The Wave by Todd Strasser (Summer reading for School ) It's alright so far, not one of the books where it puts me to sleep and I wind up getting an F or just not even reading the book at all.
Philip Pullman is awesome. My favorite in the series was The Subtle Knife. Come to think about it, I think they should make movies for that whole series. [/b][/quote] I think movies might ruin that series.
i just finished anne rice's blood and gold and i've been reading/studing how to decipher heiroglyphs at the same time. i'm still doing that and now reading "the celts- life, myth and, art" by juliette wood.
Noam Chomsky - For the Common Good Noam Chomsky - Profit Over People For those who were interested with Michael Moore's novels, you can go much deeper into the concept of Socialism, democratic equality, and the problems of neo-liberal (or neo-conservative) doctrine (ex. President Bush and his followers) with Noam Chomsky. He is a professor of Linguistics at a Boston university. His writing is more technical and theoretical but especially the second book brings up a lot of examples of American intervention of emerging democratic states/revolutions in Central/South America, as well as the Free-Trade agreement collapsing Mexico's economy...its all there! Currently I'm reading Democratic Equality: What Went Wrong?, a collection of essays edited by Ed Broadbent (and he has one himself). Broadbent was the Leader of the Canadian NDP for over 10 years and as an MP is one of the most popular politicians in Canada! I also read "Raise the Titanic" - By Clive Cussler, mixing thrilling action like James Bond with plots of geographical importance. His books are hard to put down and are great summer reading. I'm going to read "Tigana" by Guy Gavriel Kay (for the 2nd time). He is one of Canada's premiere authors, and he won the prestiguous Aurora award for this, as well as being nominated for the World Fantasy Award. For those who want emotional reads with characters that are so real that you feel connected to them, get his stuff.
I've been a long time fan of the Dragonlance series and just recently got back into it after a small hiatus. Just finished the Dhamon Saga, which though I enjoyed, wasn't as great as some other ones, mainly the Twins series.
My personal favourite series from Weis and Hickman is The Death Gate Cycle but most of their stuff is great! Dragonlance is awesome, especially the orginals and the Twins series as you mentioned. However, my fav. ongoing series right now is the Song of Ice and Fire Series, unfortunately the 4th book as been pushed back more than a year....George R.R. Martin is on the level of Tolkien IMO.
I think movies might ruin that series. [/b][/quote] That is one of my favourite set of books ever. My favourite is Northern lights and think turning the trilogy to film would be pretty good.