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher. Though it does have splashes of originality (awesome idea, having the christian zealots use Biblical passages for names...), it's basically a book with one cliche after another.

Well, the plot does kind of set itself up for them though...apparently, it's about these kids who survive this apocalypic disease, forget their real names and identities, and start the search for the president five years after the 'Fire-us' disease struck. The characters are kind of...two dimensional. The plot holes that riddle the book are kind of amusing though (so, automatically any glasses suit the vision-impared kid? including prescribed ones made for someone else? Sorry, not buying that).

But anyways, it's an interesting read. Even if it seems kind of flat, at least it's more interesting than Touching Spirit Bear and Eragon. *shrugs*

[evil_plotbunny]

*digs deep into her memories of bad teen novels*
YMMV on these.

Go Ask Alice - I've never actually read this (bad YA librarian, no cookie) and you should so I don't have to.

Crosses by Shelley Stoerr - There's this girl that cut herself and I didn't care even a tiny little bit.

I'm sure I'll think of more tomorrow when I'm at work.

[intertangled.livejournal.com]

Well, if you want both Mary Sues and bad sex - want in this context; cringe at - you could always do Clan of the Cave Bear.

[canadianevil.livejournal.com]

No. You don't want to do it. You do not want to do it.

Trust me. Touched By Venom is very, very, very bad. Bad. Horrible. Awful. Nasty. Disgusting. Bad.

[anarchicq.livejournal.com]

*Spits on Go Ask Alice*
It was a good book, until I learned it was a LIE!

[thelittlebudgie.livejournal.com]

Well, certainly at least one.

[thelittlebudgie.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of that one, but there's so much to wade through to get to the actual story. The first book isn't too bad; it takes a nose dive in Valley of Wild Horses, though.

[delphinapterus.livejournal.com]

Well I'm rather fond of the idea of seeing you go through Touched by Venom or its sequels. However, if you're looking for a more YA book then can I suggest Daughter of the Mountains by Louise S. Rankin (most unrealistic single girl on a road trip story I've ever seen), or Locked in Time by Lois Duncan (the heroine is amazing in her immaturity)?

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

Yes, but even if he isn't using the three act structure, he has to use SOME sort of structure.

Anyway, how about Twilight? It's godawful, and that author wasn't trying to break any conventions.

[berseker.livejournal.com]

Anne Frank and me, by Cherie Bennet. You´ll love it. I haven´t read the whole thing, but the two pages I saw at Amazon are so sporkable that the book will probably be really something.

[oceans-heart.livejournal.com]

I would suggest any Anita Blake book 9 and up actually. The earlier books actually tried to have a plot.

[ghostgecko.livejournal.com]

Marry me. I, too, dislike Gaiman and I feel I'm the only nerd on the internets who does.

Ok, suggestions?

"The Beekeeper's Apprentice". Mary Sue from hell with bells on. In the first chapter she not only outsmarts Sherlock Holmes, she has the nerve to backsass him. By the end of the book everyone from Doyle canon wuvs her and she marries Holmes despite him being in his 60's and she's like 15.

Lew hate? Lew HAAAAAAAAAATE.

"Hunted Past Reason" byt Richard 'Coasting on love from Psycho' Matheson. Marshmallowy screenwriter author-substitute guy decides taking a backpacking trip into the wilderness with the psycho guy who hits on his wife is a GREAT idea. Psycho procedes to assfuck him in the most unrealistic rape scene ever, then chase him thru the woods with a giant knife. You can almost picture Matheson sneaking around buying gay porn for research to make his rape scene "realistic". Best scene: guy takes a break from running for his life to free a mountain lion trapped under a fallen tree. Huh?

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Why are they searching for the President?

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

A lie?

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Gaaaah... Too Long.