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49. Nineteen Seventy-Four by David Peace
50. A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
51. Tithe by Holly Black
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52. Youth by J.M. Coetzee
53. The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy
54. Daphne by Justine Picardie
55. Nineteen Seventy- ...
48. Tithe by Holly Black
... It Real, The Key(If you've read the rest of the Guardians of Time series)
M: Midnighters series, M is for Magic
T: Tithe , Twelfth Night
W: The Way of Shadows, Wicked Lovely
Don't really know any Q books.
... do love the goblins in The Hollow Kingdom trilogy. There's also a lot of good urban fantasy out there: Wicked Lovely, Tithe , Wondrous Strange, City of Bones. . . .
Any of that sound interesting?
(Edit: Ack! None of my touchstones showed up! Trying again. . . .)
... supernatural romance that draws them (as opposd to the sparkly vampires), I'd suggest Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr. (Or Tithe by Holly Black, but that's actually more mature and would probably be better for the 13+ kids.)
Both books are part of a trilogy. (Well, I think the WL series ...
... you could always suggest she branch out into other paranormal/urban fantasy romance series like Wicked Lovely or Tithe or the like. (My knowledge on them is, sadly, limited.)
As for me, earlier today I finished Inferno by Dante and I've just finished The Devil's Arithmetic. A ...
... a lot of Vampire Academy and Vampire Diaries about, although I haven't read either. I also see a lot of recommendations for Tithe , Wicked Lovely, and City of Glass.
There are several recent, excellent YA sci fi books out, several already mentioned - The Hunger Games, Life as We Knew It ...
... Scott
4) The Princess Bride - William Goldman
5) The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
6) Tithe - Holly Black
7) Blue is for Nightmares - Laurie Faria Stolarz
8) The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (amazing!)
9) River Secrets ...
81. Tithe by Holly Black
... The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
3. Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
4. Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo
5. Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
6. Harry Potter's Bookshelf by John Granger
7. Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
I finished The Woman in White, which was very good, and Tithe , which was also good, if a bit dark and icky in parts for my taste.
Mmm. If it's the fairy side you're interested in, you might like Holly Black's Tithe and sequels as well. (They're very similar to the Wicked Lovely books, but earlier and, obviously, different.)
*thinks* If you want more of Jane Yolen's work, her Rock 'n Roll Fairytales might be right ...
Vampires are really big right now, but they've never really appealed to me. I was always more into faeries and witches (Tithe and Sweep and the like; obviously I'm not calling depictions of realistic Wiccans a la Circle of Three "mythological")
So I'm just curious what everyone else is ...
How about...
tithe , valiant and ironside by Holly Black. They are YA Fae novels
Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series has Fae in it, but I can't remember the first book, will come back and edit when I remember! :)
There is also a series starting with faefever by Karen Marie Mon ...
Fairies:
-I second Jenson's suggestion of the Tithe series.
-The Artemis Fowl books by Eoin Colfer have fairies of a rather different sort.
-I haven't read them in years, but OR. Melling wrote a series called The Chronicles of Faerie which, as you might imagine, involves plenty of ...
Tithe , Valiant and Ironside by Holly Black. All very good fairy stories. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr was quite good as well.
I'll have to think about the elves topic.
I just finished a short jaunt into Faerie with Tithe , and I'm heading out into the mean streets with Rachel Morgan in Dead Witch Walking.
faerys; Wicked Lovely, Wonderous Strange, Knife, Tithe are a few that I've read or have heard of.
Absolutely seconding the recs for Tithe (and its sequels) and Faerie Tale (which is much less well-known, but was actually one of the first in the genre I ever read).
Other good ones include:
Jack of Kinrowan by Charles de Lint (and many of his other works)
Wicked Lovely by Melissa M ...
Try mixing "faerie" into the tagmash. You get an interesting list. I haven't read a lot of them but I enjoyed Tithe and I like Mercedes Lackey,
it's not really vampire, but it's an urban fantasy book tithe by holly black it's faerie modern and I love it.
I agree that the House of Night and Vampire Academy have too many adult concepts for an 11 year old to understand or not be horrified by it.
She might also like Darren Shan's ...
If you're open to and liking City of Bones you could also try Wicked Lovely and/or Tithe .
47. Tithe by Holly Black
I liked this much more than I expected. I got really caught up in Kaye's story and I really liked Roiben.
Kaye, a teenage girl who still believes she had fairy friends as a young child, movies back to her grandmother's home. Walking down a road one night, she ...
... wrote the Mediator Series which rocks
Kelley Armstrong - Darkest Powers series, start with The Summoning
Holly Black's TIthe , Valiant and Ironside
Cassandra Clare's City of Bones
Garth Nix's 'Old Kingdom' rock too! start with Sabriel
Most of the books in my library are tagged, I ...
... Little Blue Envelopes. It was light and quick, and I like Maureen Johnson.
Also, maybe Holly Black? I loved Tithe .
... My favorites by her are Hawksong, Demon in My View and Shattered Mirror.
