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Hi, this is my Livejournal, and in the following post is a list of all the books I own, and ones I'm planning to buy. If you have a suggestion, please post it here : ) .

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The following is a list of all the books I own, and a list of those I want to get, and a list of books suggested to me.
If you know of any books you think I should get, please, please suggest them here. I like suggestions.

The List:
► Douglas Addams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe and Everything
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Mostly Harmless

► K. A. Applegate
The Complete Animorphs series

► Frank Beddor
The Looking Glass Wars
Seeing Redd

► Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

► Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

► Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist

► Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Illustrated Sherlock Holmes

► Jeanne DuPrau
The City of Ember
The People of Sparks
The Prophet of Yonwood

► Seán Cullen
Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates
Hamish X and the Hollow Mountain

► David Clement Davies
Fire Bringer
The Sight
The Telling Pool

► Cornelia Funke
The Thief Lord
Dragon Rider
  Inkheart
  Inkspell

► Sally Gardner
I Coriander
The Red Necklace

► William Gilkerson
Pirate's Passage

► Homer
The Odyssey
The Iliad

► Erin Hunter
Into the Wild
Fire and Ice
Forest of Secrets
Rising Storm
A Dangerous Path
The Darkest Hour
  Midnight
  Moonrise
  Dawn
  Starlight
  Twilight
  Sunset
The Sight

► Brian Jacques
Redwall
Mossflower
Mattimeo
Mariel of Redwall
Salamandastron
Martin the Warrior
The Bellmaker
Outcast of Redwall
The Pearls of Lutra
The Long Patrol
Marlfox
The Legend of Luke
Lord Brocktree
The Taggerung
A Redwall Winter's Tale

► Diana Wynne Jones
Conrad's Fate
The Pinhoe Egg

► C. S. Lewis
The Magician's Nephew
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
A Horse and his Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
the Silver Chair
The Last Battle

► Gregory Maguire
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Mirror Mirror
  Wicked
  Son of a Witch

► Herman Melville
Moby Dick

► Garth Nix
Sabriel
Lirael
Abhorsen
Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories
  The Fall
  Castle
  Aenir
  Above the Veil
  Into Battle
  The Violet Keystone
Mister Monday
Grim Tuesday
Drowned Wednesday
Sir Thursday
Lady Friday

► Kenneth Oppel
Silverwing
Sunwing
Firewing
Darkwing
 Airborn
 Skybreaker

► Michelle Paver
Wolf Brother
Spirit Walker


Soul Eater
Outcast

► Tamora Pierce
Wild Magic
Wolf-Speaker
Emperor Mage
The Realms of the Gods
  First Test
  Page
  Squire
  Lady Knight
Trickster's Choice
Trickster's Queen
  Terrier
Sandry's Book
Tris's Book
Daja's Book
Briar's Book
  Magic Steps
  Street Magic
  Cold Fire
  Shatterglass
The Will of the Empress

► Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven and Other Writings

► Terry Pratchett
The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Sourcery
Interesting Times

► Phillip Pullman
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Once Upon a Time in the North

► Philip Reeve
Larklight

► Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief

► Emily Rodda
The Forests of Silence
The Lake of Tears
City of the Rats
The Shifting Sands
Dread Mountain
The Maze of the Beast
The Valley of the Lost
Return to Del

► J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

► William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of Shakespeare

► Jonathan Stroud
The Amulet of Samarkand
The Golem's Eye
Ptolemy's Gate

► Lynne Truss
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life (or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door)

►Megan Whalen Turner
The Thief

► Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray

► Chris Wooding
The Storm Thief

► Patricia C. Wrede
Dealing with Dragons
Searching for Dragons
Calling on Dragons
Talking to Dragons

► Markus Zusak
The Book Thief

► Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Good Omens




To buy:
Note: For most of these, I'd rather buy paperback editions, the release dates for which are usually after the hardcover editions. Even if they're marked released, they may not be in paperback yet.
Also, I may be waiting to buy the book with a specific cover art.


► Hans Christian Andersen
Any kind of story/short story collection I can find.

► Cathy Brown
Skydancer

► Seán Cullen
Hamish X goes to Providence, Rhode Island

► Jeanne DuPrau
The Prophet of Yonwood (my copy has a printing error)
The Diamond of Darkhold

► Michael Ende
Neverending Story

► Cornelia Funke
Inkdeath

► Erin Hunter
Dark River
Outcast
Eclipse
Long Shadows
Sunrise

► Brian Jacques
Triss
Loamhedge
Rakkety Tam
High Rhulain
Eulalia
Doomwyte
The Sable Quean
The Great Redwall Feast

► Diana Wynne Jones
The Lives of Christopher Chant
Charmed Life
The Magicians of Caprona
  And the rest, likely.

