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Oh yeah, I went through a phase when children's/YA horror was a huge deal with me. I read stuff like Scary Stories to tell in the Dark, and Strange Tales (something like that... can't remember exact title) and then moved on to Christopher Pike and a little of RL Stine. I also read the Witch...

Here's a list of some popular, reading-for-fun authors and books for older elementary/younger junior high students: Any Lois Lowry (especially The Giver and Number the Stars, but the Anastasia and Sam books are great too) Any Judy Blume (especially the Fudge books) Any Roald Dahl Laura...

Yarr, 'tis a day to celebrate, and no mistake.:D

I couldn't have said it better myself, SFG :)

If you want to get some laughs, go for Billy Collins. His Smokey the Bear poem is one of the best I've read in a long time. You can find that poem and many others in his collection "The Apple that Astonished Paris."

Hammer breaks glass, spills beer all over.

DS: thanks for posting about this! It sounds right up my alley and went on my TBR list right away! :D

oops... happy belated birthday!

Enchanter's End Game - David & Leigh Eddings (started in July, finished in Aug. Reread.) Eragon - Christopher Paolini Eldest - Christopher Paolini Book Lust - Nancy Pearl The Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsolver (reread) Skeleton Crew - Stephen King (reread) Bag of Bones - Stephen King...

I read the back cover (usually not the first few pages, however) if I haven't already researched the book. But if I've read about it on Amazon or something already and I know I want to get it, I don't always read the back cover. Actually I usually read the back cover of a book before I borrow...

What's your quote, Justin?

Rock on, Ice! Happy birthday :)

Right, I hadn't gone to the site. I just heard about the story from various different people. Interesting!

*total surprise* That was the basis for an entire episode of a series??? For me, the whole appeal is the way it just stops and lets the reader imagine all the rest. Although, I suppose if most of the episode was about how the last person on Earth found him/herself in such a lonely state, it...

Sci fi classic: The last person on Earth sat in a room. There was a knock on the door.

Oh what a nice cozy thread!!! Watching movies and Survivor with my husband tickle fights with my husband Going shopping with my sister Reading old birthday cards and notebooks Sunny, windy days a warm bed breakfast burritos Recommending a book to someone and hearing later that they...

Good luck, Aqua :) Try to stay dry...

My husband and I are huge fans too. We bought both the movie and the series on DVD and I'm ready to watch them AGAIN :p

Conan the Barbarian! "We ought to put out an APB on something small and fuzzy."

Happy birthday tundra, more cookies are coming your way! :p :)