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vampirEwitcH:

Fueling The Flame:

Can anyone recommend any vampire related teen fiction? I just finished the first five books in the "House of Night" series and I really liked them.
Also, maybe any books involving boarding schools? I've read a lot of boarding-school related books and there's something about them that I just love.
Thanks in advance!

Im reading "Id Tell You I Love You But Then Id Have To Kill You"
its good about a boarding school... of spies..hehe!

Does anyone know of any good books set in the time period 1700's-1890's?
Also, if it's set in the 1600's, that's okay too.
Thank you. :cute:

Vanete Druse.:

Does anyone know of any good books set in the time period 1700's-1890's?
Also, if it's set in the 1600's, that's okay too.
Thank you. :cute:

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is set in the early 1800s.
The A Great and Terrible Beauty series by Libba Bray is set during 1895.
The Blood Confession by Alisa M. Libby is set during the late 1500s, possibly early 1600s and is based on the legend of Erzsebet Bathory.

hmsbacklash:

Can anymore recommend something along the lines of "The Perks of Being A Wallflower"? I love that book, and most of the things I've found like it (ie. the books by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn), I've already read. I'm looking for something new.

Also, any good WWI/ 19th Century literature reminiscent of E.M. Forster or Oscar Wilde. I'm dying for something new in that area.

Help please?

Obviously, there's J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye",which is in fact mentioned in "The Perks of Being A Wallflower".

You'll probably also like "The History Boys" by Alan Bennett, which is a play. It's also a film, but you should read the play because it will guide you to different poets, plays etc. that you probably haven't been drawn to before. It did that for me.

Reminicint of Oscar Wilde....well, Stephen Fry books are a lot more cynical and gritty that Wilde's, but the influence is there and I would definatly recommend all of them.

vampirEwitcH:

Vanete Druse.:

Does anyone know of any good books set in the time period 1700's-1890's?
Also, if it's set in the 1600's, that's okay too.
Thank you. :cute:

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is set in the early 1800s.
The A Great and Terrible Beauty series by Libba Bray is set during 1895.
The Blood Confession by Alisa M. Libby is set during the late 1500s, possibly early 1600s and is based on the legend of Erzsebet Bathory.

:cheese: The last one sounds like the one I'll probably tackle.
I thought her name was Elizabeth?
Either way, thank you darling, this really helps. :arms:

kassiebear:

YaoiRox666:

Thank God there's a sticky for this! All those "I need a new book to read" topics were getting annoying. Especially since they all basically gave the same teen novels over and over again for recommendations anyway! :cheese:

Anyway, I'm interested in books that deal with:
Mental institutions (I prefer YA ones, but I'll take adult as well)
And does anyone know if any books have horror involving hospitals? I never seem to find any. :XD

I reccomend Angels in Pink.. it takes place in a hospital

Or possibly Project 17 by Laurie Stolarz. That was a really good book about some teens going to an old mental institution.

Vanete Druse.:

vampirEwitcH:

Vanete Druse.:

Does anyone know of any good books set in the time period 1700's-1890's?
Also, if it's set in the 1600's, that's okay too.
Thank you. :cute:

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is set in the early 1800s.
The A Great and Terrible Beauty series by Libba Bray is set during 1895.
The Blood Confession by Alisa M. Libby is set during the late 1500s, possibly early 1600s and is based on the legend of Erzsebet Bathory.

:cheese: The last one sounds like the one I'll probably tackle.
I thought her name was Elizabeth?
Either way, thank you darling, this really helps. :arms:

She's Hungarian and that's how you translate Elizabeth into Hungarian.
You could read Romantic or Realist novels. I liked Les Miserables and loved Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education -the first more than the second. Anna Karenina is also set around that time and it's a really lovely novel. It depends on what kind of book you're after and what style you like reading.

emma bovary.:

She's Hungarian and that's how you translate Elizabeth into Hungarian.
You could read Romantic or Realist novels. I liked Les Miserables and loved Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education -the first more than the second. Anna Karenina is also set around that time and it's a really lovely novel. It depends on what kind of book you're after and what style you like reading.

Really? I never knew that. That's interesting.
And thank you, I'll be sure to check those out as well. :cute:
to be honest, I don't really know what style. I like most, so long as they have good characters or an interesting plot.

kassiebear:

YaoiRox666:

Thank God there's a sticky for this! All those "I need a new book to read" topics were getting annoying. Especially since they all basically gave the same teen novels over and over again for recommendations anyway! :cheese:

Anyway, I'm interested in books that deal with:
Mental institutions (I prefer YA ones, but I'll take adult as well)
And does anyone know if any books have horror involving hospitals? I never seem to find any. :XD

I reccomend Angels in Pink.. it takes place in a hospital

Flowers for Algeron by Daniel Keyes is a great read - a real tear jerker.