Holly Black's Modern Fairie Tales Tithe , Valiant and Ironside are all excellent as well.
For something more contemporary than paranormal I really enjoyed Getting Lost With Boys by Hailey Abbott ...
... and it became a bit repetitive I thought. This morning I finished Ironside, a ya urban fantasy and the sequel to Tithe . I found myself enjoying it more than Tithe, but can't exactly pin down why. Perhaps the characters are more real and believable on the second meeting . . .
Next ...
... War - Max Brooks
(35) Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
What I Found Unfinish-able So Far in 2009
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale – Holly Black
Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying – James M. Olson
... Castle.
In the last few weeks I've read A Certain Slant of Light and Wicked Lovely, both of which were fabulous, and Tithe which was very good.
... Flora Segunda was borderline for me, and I wasn't sure I would continue to the next one.
I've just finished reading Tithe by Holly Black, which was ok, and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which I thought was fantastic.
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I finished Tithe , which was very good, and am about to start The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss.
... cleared Company of Liars (although only by buying it, thus it's not in my library list any more...). I've finished Tithe by Holly Black which I really enjoyed - not quite as much as Wicked Lovely but I will definitely be seeking out the next one in the series. I've also started Titus Gr ...
Currently reading Tithe by Holly Black.
... Now that the stress is over, I hope this trend is over. So, from the goal, only 5 books from 4 categories.
1. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black from Young Adult Novels
2. Life in the Big City by Kurt Busiek from Graphic Novel
3. A History of Viole ...
... the movie but didn't know it was a book until BM recco'd it.
Love Monkey by Kyle Smith
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
and
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn -this one was recommended by a fellow LT member when I ...
... so I thought I'd see if anyone here was looking for them. PM me and I'll reserve them for the first taker when I list:
Tithe
The Questory of Root Karbunkulus
Eragon--an unread hardcover copy.
Edited to remove reserved books.
Ironside (by Holly Black) is a sequel to Tithe , but while it is similar in style, I did not enjoy it as much. The tension between Kaye and Roiben went a long way to maintaining my interest in Black’s first book, but their relationship was not really developed much further in this sequel. I ...
24. *Tithe by Holly Black (331) YA/Fantasy
Not thrilled with this one. It seemed very cliche to me - the beautiful fey, the good and evil courts, the power of names, and so on and so forth. The writing was fine, but there was very little original in the story.
25. *The Knife of Never ...
... spine enough to walk away!
SPOILERS END
#159: I'm glad you didn't like it either! I didn't even know about Tithe , but it sounds like I would have had just as bad a time with it as I did about Valiant. Disappointing. Some of it had potential, too.>154: I read Tithe and didn't like it for the very reasons you stated about Valiant. I wondered if maybe it was just the one book that was full of swearing, drugs, and random sex, but... evidently not. It was awkwardly placed in the story, and I too felt almost like Black was trying too hard.
I thought Tithe was ok, a little overrated, even though I like urban fantasy. I thought it was cool that she included even a token lesbian; queer teenage girls are not very well represented in fantasy lit, or most lit in general. That was actually one of the things that made me think about ...
... upcoming books in the series.
Currently reading:
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (at work read)
Tithe by Holly Black (at home read, about to start it)
hairballsrus in 50 Book Challenge : Hairballsrus-"The Second Year"-Starting Oct. 1rst (Mar 6, 2009, 9:12am)
... e....sigh.
36. Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator Nothing
really psychic about it, but a cute YA all the same.
37. Tithe
Holly Black's books are a nice contribution to the urban faery genre.
38. Valiant Second in the Tithe series.
39. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink ...
... no matter how good the book was, so I, er, bought them all. My pocketbook is not pleased, but my bookshelf is:
Tithe by Holly Black
Graceling by Kristen Cashore
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collines
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
... which is about drug addiction and living on the streets of NYC, dedicated to her sister who died from an overdose. I read Tithe a few years back and at the time thought it was ok - it was the first urban YA faerie tale I had read, I haven't read the sequel, but thought Valiant was good. Have ...
I have just wasted two hours of my life reading Tithe . It was without a doubt the worst YA fiction book I have ever read. I just wished I'd read your post earlier. I couldn't even follow the plot! And the worst thing.... I think there is a sequel.
I've finished Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale and at this point, I'm landing on the side of liking it - the scales are tipping on that side. I've been updating CK and I'll end up writing a review later. Added my review of Tithe ...
120 - Let us know what you think, stephmo. I got Tithe for my daughter, but neither one of us finished it. I hated the main character.
I just finished The Faith of a Scientist. I'm reading Cookwise, Food Network Favorites, Our Heritage, and a non-challenge book right now. I put a bunch ...
... categories this month - because I wanted to!
Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
One book currently in process:
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black from Young Adult Novels
All in all, not a bad for February! If I had to call a favorite for the month, I'd go ...
I'm starting Tithe - the cover (which doesn't match mine) and description caught my eye when I was entering CK for Awards & Honors (I got started on ALA Best Books for Young Adults and couldn't stop). Let's hope it pans out!
