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I need a good book to read. I usually vary in taste and enjoy a book that will captivate your imagination. So if you guys got any suggestions I sure would like to hear them. I need to expand my mind.

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ah-HA - i see we're misbehaving AGAIN tonite eh, BOONE
misbehaving...who me? (Boone attempts to look all innocent)
 
Known Dead

Memoirs of a Geisha

While I Was Gone

Just about anything by Stuart Woods...

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"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

- Samuel Butler
 
Archangel series - Sharon Shinn (no, it's not religious..not really)

The Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan (I'm on book 6 right now)

The Shanarra series (I can remember neither the first book of it nor the author..sorry.)

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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help. - Calvin
 
wow, I haven't thought about the Shanara series in a dog's age. Those were the books with titles like The Sword of Shanara, The Stone of Shanara etc., right? I think the authors were Terry Brooks and Margaret Weiss. I could be wrong about the authors, but that's what I seem to remember.

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my eyes, the goggles do nothing
 
If you like humorous books by English writers in a style similar to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then you should like Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman (Sandman comics etc.) and Terry Pratchett. A very funny book about an angel, a devil and armageddon. Somewhat like the film Dogma only more of a straight comedy.

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jourgenson, yes, thank you! The Sword of Shanara is the first one, and the author is Terry Brooks. They weren't co-authored if I remember correctly.

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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help. - Calvin
 
you're right mthrl, I don't know where I got Margaret Weis from.

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my eyes, the goggles do nothing
 
I read a surprisingly goo dbook this summer called "The Forge of God"...basically Aliens come, blow up the earth, etc etc...
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Then again, give William Goldman's abridged version of "The Princess Bride" a try -- I still like the movie more, but to each their own
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En fuego, bebe.
 
I remember now, Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman used to write books in the Dragonlance series. A D&Desque fantasy series that was quite enjoyable.

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my eyes, the goggles do nothing
 
Thank you all for your suggestions. I'll be going to B&N later today so I will keep your suggestions in mind. Thanks again.
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ah-HA - i see we're misbehaving AGAIN tonite eh, BOONE
misbehaving...who me? (Boone attempts to look all innocent)
 
So..what'd you get?

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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help. - Calvin
 
I picked up The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks and Neuromancer by William Gibson.

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ah-HA - i see we're misbehaving AGAIN tonite eh, BOONE
misbehaving...who me? (Boone attempts to look all innocent)
 
A warning about the Shanara stuff: at times, it can seem sorta like childish writing, at least I thought it did, but the story is really, really good. In fact, there's a new book coming out in the series called The Jerle Witch. I told my mom that I want it for Christmas
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help. - Calvin
 
You could try Les Miserables...that's a really good book..but only in my opinion...it's pretty long..if you like long books....it's by Victor Hugo!! Otherwise...I can't think of any at the moment..in class we just finished reading "Lord of the Flies" A little disgusting at times, can be boring, and has a "different" ending! You could check that out if you wanted to! I don't really know you guys' personalities so it's hard for me to recommend books to ya!!!
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Hrm..I liked The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I went kinda cross-eyed reading it at times, but Hugo is a very good author. I have Les Mis sitting up in my room somewhere, unread.

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And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. ~ Rev. 21:4
 
In a sunburned country is good too

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"No man can be condemed for owning a dog.
As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."

- Will Rogers
 
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