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Dr_Toxicophilous · Post by **Dr_Toxicophilous** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:00 am

1. Favorite Genre Sci-Fi
2. Favorite Author Richard Calder
3. Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre Stephen King
4. How/Why you picked your Member-Name A character in a Calder book who infected the universe with a new reality.
5. How you found IBDoF Looking for info on books
6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend Atlas Shrugged
7. Top 5 books/series
All Richard Calder's books(most of them form a loose series)
The Dune series(Only the ones by Frank Herbert)
I don't know. Lots more.

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:33 am

welcome

I hope you find lots to keep you interested and stick around!

rebecacaca · Post by **rebecacaca** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:02 pm

1. Favorite Genre

Fantasy

2. Favorite Author

Tamora Pierce (at least right now it is, it has also been: Jane Austen; Douglas Adams; Phillip Pullman; George Orwell; Oscar Wilde to name a few. It changes regually)

3. Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre

Sebastian Faulkes.

4. How/Why you picked your Member-Name

It was a nickname I was given about 6 years ago, and generally use it on all websites.

5. How you found IBDoF

IRL, one of my best friends is a very heavy user of these boards (Kvetch).

6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend

That's hard. Colin the Librarian by Rich Parsons and Tony Keaveny is the only book I've read lately that wasn't worth the time or paper.

7. Top 5 books/series

All the Tortall world books by Tamora Pierce
Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes
Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
I'm sure there's more, but those are the books/series I've read tens, if not hundreds of times.

Post by **Kvetch** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:11 pm

Colin the Librarian by Rich Parsons and Tony Keaveny

I can attest to this. It really isn't good.

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:46 am

Welcome! Enjoy your stay, and I'd avoid the green couch...

There's cheesecake in the lounge.

pokey_92 · Post by **pokey_92** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:15 pm

Okay so this is my first post. I'm not quite sure how this site works, but hopefully I'll figure it out. Anyway, my name's Amanda, I'm 15, and I live in Texas.

1. Favorite Genre
I like darker stuff, vampire stuff, but I guess I'm just at that stage right now, only being 15 and all. But if a book looks good, I'll read it.

2. Favorite Author
I don't think I have one. I haven't really read enough to know. I just recently got back into reading.

3. Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre
Again, don't have one. Not yet anyway.

4. How/Why you picked your Member-Name
It was a nickname for me when I was younger, and also the year I was born.

5. How you found IBDoF
I'm also a member of IMDb, and somebody on the Book Board mentioned this site.

6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend
Probably A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks. The movie was good, but I just didn't get into the book at all.

7. Top 5 books/series
Like I said, I haven't read all that much yet.

So yep, that was my first post. Hopefully I'll get to know some of you more.

Post by **laurie** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:11 pm

Welcome, Amanda! You've come to a great place to explore your reading interest(s). Have fun!

daetara · Post by **daetara** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:21 pm

you might try mercedes lackey's diana tregarde series...if your current tastes tend towards vampires and such, you'll probably like these. there are some rather graphic scenes in the second book, though, in case that kind of thing bothers you.

pokey_92 · Post by **pokey_92** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:54 pm

Hi laurie! Hi daetara! Thank you both. I'll try to check that series out. And nope, graphic scenes don't bother me.

daetara · Post by **daetara** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:02 pm

they're not all that extreme, but given that you're 15 i felt it prudent to warn you. don't want your parents hunting me down, after all.

if you want more suggestions, try clicking on :List Genre: up at the top, and then scroll down to click on Vampire. 263 titles for you.

pokey_92 · Post by **pokey_92** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:07 pm

Haha yeah, I know what you mean. But they don't really care what I read. Hm, I wonder if that's a bad thing.

Ooh, yep, I've already looked at that.

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:43 pm

Hi pokey --ha, I won't ask why your family gave you that nickname!

If you like vampire fiction, there is a trilogy for young adults/teens that starts with Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. Here's the link to the description on Amazon:

http://shorl.com/kedudrahipuse

Ignore the redirect thing; it will go to it in a minute.

pokey_92 · Post by **pokey_92** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:54 pm

I love Twilight! Sadly I haven't read New Moon yet, but my friend has it, so I'm going to borrow it from her. Thanks though.

sweetharleygirl · Post by **sweetharleygirl** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:40 am

Hi Pokey welcome to the site

. I love to see people your age into books, I'm a childrens librarian and we don't see nearly enough of your age in here. If you're into vampires you might like the Bloodline series by Kate Cary, they pick up where Bram Stoker's Dracula left off, they're very good and writen with your age group in mind.

pokey_92 · Post by **pokey_92** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:34 pm

I've read Bloodline, but I didn't know there were more books. Hm...

I think it's weird that some people don't like to read. Almost all of my friends do. We share each other's books all the time. It's fun.

sweetharleygirl · Post by **sweetharleygirl** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:07 pm

There's one more right now, I think there's another one in the making, it's Bloodling: Reckoning and as sequals go it very good, every bit as good as the first I think.

pokey_92 · Post by **pokey_92** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:23 pm

Okay, cool. I'll try to check it out.

Napier · Post by **Napier** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:21 pm

1. Favorite Genre-Magic realism or science fiction
2. Favorite Author-Jorge Luis Borges
3. Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre-Kenneth Graeme (spelling might be wrong)
4. How/Why you picked your Member-Name-Napier was a Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms. I like logarithms, so I chose him.
5. How you found IBDoF-Via Internet Book List
6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend-Pinocchio. It may be a fine book, but I have bad memories of reading it as a small child.
7. Top 5 books/series-1. Wind in the Willows
2. Labyrinths
3. Crime and Punishment
4. Return of the King
5. I don't know. I've never thought past my top four.

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:27 pm

Welcome Napier.

I hope we will meet you on many topics.

Sue

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:49 am

Welcome to both pokey_92 and Napier, have fun here.

tekende · Post by **tekende** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:15 pm

1. Favorite Genre - Don't have one. I read whatever I like.
2. Favorite Author - Either Haruki Murakami or Terry Pratchett.
3. Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre - N/A
4. How/Why you picked your Member-Name - I've been using it a long time. Far as I know, it's Dutch for "drew," which is my name.
5. How you found IBDoF - PolarisDiB's Livejournal.
6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend - Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger.
<pre>7. Top 5 books/series - 1. Terry Pratchett's Discworld
2. Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
3. Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
4. Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore
5. Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a
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the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:51 am

1. My favourite genre is fiction
2. Terry pratchet is my favourite author of all time
3. P.J tracy rates pretty high for my author thats not my genre
4. I picked my member name because the death of rats is soooo cool
5. I found this website through a friend
6. I would never recommend "now where did I put my glasses" to ANYONE
7. My top series of books are the discworld novels by T. pratchet

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:14 am

Welcome Tekende and the grim squeaker.

Akuma2636 · Post by **Akuma2636** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:10 am

Hello Hello

1. Favorite Genre
Fantasy, by far!

2. Favorite Author
David Eddings

3. Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre
Dean Koontz & Anne Rice

4. How/Why you picked your Member-Name
I've been Akuma2636 for as long as I've had the internet, no point changing now

5. How you found IBDoF
I was looking for a database of books

!

6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend
To Kill a Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee

7. Top 5 books/series
01. Polgara the Sorceress, By David Eddings
02. The Vampire Chronicles, By Anne Rice
03. The Mallorean/The Belgariad, By David Eddings
04. Magician, By Raymond E. Feist
05. Deltora Quest (1, 2 & 3), By Emily Rodda

Post by **clong** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:26 am

Welcome, Akuma2636 !!!