... review anyway.
Now I'm back on the library schedule - Tithe is due on the 3rd and it's in my Young Adult category. I saw the description when I was entering the ALA Best Books for Young Adults in the Awards & Honor section ...
... to the story; it’s just a personal area of interest.)
BEST (NEW) DECEMBER READS:
Arvore (Xicanti)
Tithe (Holly Black)
I obviously liked all of the re-reads: that’s why I reread them :)
LEAST GOOD DECEMBER READ:
Magic's Child, Justine Larbalestier
I have fallen woefully behind with my comments - hopefully I'll catch up before my year is done.
Tithe by Holly Black. (Girl turns out to be a fairy. Being a fairy is dangerous, because most fairies are not compassionate.) I liked it. The fairy love interest was suitably attractive. I didn’t ...
The Last Unicorn , Tithe , and Daddy Long-Legs ....I love those books. I so need to read Rapunzel's Revenge
... and its sequels first, though, if your daughter likes romance.
If she lines urban fantasy, she might want to check out Tithe by Holly Black or Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (both are urban fantasy YA faery romance with a dash of Real World thrown in).
Shannon Hale's The Goose Girl is ...
I absolutely hated Tithe . It felt like it was trying too hard to be hip/relevant to teens and it came off all awkward.
I also couldn't finish reading The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing. SO. BORING.
I got Thirsty out from the library, but now I'm worried about reading it because I ...
The Twilight series (although they're really easy to read), Tithe and Wicked Lovely.
Wicked Lovely wasn't so bad. Up until one of the characters said "WTF?" I kind of liked it. People do not say WTF in real life! After that I was disgusted xD
Tithe was just a love story with some fae chucked ...
... Caine
The Morganville Vampires books also by Rachel Caine
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
The Modern Faerie Tale books by Holly Black
I'm also enjoying the Psycop books by Jordan Castillo Price
There are lots more but those are the ones immediately ...
I haven't read Tithe , but I have readThe Map that Breathed.
I haven't read dealing with dragons but I have read Tithe
... http://www.jocolibrary.org/upload/library/docs/pdf/booklists/TwilightReadalikes.pdf.
A few from the list:
Hawksong, Tithe , A Great and Terrible Beauty, City of Bones, Blue Bloods, Wildwood Dancing, Keturah and Death Lord, Tantalize, Elsewhere
I've had great success giving Twilight fans Holly Black's Tithe , Valiant, and Ironside - they have faeries, romance, danger, enigmatic male leads, and chivalrous deeds. Better writing too. :) It's already been mentioned, but Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely is in a similar vein.
Meg Cabot's ...
... another YA urban fantasy type novel, this time about teenage demon-hunters in NYC. This one was much more engaging than Tithe - I pretty much enjoyed all 400+ pages of it. Some of the "shocking" plot revelations were pretty obvious, although one in particular actually was pretty unexpected.. ...
... out Holly Black's Modern Faerie Tales, it is a trilogy but I liked the first and the third best. The first one is Tithe .
I enjoyed Tithe-A Modern Faerie Tale , as did my daughter. I always though YA and teen were just different names for the same thing?
I have finished The Complete Maus. When I ordered it from the library, I had no idea it was a graphic novel. I probably wouldn't have ordered it if I'd known. Ho ...
... guess, but it doesn't necessarily mean that everyone who owns a copy likes (or will like) the book.
I've now finished Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale . "Edgy, dark urban fantasy" is how it's described. Not the best fantasy I've read, but not bad. Aimed more at teens than types like me though. ...
... another YA urban fantasy type novel, this time about teenage demon-hunters in NYC. This one was much more engaging than Tithe - I pretty much enjoyed all 400+ pages of it. Some of the "shocking" plot revelations were pretty obvious, although one in particular actually was pretty unexpected.. ...
I felt a similar way about Tithe ... I picked it up a few years ago really wanting to like it (I had high hopes), but was sorely disappointed in the themes and execution. I couldn't believe the amount of language and sexual content, especially in a YA book from the same author who worked on the ...
... seem to have enjoyed it. Perhaps I'm just burnt out on this genre. Not that I'm backing off one iota of what I said about Tithe . :)
... into! Yes I know, I'm showing my age here. ;-)
Now after a run of four 1001 books, I'm going for something lighter, Tithe by Holly Black.
Hated Works of 2009 #1
Given up on: Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale - Holly Black
The Flops of 2009 #1
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale - Holly Black
Given up on: Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale - Holly Black
... Lynne Reid Banks
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale , by Holly Black
Tithe War, by Clwyd Record Office
... lovers everywhere.
I would recommend this book to everyone I know!
Next up: Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt and Tithe by Holly Black and City of Bones by Cassandra Clare and a few others.
Catey
... finished 5/30
4. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer finished 4/12
5. Tithe by Holly Blackfinished 3/1
6. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer finished 5/2
7. New Moon by Stephenie M ...
I finished Tithe and am reading Valiant but I am not sure if i like the second one. I really want to go and get Ironside tomorrow becuase that one picks up where the first on leaves off...
i just found out about this website a few days ago and when i saw the 999 challenge i knew i had to be a part of it. i don't think the challenge is so much in reading the books as in narrowing it down to which books you will read! i'm having a hard time picking nine categories but figured i can ...
