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Pls tell me if your a fan of one of these series
Wolves of the beyond
Horses of the Dawn
The Guardian Herd
Horse Diaries
Science Comics
Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly
Riders of the Realm
(These next ones are very sad, include death, but they are still amazing, wonderful book)
A dog’s Purpose novels (A Dog’s Purpose, a Dog’s Journey, a Dog’s Promise)
These books are all amazing, and I really recommend them!
I used to read a lot of Wrenly!
Oh wait…that was Kingdom of Wrenly…is that the same thing?
Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly is a graphic novel!
Ooh I’ve read The Guardian Herd! I liked it 😀
Whose your fav character?
I’ve read The Guardian Herd, it’s so good :]
i love a dogs purpose <3
It’s so good!! (I personally have not read the book 😛 but I’ve seen the movie and read A Dog’s Promise)
I read Wolves of the Beyond before, but I don’t like it because I think it’s boring. But I could be wrong because I only read barely half of one book.
I read the first three wolves of the beyond and liked the first one a lot but I didn’t get into the rest of them. Maybe I need to finish the series anyway.
I’ve read Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly before XDD
Finally, there’s a new page about book discussion! 😀
Anyway, random question: What are your favourite books?
I have many, but they include Tailchaser’s Song, Daisy Jones & The Six, Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy, Dragonology, Watership Down and many more! 😀
Oooh I love the hitchhikers guide!
Hitchhiker’s guide is so good!
I am a big fan of The Hitcher’s Guide and of Adams’ other short series Dirk Gently. Tailchaser’s Song is my all-time favorite cat fantasy novel. I’m working on an article comparing Tailchaser’s Song and Warriors, which might come out in May or June.
Ooh, I’m looking forward to your article! I’m interested to see the similarities and differences between Tailchaser’s Song and Warriors. 🙂
Some Kind of Hate, Thanks a Lot, Universe (and its sequel), Project Nought, Harry Potter, Keeper of the Lost Cities, The School for Good and Evil, Fairy Tale, Heartstopper, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (the only manga I have read in my life) and a few others I’m probably forgetting. I tried Hitchhiker’s Guide but I suppose it wasn’t my cup of tea – I’m glad everyone else liked it though, and I appreciate how much time and effort the author put into making the complex universe it is set in
I’ve read Heartstopper! I really liked it and thought it was relatable, what do you think of it so far? 🙂
I’ve read all of them multiple times, and I really enjoy it every time 🙂 I watched the TV show first, actually
Nice! I found out about Heartstopper through finding the first three volumes in a charity shop/thrift store. 😛
I’ve now bought and read the fourth and fifth volumes and am now waiting for the sixth and final volume to come out, but I think I’ll watch the rest of the Netflix series first.
You definitely should! It’s a really good show. (I like how Ben doesn’t just disappear after the first bit – it’s smart to bring him back and make him cause more trouble, because it would be more realistic.)
I just read the hitchhiker’s guide and I LOVE it!
I love Harry Potter, Dog Man, and Captain Underpants. I also read a lot of Batman and other super heroes graphic novels. The I Survived Series is good and I loved The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. I also read Star Wars books.
Thanks to Embix (and any other mods involved) for implementing this. I am one of the people who requested it. I will be back later with some recommendations. And, of course, I’ll be interested in hearing about what other Blogclanners have been reading.
It’s our pleasure 🙂
Anyone want book recommendations? Fill out this little form and I shall produce suggestions!
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Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult): middle grade and young adult
Favorite book(s): warriors, harry potter
Favorite genre(s): fantasy, romance
Least favorite genre(s): sci-fi (dont hate me)
Things you love to see in books: `\_(:])_/`
Thing you don’t like seeing in books: curses
Preferred length: 200-600 pages
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Cinder by Marissa Meyer- young adult fantasy with romance subplot, 448 pages
Content warnings: violence (mild), emotional abuse, discrimination, medical experimentation, kissing
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull- middle grade fantasy, 368 pages
Content warnings: violence (mild), sometimes creepy magical creatures
Bravely by Maggie Steifvater- young adult fantasy with a romance subplot, 367 pages
Content warnings: violence (mild), kissing
Of topic but Fablehaven is great!! Haven’t read it in a while, but it’s one of the best things I’ve read 🙂
Yeah I remember it was awesome!!
Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult): Middle grade/YA, preferably with less swearing
Favorite book(s): I listed all of them above
Favorite genre(s): Mystery, adventure, coming of age
Least favorite genre(s): Deep romance
Things you love to see in books: Loving families/siblings, supportive family members/partners, support towards LGBTQ+ and all cultures, people standing up for what is right
Thing you don’t like seeing in books: Gooey/disgusting/toxic romance, toxic families (though I tolerate it, usually the story calls for it)
Preferred length: Whatever! I don’t mind any
Wonder by R.J. Palacio – middle grade realistic fiction, coming of age, supportive family
Content warnings: ableism, verbal abuse, violence (mild), mention of smoking, kissing, animal death
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud – young adult paranormal mystery
Content warnings: violence (moderate?), ghosts & spooky stuff, descriptions of skeletal remains
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen – young adult graphic novel, fantasy/realistic fiction (there’s a story within the story) lgbt rep, coming of age, supportive family
Content warnings: Homophobia, cannibalism, violence,
Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult): Middle grade, young adult
Favorite book(s): Warriors(duh), WoF, KotLC, One of Us is Lying, The Firekeeper’s Daughter
Favorite genre(s): Fantasy, realistic fiction
Least favorite genre(s): Honestly idk
Things you love to see in books: Plot twists!!!
Thing you don’t like seeing in books: Mary Sues & wild age gaps >:(
Preferred length: Anything, altho somewhere in the 200-600 page range is usually my go-to
Preferred age range: middle grade, young adult, adult
Favorite book(s): Warriors (obviously 😛), The Giver series, War of the Worlds, The Time Machine
Favorite genre(s): SCI-FI!!! But I’m not that picky!
Least favorite genre(s): Mystery, romance
Things you love to see in books: Characters with complex personalities and morally gray ones
Thing you don’t like seeing in books: sexual content, mary sues, excessive romance
Preferred length: Any! I don’t even mind reading a 1000 page book 😛
Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult): young adult or middle grade, adults’ are too boring 😛
Favorite book(s): warriors, harry potter, the giver, kotlc and that’s my main favourite books!
Favorite genre(s): Fantasy, mystery, humour, adventure, coming of age
Least favorite genre(s): romance, it doesn’t suit with my taste
Things you love to see in books: Character arcs or at least some growth from the start. Plot twists, supportive family/friends, no discrimination or bullying unless it builds up the plot
Thing you don’t like seeing in books: rushed or toxic romance, enormous age gap relationships, sexual content (Like EW), anti-cultural behaviour even if it’s for the plot. I still hate it.
Preferred length: More than 250+ is good for me! Highest is about 1500 pages honestly, or it’ll feel like the book never ends
Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult): middle grade-ya
Favorite book(s): black beauty, good dog, when friendship followed me home (all animal books :P), kotlc, wof, warriors
Favorite genre(s): fantasy, real life
Least favorite genre(s): romance, horror
Things you love to see in books: fantasy, animals, fun characters :3
Thing you don’t like seeing in books: too much violence ig (warriors is an exception :P)
Preferred length: ard 200-600 pages 🙂
Something like Warriors (but perhaps a little bit darker) is The Wildings by Nilanjana Roy. It’s about a colony of cats living in India, and has lots of fantasy elements as well as animals!
Ah i forgot about Black Beauty!
Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult):Middle
Favorite book(s): Harry Potter, Warriors,
Favorite genre(s):Fanstay
Least favorite genre(s):Poems, Mystry, Bioarghays
Things you love to see in books: MYSTICAL Stuff
Thing you don’t like seeing in books:innaporpit stuff, decirpive injorys.
Preferred length:500-2000
Prefered range: Young Adult
Fav books: The unwanteds, Camelot Rising, the maze runner
Fav genre: fantasy kinda stuff
Least fav: history/nonfiction
Love seeing: someone almost dies, action stuff like that
Hate seeing: idk really tbh
Prefered length: I actually dont care what length, whether long or short i read both. Tge lomg ones, if i really like no matrer how many pages its gonna be done quick
Thanks
Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult): Middle grade and young adult
Favorite book(s): Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Wuthering Heights, anything in the Percy Jackson series
Favorite genre(s): Fantasy, historical fiction (conditional), classics, science fiction
Least favorite genre(s): Thriller, mystery, dystopian
Things you love to see in books: Good character development, cool worldbuilding tactics like diaries, letters, maps, and such; and the found family trope
Thing you don’t like seeing in books: Romance when it’s unnecessary, characters that aren’t very well-developed, weird twin tropes (I’m sorry if I didn’t describe that well)
Preferred length: I have no preference. It could be a 10-page short story or a 1,000-page novel, I’ll read it if it’s good.
Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult): young adult
Favorite book(s): Warcross, Riordanverse, HG, Divergent, The Scholomance, WoF, Warriors, WondLa
Favorite genre(s): dystopia, fanstasy, light fantasy, but I’ll read almost anything
Least favorite genre(s): anyhting where romance is the main plot
Things you love to see in books: found family realations, well developed platonic relations, grumpy mentor and eager apprentice, well developed world, lots of lore, easter eggs
Thing you don’t like seeing in books: writing the whole book in a dialect. I’m trying hard not to rant abt it rn
Preferred length: anything!!
Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult):adult or young adult
Favorite book(s):lord of the rings,Agatha Christie,Little women…
Favorite genre(s):Mistery,adventures… (I read any kind of things)
Least favorite genre(s):bibliographies and stuff like that
Things you love to see in books:a great moral
Thing you don’t like seeing in books:Mary sues and Gary sues
Preferred length:as long as possible
Preferred age range(s)(children’s, middle grade, young adult, adult): Young adult or middle grade
Favorite book(s): Warriors book series besides OoTS, WoF, The Unwanteds, and Percy Jackson >:D
Favorite genre(s): Fiction or historical fiction
Least favorite genre(s): uhhhh, idk?
Things you love to see in books: Interesting plots
Things you don’t like seeing in books: random plot holes
Preferred length: 300-2000 >:3
For those of you who speak French fluently, I’d recommend Les Éternels by Priska Poirier or Arielle Queen by Michel Lévesque (I believe the latter is available in English too but not sure) if you can get your hands on them, both are series with quite a bit of books in them but I would 100% recommend both!
Ooh very cool, thanks for the recommendations!! I need to read more French chapter books to improve my French 😛
Same, my French class kinda useless so I need to supplement it with books 😛
How funny that the other Canadian blogclannners are the only ones who replied to my comment 😛
Also, if you’re looking for French books, lots of English books are translated into French so that’s fun
(The Warriors translation is really weird imo tho, wouldn’t really recommend)
It’s only been two days, and already 87 comments…? that’s more comments than on an article that’s been around for a year!
Anyways, I think this is kinda funny, because the second book of the original warriors is ‘Fire and Ice’. I find this funny, because about 11 years later, Spirit animals, ‘Fire and Ice.’ released.
yeah- I’m not sure if they even knew the warriors one existed, but anyways.
There is one problem if you want to read Spirit Animals tho… The series is written by different authors, so if it doesn’t have its own section in your library, you’re going to have to hunt down all the books…
Basically all my favorite quotes come from there, cause all the characters have funny moments… but mostly Rollan. Meilin in my opinion is too serious.
Oh, Spirit Animals! I remember reading the audiobooks for that a few years back! I recall really enjoyed the concept, and Brandon Mull did an excellent job with the script, making it flow seemlessly in spite of all the different authors!
Oh yeah I liked reading Spirit Animals! Thankfully, the library I went to was organized by title, so I didn’t have to hunt down all the books 😛
Yeah, my old school library was like that, there was a little section for them, and WoF was underneath the Spirit Animals books section. I was searching for books to read at the time, and WoF wasn’t appetizing to me at the time, so uh, yeah. The middle school I now go to does it by author names tho, making it all the more painful.
Ohhh I tried to read that once
The only problem is that my library has like the first three books of series 2 and then the next two are series 1 and it’s really annoying because idk what the plot is and it’s confusing 😭
Plot of series 1: Four kids, one getting each fallen beast, must find a way to stop some evil guys and Kovo the gorilla, who’s escaped his prison, cause- well, I won’t spoil how. They must collect the talismans of the remaining great beasts to defeat this guy.
Plot of series 2 (1/2): There are two plots. Plot one takes place for the first three books. So, when defeating Kovo, they harmed the great tree thing, and now some evil trapped beneath it’s roots have come out, and is using Zerif (without him knowing), to start a army, because the remaining beasts sacrificed themselves, and now they are Spirit Animals too. They must find a way to stop this evil force.
Plot of series 2 (2/2): The Zhongese emperor has been assassinated, and the four friends, all Greencloaks, have been blamed, because of complications from the first plot of series 2. So they have to escape the law basically, while proving their innocence, because somebody has setted them up. I won’t spoil who, because it’s pretty surprising, and Meilin gets wrapped up in it all because she’s zhongese and her father was a great general or something.
