This assorted list (because I love lists sooo much) is a list of all the books that I have in my apartment. It will list the Title of the book, the author, and the status of the book (weither I have read it or not) and then a breif synopsis. Some are listed in a series and I will post the title of each book in the series. Im doing this for those of you who are looking for recomandations for new reads....My rating is on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (epic)
Dirk Gently Holostic Detective Agency (the complete set)
By Douglas Adams
Status: Currently reading
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Series
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Resturant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe, and Everything
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish
Mostly Harmless
By Douglas Adams
Status: Read
Rated: 4
Synopsis: Arthur Dent gets sucked up into the big, big universe on a crazy train ride when his house (and his planet) get demolished for a bypass. He goes from one end of the universe to the other, back and forth in time, in a witty and incredibly british sense of humor. All because he couldnt "get the hang of Thursdays."
The Salmon of Doubt
By Douglas Adams
Status: Read
Rating: 4
Synopsis: A collected works of Douglas Adams, taken from his trusty MAC computer shortly after his death. It was supposedly the title of the last and final Dirk Gently book, and even has an exerpt from the unfinished book. Witty, very funny, and somewhat sarcastic, as only Adams can deliver.
Robotech Series (12 book series, spanning 3 generations)
By Jack McKinney
Status: Read
Rating: 4
Synopsis: So Im not listing all 12 books. Its a wonderful scifi series (either based on the anime or vice versa) and takes part in 3 generations. The first generation (books 1-6) takes place on the SDF-1, a collasal intergallatic spaceship that had fallen to earth and the humans rebuilt. The Zendredi (working for the Robotech masters, the owners of that spaceship) want it back. In a failed attempt to hyperspace just beyond the moon, the SDF-1 ends up on the outskirts of Pluto, with the entire population of Macross city, as well as the soldiers. The main character is named Rick Hunter (Robotech Defense Forces) and he shares the spotlight with Lisa Hayes and Max Sterling. The Second Generation (books 7-9) takes place back on earth several years after the first gen ends and follows Max Sterlings daughter Dana as she helps to defend earth from the Robotech masters who want to salvage the remains of the SDF-1 for the Flower of Life (the nectar of all proptoculture, their power scource for their mecha). The 3rd generation (books 10-12) takes place on earth when a young RDF named Scott from the SDF-3 crash lands there after his crew and ship get destroyed. He gets together a ragtag team of earthlings to help rid the world of its current invasion of Invid, the Robotech Masters last attempt to recapture the protoculture.
(Takes a deep breath) Its a good series and a really easy read. They were written in the early/late 80's and the anime is seriously old school.
The War of the Worlds
By H.G. Wells
Status: Havent read yet
Watership Down
By Richard Adams
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Synopsis: I read this one back in 12th grade as an independant novel and it is by far one of my favorite books of all time. It starts on in a peaceful warren (a rabbit colony) when a rabbit named Fiver starts havin premonitions about the downfall of their Warren. He gets his brother Hazel out and they collect up a team of Rabbits and go to search for their perfect Warren, away from man and other obtrusions. Adams explores the different scorces of government ruling (heirachy, dictatorship, democracy) and vivadly explains the world through a rabbits perspective.
1984
By George Orwell
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Synopsis: A dark and terrifying book written in the late 40's (during WW2), it takes place in dictatorship 1984, where Big Brother is watching and "War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Bliss". Its a great read and highly educational.
The Wild Road
By Gabriel King
Status: Read
Rating: 3.5
Synopsis: Pre-Warriors, it is the tale of a cat who is prophisized to save the world against an evil scientist who likes to kill the cats. Its been a LONG while since I read this one...
The Alchemists Daughter
By Kathrine McMahon
Status: Read
Rating: 2
Synopsis: I bought this one on a whim because the title sounded interesting. Turns out it wasnt all that great. Its about a girl, who is the daughter of an alchemist, who was actually the experiement of her "father". She failed his expectations and got married after doing it outside of marraige and getting pregnant. She loses the baby and finds out that her husband is cheating on her with a whore, who bears his son. She takes the baby and moves back into her fathers house where she finds out the truth about her past...Im not big into romance novels...
A Painted House
By John Grisham
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Synopsis: This is one of his better books (it is an older one) and is not in fact, a legal thriller. It takes place down south, in the time of the great depression, and is the story about a little boy who learns to keep secrets. It was a very exciting summer on the cotton plantation that year and has murder, intrigue, and secrecy written all over it.