... everyone. I have posted my review. I just finished Elsewhere too. Also another I would recommend. I am about to start Tithe
... book shelves!!!
K, I remembered to sleep lol. But not until after I finished Elsewhere I think I am now going to read Tithe Plus being unempployed I have a lot of time one my hands, expecially now that I don't have a car and nothing is in walking distance.
I have a few other suggestions in the Fae department:
Tithe by Holly Black (loved the trilogy!)
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Those are young adult and for an adult fae story:
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Also Holly Black Tithe , Valiant & Ironside could come under Fae
OK, I'm going to give this a try. We'll see how well it turns out! You can go here for my blog post about my challenge.
Totally reworked this as I can't seem to stick to my ...
... by Sharon Creech
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale , by Holly Black
... category of 999 challenge. I loved The Sparrow. War for the Oaks was good, if you like it you should try Holly Black's Tithe or Wicked Lovely. I just finished The Player of Games by Iain M Banks yesterday so it doesn't count for this challenge - my first Culture novel and I'll be ...
I am reading, um .. Specials, The Warrior Heir and City of Ashes. If you want to read Tithe , don't bother (in my opinion), the book sucked (again, in my opinion). I might have a break from books for a while, I want to watch some good anime! I have some at the library waiting for me!
I am reading, um .. Specials, The Warrior Heir and City of Ashes. If you want to read Tithe , don't bother (in my opinion), the book sucked (again, in my opinion). The Spiderwick Chronicals
I am reading, um .. Specials, The Warrior Heir and City of Ashes. If you want to read Tithe , don't bother (in my opinion), the book sucked (again, in my opinion). The Spiderwick
I am reading, um .. Specials, The Warrior Heir and City of Ashes. If you want to read Tithe , don't bother (in my opinion), the book sucked (again, in my opinion). The
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Wereling by Stephen Cole (werewolves)
The Named, The Dark and The Key by Marianne Curley (time travel)
Tithe by Holly Black (Fairies)
Old Magic by Marianne Curley (witches)
For adults:
Sebastian by Anne Bishop (demons)
Many of the Highlander books ...
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#101 Tithe by Holly Black
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Review: coming soon.
I came to report that I have just gotten Inkheart and I like it alot so far (I'm on page 24). I also got Tithe , so I'm going to read that after Inkheart!
You really should...because I checked out Tithe today. ;-)
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
G.A.B.E in Teenage Book Nudgers : Clunkers (Dec 1, 2008, 1:33am)
Good for you, spend your time reading Uglies and Tithe , something worthwhile.
Tithe
I haven't read Tithe but my friend has and she loves it. And Uglies is super-dooper. It is really fascinating.
ok, i think that i am going to add tithe to my list since i have already read twilight and i already have uglies on my reading list.
Yes, you CAN post Twilight here, since it is. Also, the Uglies series is smokin' and Tithe is pretty hot too, it's a bit like Twilight, this hot, other-worldly guy falls for the plain human girl .. =)
... focus.
On the YA front, Holly Black has a good series that deals with the darker side of Faerie. It begins with Tithe and continues with Valiant and Ironside.
You may also want to look into Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear. I just finished it the other day, and it's ...
... D. Taylor (Historical
Fiction)
-STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli (Romance)
-THIRSTY by M.T. Anderson (Horror)
- TITHE: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black (Fantasy)
-TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee (Historical Fiction)
-TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer (Horror/Romance)
-UGLIES ...
... Creation by Joseph J. Ellis
5. Hard Day's Knight by Katie MacAlister
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Urban Fantasy:
1. Tithe by Holly Black
X2. Ill Wind by Rachel CaineX
X3. Heat Stroke by Rachel CaineX
4. Chill Factor by Rachel Caine
5. Windfall by Rachel Caine ...
... the dark is rising on this list, mercedes lackey has a series and the only title I remember now is Music to my Sorrow. Tithe , Valiant, Ironside by Holly Black. Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Shearin are others. also a lot of what you say are modern-day vampire books are pretty sexy ...
I started Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr last night and am really enjoying it. I loved Tithe and this seems to follow along in the vein of really dark fairie stories.
Last night I started Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr. Very good and very dark so far. It kind of reminds me of Tithe by Holly Black which is one of my favorite books.
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale and next up is Undine. City of Ember was good. Been on a fantasy/sci-fi/faerie tale kick lately. Might go back to mystery here soon.
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale and next up is Undine. Have been on a faerie tale and fantasy kick lately.
... Book Is Secret
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
4. Bread and Roses, Too
5. Walk Two Moons
6. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
7. The First Part Last
8. unselected
General Fiction
1. The Alchemist
2. Beneath the Wheel
3. Lavinia
4. The Brothers Karamazov ...
... good all the way through. Now my son and 13 year old daughter are hooked too.
