[~claire~]

oh yes and malorie blackman came to our school and i got her to sign my copy of knife edge, it was to good, she was really nice and addressed it to me!
sorry if i seem to be bragging but it was so good! :D

[Bridie]

I have to say i like the silver chair quite a lot but found it completely different to the others. I have read narnia so many times, they are amazing.

Did you know.....

1. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were good friends and had a group of literary friends were they all commented on each others work. (Bit like forums but no internet!!)
2. The chronicles of Narnia are based on Christianity and are an analogy of the main biblical story including creation (magician's nephew), resurrection (lion, witch and the wardrobe) and the end of the world/ heaven (last battle). with Aslan representing God/Jesus.

i did infact know all of these things. quite interesting dont you think? two of the greatest authors ever were close friends.

[~claire~]

yes, they might have like helped each other in writing, my dad said that j rr tolkein stopped writing when the gang were in the caves of moria and only started to write again after 2 year! i dunno why though, i wasnt listenin that well.

[Bridie]

ive read noughts and crosses by malorie blackman but i dont want to read the rest.

[~claire~]

most wise, just get someone else to tell u the ending

[owleye]

i dont know what to read now :(

[soon2b_author]

may I sujest a few books?

The Thursday Next series by Jasper FForde

The House of the Scorpian by Nancy Farmer

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

Secret Sacrament by Sherryl Jordan

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

The Messenger by Markus Zusack

hope that helps
soon2b_author

[whitesilkbreeze]

1. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were good friends and had a group of literary friends were they all commented on each others work.

I didn't know that bit. Perhaps good authors have a tendency to gravitate towards each other...?

I'm reading a whole bunch of miserably serious books right now. :p You probably wouldn't want to read them.

[owleye]

why are you reading them?????????? ??!!??!?!, weirdpeople!, aghhh i cant get a new book :(

[whitesilkbreeze]

Because I think they are good (like The Bell Jar), and because I need to read them for school anyway. They're not fantasy though, and you once mentioned that you don't like anything that isn't fantasy.