A Time to Kill
By John Grisham
Status: Read
Rating: 4
Synopsis: This is his first book that he published and is amazing. Its the story of a black rural family whose daugther was molested by white men in the time where blacks were racially mistreated. The young white boys are put on trail and the father of the little girl kills the men in the courthouse on the day of their trial. The story goes into the perception of god and the "eye for an eye" and gives light on the times of racial hardship.
The Chamber
By John Grisham
Status: Read
Rating: 4
Synopsis: This legal thriller was written about a man wrongfully convicted of a crime that he did not commit and was found guilty and sentenced to Death row. Just before he gets the gas chamber, a young lawyer takes his case and tries to get it appealed. It turns out the lawyer is his estranged grandson who wants to help him out. Its a very moving story about life and how little you can do to stop the inevitable.
The Notebook
By Nicolas Sparks
Status: Read
Rating: 4
Synopsis: Romance novel, about a couple who fell in love and where forced to be apart. After many years of seperation, and the girl getting married to another man, they reunite and rejuvinate their love. The whole story is read by an old man whose reading a notebook to his Alzheimer wife, hoping that she will remember that summer so long ago.
The Wedding
By Nicolas Sparks
Status: Read
Rating: 3
Synopsis: Its another romance novel, and its about a man who feels bad for all the years that he was working hard and ignoring his wife. He sets up a plan to get remarried to her with the wedding of her dreams.
Invisable Man
By Ralph Ellison
Status: Havent read
Babbit
By Sinclair Lewis
Status: Havent read
The Wedding
By Dorthy West
Status: Read
Rating: 3
Synopsis: So I havent read this book since highschool (11th grade to be exact) and as far as I remember its a story that evolves around this group of people of uppity class society that live in a cauldisac called the Oval. It has secret romance and one of the main characters gets killed and focuses on the roaring 20's behavior.
My Sister's Keeper
By Jodi Picoultt
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Synsopsis: This is a book about genetic engineering. It takes place about a little girl named Anna who was made speciffically to save her sister Kate who has Lukemia. She seeks emancipation from her parents because she doesnt want to give anymore. (As it turns out, her sister Kate was behind the whole escapade). It makes me cry everytime I reas it and it is an amazing read.
The Elumini
By David Eddings
The Diamond Throne
The Ruby Knight
The Sapphire Rose
Status: Read
Rating: 3.5
Synopsis: Sparhawk returns home to his Pandonian Knight order to find his Queen and beloved poisioned and frozen in a solid state so that she would not die, the kingdom falling apart at the seems and the Church screwing things up. He learns that the only way to save his queen is to search for the Bellihom, a legendary stone of enormous power. These arent some of my favorite books by him, seeing as he cut quite a few corners with what a writer should and shouldnt do...
The Tamuli
By David Eddings
Domes of Fire
The Shining Ones
The Hidden City
Status: On the last book
Rating: 3.5
Synopsis: So here we are, 8 years later after Sparhawk saves the world from the dark god Azrah and returns home to marry his queen and they bear a child who turns out to be the godddess Aphareal reincarnated. Once again, theres trouble out in the world and he once again has to wield Bellihom to save it...I havent finished the series yet, but its still not as good as some of his other works.
The Belgarid
By David Eddings
Pawn of Phrophecy
Queen of Scorcery
Magiacans Gambit
Castle of Wizardry
Enchanters End Game
Status: Read over and over again
Rating: 5
Synopsis: One of my all time fav series, this one evolves around a prophecy set back in the ages about a king returning to the Rivan throne and slaying the evil god Torak. The main character is a boy named Garion, who happens to have some famous relatives, Polgara the Scoreress and Belgarath the Scorcerer. The Orb, which is a stone of pure innocence, is stolen by one of Toraks disiples and its up to Garion and his Aunt and Granfather to save the world, all the while furfiilling the phrophecy.
The Mallorean
By David Eddings
Gaurdians of the West
King of the Murgos
Demon Lord of Karanda
Scorceress of Darshiva
Seress of Kell
Status: Read over and over again
Rating: 5
Synopsis: This takes place several years after the Belgarid is concluded and Garion is quite content on the Rivan throne beside his wife, the Imperial Princess Ce'Nedra. Then, low and behold, thier only son, the hier to the Rivan throne is kidnapped and once again, they go out to rescue him, furfilling the finals of the prophacy. I love this series and read it at least once a year if I get around to it.