Said daughter returned a book I got her, Tithe , saying there was too much swearing. I looked through it today and I thought it was too dark and depressing for me. Still listening to The Nonesuch.
39. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Currently reading:
Tithe by Holly Black
... Small Favor by Jim Butcher.
me too, felt this book was leading to something and I ''need'' the next one.
I also loved Tithe , Valiant and Ironside. Holly Black came to do a lecture to a bunch of our MA Creative Writing folk and I snuck in at the back. Great lecture on urban ...
... I didn't live in Japan. I've got to wait a little longer for my copy of Breaking Dawn to arrive.
Until then, I've got Tithe and Valiant by Holly Black to occupy myself with.
... Reaves
Hart's Hope by Orson Scott Card
Illusions by Richard Bach
Just about anything by Charles deLint
Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist
Just about anything by Neil Gaiman
St Patrick's Gargoyle by Katherine Kurtz
Whitechapel Gods by S.M. Peters
Robert Hol ...
... for the more confident reader, start with The Magicians Guild. How about something a bit different with Valiant or Tithe coming of age and Faery together, very good. Tamora Pierce has 3 great series for coming of age, my favourite is the Protector of the Small series, starting with Firs ...
I couldn't resist the copy of Tithe by Holly Black that I found at the thrift shop this afternoon. I also bought No Future For You, the second volume in Buffy Season Eight. It's got me all squee-y.
98. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
Rating: 3 Stars
Kaye has always been different. Growing up she had friends that nobody else can see. For the past few years she had been following her mom's rock band from city to city. Now they are back in New Jersey living with her grandma. Af ...
I was really disappointed to read that Holly Black doesn't plan to write any more books with the characters from Tithe . Hopefully she'll change her mind; I don't want Ironside to be the last one!
85. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella - library
A woman loses three years of her memory ...
... Benchley
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
The Faery Reel: tales from the Twilight Realm by Terri Windling
XXXXTithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly BlackXXXX
House by Frank Peretti
Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, Book 1) by Ilona Andrews
In Search of Dracula: The History ...
... (385 pages)
48. Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock (277 pages)
49. Burn Zone by James O. Born (320 pages)
50. Tithe by Holly Black (331 pages)
51. Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole (368 pages)
Total page count: 17,796
crcrazy20 in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Katee's book list for 2008 (May 1, 2008, 9:32am)
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40. Tithe - Holly Black
41. Ironside - Holly Black
42. Across a Wild Sea - Sasha Lord
43. In My Wild Dream - Sasha Lord
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Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones(one of my favourite books ever despite the many years it took me to understand it)
Tithe by holly Black is on the same themes as Tam Lin, has girl as the sacrifice though.
Winter Rose by patricia A. Mckillip
Not Tam Lin but Thomas The Rhymer by Ell ...
... of Four
Sarah
A Separate Peace (assigned reading for school)
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
Specials
Tithe
To Kill a Mockingbird (assigned reading for school)
Twilight
Uglies
A Wrinkle in Time (read as a child)
It's a sort of strange list--there are a lot of ...
... and Prejudice
The Princess Bride (2-3 times)
Rebel Angels (currently reading)
The Ruby in the Smoke
Skellig
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
Water for Elephants
A Wizard of Earthsea
... in the next book.
valiant i really liked this story. didn't realize it was the second book so i'll have to pick up tithe before i read ironside
... me, especially since it was never really resolved, but the author also spent the least amount of time on that one.
#71: Tithe by Holly Black
Why I chose it: A friend recommended it
I liked this one. It was fast and fun, and darker than the usual YA fantasy. I particularly liked the author's ...
Punkpower-Good Lord, more?? Tithe is on my Bookmooch wishlist, I just mooched The Big Over Easy and it's on its way in the mail. I've read the first in the Dresden Files and own the first...five? Did I mention I hoard books for a rainy day? :) I haven't had much luck finding a copy of Tooth ...
... similar tastes it's eerie.
You MUST read Tooth Fairy ASAP!
Couple other recommendations for ya:
The Witch's Boy
Tithe and it's follow-ups
the books of the Dresden Files, starting with Storm Front
The Big Over Easy and The Fourth Bear (Basically, anything Jasper Fforde
... **
The Chocolate War. I plan on getting all of Cormier's books.
It's Kind of a Funny Story likewize on Vizzini!
Tithe and Valiant are awesome..I'm restraining myself from buying Ironside until it comes out in paperback.
The Witch's Boy
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Tuc ...
In the urban fantasy genre, try Holly Black's Tithe , Valiant, and Ironside and Charles de Lint's The Blue Girl and Little (Grrl) Lost. In the LGBT area, check out Julie Anne Peters.
... !
Nobody's Princess - Esther Friesner reminded me alot of the Alanna books, except with a big mythology element.
Tithe , Valiant, Ironside - Holly Black I wasn't as big of a fan of these three, but they would appeal to a more adult audience.
No Flying in the House is like Tithe by Holly Black. Fairies/faeries not knowing who they really are.
...
