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1 yr ago - Thursday 5/3/12 - 4:10:03 PM EST (GMT-5)
Hi.
So. I wanna spend my summer reading.
Does anyone know of any fiction books that are any of the following:
- Tween/ teen/ young adult
- Or adult i guess 
- Fantasy
- Creates another world
- Has magic/ or futuristic technology
- Deals with child abuse
- Deals with mental illness
- Is about an orphan
And are not/ does not have:
- Goryness
- lots of action/ shooting
- Anything about war
- Anything where an animal dies
- Anything deeply historical
- anything not in english
If you even THINK i might POSSIBLY have the SLIGHTEST chance of liking it, name it!
I shall look it up  My 'not's" are not set in stone. EXCEPT animal death. NO DOGS. Or pets i grow attach to.
I hate cold searching. Its frustrating. I would rather go through a list of 200 books and research them one by one than have to go willy ni |
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1 yr ago - Thursday 5/3/12 - 4:14:35 PM EST (GMT-5)
..nilly typing in "a book" into amazon, hoping it will lead me to something i might like.
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 6:05:06 AM EST (GMT-5)
the first part I could recommend books about..the second part lets most of them out again |
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 6:06:53 AM EST (GMT-5)
Like what and how so? |
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 6:07:45 AM EST (GMT-5)
it really all depeeeends. Like, ender's game is technically about war and crap i guess. but love. So throw them out there! so i can at least research them before i reject them |
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 6:18:01 AM EST (GMT-5)
they're usually gory with lots of action/shooting
you after ebooks or real books? |
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 6:24:50 AM EST (GMT-5)
real ones. I don't have one of those new fangled fancy e-things |
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 7:31:41 AM EST (GMT-5)
Have you read the Inkheart trilogy? I read them years ago, but they're a teen fantasy/adventure book about a girl whose father can make characters come out of books by reading aloud.
Haha, it sounds kid-ish and stupid just describing the plot but I remember really enjoying them.
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 7:46:12 AM EST (GMT-5)
Noughts and Crosses is also a good young adult series.
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Flores
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 12:37:55 PM EST (GMT-5)
Beautiful Boy a father's Journey through his son's addiction, is a really good book.
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Flores
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 12:39:05 PM EST (GMT-5)
It's not fiction though
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 9:49:25 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Friday 5/4/12 - 7:31:41 AM mise wrote:
Have you read the Inkheart trilogy? I read them years ago, but they're a teen fantasy/adventure book about a girl whose father can make characters come out of books by reading aloud. Haha, it sounds kid-ish and stupid just describing the plot but I remember really enjoying them. |
the movie was good
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 10:02:50 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Friday 5/4/12 - 7:31:41 AM mise wrote:
Have you read the Inkheart trilogy? I read them years ago, but they're a teen fantasy/adventure book about a girl whose father can make characters come out of books by reading aloud. Haha, it sounds kid-ish and stupid just describing the plot but I remember really enjoying them. |
I'm reading them right now! Taking me forever to get through though. I've read like 5 other books while reading that one |
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 10:13:37 PM EST (GMT-5)
Neverending stoorrrryyyy la la lal la la la
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1 yr ago - Friday 5/4/12 - 10:43:55 PM EST (GMT-5)
Fallllcorrrrr!
Atreyuuuuu!
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aldod
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1 yr ago - Saturday 5/5/12 - 1:38:50 AM EST (GMT-5)
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." It doesn't meet ALL your wants, but has only one of your "avoid 'ems" and is an excellent read.
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1 yr ago - Saturday 5/5/12 - 1:47:32 AM EST (GMT-5)
As long as a dog doesn't die, the 'don't' aren't set in stone  |
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1 yr ago - Saturday 5/5/12 - 5:53:58 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Saturday 5/5/12 - 1:38:50 AM aldod wrote:
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." It doesn't meet ALL your wants, but has only one of your "avoid 'ems" and is an excellent read. |
I love this book!
But yeah... you might not like the first chapter... |
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1 yr ago - Saturday 5/5/12 - 9:42:09 AM EST (GMT-5)
I third
On Saturday 5/5/12 - 1:38:50 AM aldod wrote:
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." |
It's a fantastic book!!
Inkheart is fabulous... umm... I don't read a lot of contemporary stuff (I'm a classic lit nerd), but I read "The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To" and it was really good. Also "An Invisible Sign" was a very sweet story. |
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1 yr ago - Saturday 5/5/12 - 9:42:25 AM EST (GMT-5)
They're both quirky... I like quirky. |
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1 yr ago - Saturday 5/5/12 - 7:40:04 PM EST (GMT-5)
the Neverending Story by Michael Ende. If you haven't read it yet, I'm sure you'll love it.
Artemis Fowl is also pretty good, but a little bit pointless.
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1 yr ago - Saturday 5/5/12 - 7:41:52 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Saturday 5/5/12 - 1:38:50 AM aldod wrote:
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." It doesn't meet ALL your wants, but has only one of your "avoid 'ems" and is an excellent read. |
Yes, this! |
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1 yr ago - Saturday 5/5/12 - 7:54:07 PM EST (GMT-5)
Artemis Fowl! I remember reading those books, I still have copies of them. I have absolutely no recollection of what exactly they were about though.
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli was good, if I recall correctly. Kind of strange.
And Holes by Louis Sachar! Love that book.
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1 yr ago - Saturday 5/5/12 - 7:55:06 PM EST (GMT-5)
Oh, and read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Doesn't fit many of the criteria, but read it anyway!
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aldod
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Western US
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1 yr ago - Sunday 5/6/12 - 12:27:26 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Saturday 5/5/12 - 1:47:32 AM djembedancer wrote:
As long as a dog doesn't die, the 'don't' aren't set in stone |
The dog is found dead. Determining the cause of death is the mystery, or at least is where the mystery begins to unfold. There's a lot in that book, getting into family issues, disabilities, imperfect people trying to cope with an imperfect world.
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