Companion Novels to the Belgarid and Mallorean
By David Eddings
Belgarath the Scorcerer
Polgara the Scorceress
The Rivan Codex
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Synopsis: This explains the before of the Belgarid through the eyes of Polgara and Belgarath and what they had to do to secure the prophecy. The Rivan Codex is a book that Eddings wrote that broke apart the world and has everything you need to know about anything related to the world of the Belgarid and Mallorean.
Chrestomanci Series
By Diane Wynn Jones
Volume 1
Volume 2
Status: Read
Rating: 4
Synopsis: Diane Wynn Jones spins a fairy tale that matches even Rowlings Harry Potter. She uncovers mysterious worlds, where the Chrestomanci (an all powerful enchanter) has to keep the magic of all worlds in line. A very easy read and very enjoyable.
Dogs Body
By Diane Wynn Jones
Status: Read
Rating: 3.5
Synopsis: Its a kids book, so its an easy read. Its about a dog who finds care and comfort in the arms of a very special girl. Together, they have to bring peace to the world and make things right.
The Hobbit
By JRR Tolkein
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Synopsis: Its the prequal to Lord of the Rings. Im sure you all have read it.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
By JRR Tolkien
Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return of the King
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Synopsis: If you havent read these then you at least have seen the movies...
The Tolkein Reader
By JRR Tolkien
Status: Havent read yet
Book of Lost Tales Vol. 1
By JRR Tolkien
Status: Havent read yet
The Sword of Shannara
By Terry Brooks
Status: Read
Rating: 3.5
Synopsis: Its been years since Ive read this one....Many years.
The Elf Queen of Shannara
By Terry Brooks
Status: Havent read yet
The Princess Bride
By William Goldman
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Synopsis: Watch the movie. Theres not much difference...
All Quiet on the Western Front
By Erich M. Remarque
Status: Read
Rating: 4
Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austen
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Sense and Sensibility
By Jane Austen
Status: Read
Rating: 4
Northhanger Abbey
By Jane Austen
Status: Havent read yet
Emma
By Jane Austen
Status: Currently Reading
Wuthering Heights
By Emily Bronte
Status: Read
Rating: 3.5
Villette
By Charlotte Bronte
Status: Havent read yet
Jane Eyre
By Charlotte Bronte
Status: Read
Rating: 5
The Red Badge of Courage
By Stepahane Crane
Status: Havent read yet
Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
Status: Havent read yet
Bleak House
By Charles Dickens
Status: Havent read yet
Nicolas Nickleby
By Charles Dickens
Status: Havent read yet
A Tale of Two Cities
By Charles Dickens
Status: Read
Rating: 4
Oliver Twist
By Charles Dickens
Staus: Havent read yet
Pickwick Papers
[color=indigo]By Charles Dickens
Status: Currently reading
David Copperfield
By Charles Dickens
Status: Havent read yet
Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens
Status: Read
Rating: 4
The Idiot
By Foyodor Dostevesky
Status: Havent read yet
The Brothers Karmasov
By Foyodor Dostevesky
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Crime and Punishment
By Foyodor Dostevesky
Status: Havent read yet
Ana Karinina
By Leo Tolstoy
Status: Read
Rating: 5
War and Peace
By Leo Tolstoy
Status: Havent read yet
The Scarlett Letter
By Nathanial Hawthorne
Status: Read
Rating: 4
The Outsiders
By S.E. Hinton
Status: Read
Rating: 4
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Status: Read
Rating: 5
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
By Ken Keasey
Status: Havent read yet
To Kill a Mocking Bird
By Harper Lee
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Gone with the Wind
By Margrett Mitchell
Status: Read
Rating: 5
The Picture of Dorian Gray and other stories
By Oscar Wilde
Status: Read
Rating: 5
Middlemarch
By George Elliot
Status: Havent read yet
Inkheart Series
By Corneila Funke
Inkheart
Inkspell
Inkdeath
Status: Read
Rating: 5
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It's also about Tag, a young Burmilla kitty, who has been chosen by the wise, one eyed cat Majicou to be his apprentice. He is to find the King and Queen of cats and bring them to Tintgel before the spring equinox before the alchemist gets to them first. The Alchemist's (who is heavily implied to be Isaac Newton, strange I know...) goal is the Golden Cat who he believes the Queen of cats will give birth to. If the Alchemist were to get his hands the Golden Cat the world may never be safe again... (from what I have no idea, I forget what the golden cat does)
The Wild Road is one of my absolute favorite books. My favorite character also being the strange but cute little tabby Cy. :3