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Pretties Scott Westerfeld
Valiant by Holly Black
Tithe by Holly Black
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
... The Watcher's Guide by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder - keeper
7. Dune by Frank Herbert - keeper
8. Tithe by Holly Black - library
9. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner - seller
10. The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan - library
11. The Jane Austen Book C ...
I'm about a third of the way through Valiant by Holly Black. I can't decide whether I like it or not. I enjoyed Tithe , but I find that this one kind of reads like Francesca Lia Block with all the horror and very little of the charm. Maybe it'll get better, though.
I'm also reading Sen ...
... in the Frost by John Bellairs
Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
Who Made Stevie Crye? by Michael Bishop
Tithe by Holly Black
Land of Dreams by James Blaylock
Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
Lord Horror by David Britton
Jhereg by Steven Brust (first ...
That's me! Actually, an embarassment of riches - three Bookmooch books (The Alchemist, The Keep, and Tithe ) and a DVD box set (Horatio Hornblower). Plus two packages for my roommate, two Netflix discs and a whole stack of other mail... I could barely hold everything and fumble with my ...
Faerie tale by Raymond E. Feist
The Grey Horse by R.A. Macavoy
The War of the Flowers
Unicorns in the Rain by Barbara Cohen
The Land of the Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
Things Invisible to See and Sister Water both by Nancy Willard-it's my God given ...
8. Tithe by Holly Black - library; personal copy later purchased.
I'd heard good things about Holly Black's work, and this book did not disappoint. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and will certainly read whatever else she comes out with.
Full review xicanti in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 January 2008 (Jan 20, 2008, 7:21pm)
Tithe was just as quick a read as I anticipated, so I've moved on to The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. I'm in a children's/YA lit mood right now.
I'm about halfway through Tithe by Holly Black. I expect to finish it later on today.
... in the Line
Small Eternities
The Underwood See
And you may like Holly Black's young adult books. (I've only read Tithe , but she has at least two others -- Valiant and Ironside.)
For fairy fiction that's slightly less dark, there's Brandon Mull's Fablehaven -- which is another ...
... Raphael, and her charming Irish fantasy standalone, The Grey Horse
If no one got this one, Raymond E. Feist, Faerie Tale
Heather Gladney - Teot's War and Bloodstorm
Theresa Edgerton - Goblin Moon, Work of the Sun, Moon in Hiding
Joy Chant - Red Moo ...
... Black: Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale
I read the first two books in the series in 2007. I gave the first book, Tithe , three stars, and the second book, Valiant, three point five stars. This one, I'm going to go ahead and rate three point five stars as well.
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... ipse
Charles de Lint *
Newford: Little (Grrl) Lost
Newford: Promises to Keep
Holly Black: *
Tithe
Valiant
Philip Pullman: *
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Fiction:
Elizabeth Flock: Me and Emma
Jaspe ...
I read Ironside by Holly Black yesterday. I enjoyed it much more than Tithe and Valiant, tho I still maintain that there is approximately zero chemistry between Roiben and Kaye.
I started An abundance of Katherines by John Green this morning (well more like afternoon, anyway when ...
... by T.H. White
Westmark by Lloyd Alexander
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
Also Read:
Tithe by Holly Black
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan
The Icebound Land ...
I forgot to post that I finished Tithe and picked up Valiant, which I just finished a couple of hours ago.
... my blog if you want to see what it is that I wrote.
I've just started reading one of Holly Black's books, called Tithe . I'm on page thirty-eight, and hope the beginning of the book is not what the rest of the book will be like. I think a change in the story is approaching, ...
... came into my home today:-
Cancer Ward by Aleksandri Solzhenitsyn
The Complete Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
Tithe by Holly Black
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
... The Looking Glass Wars
3. Gregory Maguire: What the Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
4. Holly Black: Tithe
5. Emma Campbell Webster: Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure
6. Laurie Viera Rigler: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict
7. Brandon ...
... it, but somehow I still don't know how to take the Lord John books. I guess the thing is that I don't LOVE them.
No. 51 - Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist - not bad, not great
Oklahoma, enjoy Cornwell - he's my favorite of all. If you are reading the Sharpe series, read them ...
... and it's hard to know where to draw the line.
The only urban fantasy authors that jump to my mind are Holly Black (Tithe , Valiant, etc.) and Charles de Lint (wrote a lot of Newford books and collections, but for YA the only title I can think of is The Blue Girl). Some people ...
I read Tithe a while back, and yanno, it's true! Can't say I'm a big fan, but I have to be in just the right sort of mood for any urban fantasy, even Charles de Lint, so it could just be me.
... mage who happens to be a descendant of Vanyel, and he has some good slash storylines.
5) The series by Holly Black, Tithe , Valiant, and Ironside, which is sort of old style fairy world put alongside the modern world, has a nice slash storyline between some of the supporting ...
... sold on Dawkin's attempts to stretch and expand the conception so that it becomes a universal theory of everything.
47. Tithe by Holly Black
After ramshackle years spent trailing her musician mother, 16-year-old Kaye returns to her grandmother's house and the secret faerie friends from ...
