Book Recommendations?

I have a series and a book to reccomend: Robin Hood by Howard Pyle and the How to Train your Dragon books by Cressida Cowell.


Robin Hood because its so fun to finally read the original story! There is so much you learn about it! (I know this and I'm not even halfway through the book!) Like for instance, I bet they never show you in movies the part where Little John went into the Sheriff of Nottingham's service for SIX MONTHS. Or the part where Robin Hood and Little John met three people in one day who could best them in a fair (or unfair, in one case) fight (all of whom joined Robin's band afterwards). :D


I don't think all that many people know about the HTTYD book series. They're.... well, I'll be honest; they're kids books, they have pictures every few pages too, but they're just.... they're so imaginative. They're like the Ranger's Apprentice books for younger kids in that the four main characters have to find ways out of outrageous situations and always manage to live. Okay so the first book isn't that great, I aknowledge that. However if you keep reading the series- children's books or not- they start to grow on you (or at least they have on me). Originally I got the first and third books from the library but couldn't get the rest for a long time. The third one is alot better than the first one by the way. Then I found the first through fifth books in audiobook form on youtube (the audiobooks are narrated by David Tennant and he has like, the best voice EVER for them. It never ceases to amaze me how many ways he can distort his voice to fit the different characters. I used to be able to do that when I was little, but not anymore.). I have so fallen in love with those books. They're so creative and interesting and fun and serious and life-threatening to the characters all at the same time! There are parts I don't like because of what I refer to as "crude humor" which is in there because, they're viking boys, I've gotten over it and moved on and they're still fun. They're just wonderful little books, I think. And I love the pictures. I never realized I missed picture books until I read those.:p
 
Mozart the Meerkitten said:
I have a series to reccomend: How to Train your Dragon books by Cressida Cowell.

I don't think all that many people know about the HTTYD book series. They're.... well, I'll be honest; they're kids books, they have pictures every few pages too, but they're just.... they're so imaginative....I found the first through fifth books in audiobook form on youtube (the audiobooks are narrated by David Tennant and he has like, the best voice EVER for them. It never ceases to amaze me how many ways he can distort his voice to fit the different characters. I used to be able to do that when I was little, but not anymore.). :p
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Fun fact, Tennant was in the movie.
 
There is an old adventure-novel series which can be tracked down for loading into a Kindle. It is called the Graustark series, the first volume being titled simply "Graustark." That is the name of an imaginary Eastern European country, the stories having been written about a century ago when you could more easily get away with making up non-existent countries purporting to be IN the real world. If you've heard of "The Prisoner of Zenda," that is the sort of story "Graustark" is. The novels are silly, but entertaining; there is some swashbuckling stuff, albeit mighty tame compared to, say, an Indiana Jones movie. Back before movies became well established, book readers appear not to have demanded as much hectic action.
 
If you're up to reading historical fiction that is long, read the 9 book series by Jack Cavanaugh entitled The American Family Portrait series. The list of titles:

The Puritans
The Colonists
The Patriots
The Adversaries
The Pioneers
The Allies
The Victors
The Peacemakers
The Guardians

A good read about how America changed and how it began. Cavanaugh put a lot of effort into the historical aspect of his books, so it feels like it's real. Definitely worth reading at least once.
 
Aravis Kenobi said:
If you're up to reading historical fiction that is long, read the 9 book series by Jack Cavanaugh entitled The American Family Portrait series. The list of titles:

The Puritans
The Colonists
The Patriots
The Adversaries
The Pioneers
The Allies
The Victors
The Peacemakers
The Guardians

A good read about how America changed and how it began. Cavanaugh put a lot of effort into the historical aspect of his books, so it feels like it's real. Definitely worth reading at least once.
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My parents have the first three of those books. For some reason though I never liked historical fiction much but my parents have always loved it. I've always been more into fantasy.:p
 
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