Books & Authors - October 2006

okay, my friend needs some titles for her story....so i posted this here. here's what she wrote.... thanks muchly :) God bless, Val

Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been likeif I hadn't met the Artist. Of course, I already know the answer to that question, so I don't know why I even bother thinking about it. My life would have been colorless. I mean it, too. My life would have been literally colorless.
Several milleniums ago, the world was full of colors, every color of the spectrum. But the Drainer made everyone colorblind. He drained the color from their eyes, so that everything they saw was monochrome. The Artist was devastated that no one could see the beautiful colors he had created, so he had to create a new way for everyone to see them.
Those that seek him out and get to know him personally were granted the gift of technicolor vision. No one knows how the Artist is able to give people technicolor vision, but those that can see in color, people like me, have made it their mission to bring the color back to everyone. It's hard work. Everyone has forgotten the time of color, so no one believes it exists anymore.
Then there's the Drainer. He always has his followers, known only as the Regime, out hunting us down. They want to destroy us, and keep the world monochromatic, so all the Techies have to be very careful when speaking of color. The Drainer will stop at nothing to keep us from telling anyone about the Artist and his gift.
My best friend Gem was the one who told me about the Artist and color. I didn't believe her at first. She told me there were colors outside black, white, and shades of gray. I thought she was crazy. The color has been gone from the world for so long that no one even really knows about it now. Besides, there was no way for me to even begin to fathom a color spectrum. She told me that my hair was a shade of a color called yellow, and that my eyes were blue. I didn't know what to say to that, so I decided to at least go to meet the Artist with her.
The journey was long and hard, but we finally reached his abode at the top of Mt. Calvary. There was nothing that really stood out about the Artist, save his kindness. I stayed there with Gem for several days, getting to know him. After a week, I wanted the gift he was offering, and asked him if I could see the colors he had told me about.
It was then that I first saw the spectrum. I was speechless by how beautiful the world really was.

2006-10-19 12:30:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

it was about this boy (can't remeber his name..) and his friends, and this sorcerer. the boy became the sorcerer's apprentience, or whatever, (these are just my memories of the book.. i think it might have the word apprentence in it or whatevr,, i'm not sure) and they were at this huge gate to another world of like dark and evil monsteres and whatever, trying to rescue something. i don't even remember, and there were these mean kids, one had red hair (yes not very good details to rember..) and he had this book of magic and he was like saying spells.. i think. i might be thinkging of 2 different books.. but if anyone knows the title of the book i'm talking about..(or books..haha) can yu please help me out??

2006-10-19 12:24:06 · 5 answers · asked by meredithhhhhh! 2

Somehow it got into my room.
I found it, and it was, naturally, trapped.
It was nothing more than a frightened animal.
Since than I raised it up.
I kept it for myself, kept it in my room,
kept it for its own good.
I named the animal, My Life.
I found food for it and fed it with my bare hands.
I let it into my bed, let it breathe in my sleep.
And the animal, in my love, my constant care,
grew up to be strong, and capable of many clever tricks.
One day, quite recently,
I was running my hand over the animal's side
and I came to understand
that it could very easily kill me.
I realized, further, that it would kill me.
This is why it exists, why I raised it.
Since then I have not known what to do.
I stopped feeding it,
only to find that its growth
has nothing to do with food.
I stopped cleaning it
and found that it cleans itself.
I stopped singing it to sleep
and found that it falls asleep faster without my song.
I don't know what to do.
I no longer make My Life do tricks.
I leave the animal alone
and, for now, it leaves me alone, too.
I have nothing to say, nothing to do.
Between My Life and me,
a silence is coming.
Together, we will not get through this.

2006-10-19 12:07:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

No guesses, please.

2006-10-19 11:46:38 · 2 answers · asked by Aint No Bugs On Me 4

I'm looking for a good historical romance novel to read. I've read authors like Johanna Lindsey, Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, etc. but I'm looking for some new authors. Any suggestions?

2006-10-19 11:41:40 · 7 answers · asked by mizzmv 1

2006-10-19 11:22:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

How did it end?
Did you like the ending?
Was it a satisfying conclusion?
Did it turn out the way you anticipated it? If so, in what ways was it what you expected?
In what ways did it end differently?
Did characters grow, change, develop by the end?
If so, in what ways did they change? If not, is that a weakness in the way the story was written.

I am not a student trying not to do my homework and get answers.
This is for a newspaper article on this book. So If you wanna add your opinion it would help. Just put the question or questions and then the answer.thankyou!!!!! :]

2006-10-19 11:12:17 · 2 answers · asked by kulpbre 2

I've read and enjoyed Hearts in Atlantis and Green Mile, so I'm thinking of picking up the 7 tower books. Is it worth it?

2006-10-19 11:09:33 · 11 answers · asked by overmars_wu 2

http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/060525_invisible_cloak.html

2006-10-19 11:01:01 · 6 answers · asked by sasmallworld 6

I read this novel maybe 10 years ago. It was set in a large city (I think Chicago or New York) in the late 1800s/ early 1900s and it was this huge mystery involving the lady of the house and her child who was born, but I think either died or was kidnapped. It was really interesting because the way the story unfolded, everyone in the story got drawn in. The maid and the midwife had something to do with the mystery...
Sorry to be so vague! Any helpful answers would be appreciated!
Or, could you recommend a mystery set in a historical setting (preferably the Victorian Era?) Thanks!!

