Next Generation Authors discussion

I've been wanting to start one of these for a while but due to the extreme variety of everyone's preferences in genre, it's been difficult to decide on what books to read.
So maybe if you guys put forward a couple of suggestions (with their genres), we could finally agree on something :)

I'd love to do Wolf Brother- Michelle Paver. This is a mythic fastasy/ historical fiction. One that I've already read but I did so at an age that I really didn't take much of it in.

Can we do a book that’s somewhat suitable for younger readers as well? I mean, I love Dystopia, but Young Adult has a few suggestive lines here and there, and I’m sort of afraid of them. I mean, if you stick with Young Adult, it’s fine, I don’t need to participate, but… yeah.

Um… How about Holes Louis Sachar, or Silverwing by Kenneth Opal? They’re both very enjoyable books. I certainly loved them. Especially Holes. That was a good book.

I've never heard of it, what's it about?

And of course we don't have to only read YA! I love children's fiction too :D

Weird, yet I'm curious.
I'd love to try 'Lord of the Flies' it sounds creepy but awesome all the same ;)

Yeah, that sounds cool :D

Oh my gosh, that title reminds me of what Columbus did to the Natives... *shudder*

i'm reading the Chronicles of Narnia for the first time now, and trust me, they're as good as it gets. you're never too old to read them and if you like Tolkien's style of writing, Lewis' is similar. it would also be suitable and highly enjoyable for younger readers, as Fireboltmidnight mentioned...:)

Did you know that Tolkein and Lewis were friends? Insane right? :P

yeah, they were really close- it seems so right :)

And they both would discuss their stories in a pub :D

It is the most amazing book ever!!!!! You may just die from the epicness!

How about the Hobbit? Ive only just started reading it. Its intruiging!

I've read that twice in the last year;), but its my favourite book so it gets my vote! :D

yeah, i like that we start with sort of a classic, but we should get everyone's suggestions and throw them into a poll
and i just finished the hobbit!! *sigh*

HobbitHobbitHobbitHobbitHobbitHobbitHobbitHobbitHobbitHobbitHobbitHobbit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D Hobbit! :D

oOoOoOoOHobbitOoOoOoOo

Yes!

Rachel wrote: "Weird, yet I'm curious.
I'd love to try 'Lord of the Flies' it sounds creepy but awesome all the same ;)"

I love Lord of the Flies:) Umm I also love love love A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It's a classic.

Y

Yeah, I was told it's realky good
:D
I really want to read his Great Expectations

I think that a book which all ages enjoy and tend to enjoy that would be a great read is a book called "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.

It is an excellent book which raises questions about society.

A couple of others include:

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
The Ghost Child by Emma Tennant

I love the Giver!!! I'm reading it now!

Really !!! I finished it for the first time a couple of days ago. I am in love with it.

It's so different an intriguing. Amazing!

Rachel wrote: "Yeah, I was told it's realky good
:D
I really want to read his Great Expectations"

It is amazing. And so do I!

Isabelle wrote: "I think that a book which all ages enjoy and tend to enjoy that would be a great read is a book called "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.

It is an excellent book which raises questions about society.

A ..."

I like all of your suggestions:)

Feather Boy (a slightly different suggestion)

Sherlock Holmes - crime?

Sherlock Holmes, definitely! I'd love to start with a classic.

Holmes & Doctor watson are such fantastic characters, and in a roleplay other indaviduals could play detective inspectors, villans, sherlocks brother and also Moriarty his no. 1 enemy.

Hamza wrote: "Maybe we could do a roleplay where there is a mixture of detectives from different books trying to solve one mystery ?"

I love writing where you merge different fictional characters into one story. (fun! i once did a short piece 'harry Potter & the carabean pirates' which was interesting, also 'the timelord and the netherwood ball')

That's soo cool! Good idea Hamza :D

Always welcome :D *Annoying smiley face*

oathebreaker

By Michelle Paver?

no

i only got up to soul eater..i got bored
but i'll try them again soon.

I'm up to Outcast :D

i dunno, i think i was about to read something really exciting XD

Rachel wrote: "I've been wanting to start one of these for a while but due to the extreme variety of everyone's preferences in genre, it's been difficult to decide on what books to read.
So maybe if you guys put ..."

Yes, I've been meaning to read "Wolf brother".

oh, it's good- you should definitely read them. They have a really course adventurey feel to them and they're really cute. They're hard to put down and there's a huge background of myths and legends in the different tribes. I'd love to have that as a group read when the next genre is 'adventure' or 'childrens' or something. :)

They're just insanely good :)