I just finished, The Army Officers Wife, its about a Jewish woman in the war time. Its really interesting if you like these kind of storys, . I love true life storys , and how people go through crazy times and crazy things that happened to them, I LOVE the watchtower articles on all the brothers and sister during this period they are so encouraging to me! I like war History books. I just started getting in to reading again thanks to me friend!
My husband recently finished the chronicals of Narnia i think its called. I'm not into those type of storys but he says it was pretty good. He said it was really easy to read compared to just finisheing all or Tolkins books.
There is another book he read called, Arragon,, or something like that, it was written by a teenager and made like best seller when it was published last year or something. I duno I don't read those kinds of books, I'm just sharing. He said that book was really good and can't wait for the next one.
eragon sounds up our alley, frest...mccaffery is supposedly a big influence.
Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1)
by Christopher Paolini
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Here's a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its traditional quest structure and the generally agreed-upon nature of dwarves, elves, dragons, and heroic warfare with magic swords.
Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra'zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape.
In spite of the engrossing action, this is not a book for the casual fantasy reader. There are 65 names of people, horses, and dragons to be remembered and lots of pseudo-Celtic places, magic words, and phrases in the Ancient Language as well as the speech of the dwarfs and the Urgalls. But the maps and glossaries help, and by the end, readers will be utterly dedicated and eager for the next book, Eldest. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell
From Publishers Weekly
While exploring the forest, 15-year-old Eragon discovers an odd blue gemstone—a dragon egg, fated to hatch in his care. According to PW, "The author takes the near-archetypes of fantasy fiction and makes them fresh and enjoyable, chiefly through a crisp narrative and a likable hero." Ages 12-up. (Apr.)
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i'm totally captivated by dragon books
Oh I tried to read the chronicals of narnia the other day cause i was bored and wanted a book to read but didnt have anything but that.,.. UGHHHH KILL ME,, it is soo lame, I am just not into those types of story's, there are animals of the talking kind and then animals that are regular animals, and a crazy old talking garilla, ugghh i could not get into it.
I think I read the entire series when I was 10/11. loved it back then.
The name of that book is Eragon,not Arragon like i typed, the authors next book is coming out sometime in the next week or so.. Anyway this is all about dragons and stuff. the original copies are going for like 500 bucks on ebay thats CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would never spend that much on One book.