Recommend a Book to the AAY

[Lady Pole]

Today you are wearing a water-themed avatar, so I'll recommend The Lost City of Faar from the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.  

[beaulolais]

since i have a hunch how much you like English Fantasy, i want to recommend a book i just rediscovered!

it's called "Peter and Wendy" by Barrie and is the original of Peter Pan, back from 1911.

it's somewhat different from the disney version; he calls the kids "brats" and gives a very grisly bloody death to many Indians as well as pirates.

and a major character dies!  

[Sita Harker]

The Frog Princess series.... froggies! ^_^  

[Lhia Dunwaith]

It's not really a book, but I'd recommend Garth Nix's short story "Hope Chest." I thought of it because of the posh look, plus the gun. <3  

[beaulolais]

because you are now on vacation, i recommend The Well at The World's End by William Morris because it is huge (two chunky volumes) and full of imaginative adventure, albeit written in an archaic style.

so it can occupy a rainy afternoon or two  

[beaulolais]

to help us avoid naming the same books over and over again, i have made here a list of all the titles we have suggested so far.

if i have missed any, i am sorry; please tell me so that i may emend the list?

i will try to add to this from time to time as the game goes along.

In order to alphabetize, I have placed beginning article words "A", "An" and "The" at the end of each title.

Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Barbed Rose (The)

Black Magician Trilogy

Bloody Jack Tales by LA Meyer

Blue Girl (The) by Charles de Lint.

Book of Mordred (The) by Vivian Van Velde.

Children of Hurin (The) by JRR Tolkien

Chronicles of Narnia (The)

Circle of Magic (The) series, by Tamora Pierce.

Claidi Journals (the) by Tanith Lee

Compass Rose (The) by Gail Dayton

Crown Duel

Divine by Mistake

Earthly Knight (An) by Janet McNaughton

Egypt Game (The) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Ella Enchanted

Eragon

Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennon.

Firebirds

Frog Princess (The) series

Gabriel's Magic Ornament.

Girl With a Pearl Earring

Great and Terrible Beauty (A)

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik.

"Hope Chest.", Garth Nix's short story

Immortals series by Tamora Pierce.

Island of the Aunts

Just Ella

Ladies of Grace Adieu (The) by Susanna Clarke

"Left Hand of Darkness (The)" by Ursula K. LeGuin

Lost City of Faar (The) from the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.

Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them. A Comic Relief by JK Rowing

Night Girl and the Day Boy (The), by George MacDonald.

Ogre, Ogre by Piers Anthony

Peter and Wendy" by Barrie

Picture Dorian Gray (The) by Oscar Wilde.

Pippi Longstocking

Pirates!, by Cecilia Rees

Piratica and Piratica II by Tanith Lee

Prydain series (the) including The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron

Puppet Masters (The) by Robert Heinlein

Rebel Angels.

Revival of the Game (The)

Running With the Demon, by Terry Brooks

Sandry's Book

Series of Unfortunate Events (A)

Singer by Jean Thesmen.

Song of the Lioness (The) quartet

Thief Lord.

Treasure Island

Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce

"twilight" by stephie meyer

Two Princesses of Barimore by Gail Carlson Levine

Waifs and Strays, the Charles de Lint anthology

Well at The World's End (The) by William Morris

Wicked

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr.

Winter Prince (The) by Elizabeth E. Wein.

Wizard of Earthsea (A) by Ursula K. Le Guin

Zel by Donna Jo Napoli.  

[Sita Harker]

Thanks for the list beaulolais! ^_^

I'll suggest the Percy Jackson series, because the main character is the son of Posiedon (water god). It's a GREAT series (just don't listen to the sound recording, the dude's Brittish accent makes d**k Van Dyke's sound perfect). I can't wait for the movie!  

[Lady Pole]

I think you might like the vegetarian vampire character in Michael Scott's The Alchemist. The book is an ok light read.

(Nice list, Beauloais, and I'm going to look for that original Peter Pan on Gutenberg tonight, thanks!)  

[Lady Whispers]

you guys gotta add A School for sorcery. It has so many twists, you have to activally think to make sense of it all.  

[Sita Harker]

You have butterfly wings on, and I just saw the movie so... James and the Giant Peach ^_^ man, that movie is scary 0_0  

[beaulolais]

staying with Roald Dahl, and because it's just now out on DVD, i'd suggest

The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

cleverly the author takes a traditional villain and makes him a sort of hero, without changing his character defects!  

[Sita Harker]

☁ standing tall

Hmm. A very dark avatar. With wings and a bat. Perhaps... Poe? One of my favorite stories by him is The Tale of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather. It's a dark little tale, but not as gruesome as some of his other work.

Or, for a book, Dhampir. It's an AWESOME book about a dhampir - that is, a half human half vampire - who hunts vampires.

on the wings of my dreams ☁

 

[beaulolais]

you are reminding me of literate and demure Jane Austen as you read your book

and so i would suggest Emma.