YaoiRox666:

Thank God there's a sticky for this! All those "I need a new book to read" topics were getting annoying. Especially since they all basically gave the same teen novels over and over again for recommendations anyway! :cheese:

Anyway, I'm interested in books that deal with:
Mental institutions (I prefer YA ones, but I'll take adult as well)
And does anyone know if any books have horror involving hospitals? I never seem to find any. :XD

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. One of the best books I've ever read in my life. There's a review of it on my page.

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Does anyone have a really, really good realistic fiction read? With a character I would actually like? Preferably a coming-of-age novel with a lovely boy character.

(Please, nothing that reminded you of the Catcher in the Rye.)

fool's paradise:

Does anyone have a really, really good realistic fiction read? With a character I would actually like? Preferably a coming-of-age novel with a lovely boy character.

(Please, nothing that reminded you of the Catcher in the Rye.)

Hermann Hesse has a few coming-of-age novels with really lovely characters. Siddharta has a sense of Buddhist philosophy and it's set in India -although the main character is not Buddha, but a boy- and it follows the character into adulthood and even old age, too. Demian is wonderful too, in this one God/religion/good/evil are debated, it's a little shorter than the first and I liked it a little less than the first. Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of two characters- one of them is a young boy who is sent to a monastery by his father and then runs away from there. It's set in the Middle Ages and again it follows the character through his whole life. Hesse has an amazing writing style- amazing in simple words and full of heart, you should really check out his books.

Ted Bundy.:

Does anyone know of any good books set in the time period 1700's-1890's?
Also, if it's set in the 1600's, that's okay too.
Thank you. :cute:

Ever read Philippa Gregory?
She writes about things set in 1500's, 1600's England.
She also has books set in late 1700's.

If you haven't heard of her, you should read some of her books.
They're really good.

Can anyone recommend to me any books set during WW2? Or even WW1 or that matter? I read any length.

annie; forever.:

I'd appreciate reccs for any time of book but I really like stories that deal with ethical/moral issues like Picoult's do.

I read this book in school a while ago called Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.

It's about racial injustice but with a twist.

Or even, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

bacteria.:

Can anyone recommend to me any books set during WW2? Or even WW1 or that matter? I read any length.

Catch-22.
I'm normally not big on books set during wars, but I loved that.

I'm looking for science fiction novels. I haven't really read much, but the last few people that recommended some to me recommended ones with elves and dragons. :grr:
So yeah, science fiction with no magic, just actual science-y stuff, pretty please?

shotgun opera:

I'm looking for science fiction novels. I haven't really read much, but the last few people that recommended some to me recommended ones with elves and dragons. :grr:
So yeah, science fiction with no magic, just actual science-y stuff, pretty please?

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. It's about this guy who reads through an old man's notes and journals which are about a family who move into this house in which rooms and hallways mysteriously pop up in. I haven't read it all the way through in the last year I've had it, but there has not been one sign of magic, but there are loads of investigations of the paranormal, and plenty of questions as to why the house is bigger on the inside than the outside. If that floats your boat.

I'm actually looking for two books.
First, I'm looking for a book which is set to pirates, or in a small country town. The country town preferably from the last fifty years, with either romance or adventure. From the boy's or girl's perspective.

The second book I'm looking for is a children's book which involved dwarves. I think it was about a girl who had this big dog, and she was going to see her grandmother, but she had to cross the mountains first; and every time she encountered a dwarf they took something from her, until all she had was her dog, and they took him too. And in the end she got her dog back. Can anyone help me?

shotgun opera:

I'm looking for science fiction novels. I haven't really read much, but the last few people that recommended some to me recommended ones with elves and dragons. :grr:
So yeah, science fiction with no magic, just actual science-y stuff, pretty please?

The Host by Stephenie Meyer. It involves souls which are sort of like aliens. It's a good book and I personally think the writing style is better than Twilight.

Anyone know any based around eating disorders? I dont mind if it's real life or just fiction. Adult or YA is fine, thanks in advance! :cute:

The Lion King.:

Anyone know any based around eating disorders? I dont mind if it's real life or just fiction. Adult or YA is fine, thanks in advance! :cute:

The Life of Hunger by Amelie Nothomb is absolutely amazing.

Can someone reccomend some easy reading romance book involving young people? Not that harlequin romance grociery store stuf, but a really nice love story, preferably in modern times - no sci-fi or fantasy stuff.