... which are both really good.
Also, you might enjoy Tinker and Wolf Who Rules by Wen Spencer and Holly Black's Tithe , Valiant and Ironside trilogy.
... Rowling
13. This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn by Aidan Chambers
14. DearS by Peach- Pit
15. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
16. Valiant: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
17. Ironside: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
18. Bleed ...
Also, Holly Black is pretty good -- her first book is Tithe .
#10 -- I loved Wildwood Dancing! It's on my list of books to buy when funds permit.
Right now, I just finished Tithe: a modern faerie tale and Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet, and am started on Time Cat. Feed is on my list, hopefully in time to join the discussion, and I'm also looking ...
... did she manage to disapparate in here?
*starts idly scanning Polly's TBR pile, before settling down with her own copy of Tithe to wait for others to arrive*
Our 1 month anniversary! Cool!
Here are some good books:
Tithe by Holly black
Pendragon: The Merchant of death by D.J Machale
Daemon Hall by Andrew Nance
Please post some other suggestions!
... The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce
60. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
61. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
62. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Books:
... - some books I'm working on I only read a chapter a day, or a set amount of pages.
I'm currently (actively) reading:
-Tithe by Holly Black
-The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
-Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
-Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffrey
-Harry ...
... that he'll make the right decisions and that everything will work out in the end.
I like Roiben from Holly Black's Tithe and Ironside because he has such a tortured soul.
I also really like Suz from The Mediator series by Meg Cabot. If I were to go back in time and go to high ...
... The first is an urban fantasy called Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale by Holly Black. I liked it even better than Tithe or Valiant.
My second fave is Wide Awake by David Levithan. This book was unlike anything that I would usually read since it took a dive into political, ...
... end of the book she has to. I defiantly recommend.
Currently reading:
God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Tithe by Holly Black
>55 I thought Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale was much better than Tithe and Roiben certainly had a lot more depth in the story. Once you get to it I'd be curious on your thoughts there as well.
Also, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is another fave author of mine so I look forward to your ...
Jen,
I finally posted my little review of Tithe , if you're still interested. Sorry it's been such a busy week I haven't had time to do more than list!
... I finally gave in and picked up a copy at the book store last week. I think I have to say I enjoyed it even more than Tithe or Valiant.
Kind of a side note is my 7 year old is almost done indepedently reading his first chapter book. A fantasy called Ferno the Fire Dragon from the Be ...
55. Tithe - Holly Black
Jen,
Sorry it took me this long to write a review about this one. I liked Tithe well enough to read the rest of Holly Black's books, but I'm not in love with it.
Not because, like you said, it's dark and gritty, but it just took soo long to get into the actual ...
... Dragon's Breath, The Fire Thief, Once Upon a Curse, and No Place for Magic. And I am now about halfway through Tithe . Oh and I read some short stories from Firebirds Rising.
Of course it helps that most of those were YA books. But it makes one feel good about their reading ...
... and Jacob Twilight
Fang and Iggy Maximum Ride
Harry Harry Potter
Kartik A Great and Terrible Beauty
Roiben Tithe
Touchstone Sabriel
Nathaniel and Jakob Bartimaeus Trilogy
Cal Peeps
Jonathon Midnighters
Edmond How I live now
Artemis Fowl Artemis Fowl
Kieren Tan ...
... and Jacob Twilight
Fang and Iggy Maximum Ride
Harry Harry Potter
Kartik A Great and Terrible Beauty
Roiben Tithe
Touchstone Sabriel
Nathaniel and Jakob Bartimaeus Trilogy
Cal Peeps
Jonathon Midnighters
Edmond How I live now
Artemis Fowl Artemis Fowl
Kieren Tan ...
... anyone else I've ever read! Most of the time, it does have a purpose.....
Anywho.... I'll let you know what I think of Tithe , and you let me know what you think of Hamilton, when you get around to it ;-p
... name of the first book of the series? Once I catch up on my TBR pile a bit I would like to request it from the library.
Tithe was a bit of a shock to me when I first read it because it is much more gritty and dark than most of the YA lit you read, but I still really loved the book. I'd love ...
Jen-
Tithe is the next book on my TBR list (it's even in my purse already in case I finish my other one today). So I'm looking forward to that, and it's great to hear that you liked them. We have a pretty similar taste in books, so I trust your judgement.
Also, you've read the Laurell K. H ...
... series is Twilight. I also love the The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Meg Cabot, Justine Larbalestier, Maximum Ride, Tithe , Harry Potter, A Great and Terrible Beauty and tons of other stuff.
I just finished Tantalize and Tithe . I've just started Kiki Strike. I'll be reading Feed and Remote Control (I can't find the touchstone but it's bt Jack Heath) soon.
The sort of sequel to Tithe is Valiant but Ironside which is coming out in May is supposed to directly involve Kaye and Roiben. I have to say I was rather alarmed at the book description on Amazon.
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause. About a teen werewolf named Vivian who falls for a human boy.
