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So yous guys.

I graduated today. (Well, I walked. I still have three more finals. idk either.)

BUT THE POINT OF THIS POST ISSS. Um. My momma got me a Sony Reader for my graduation. It lets you read books on it. BA in English lol what is that. ANYWAY, she gave me a gift card, too, and I'm eager to try the thing out, so... Because I'm terrible and have forgotten how to read for entertainment or whatnot:

RECOMMEND ME SOME BOOKS, Y'ALL

I will compile a list.

PLUS THIS IS A GRAND OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL TO LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER VIA LITERATURE PREFERENCES. OR WHATEVER.

... I'm excited. >>

She brought me Tiramisu too goddamn I love my mother.

P.S. This is my first post to GDS. Hi.

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"The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet" (http://www.tsspivet.com/) by Rief Larsen (one of my all time favorite books EVER, about a 12 year old genius boy who has very little idea on how to be social)

"Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel" (http://www.jonathanstrange.com/) by Susanna Clarke (Revisionist history of England where magic is real but has been forgotten. If Childermass was a real person, I'd probably marry him)

"The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency" (http://www.mccallsmith.com/botswana.htm) by Alexander McCall Smith (A delightfully charming series of books about two women in Botswana who decide to start a detective agency)

The Dresden Files (first book is Storm Front) by Jim Butcher (Fantasy fun about a harried wizard who can never get electronics to work for him)

UMMM Goodreads is a great site if you want to find good books: www.goodreads.com

Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie (Which is the story of a young boy and his father, a story teller, who has lost his Gift of Gab. Short and sweet and absolutely hilarious)

An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennet (How Her Royal Highness the Queen started to read books)

Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock, but that's a seriously interactive book and you NEED to have the physical in your hand because half the fun is pulling open the letters inside

OH I FORGOT ANYTHING BY WALLY LAMB

OH OH AND Inkheart by Cornelia Funkheart (about a little girl who's dad can read books to life IGNORE THE MOVIE)

IDK I HAVE A TON I'll rec more if you'd like

Edited 2009-12-13 23:03 (UTC)

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god Griffin and Sabine.

I still get confused when I read it.

I frigging LOVE that series. Have you read the others?

There's 3 of them, right? If so, then yes. But not for a long time.

/digs them out of her three bookshelfs

There are more now; he's finally finished the series with six.

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