► William Goldman
The Princess Bride

► Jo Graham
Black Ships

► Gregory Maguire
A Lion Among Men

► Dan Needles
With Axe and Flask: The History of Persephone Township from Pre-Cambrian Times to the Present Day

► Garth Nix
Shade's Children
  Superior Saturday
  Lord Sunday
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen

► Kenneth Oppel
Starclimber

► Edith Pattou
East
  Hero's Song: The First Song Of Eirren
  Fire Arrow: The Second Song Of Eirren

► Michelle Paver
Oath Breaker
Ghost Hunter

► Tamora Pierce
Alanna: The First Adventure
In the Hand of the Goddess
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
Lioness Rampant
  Melting Stones
Bloodhound
Elkhound

► Terry Pratchett
Discworld. All of it.

► Philip Reeve
Starcross

► D. J. Taylor
Kept: A Victorian Mystery

► John Wilson
The Alchemists Dream

► Patricia C. Wrede
Book Of Enchantments

► Chris Wooding
Fade
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Poison
  The Weavers of Saramyr
  The Skein of Lament
  The Ascendancy Veil
Broken Sky Series



In Contemplation:
Mercedes Lackey (all)

Suggested:
Tanith Lee - The Claidi Journals
Hilari Bell - A Matter of Profit, Songs of Power, others
Anne McCaffrey/others - Acorna series
Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Telling, Rocannon's World, others
George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire series
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl series</font>

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squeeeky From: [info]squeeeky Date: May 16th, 2007 02:31 am (UTC) (Link)
ooo, the whatevering with dragons books, those were fun. And I want to read the looking glass wars, but my library only has it as a book on tape. *grumble*. Also wicked... *checks*... hey, they do have that one! I'll have to get it sometime.

Now suggestions. Have you read anything by Tamora Pierce? <3. I'd say read the series in order, but if you don't care about that as much as I do and don't want to get all of them, the Immortals quartet and the Trickster books are the best in my opinion.
I've only read a little bit of Mercedes Lackey so far, but from what I have read, also <3. The Last Herald-Mage books were amazing. Enough that I was up all night reading them :P

The Claidi Journals, by Tanith Lee
A matter of profit, by Hilari Bell(and some of her other books, although this one I think is the best, and then songs of power)
The Acorna series, by Anne McCaffrey(w/ others)
These ones I read a while ago, so I'm not sure how kiddish they may or may not be, but I definitely liked them when I read them, enough to reread them later.
cult_azure From: [info]cult_azure Date: May 16th, 2007 06:54 pm (UTC) (Link)
Ahem... you're forgetting the Circle of Magic quartet, the Circle Opens quartet, and Will of the Empress. ;)

Also, Mercedes Lackey, basically anything by her. <3. Especially the Jousters series.
squeeeky From: [info]squeeeky Date: May 16th, 2007 08:47 pm (UTC) (Link)
I did not forget them. I just didn't mention them :P
miyaus From: [info]miyaus Date: May 16th, 2007 03:33 am (UTC) (Link)
Have you ever read anything by Ursula K. Le Guin?

She mainly writes soft science fiction... A couple of my favorites by her are The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Telling, Rocannon's World and numerous others... She also wrote Earthsea; but I haven't read an of those yet..

I heard that in regards to Harry Potter; book #7 won't be the last; that there will be a book number eight!!
aikodestiny From: [info]aikodestiny Date: May 16th, 2007 04:03 pm (UTC) (Link)
I liked the first book of Earthsea well enough, the oher two were nothing special. I'd suggest you read the first book only, the story wraps up anyway.
Have you read anything by Terry Pratchett? He's like Douglas Adams turned to fantasy, only with more plot. I love all of his books, maybe a good start would be "Wyrd Sisters" or "Guards! Guards!".
George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" is great fantasy, if you can get past the strong language and explicit scenes (which is why I almost never recommend it).
Artemis Fowl books are good, but they're getting worse as the series goes on.
And last I heard, JKR herself said that it's a hoax, book 7 will be the last. I hope she did a good job of it!
dylp From: [info]dylp Date: May 16th, 2007 07:19 pm (UTC) (Link)
Tamora Pierce, Mercedes Lackey, and Terry Pratchett should all be at the top of the consideration list. I just forgot ó_ò .
Actually, some of them should be on the to buy list.