Tithe by Holly Black (I really liked this one, there's a sequel to this book but I forget the title). About a teen girl who thinks she's human but she's actually a changeling. Dark ...
Hope you don't mind a couple suggestions :-)
Have you ever read Tithe byHolly Black? After seeing the kind of books you like, I think you might like that one too. Also, City of Bones by Cassandra Claire was pretty good. Both of these suggestions are urban fantasies kind of along the ...
... read poetry, an inspirational tale for those who don't read self-help. It's amazing and powerful... a must-read.
36th - Tithe by Holly Black (reread)
Dangerously Attractive Faeries
Holly Black spins readers an enchanting world in her brilliant debut dark fantasy novel, TITHE. Kaye F ...
... I picked up at Borders over the weekend. I enjoyed the book, it was an urban fantasy a lot like Holly Black's books Tithe and Valiant.
... ventually.
Don't Die, Dragonfly does look like a book I'd really like (noooo, the TBR pile!). Luckily I've already read Tithe :). I even bought Valiant and have it sitting on my shelf waiting to be read someday.
I completely agree with you about Specials. There were so many things ...
... pages
28. Don't Die, Dragonfly by Linda Joy Singleton
Zoe, I think you'd really enjoy this one (and definitely Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale ! Sabine has been kicked out by her mom and has moved back to the childhood comfort of her grandmother's farm. She struggles to hide who she is ...
>18 No, I haven't heard of those before, I'll have to check them out!
>19 Have you read Holly Black's books, Tithe and Valiant? Even though they are catagorized young adult they are really great fantasy stories involving the Seelie and Unseelie courts.
... a
As for others...
Gilbert Blythe, but really it was after watching the movie
Dexter from This Lullaby
Roiben from Tithe
Liam from Pop Princess
Will Trombal from Saving Francesca
Of course I love Jesse from the Mediator series, but I also had a kind of crush on Paul. I mean, he' ...
Tithe is on my borrowed from the Library pile.
... It is the YA version of Katie MacAlister's romance novels of the Dark Ones and their Beloveds.
Has anybody read Tithe and Valiant by Holly Black? They would definately fit into the urban fantasy catagory.
... overtime by Naomi Nash
Light My Fire by Katie MacAlister
The China Garden by Liz Berry
and
Tithe by Holly Black which I've read before but wanted a copy for my collection. Since it was part of amazon's buy three get one free sale it was a no brainer!
The elves in the books I've been reading lately have actually been pretty hot.
I'm thinking of Roiben in Tithe , Windwolf in Tinker and Charlie (okay, he's half elf, half fairy) in What Do You Say to a Naked Elf?
I asked and there isn't even any kissing in Pride and Prejudice (no, I ...
I liked both Tithe and Valiant but I haven't read Holly Black's Spiderwick chronicles. I do see them everywhere. They remind me of the Series of Unfortunate Events books just from looking at them.
... I thought it was an okay book, but not great.
I was thinking of reading the Spiderwick Chronicles, since I liked Tithe by the same author. But I haven't even gotten around to reading Valiant yet, so that will have to wait.
I have a number of fantasy type suggestions :-)
Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Tithe and Valiant by Holly Black
The Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You series by Meg Cabot
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Peeps and The Last Days by Scot ...
I loved Tithe as well and recently read Valiant which was really good.
I just have to add these as my some of my favorites because I loved them...The Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison were SO funny.
... bit on the intense side with a lot of bad language and some drug use but it has been a very interesting read so far. Where Tithe confused me a bit in parts I haven't had that trouble at all with this book. I'm sure I'll be finishing up reading it tonight.
... laugh -- she's the classic case of the scullery maid that turns out to be royalty by birth. Think Princess Diaries. Or Tithe , where the girl turns out to be a faerie princess.
... romance), but I still love my fantasy stories too!
I think the most recent more traditional fantasy book I've read is Tithe by Holly Black which I liked, even if it was a bit confusing in parts. I have Valiant, which is the sequel to Tithe , in my pile of library books to be read.
... Winter Rose before reading Solstice Wood is a good idea, yes. Not necessary, but it makes SW much more interesting.
And Tithe has another book "in the same world," AFAIK, in Valiant, which is why I didn't list it. ^^
... Book but I've never felt the need to read it based on TSNotD. It's on the TBR list though.)
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Tithe by Holly Black
Older and may be at the used bookstore:
Lost in Translation by Margaret Ball
The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle
The Interior Life by Katherine ...
I was just thinking that that thread was getting a bit too long!
Right now I'm reading Tithe by Holly Black. It was recommended by a friend, and I'm enjoying it enough that I plan to buy her next book when it comes out in paperback at the end of the month. It was so engrossing that I ...
... chick litty than fantasy) I still enjoyed it. Any book that makes me laugh outloud is worth reading!
I have started Tithe by Holly Black. Although I thought the start was a bit rushed and confusing, now that I have entered into the story a bit I am really enjoying it. I am looking ...
My first failed read of the year & one I was rather surprised to hate, given my new-ish obsession with young adult ...