Some things could be hard to follow, with all the subplots, but once you get use to it, it’s a great series.
Did anyone read The Outsiders? If so, opinions?
My brother read it over the summer, and he really liked it! He doesn’t like books at all, so it must be really good for him to like it!
I read that one for school a few years back! I enjoyed it. I was really inspired by how someone in their teens managed to write such a good book, and it definitely encouraged me to try writing a story myself!
I haven’t – what is it about?
The book’s about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis (I love his name so much) and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. Though some stuff that’s kinda… “not rated for kits” kinda stuff does happen. Either way, I really highly recommend it 🙂
I’ll add my two cents here. The adult themes aren’t too bad, I read the book when I was 12 and it was fine
I’ve read it! I really liked it. It handles complex themes pretty well, while still managing to feel like it’s a 14-year-old boy narrating. Dally was my favorite character though.
I liked Johnny :3
yup. seen the movie too.
it’s ok, but i don’t remember too much since i read it back in 2021
I’ve read it a long time ago but it’s on my tbr list on Goodreads. I can’t wait to read it again.
Edit: You inspired me. I’m gonna start the Outsiders.
I really need new book recomendations! I have read Wings of Fire too much 😛
Thanks A Lot, Universe and its sequel are very good! They are by Chad Lucas, and about a boy named Brian and a boy named Ezra, and how they help each other and go along on their journey (Brian with his mental health, Ezra with his sexuality). It sounds a bit more “adult” when put like that, but it’s written in a way that is more appropriate for younger kids, I’d say eleven and above. The author makes an effort not to swear, which I appreciate, because some books I like have very… colorful words being used (quite often, too). Lucas tries not to do this when writing.
Insignificant Events in The Life of a Cactus
Ooh, I’ve heard of that book! It’s definitely on my bucket list 😀
Please read it, it’s so good. It’s hilarious
READ IT FLAMO YOU’LL LOVE IT 😃😃😃😃😃
I have never heard of this book but I just looked it up and looks like something I’d enjoy. I like books about disability.
I’ve actually already read that!! Its so good!!
The Testing is a good book
(By Joelle Charbonneau)
If you like hunger games this book is for you
Has anyone else read “Stargirl” by Jerry Spinelli?
It’s pretty short, but a very sweet love story.
It has some //mentions// of inappropriate content, but I would still consider it okay for kits over 10 years.
Please read it. It literally changed my life forever-
my brother got stargirl for me as a kid and it was a really sweet book <3
I liked it!
still reading it, stopped but its on my very long list of books i need to get through
I suggest One of Us is Lying and The Firekeeper’s Daughter, altho those books can get rather intense! They’re young adult books, I think
I’ve read some of One Of Us Is Lying. Unfortunately I’m not into that type of mystery stuff, although I did find it interesting and I will probably return to it to finish at some point!
Same!!
I love One of Us is Lying!! i’m reading the third book in that series right now and this series is definitely on my favorites list 😀
One of Us is Lying is a great book! 😀
Any of you guys read The Giver before?
I recommend you guys check it out, may be boring at first but it’s a really good book with an actual meaning behind it!
That was one of my favourite books in middle school! It was the first book that I had to read for school that I genuinely enjoyed.
What were your thoughts on it?
I LOVE THE GIVER SO MUCH
the whole series is really good and I remember the Giver was one of my favorite books for a while
HEY WHO HATES WILL (from The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau )
Has anybody read The Last Dragon Chronicles or Guardians Of Ga’Hoole? Two series I like that I dont know many other people who know
I have heard of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole and I believe my sister read it! Isn’t that the one that’s related to Wolves of the Beyond or am I tripping?
I haven’t read guardians of Ga’Hoole, but I have read Horses of the Dawn, Wolves of the Beyond and Bears of the Ice! (Other Books by Katherine Lasky)
A while back, I read some of the first Guardians of Ga’Hoole
I loved The Last Dragon Chronicles when I read them! My favourite was Dark Fire!
I started Guardians of Ga’Hoole once, and my family has the whole series. Do you suggest I finish it? I like fantasy and light (non-sexy) romance for a bit of reference.
I’ve heard of Guardians Of Ga’Hoole, maybe I’ll read it one day ^^
First let me finish 10 other books I’m currently reading though 😭