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This will be my first group read, how exciting. :)
I vote for:
Alanna
Nick and Norah
City of Ember I voted for The Lightning Thief, City of Ember, and Alanna.
For convenience, the complete list is
The Lightning Thief
City of Ember
Alanna
Nick and Norah
Wide Awake
Un Lun Dun
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
Everlost
Magic or Madness
It's Kind of a Funn ... I voted for Alanna, The lightning thief and Nick & Norah's ultimate playlist. I've read (and own) all three, and love them all I voted for:
Nick and Norah
Alanna: The First Adventure
The Lightning Thief I vote for
Alanna: The First Adventure
The Lightning Thief
Nick and Norah A few popular suggestions that haven't made the cut...
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
For a couple new ones from me personally, I haven't read either, but ... ... 13 september 2008 to 13 september 2009.
It is already 27 september and I just finished my fifth book this year.
1. Alanna The first adventure - Tamora Pierce 274 p.
2. In the Hand of the Goddess - Tamora Pierce 264 p.
3. The woman who rides like a man - Tamora Pierce 284 p.
4. Li ... ... ome?
Ack! Um, all the harry potter books, Howl's Moving Castle, Ella Enchanted, Murder on the Orient Express, East, Alanna, Pride and Prejudice. How will I carry all that? I'm going to put them in a bag of course. ;)
I know I've missed some questions, so I'm just going to have to ... 100. Alanna: The First Adventure - Tamora Pierce
It's a little early for this year's round with these great books...but it's been a tough couple of weeks and I need a pick me up! ... Young Adult fantasy. I'm actually surprised no one else has mentioned her. She's amazing. You should prolly start with Alanna: the First Adventure. I prefer the Tortall series over the Circle, but again, that's me.
I guess, that's about it...
Enjoy! ... what constitutes what sort of content. I read a review once (not on LT) that talked about the "explicit sex scenes" in Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce.
This is probably rude, but, I cracked up. This may stray a bit into children's, but....
1. The Lives of Christopher Chant
2. Alanna
3. Dark Visions
4. The Giver
5. The Diddakoi
6. Tuck Everlasting
7. Charlotte Sometimes
8. Playing Beatie Bow
9. House of Stairs
10. Strandia YEY, I just got two books in the mail!!
Now if only - it would - open! Package #1 opened.
Tamora Pierce's Alanna: The First Adventure. I don't know when, but that got in my wishlist thanks to one of you at some point.
Second one needs scissors. (This makes me rethink my packaging - ... ... series, starting with First Test , the Immortals series starting with Wild Magic, and the Alanna series starting with Alanna. I also liked Tricksters Choice. I loved Arrows of the Queen series. There is always Thirrin in the Icemark series The Cry of the Icemark how about crown ... ... in by the beginning of August and we'll have the month to read it.
The runner-up from the last poll (long, long ago) was Alanna: The First Adventure. ... David Lavery and Hillary Robson - library
95. Through A Brazen Mirror by Delia Sherman - keeper
96. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce - library
97. The Fair Folk, ed. by Marvin Kaye - keeper
98. Westmark by Lloyd Alexander - library
99. The K ... 22. Alanna: The First Adventure, Tamora Pierce
I'm a sucker for stories where girls dress up like boys to do things they can't do otherwise, so I thought a book about a girl who pretends to be a boy in order to become a knight sounded interesting. The language was a little simplistic for my ... xicanti,
I'm glad you finally found a Pierce book you liked! I agree that there was much in Alanna that could have been fleshed out. I think that she was writing in a time (at least 20 years ago) when they didn't really give kids as much credit for being able to understand complex plot ... 96. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce - library
A young girl disguises herself as a boy so she can train as a knight.
I guess the third time's the charm. I'd read two of Pierce's books prior to this one, and I can't say as I was very impressed. This one has changed my ... I'm almost finished with Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce. I'd read a couple of her books previous to this and hadn't been too impressed, but I'm getting a kick out of this one. I'll certainly be reading the next volume in the series, at the very least. ... by C. S. Lewis (reread)
8. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
9. Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
10. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
11. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan ... really be able get beyond just the other books written by the same author.
I was just looking at the recommendations for Alanna: the First Adventure, a popular YA novel with 1600 copies, and they're practically useless. 19 of 19 Special Sauce recommendations are by the same author, Tamora Pier ... ... g
29-The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
30-The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
31-Alanna, the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
32-Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
33-Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
34-The Foretelling by ... ... g
29-The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
30-The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
31-Alanna, the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
32-Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
33-Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
34-The Foretelling by ... ... for summer, so my reading list has backed up substantially, but I'm making my way through! This past week, I've reread Alanna, the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler.
I've ... Mr. Andrew you need to become acquainted with Tamora Pierce. She is amazing. Try these: Alanna: the first adventure, In the Hands of the Goddess, The Woman Who Rides Like A Man, Lioness Rampant.
This first one starts out with twins who want what the other is supposed to be getting ...th ... "He wants to be a great sorcerer."
Alanna by Tamora Pierce
"Did you know this blade is magic?" My random books:
Dragon Kin by Anne McCaffrey
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Night Sins by Tami Hoag
Mind Prey by John Sanford
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrety
Eldest by Christopher Paloni
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffrey
The only ... These are all some older (not too old) book suggestions.
The Tamora Pierce Tortall books starting with Alanna have sweet romances intermixed with fabulous female adventures.
Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles have some cute love stories in them - and are very funny.
... March
23. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (231)
24. In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce (240)
25. The Woman Who Rides Like A Man by Tamora Pierce (253)
26. Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce (320)
It was interesting to read these (yet) again. Alann ... I could only do "no vowels except A" by scouring my library:
Alanna by Tamora Pierce
Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist
Cassandra by Christa Wolf
Mara and Dann by Doris Lessing
Sadhana by Anthony de Mello I voted for My Sister's Keeper, Coraline, and Alanna. ... and Tanglewreck because I've never read them (but would like to) and they're both at the library. I also voted for Alanna because it's one of my all-time favorites!
The Lightning Thief is good too though, I am really enjoying that series as well. I voted for The Lightning Thief, Alanna, and Magic Lessons. I voted for The Lighting Thief, Alanna, and My Sister's Keeper. #571 -- Oh, I liked East!
I just finished a reread of Alanna: the first adventure, which wins prizes for the most lackluster title, as well as the most truly hideous cover art, but is still a fun read. Not sure yet what I'll read next -- I've started Little Lord Fauntleroy, which I'm ... It's that time of the month again...your suggestions are needed.
Alanna: The First Adventure was in 2nd place last month so it automatically gets to be on the list.
Also, there were some suggestions after the polls closed for March about reading 13 Little Blue Envelopes along with Hank on ... If I had to name just one book it would definitely be Alanna or maybe the Woman who rides like a Man.
No, wait, it would be Ender's Game. And Ender's shadow is quite good, too.
No, um, the Lion, the witch and the wardrobe. But I also love Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
No, no, I ... I seriously adore Tamora Pierce and the Song of the Lioness series (the first book is Alanna: The First Adventure). When I was around that age, I asked my librarian what book I would like, and that's the one she gave me. I still read it, and secretly covet the Library Binding editions. :D The Winner is Snow Flower and Secret Fan with Alanna in 2nd. ... one book for adults before she cut it into 4 for ya
That's interesting. I've never heard that before. I read Alanna when I was a kid and I don't remember book 4 coming out for a long time later. Tamora Pierce definatly. Depending on if shes more or less into fantasy, more, alanna the first adventure to start, less, wild magic, which is more about animals, and less about magic. but they aren't all about fantasy, they are about strong girls learning to stand up for themselves and ... I went with the two I already have in my TBR pile - My Sister's Keeper and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - and Alanna since I keep hearing wonderful things about it. ... and wonderful stories. I reread them all at least once a year. If you decide to read them, start with the first one Alanna. If you've already read them I would love to hear your thoughts. (Unless you think they suck ;-p)
I'm definitely going to keep an eye on your posts and I hope ... ... is over I'll be able to catch up with this group reading again, so I voted for Nineteen Minutes, My Sister's Keeper and Alanna. I agree there are a lot of good choices up this time. ... a really tough decision! I ended up voting for My Sister's Keeper, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and Bloody Jack. Alanna is one of my all-time favourite books, though, and I do hope we eventually discuss it. ... reading!!
Everlost
Nineteen Minutes
My Sister's Keeper
Bloody Jack
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Alanna's: First Adventure
Snow Flower and Secret Fan
Time Stops for no Mouse
13 Little Blue Envelopes
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl ... Eyre, Hamlet and Midshipman Hornblower.
For modern books I love Neverwhere, Sten, The Dragonbone Chair and Alanna.
Manga/Graphic Novels I love Fruits Basket, Bleach, Mr. Punch and Fray ... suggestions, I'm going to suggest including the two books that tied for third place last month: My Sister's Keeper and Alanna: The First Adventure.
>4 I loved Bloody Jack! ... were always some of my favorites.
As are any stories by Tamora Pierce. I prefer the Tortall Universe - it starts with Alanna: The First Adventure.
you might do a tag mash on fantasy, teen, feminism or something similar Fantasy:
Anything Tamora Pierce although I tend to like her Tortall World stories better. I would start her with Alanna: The First Adventure or Wild Magic. Carson Gail Levine, Meredith Ann Pierce's Birth of the Firebringer (unicorns), Dragonsong by Anne McCaffery (dragons) ... ... Forest Chronicles, starting with Dealing with Dragons
- Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness Quartet, starting with Alanna, The First Adventure
- Garth Nix's Old Kingdom Series, starting with Sabriel
- Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, starting with The Book of Three
- Ruth Gan ... I absolutely love all the Tortall books by Tamora Pierce, starting with Alanna. I'm making my way through them again for the gigillionth time! I actually have to try to restrain myself and only read them once a year...I don't always succeed.
There's no way I could limit my choices to ... ... and then come back here and tell us what you voted for!
I voted for My Sister's Keeper, Inkheart, and Alanna.
... votes are:
My Sister's Keeper
The Goose Girl
Everlost (finally in paperback)
Time Stops for No Mouse
Alanna: The First Adventure
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
13 Little Blue Envelopes
Inkheart (movie coming up too!) 139. Alanna: The First Adventure - Tamora Pierce Slowly catching up
11) Alanna : The first Adventure ... very good, and I am interested to see how the other boleyn girl movie turns out after reading it. Today I'm going to start Alanna : The first adventure. Also I want to start The golden compass so I can get that read before the movie comes out. ... character named Senay). Also, Aerin from The Hero and the Crown. They're both by Robin McKinley.
Alanna from The Song of the Lioness quartet and Keladry from Protector of the Small series (both by Tamora Pierce).
Cimorene from the Enchanted Forest Chronicles (Dealing With ... I definitely also recommend the Patricia C. Wrede works.
And Tamora Pierce's Tortall series, particularly Alanna, the First Adventure were my absolute favorites when I was eleven or so.
... Wars, all the Harry Potters, Donnie Darko, Pan's Labyrinth, and a few others.)
When I first read Harry Potter and Song of the Lioness I did so to see if they were appropriate for my oldest (who was around 9 at the time?) I LOVED them, and I've been hooked on YA Fantasy ever since. :)
... 40.
Title: Alanna: The First Adventure
Author: Tamora Pierce
Notes: Terrific book. Very enjoyable. I'm looking forward to reading the next three books in the series. The story is nicely written and the characters are fun to read. The ending was an especially nice touch. Alanna: The First Adventure and rest of that series have always been some of my favourites. I love the Chronicles of Chrestomanci too. ...
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Belinda by Anne Rice
The Marketplace by Laura Antoniou
Alanna by Tamora Pierce ... the punch. I'll say it again anyway: Tamora Pierce is definitely a feminist writer. The first book of hers that I read, Alanna, is about a girl who challenges the societal norm that boys become knights and girls learn magic by dressing up as a boy and becoming a knight. I loved it as a child, ... ... wry
The Marketplace by Laura Antoniou
The Sleeping Beauty trilogy by Anne Rice (writing as A.N. Roquelaure)
The Alanna quartet by Tamora Pierce
and my absolute favorite, which I own in English, Filipino, French, German, and Latin:
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-E ... Twilight, Alanna, Rules of Survival, mainly because I have not read them. The Time Traveler's Wife was beyond terrific and would initiate a lively discussion. I voted for My Sister's Keeper, The Golden Compass, and Alanna:. Twilight was close to getting a vote from me but I feel there are already discussions of it going on and there were lots of good books to vote for this month!
Also, I was wondering, even though it obviously doesn't matter to ... I voted for Alanna, Twilight, and The Time Traveler's Wife. I would love to discuss any of those! I wanted to vote for My Sister's Keeper too, but that would have made four! I voted for the two I own: The Golden Compass and Alanna: the First Adventure. ... so many good things about it and it seems appropriate to read about vampires in October
It was a hard decision, though--Alanna: the first adventure is one of my favourite books ever. ... it again when it is in paperback.
I think we have enough suggestions, so here is the final list to vote on...
Alanna by Tamora Pierce
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Invisible by ... Oh and also? I have the hots for George in Tamora Pierce's Alanna books. BAD. Some parts of the books made me feel entirely too tingly. ... My Sister's Keeper, especially since I've been meaning to read it anyway.
If we're not doing fantasy that discounts Alanna for the month, and on second thought Winter's Tale might be too long. I think The Time Traveler's Wife should be an interesting pick, though. I haven't read it, ... ... I agree that anything by Tamora Pierce is great (even if we don't do it for a discussion, I highly recommend everyone read Alanna: The First Adventure)! I can't think of any unique recommendations at the moment though... Alanna: the first adventure is YA, but fantasy again.
For non-fantasy, maybe we could do My Sister's Keeper? It's not YA, but won the Alex Award. Edited to make a stronger case for it: and it seems like the sort that would make for an interesting discussion, though I haven't read it. ... Alex Award given to Adult books that are appropriate and appealing to YAs.
I am not familiar with Tamora Pierce or Alanna: the first adventure. As for The Time-travelers Wife and Winter's Tale, convince us to why you think it would appeal to YAs and be discussed in a YA Lit group. ... How about something by Tamora Pierce? Say, Alanna: the first adventure?
Or Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale? I'm not sure if that one is YA fiction, though.
Or An Abundance of Katherines by John Green? ... should write fewer books about girls. And like Kira, the girl-disguised-as-a-boy plot device is one of my favourites (Alanna: The First Adventure is another good example of that). ... (304)
91. *His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (353)
92. *The Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik (398)
93. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (231)
94. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (249)
95. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (317)
96. ... ... and Through the Woods - Joe DiPietro
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Cars & Trucks & Things that Go - Richard Scarry
The Hijack Adventure -Chistopher Wright
Up the River - Samantha Ruskin ... I don't think I would recommend just Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen, you really need to start way back at the Alanna series to make sense of everything in the Trickster books. Alanna: the First Adventure and the rest of that series by Tamora Pierce, definitely. Before that I was quite wary of fantasy (I was very much a western/historical fiction sort of kid), but when somebody gave me those as a present, I fell absolutely in love. ...
Searching for Dragons
Calling on Dragons
Talking to Dragons
I really enjoy Tamora Pierce's fantasy. The Alanna series is my favorite, but there are a number who disagree.
You also might want to try Ella Enchanted as a fairy tale retelling. ... from the outsiders
marcus flutie from sloppy firsts
sirius and remus from harry potter
george and gary from the alanna series
numair from the wild magic series
and
calvin from a wrinkle in time
literary crushes are the best...thanks for letting me reminisce... ... which are the oldest covers. This is my cover of Alanna. The ones like this are the ones I hate most - pastel, frilly, and poofy. The biggest "threat" to my TBR list is Tamora Pierce. I had Alanna on my list, so of course I had to read the next three. And those led me to Wild Magic and then the next in that series. So that's eight books right there! ... characters a bit one dimensional. Zainal and Kris were far too uncaring about Kris having another man's child.
#20 Alanna by Tamora Pierce
I read this once before and didn't remember most of it. Simple but entertaining.
#21 By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
... ... it. If something else catches my interest, I'll read it. For example, I got tired of reading heady stuff, so I grabbed Alanna by Tamora Pierce. A light bit of fluff was what I needed right then.
But when the "what should I read next" question comes up, I go to my list. When I finish with ... ... when the talk turned to 'light' books. I realize that they are supposedly 'young adult' books but so is Harry Potter. While Alanna is the first of her first series (did that make sense?), her Circle of Magic series and Trickster's Choice are also just as great and compelling! I can't think of a favorite title, but I will say that Alanna: The First Adventure is one of the stupidest titles I've ever seen. That said, I'm still a fan of Tamora Pierce and I think that was the first book of hers I read, so I guess it didn't matter that much anyway. ... book - yes, I'm a numbers nerd and keep certain statistics for every book I finish).
My list so far is as follows:
1. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (note: all books but the one indicated are by Tamora Pierce)
2. In the Hand of the Goddess
3. The Woman Who Rides Like ... ... book - yes, I'm a numbers nerd and keep certain statistics for every book I finish).
My list so far is as follows:
1. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (note: all books but the one indicated are by Tamora Pierce)
2. In the Hand of the Goddess
3. The Woman Who Rides Like ... ... Book 5) by Christie Golden
Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond (Star Trek) by Diane Carey
For $3.00, at Half Price Books
Alanna: The First Adventure (Lionness Quartet) by Tamora Pierce ... buy a book purely because of its cover.
Er. Well, that's not entirely true. I refrained from purchasing a new copy of Alanna by Tamora Pierce for years because I despise the new covers (they're so...frilly and...pastel!) and I wanted the same cover I had from the copy my high school ... Oh! Oh!
I love Tamora Pierce, I was very excited to see her new book!!
I hope you enjoy it! Alanna: The First Adventure is the actual first book. There are also three other books about Alanna, and then two more quartets, and THEN the Trickster books. So it would definitely be hard to start with the Trickster ones. ... there were other books ahead of it in a series. I am going to try the Alanna books and then Trickster's Choice again. Is Alanna the first Adventure the actual first book? ... but for a quick, fun read.
If you're into fantasy, anything by Tamora Pierce, especially the Alanna series (Alanna: The First Adventure starts it out).
Ann Rinaldi writes really good historical fiction, especially Girl in Blue.
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech ... This is haaaard!!
When I was a kid I must have checked out Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce about a million times from my library. They probably should have just given me the book since it spent so much time at my house. I love the strong, intellegent, gutsy female characters ... My personal favorite is the first edition hardback of Alanna: the First Adventure - Not only have I always loved the artwork, it evokes all kinds of memories about when I purchased the book and an important time in my relationship with books. Tons of sentimental attachement to it.
Last week I ... ... HP books, Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Sunshine (I love Robin McKinley's books and this was no exception), Alanna: The First Adventure, Dealing with Dragons, and Street Magic; I envy your Bujold and Wrede collections, in particular, and I've read a few more of the ... ... than the first three in the series. Also, I'm almost done listening to Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - I've got Alanna, the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce queued up next. ... it's definitely best to start with The Song of the Lioness books, fyrefly.
And even though I was ten when I first read Alanna: The First Adventure, I'm twenty-one now, and I reread it and the rest of the quartet fairly often. They definitely are ageless and stand the test of time. I have to disagree with you, wyvernfriend. Alanna: The First Adventure is quite possibly my favorite Tamora Pierce book of all time, in close contention with In the Hand of the Goddess. Like _Zoe_, I don't even like the Daine books as much as the Lioness books. This might be because I ... Alanna and Daine are two characters in Tamora Pierce's hugely successful series. Starts with Alanna, the first adventure and gets better from there ... - Her Tortall books. There are three quartets and one set of two, all featuring strong female heriones. I'd start with the Alanna books. Her Circle of Magic books are also decent, but more geared towards younger readers.
Robin McKinley - The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword. These ...
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