Hey, isn't Neal Stephenson the guy who wrote Snow Crash. You get more adrenaline from reading one of his books than from being in a plane crash. (I think, though I haven't been in a plane crash for ages and can't be sure)

I bought the Ruby in the Smoke in the 6th grade I think, read a few pages, got bored, and stopped. Then I picked it up about 2 years ago and made myself get past the beginning.. I remember it being okay..

Faye- I read "A Tale of Time City" by Dianna Wynne Jones. SO GOOD, I loved it. There was this one description which i still remember, about this food they used to eat, that was hot and cold and perfect. It was such a great book.

As for kids books, ROBERT MUNSCH WINS HANDS DOWN. I read like every single book he ever wrote, I still love to read them. If my little brother checks them out at the library I read them before he does, lol.

Here's a list of a few books I'm going to buy next, if anyone's read them, i'd appreciate it if you would tell me your thoughts about them, but NO SPOILERS, please!

Brave New World
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I Am the Cheese
A Clockwork Orange
As I Lay Dying
Me Talk Pretty One Day

edit- bought them all today except for "the perks of being a wallflower" and "i am the cheese".

Pride and Prejudice was cool. That was the only of Jane Austin's books which I actually liked.

My all time favorite classic book is To Kill a Mockingbird. That was just too cool, funny, yet deep in it's message. Oliver Twist was also a great book.

I'm reading a book on Peter Jennings... A Reporter's Life: Peter Jennings. It has quotes about his life from his friends and family. It's such a awesome book..and makes me really miss his reporting so much more.

I remember the days I used to watch him on the 'World News Tonight with Peter Jennings" (I still remember the way it used to be announced). He was really one of the best news anchors.

My brothers are reading that. The series is soooooo long I'm not even going to bother!

I haven't have much exposure to historical fantasies, though recently I read the Sevenwaters trilogy by Juliet Marillier, it is a romantic historical fantasy and I really liked it! I can't wait to get my hands on some fantasy books.

Book three rocks! But it's my second favourite after Deathly Hallows.

Deathly Hallows wasn't one of my favs, surprisingly.. i'm not really sure why.
I loved 5 and 6
1, 2 and 4 were okay
3 was good.

in my humble opinion, of course, lol.

I started reading Wheel of Time long, long ago. Initially it was meant to be a six part series...but the publishers convinced him to keep going. Now that Robert Jordan has passed away, the final book will be written by someone else. Plus...it was so long between books that I felt the need to read the whole thing from the beginning again to keep up...and that gets tiring after awhile.

It's okay for my brothers, they only started reading it about half a year ago so there's no issue of re-reading the series for them by the time the 12th book comes out.

Oh, I forgot to mention... Jane Austen bores me so much!

prisoner of askaban was best...well actually i wouldnt kno i didnt read any book but the first page of the first one then fell half alseep (TINY LETTERSS!!) thats why they got movies now

Anyone read stephen king?

My ratings...

4 & 7 were awesome
3, 5 & 6 were very good
1 & 2 were good.

As one of the books i had to read in School, i have to say it is an awesome read.

I've read IT, Lisey's Story and Cell. Out of the three, Cell was the best.


I'm currently going through James Patterson's books, anyone else read any of his?

Yeah I read those, they were really good!! I liked Power of Three the best tho

hmm the only book that i liked from all the books that i read in school was 'OF MICE AND MEN' i think.
lol i cant remeber any books that i read but i do read books. lol

my favorite book....Quran..nothing is competent.

Same author. I haven't read any of his other books, but I certainly will have to.

If you're interested in history and have a spare six months, deffinetly read the baroque cycle. 3000 pages long, but well worth it.

That reminds me, the books (especially the first) by John Simpson, the premier BBC foreign correspondent, are excellent.