2006-10-19 10:55:03 · 4 answers · asked by Melissa L 5

story about man comes home finds wife and daughter butchered in kitchen by serial killer he is looking for. the thing is he can still see them both. he and his best friends, a black tall gay assasin and his short sloppy master thief killer lover both help him find this man and they are drawn into other weird gorry cases. almost all with a supernatural leaning man comes from new england. inherits his father ( who was a local cops)home. he left ny police department under strange circumstances. this is a supernatural evil force he is searching for. there is a lot of violence and gore . he kills a lot and saves many people. the books are in the public library i just do no know where

2006-10-19 10:43:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-19 10:15:05 · 20 answers · asked by Mae 3

what do you think of it?
wouldn't it make an awesome movie? or series of movies? who would you cast as the main characters?

2006-10-19 10:14:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not sure if I've got the quote right but it is driving me mad not being able to find the source

2006-10-19 10:13:07 · 8 answers · asked by Robert M 2

2006-10-19 09:23:39 · 16 answers · asked by ? 5

Okay so my English teacher gave us this prompt to write about regarding A Separate Peace, the class did the essay and she failed everybody, so now she is making us re-write our essays. The prompt is, "Close friendships can have a very destructive impact on the individual involved." I wrote about that on my first essay, but she said I didn't answer the prompt the way she wanted me to. So I'm hoping that anybody out there could help me answer this prompt so I can get a better grade. Thanks!!

2006-10-19 09:23:25 · 5 answers · asked by ...................? 1

I have seen so many videos given by him till date. If you haven't seen his preachings i advise you all to watch atleast couple of them. I attended many speeches by great thinkers around the world and this guy shocked me completely. He defies everyone's thinking, because he pretends to be open to all religions when he starts his speech and (if you know can read psychology) he changes gradually to an extremist view of Islam.

Even though he starts talking that all religions came from one main religion, he slowly starts seperating them from Islam and ends boasting that Islam is the best religion of all. Personally i feel he is the biggest liar and is doing the same thing which extremist Islamists do but in a different way.

I really want to see what people think about his preachings. I welcome everyone's answer, for and against, but I sincerely request you, please be reasonable when you say something. Defend your answer with one or two explanations you feel he is doing.

2006-10-19 09:18:51 · 2 answers · asked by shekhar 3

anyone?

2006-10-19 09:01:59 · 12 answers · asked by James 1

I think it is from "A Light in the Attic"...

2006-10-19 08:51:02 · 2 answers · asked by Dexter Lives 1

2006-10-19 08:41:49 · 1 answers · asked by hayleyskigirl 2

Please include links.

2006-10-19 08:39:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-19 08:13:29 · 16 answers · asked by joe trudeau 1

its called holding heaven in my arms

2006-10-19 08:09:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

It was a history and travel book I read as a newb ook way back in 1980s.

2006-10-19 08:02:17 · 1 answers · asked by ? 4

Anyone? Any ideas are appreciated, no matter how vague or specific they are. I have ideas of my own, I just want to explore more so I can get the best idea I can of what I want to write a novel about. I just want to see if other's ideas might spark something in my own mind that will really get me going. Thanks so much for any help,

Kiara

2006-10-19 07:56:36 · 7 answers · asked by Kiara 5

If I were to quote from the book I'd say "I didn't like the book. It fascinated me".
I'd appreciate longer answers than "I like it". Thank you.

2006-10-19 07:15:11 · 5 answers · asked by possum 2

2006-10-19 06:42:36 · 5 answers · asked by WENDY B 2

There was an author who wrote "A love poem to my ex-wife". He was using an older idea when he left the page completely blank except for the title.

Who was the author who came up with this idea, or what other authors used this idea? The author I'm looking for is from the 18th or 19th century.

2006-10-19 06:26:08 · 7 answers · asked by takoisam 3

It's a Tolkein-esque fairy tale...dragon is the evil, viscious, terrible, vile monster...need name serious name suggestions please.

2006-10-19 06:07:44 · 24 answers · asked by Monkey Queen 4

A friend of mine who grew up in Yorkshire read this book as a girl and it sounds great so I'm trying to find it. She THINKS this is the title but isn't 100% sure so here's the description she gave.

It's about two sisters who live in the same house, and who marry two men for very different reasons. One marries for money and has everything she dreams of - plush carpets, dresses, foods, silks, everything colourful and sumptuous. The other marries for love and has no money. But she has enough food on the table and flowers in the garden and she is happy. The one with the money becomes sad and bitter and loses her fortune or something.
And her husband does love her, but she can't see past the money. And the thing I liked about it most was the illustrations and all the sumptuous over-the-topness of one sister's house and the plain but beautiful other sister's house. She has a rose garden that she loves which grows around the door of her house.

2006-10-19 05:39:50 · 2 answers · asked by Iknowsomestuff 4