Books & Authors - June 2007

I like books that are just so exciting that you can't put them down. Some of my favorites:

The Three Musketeers by Dumas
Harry Potter!
The Hobbit by Tolkien

Hm so I guess I like fantasy/science fiction novels. But just throw out any good ones you've read lately! :)

2007-06-07 08:23:49 · 19 answers · asked by bep 2

how does it compare to the book?

2007-06-07 07:58:46 · 4 answers · asked by friskygimp 5

its about a girl who is convinced that her relationship with her boyfriend of 3 years is ruined unless she visits a psychic who tells her that she must drink this potion for 7 days and the relationship will be healed. the potion starts giving her weird side effects and she blames the psychic for giving her the wrong potion. she later realizes that she's really just pregnant and then she gets married and her relationship is fixed, and she wonders if the psychic had anything to do with it...

2007-06-07 07:53:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

As an editor, I read...a lot. I get five to six unsolicited submissions a week, not to mention submissions for our writing contest currently running. There are certain phrases that just scream amateur at me.

Raven haired---unless the woman has black feathers coming out of her head, don't use this descriptive phrase. Same goes for flame haired. Unless her head is on fire, she does not have flamed haired. In either case, there have to be better ways to describe a woman with black hair or red hair.

"What he/she/it didn't know..." normally followed by four paragraphs of dull, lifeless backstory that has little or no bearing on the story.

Variant spellings of "Cain." Yeah, yeah. I get it. Trying to play off the biblical name and all that. But it's been done a thousand and forty-seven times, and changing the spelling to Kain, Kaine, Caine, Kane, Kayn, or any other variant doesn't make it any more original.

So, what phrases do you think are overused in fiction?

2007-06-07 06:46:57 · 18 answers · asked by bardsandsages 4

there is U K VERSION ,US VERSION AND ADULT VERSION .....TELL IT CLEARY, IF THERE IS ANY DIFFERENCE in thm PLZZZZZ.....

2007-06-07 06:41:10 · 6 answers · asked by funnybhuvana 1

i would be super happy if eclipse was gonna be released sooner i can not wait this longgg aa

2007-06-07 06:39:22 · 4 answers · asked by Elizabeth35 4

I'm looking for something for my niece. She tried picking up Twilight by Stephanie Meyer but didn't like it. Any other suggestions?

2007-06-07 06:34:28 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Need a good sad, teen or adult book to read.

2007-06-07 06:03:24 · 16 answers · asked by Katie C. 2

Tried ebay and Amazon, no luck there...

2007-06-07 06:03:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

It should be a entertaining one
thriller + romance+simple ancent+best seller
Should make the reader to turn pages soon( i mean the book should be that much interesting)

2007-06-07 05:52:32 · 7 answers · asked by suna 2

I have a book pulished in 1910 and I'd like additional copies made. I have a hardcopy and the book is the LOC.

2007-06-07 05:27:02 · 4 answers · asked by auhaynes 1

I went through a really bad break up and need a good "girl power" book, as retarded as that sounds. He cheated and I know I am better off without him, I just need a reminder every now and again. Please no self help books.

2007-06-07 05:19:31 · 14 answers · asked by leala315 2

This book is amazing, and the thing is its a true story, Its like the sixth sense but more incredible. See it and order it on amazon.co.uk it will change your life.

2007-06-07 05:16:58 · 1 answers · asked by whitefeather 1

i hear gold?
i hear alchemy?
i hear immortality?
what is this all about?
who is Abraham the Jew and what does his book reveal?

2007-06-07 05:14:27 · 7 answers · asked by HeyheyOhmmm 2

2007-06-07 05:11:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-07 05:08:05 · 3 answers · asked by wilfredo a 3

2007-06-07 04:37:19 · 4 answers · asked by Erin B 2

I'm just coming to the end of Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts and I've really enjoyed it...

can anyone recommend similar good books for my next read?

2007-06-07 02:48:46 · 1 answers · asked by billy 5

Alright, I have never done a biblio like this, so I'm struggling. I have used two works from a Literature book. I need to cite the authors of the book, the book and the 2 works I used and thier authors. How the heck do I do this?

2007-06-07 02:39:26 · 2 answers · asked by All I have to do is dream... 4

I know many authors write stories set in the very hometown they live in, or a place where they have lived in for a significant period of time.

I tend to write about places I've never been before and imagine up people I've never met, and more often than not run out of steam after the first few chapters. I'm thinking this time to incorporate real-life things I've heard, seen and done into my fiction...but have some difficulties doing so.

Advice appreciated. Thanks!

2007-06-07 02:34:44 · 6 answers · asked by vintageprincess72 4

I love to read and was pondering if there is anything new out there or old out there that I may have missed reading and that one would suggest to read while soaking up some sun this summer. I always love sun and good read they both go hand in hand in wee brain...thanks...I enjoy mystery,murder-not too much blood & gore (got sleep sometime)some christian authors too,not into cowboy books,wee bit of romance at times not to racy please(my brain likes to imagine more than read :),have enjoyed cat mysteries,I've also have devoured my teen's books too if they looked good,have a book I am currently reading it's an oldie I found at a sale Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones. If U'd want to check it here is how :
http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Mrs-Jones-Signet-Books/dp/0451163192

thanks a bunch Happy Reading :D

2007-06-07 02:21:49 · 23 answers · asked by ღ♥ღLaurieღ♥ღ 4

Catcher in the Rye, the Sun Also Rises, etc.

2007-06-07 01:52:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-06 22:47:26 · 35 answers · asked by Call me Carly 1

how about me? if I publish with a non profit organization, will I still make profit myself or do I suddenly become non-profit too...??

2007-06-06 20:52:29 · 3 answers · asked by freebird31wizard 6

any you can think of appreciated. :-)

2007-06-06 20:37:34 · 2 answers · asked by freebird31wizard 6

rate it and give me a review and is it for kid or what

2007-06-06 18:40:32 · 16 answers · asked by iyvin14 1

I, along with everyone else in the universe, would like to know this! Any suggestions (serious) would be welcome!

2007-06-06 18:32:30 · 2 answers · asked by pibarrington 3

What secrets will be revealed, what questions will be awnsered, and what suprises do you think J.K. has in store for us?

2007-06-06 18:27:10 · 6 answers · asked by chianna82 1

Poet Willam Wordsworth ,Author Jules Verne,Author Conan Doyle,and Kalpana Chawla. U can give links too.

2007-06-06 17:04:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

what did atticus try to establish by questioning bob and mayella ewell and by having tom robinson stand as mayella finally identified him? i don't get why he would go through all of that.....what was he trying to get at?

thanks

2007-06-06 16:59:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous