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1pjryder
Edited: Jun 24, 2010, 10:18 pm

Okay so my friend and I, love to read.Although we're both 12 our readings levels are unusaly high.We've read most books like Moby Dick,Gone with the wind,and most all the classic books.Our reading teachers and Libarian are always recommending books for us to read.I've read all the children's classic books (at our library.),the twilight series over 20 times,and most other books like that.Those books only took me a day to read though so each day I read one - two books. Are there any good books for my friend and I to start reading?

Any suggestions?

2MyopicBookworm
Jun 24, 2010, 9:52 pm

If you're 12, you can't possibly have read "most all the classic books" and still had time to eat and sleep.

Have you read...?

The First Men in the Moon, The Invisible Man, and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

20,000 Leagues under the Sea and Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

classic detective stories of Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham

The Napoleon of Notting Hill and The Man who was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

Kidnapped by R. L. Stevenson

Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

The Blanket of the Dark and The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan

My Family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

3pjryder
Jun 24, 2010, 10:04 pm

Yeah I know I havnt read all of them just the ones at my school I think there were only I don't know 20-30 but because If I read them all then I would be up all night for I don't know months trying to finsh them all cause you know that there are 64 or 65 so probably half of them and thanks for the suggestions.

:)

4lilithcat
Jun 24, 2010, 10:04 pm

Do you ever read any non-fiction?

5pjryder
Jun 24, 2010, 10:14 pm

Yeah, Sometimes they're not my favorite because,at moments they tend to drag but, really i guess it depends on the book.

6Phocion
Edited: Jun 24, 2010, 10:28 pm

7pjryder
Jun 24, 2010, 10:48 pm

Thanks for the suggestions.
I've only a few of those books though and now I have more books to read thanks>

8RRHowell
Jun 24, 2010, 10:51 pm

All kinds of books await you, and while you might run out of books in your library, you won't run out of great books to read anytime soon, both "classics" and other.

A few favorites that I would hope a good reader would not miss:

Anything by Chaim Potok, but particularly The Chosen.

The King Must Die and other books by Mary Renault

Kim by Rudyard Kipling

A number of books by James Michener, but The Source and Hawaii are particular favorites of mine.

Dune by Frank Herbert

A number of books by Robert A. Heinlein but Citizen of the Galaxy, Double Star, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress are good ones not to miss.

A children's series I would recommend not missing is The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander (This may well be below your reading level, but that doesn't mean it isn't very special and good.)

9TLCrawford
Jun 25, 2010, 8:18 am

A history of events that took place near wherever you live.

10BlackSheepDances
Jun 25, 2010, 1:15 pm

You will never be done with books, trust me.

For nonfiction: The War Lovers by Evan Thomas is about Pres. Roosevelt and Hearst. History but not dull at all, very fast paced and astonishing.

Cold: Adventures in the World's Coldest Places by Streever about science in the Arctic Circle and the many journeys there. Also, biographies of such explorers would be great.

Adventures Among Ants is astonishing science and fun to read to. It's from UCLA press, so it won't be too-simple.

What about starting to look for something from different world regions? Take a continent or country at a time?

Start a journal and start your own writing: nothing formal, just try and write everyday about what you've read or about your life.

Have fun!
Amy

11sqdancer
Jun 25, 2010, 1:56 pm

Regarding non-fiction, how about biographies or memoirs of people that interest you (or that work in a field that interest you)?

12RRHowell
Jun 25, 2010, 8:18 pm

When I was not too much older than you are, I started choosing topics that interested me and reading a number of books about them. Since it wasn't for school, I could read about a topic until I was satisfied---there was no issue of how many or how few books I had to read.