Kids/Teens Book Club discussion

Twilight! (And many others) But mainly Twilight! (waits eagerly for the many gasps to follow)

Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "
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Hehe, thanks for the first gasp!

Twilight's not my favorite book, but I don't think it's bad enough to earn the honor of "Worst Book of All Time". XD

Ulysses. I respect it, and think it has great concepts in it, but it is the most unbearable book ever written.

Hαlєє wrote: "THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH!!!!!!! i was FORCED to read it in 6th grade!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Good. The Phantom Tollbooth is the most fantastic kids book ever written.

I loved The Phantom Tollbooth. Once you're old enough to understand the references, it's extra awesome.

Baxter wrote: "Ulysses. I respect it, and think it has great concepts in it, but it is the most unbearable book ever written."

BOOM BAXTER!!!
that's right that's right that's RIGHT!

Baxter wrote: "Hαlєє wrote: "THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH!!!!!!! i was FORCED to read it in 6th grade!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Good. The Phantom Tollbooth is the most fantastic kids book ever written."

i'm still too BOOMed out from the first BOOM! but you know i agree wholeheartedly

Twilight?
Are you serious? I love that series.
Yes, i wont freely admit it anymore, because of Rob and Taylor and a certain bad film (s), but remembering just the books, and imagining my OWN characters, before it was huge, YES, its a great series.

I dont have a worst book.

Hannah wrote: "Twilight! (And many others) But mainly Twilight! (waits eagerly for the many gasps to follow)"

I agree

I really don't like 'lord of the flies.' It isn't the worst book, it was just boring.

Hannah wrote: "Twilight! (And many others) But mainly Twilight! (waits eagerly for the many gasps to follow)"

I agree :)

GASP!

my worst book would beee... Just Grace. I don't get that book

Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "Baxter wrote: "Ulysses. I respect it, and think it has great concepts in it, but it is the most unbearable book ever written."

BOOM BAXTER!!!
that's right that's right that's RIGHT! "

...God I don't understand you sometimes.

Baxter wrote: "Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "Baxter wrote: "Ulysses. I respect it, and think it has great concepts in it, but it is the most unbearable book ever written."

BOOM BAXTER!!!
that..."

you don't understand it when someone agrees with you? I won't do it again then.

Escape From Memories by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Stolen by Vivian Van Velde

Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "Baxter wrote: "Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "Baxter wrote: "Ulysses. I respect it, and think it has great concepts in it, but it is the most unbearable book ever written."

BOO..."

Well I've never hear BOOM followed by somebodies name before. And I'm used to BOOM being used right after a burn, so I was lost.

But you know, I don't think anybody actually likes Ulysses.

The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. ugh. *shudders and makes fake vomit noices*

Amber wrote: "Twilight was NOT the worst book I have ever read. That would have to be The Diamond of Darkhold."

Yeah I think that series should have just been one book.

Baxter wrote: "Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "Baxter wrote: "Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "Baxter wrote: "Ulysses. I respect it, and think it has great concepts in it, but it i..."

I say BOOM when I'm happy or when I agree...

His Dark Materials.

if you ignore that he is pushing athieism on to kids then i guess it could be considered good, but considering the that is most of the series, it is one of the worst.

Yay RAE! I was thinking that in my head but didn't have the moxy to actually write it down :P

RAE HAS MOXY!

I dont use BOOM!
But people in my class at school do after saying something powerful that 'shuts down' the other persons argument.

Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "Yay RAE! I was thinking that in my head but didn't have the moxy to actually write it down :P

RAE HAS MOXY! "

woot!!!! i feel so special now cause i have moxy! :D

BOOM! moxy :D

I just love BOOMin'.

lolz. i can tell

woot! i'm officially a Daughter of Athena! I took the quiz thingy in the PJO: The Ultimate Guide thingy and it said i was athena's child! woo! (i had always suspected, but now it's been confirmed. :P

am I the only one who hates the Hatchet?

No I hate it too :D

And LORD OF THE FLIES.

yay I'm not alone!

i like hatchet alright, not my favorite, but i liked it

I abandoned it.

I LOVE Wuthering Heights! But it does take a while to read...
I hate the book Swordbird.

Hmm, that's a tough one since if a book is really bad to me, I just stop reading it all together. And unfortuneatly, I've done that with a LOT of books. :-P

i loved Pride and Prejudice, but it took me a while to get through (3 weeks!)

NNOOOOOOOOOO! not P&P&Z!!!!!!!!

no, but why did they have to write it? it's an insult to the original.

the original was amazing, but it may take you a wihle to get through :D just a warning. i generally read fairly quickly but it took me almost 3 weeks to read. (and i didn't read any other books while i was reading P&P)

lolz. and then im most likely going to reread it a couple of times before i am required to in HS

i LOVE rereading books! i catch things i missed and then its good to brush up on what happened

I love rereading, though some of my friends find it inconceivable. There are some books where I never tire of the story of characters.

I can never call one of the books I've read the "worst books of all time." There have been some I haven't liked, obviously, but I can't pinpoint a single book as being the most horrible. Everyone has different tastes of course - I've just started Wuthering Heights and I really like it so far and I remember loving the Phantom Tollbooth (though I don't remember the story now). And His Dark Materials, along with Harry Potter and LotR is at the top of my list of favorite books/series. I understand some people don't have to agree with views presented in His Dark Materials and they certainly don't have to like the books, but I also don't think the books should be condemned for having a point of view, since I consider it important to be open-minded. I'm an atheist, by the way, but I don't mean to start a debate - I just think it's important to respect others' views (I am not implying that anyone has to like certain books.)

Yes - I didn't mean to just address the books, although I know religious people who like them. I just think it is wrong to condemn atheism as "evil" (and I've heard it called "devil worship") when this is not true.

i didn't really like diamond of darkhold either. the other books in the series were better.
one book series on my worst-books-ever list is the chronicles of narnia.

I hated the City of Ember series. I read 2 and 1/2. But the movie was actually pretty good.

I've heard so many people say things about CITY OF EMBER... is it just a boring series?

Amber wrote: "No. The City of Ember was really good. City of Sparks dragged on but was okay, and the Prophet of Yonwood was marvolous! Diamond of Darkhold, however, wasn't. -.-"


i agree!

I think the author should have just stopped at City of Ember. I thought that one was really good.

I haven't read those? Are they fantasy?

The first one was alright, but the second and third books were boring. I didn't read the fourth.