Summer reading?

Question

I'm not sure what to read. Any suggestions?

I like Memoirs of a Geisha, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, any Dan Brown book, and recently Velocity.

Also, I'm 18, but in honors classes [if that matters].

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

If you're planning on attending college in the fall (which I only assume because you mentioned honors classes) you may want to begin reading more challenging texts. I remember reading Amy Tan in a freshman lit class. She's light enough for pleasure reading, but is considered 'literary' enough for your professors. Personally, I suggest 'The Sun Also Rises' by Hemmingway or 'Slaughterhouse 5' by Kurt Vonnegut, but you seem to enjoy more contemporary novels. If you like Dan Brown you may like Anita Diamant's 'The Red Tent.' It's not as "thrilling" as Dan Brown's novels, but it does blend history and fiction in much the same way.

Answer 2

Mr. Monk goes to the firehouse or the new one Mr. Monk goes to H. Island.

The Loin, The witch and the wardrobe (this is a 7 book sev. like H. P. It stared with the book 'The magical Nephew and end with The last Battle.)

Thorna

Any of the Laurell K. Hamilton Books

Then any of the classices:
Call of the wild
Peter Pan
White Fang
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Gullivers Travels (if you looking for light reading)
Moby Dick
Threasure Island
Black Beauty
Around the world in 80 days
The Jungle book
Dracula
Frankensteon
war of the worlds
Sherlock Holmes (any there all good)
Huck Finn's advancher (Twain is always good)
The Invisible man
the tell tale heart (or any other Edgar allen Poe)
King Sololman's Mines
King Arthur
The Phantom of the Opera
The prince and the Pauper
Kidnapped\The Last of the Mohicans
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Rip Van Winkle
A tale of two citys
20,000 leagues under the sea
The Time Machine
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Plue the Green mile will have you in tears.
Pet cem.
The Dead Zone
IT (or any other Steven King book)

If your into a TV show some shows have book wright up, like Monk
I dont know if you like Angle of Buffy, but even if you dont some of those books are pritty good. I hate those shows, but I like some of the books.

Thats a good list to state with.

And if none of these fit the bill there are always online fanfics. Its hard as Hack to find good ones, but there some pretty good ones out there. If you go that way make sure to read one that are done. Other whies you may never read a ending all summer. These are some ok ones to read.

Answer 3

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Good luck, whatever you decide to read!

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THE SCYTHIAN STONE (eBook only)
THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY (eBook and hard cover)
THE REGENTS OF RHUM (coming fall '07)

Answer 4

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It's a really nice game.

Answer 5

The Book of Ruth and A Season in Purgatory are both very good reads.

Answer 6

Try Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The writing is amazing, the plot is full of twists( I never guessed the ending), and the use of description and detail draws you in.

Answer 7

John Grisham is good (if you don't like legal thrillers, try his A Painted House and Bleachers).

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is good. Band of Brothers. Babyhood by Paul Reiser.

Answer 8

I would go to a used book store or a local library and ask what they suggest. My favorite for the summer is mystery novels - i love who-done-its, but if yer looking for a great historical fantasy- look for "The Deepest Sea" by Charles Barnitz. Its out of print but its all over the internet and it is FANTASTIC!!!! Its one of the best ever in my opinion! have fun reading~;)

Answer 9

Why dont u try a really good book that contains inimaginable monsters well not monsters but transforming creatures like "The Amulet of Samarkand

Answer 10

i liked to kill a mockingbird, the perks of being a wallflower was all right, the sloppy firsts-second helpings-charmed thirds books i've heard are good...i read the first one and thought it was okay...those are by meagan mccafferty, love and other four letter words by carolyn mackler was a very good book, i thought...and also i just read monster by walter dean meyers...i thought that was pretty good...there's a book i'm reading now called violet & claire by francesca lia block...so far it's pretty good but i'm only halfway through it...and also the redwall books by brian jaques are pretty good...and the hobbit, but you've probably read that already...its the prequel to LOTR, and thats all i can think of right now.