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Started June 29, 2018 by @CelticDragon

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What are your favorite books that you want to share with everyone

There's this rad book called Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. It's a murder mystery entirely from the point of view of a flock of sheep. The sheep try to figure out who murdered their farmer, and it's hilarious. 10/10 would recommend

Well I adore the book Wonder by R.J Palacio, it recently became a movie but I still highly recommend the book, it follows August Pullman who has a facial deformity and follows through his struggles in his first year of public school (he was homeschooled prior) and I also like but Vanessa In The Night by Sarah Porter is one that stuck with me a lot it's very fantasy yet realistic and creative? yet also kinda scary? A town is cursed and there's one store that is run by an evil lady who beheads kids who steal from her store and props the heads on tall pillar like sticks outside her store to scare people and it's just like a normal thing. There's a lot more to it and very well thought out characters and such and you find yourself thinking how much it makes sense as things unfold even though literally nothing about that book makes any sense I love it.

I am a fan of the Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard. It follows a thief who finds out she has powers when she starts work for the royal family. Because her power was accidentally broadcasted through out the kingdom, she has to play the part of a lost daughter of a dead lord and one of the princes' betrothed. It is full of twists and turns. The fourth and final book came out the May, and Victoria Aveyard said she will be publishing a few more short stories in the Red Queen universe, then she will be switching to another. Every one I have met, who read the books, really liked them. I can not express how much I adore these books. Hope someone will read and enjoy the books as much as I have.

I'm on the third (and last) book of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. It's about a girl named Vin who is forced to stay in a thieving crew to pay off her brother's debts, but is rescued by Kelsier and his crew. Kelsier teaches her that it's okay to trust people. Kelsier, Vin, and the rest of the crew work to overthrow the empire.
Mistborn has a really unique magic system, which I LOVE! It actually explains everything about how it works, without just saying "Because it's magic" to all questions.
Overall it's a really unique and unpredictable series filled with lots of wonderful character development and plot twists.
10/10

SARAH J. MAAS BOOKS ARE MY LIFE! She made two series (I have read both multiple times) one isn't finished yet (A Court of Thorns and Roses), and the last book of the other is coming out in October (Throne of Glass). Those books are the best I've ever read. There are so many plot twists and both are written very well. They are both fantasy and, warning for younger readers, both are explicit at some points. Throne of Glass is a story of an 18 year old assassin, Celaena, who was recently freed from prison by a royal figure to compete in a series of challenges (there is so much more to the story though, I can't say without spoiling, it is a truly brilliant story). A Court of Thorns and Roses is about a 19 year old named Feyre who hunts to feed her family. She kills a wolf in the woods out of self-defense, but is later dragged into a magical kingdom for the murder of the faerie. These books are so amazing and spectacular and well written and I would rate both infinity out of five stars. Sarah J. Maas did a wonderful job writing both of her series, Throne of Glass is being turned into a TV show and A Court of Thorns and Roses is being turned into a movie.

I recently finished the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo, and it's AMAZING. It follows a thief who is hired to break into a maximum security prison and retrieve the world's most valuable prisoner. It could make him rich, but he can't do it alone- he needs the help of five others (hence Six of Crows). I can't really say any more without spoilers, but I would highly recommend it. The characters and plot are so brilliantly created; it is possibly the best fantasy/adventure series I've read.

“The Third Twin” is reall good, I couldn’t put it down

The Suffering by Rin Chupeco. (it's the second book in the series. the first one is The Girl From the Well.)

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. A great WW2 novel with one of my favorite characters of all time, not to mention an amazing plot twist. And its prequel, The Pearl Thief. A historical fiction novel with a bisexual protagonist? Hell yeah!!

I've been reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King, and this very useful book entiteled The Writer's Guide to Character Traits by Linda N. Edelstein, Ph.D. The latter is a bit outdated, yet does have extemely useful information. If anyone can find it someplace, I highly recommend getting and reading it.