Thanks for the Memories

Copyright: I just broke it.

Borrowed! Borrowed without permission.

Yes.

Anyways.


How many of you are avid readers? Don't you just love to stick your nose in a new, exciting book?

I do. It's my personal bliss. Recently, I picked up a new fantasy book in the first time since...a while. Yeah, sure, I'd read a few Star Wars books recently, but Star Wars is a bit different. I'm kind of a Star Wars geek, in that I could almost tell you what happened before the Clone Wars, in between the actual trilogies, and afterwards, in chronological order.
Almost. I'm not that far gone.

You know that feeling you get when reading a good book? You're sucked in, entranced, following the characters as if in third person view...it's an exciting and intoxicating feeling. I admit, I haven't had that feeling in quite a while, ever since I finished the Ranger's Apprentice Series by John Flannagan. Flinnegan. Flennigan. However you spell it.

I just got that feeling back, and for those of you who'd like to know, the title of the book is 'Beyonder'. It's a series, and so far I'm hooked. Check it out.

But I'd also like to extend a hand of appreciation to all those old writers who have written such epics as Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien), Narnia (C.S. Lewis), and even the Illiad and Odyssey (Homer). Their amazing works will forever stand in the annals of book history as some of the best ever written. They were truly 'epics'. Thanks for the memories your books have left me, guys.

All the great series I've read have really inspired me to want to write my own. And I'm trying, even now. If you want some good books to read, here's a few besides those mentioned above:

-Percy Jackson and the Olympians

-Alex Rider

-Fablehaven

-Gatekeepers (at least I think that's what it's called)

-Young Samurai (Way of the Warrior, Way of the Sword, etc.)

-Artemis Fowl

-Redwall (little more kid-oriented I suppose, but still awesome)

-Tales of Prydain (by Lloyd Alexander...I'm not sure if I got the series right or not. The main protagonist's name is Taran, and some of the books are Taran the Wanderer, the High King, yada yada)

-The Kane Chronicles (I think...? By Rick Riordan, who also authored the Percy Jackson series)

And there's probably more, but I can't think of any at the moment. Check the above out, and enjoy!