Tamora Pierce - I do care about reading series in order, which is part of the reason I haven't looked into the author. I've been too lazy 'till now to sort out the multiple series all being in the same place, I've not been sure where to start.
Maybe I'll be able to find box sets or something. I like box sets.

Mercedes Lackey - Same as Tamora Pierce, only I've now made sense of Tamora Pierce. I suppose I'll just try to start at the beginning and go through.
I really like box sets.

Terry Pratchett - I've always been meaning to get, again, I just need to start somewhere. I'll have to make a list of all these series when I get to go book shopping again (< 2 weeks, big store in Regina :D ).

Tamora Pierce, Mercedes Lackey, and Terry Pratchett moved onto the contemplation list, though I'll likely get something (box set) from one of them whenever that wedding is.

I'm moving Seán Cullen onto the to buy list after reading a few reviews and excerpts. I've been a bit of a fan of him as a comedian, and the books look quite funny.
squeeeky From: [info]squeeeky Date: May 16th, 2007 08:46 pm (UTC) (Link)
Tortall Books-
Song of the Lioness quartet (Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant)
Immortals quartet (Wild Magic, Wolf Speaker, Emperor Mage, The Realms of the Gods)
Protector of the Small quartet (First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight)
Trickster books (Trickster's Choice, Trickster's Queen)
Terrier is the first book in a new Trilogy (Provost's Dog, I think it's called?), but it's the only one out so far and hasn't come out in paperback yet(October, I think?)

Circle Books-
Circle of Magic quartet (Sandry's Book, Tris's Book, Daja's Book, Briar's Book)
Circle Opens quartet (Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass)
The Will of the Empress

:)

Mercedes Lackey- still not too sure on them all myself :P Heralds of Valdemar (Arrows of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, Arrow's Fall) are definitely first, and I read The Last Herald-Mage (Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, Magic's Price) next, although looking at publication dates it looks like Vows and Honor (The Oathbound, Oathbreakers, Oathblood) are actually between them.
cult_azure From: [info]cult_azure Date: May 18th, 2007 07:18 pm (UTC) (Link)
Let the record state that Oathbound and Oathbreakers is technically a duology, while Oathblood is an anthology. ;)

Also, Exile's Honor and Exile's Valor is another duology.

Brightly Burning is by itself... so is Take a Thief.
There's also the Mage Winds trilogy (?, Winds of Change, Winds of Fury) and the Black Gryphon trilogy (Black Gryphon, White Gryphon, Silver Gryphon).
shadowy_sun From: [info]shadowy_sun Date: May 24th, 2007 02:20 am (UTC) (Link)
Artemis Fowl sucks. Dx.

Haven't read any good books lately (lately as in, since Grade 9 or something), so can't really say.
dylp From: [info]dylp Date: May 24th, 2007 07:53 pm (UTC) (Link)
Okay, we're going this weekend, so that's when I'll be buying books .
I'm keeping this post up at the top of my LJ though, if anyone else ever wants to comment and suggest other books for me.
Put Hans Christian Anderson on the To Buy list
Future dated the post so it stays at the top
Put the lists in LJ-cuts so the post isn't ridiculously long on the main page
ohpandabear From: [info]ohpandabear Date: June 1st, 2007 05:55 pm (UTC) (Link)
I personally wasn't too crazy about the Artemis Fowl series...
I don't know how old you are, but, I think the books were more fit for the 10-12 age. o_o So yeah. If you're around there, borrow one of 'em and see how you like it.
metasity From: [info]metasity Date: April 11th, 2008 04:39 pm (UTC) (Link)
Dear Dyl,
Enlighten poor D-cha here about how this LJ entry has gone forward in the space-time continuum, or is Canada further ahead in time than the US? XD

The last fictional book I read was Deathly Hallows, so I am of NO help to you. Like...at all.
dylp From: [info]dylp Date: April 12th, 2008 03:51 pm (UTC) (Link)
I have a time-turner. Deadly useful, them ;).



When you're posting a post it shows the time at the top, above the text area. there's a little edit button beside it; if you click it you can change the date it is posted under. If you want it in the future you have to click the 'Date Out of Order' box.
Putting a post in the future like this makes it stay at the top of your journal.
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