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Personally, I don't think it detracts too much from the quality of the book. Yeah, it makes it confusing to follow, but some of my favorite books have had a rather overbearing number of characters. Examples: Melanie Rawn's Exiles 'Trilogy':Ruins of Ambrai and The Mageborn Traitor Too many...

A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving Destiny - Elizabeth Haydon The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Discworld - Terry Pratchett

I'm a high school senior looking for a great classic to read for my advanced English class. I've never read Faulkner before, but he sounds pretty amazing. I was wondering: Would it be better to read The Sound and the Fury first, or As I Lay Dying? (Or another- I'm open to suggestions). I'm...

This may be strange, but my eyes were filled with tears when I read the end of Moby Dick. And I never cry at books. I just felt so empty, I was so close to the characters...

Son of Spellsinger, by Alan Dean Foster. It was the last book in the series, and the first I had read- consequently, it was the most random piece of literature I've ever chanced upon.

My first favorite chapter books were the American Girl series, when I was five. Don't know if they count as novels, but I loved them.

Powell's is amazing. I always get dragged away before I get to spend an hour there- not nearly enough time! You can always come away with a good deal there. They offer maps at the front door, just because it's so huge- perhaps the biggest bookstore in the nation, though I've heard rumors...

This past weekend I got to go Powell's (my heaven in downtown Portland- if only I wasn't always being dragged away by others!), Borders to spend my Christmas gift cards, and a quick stop at Barnes and Noble. Powell's: Guardians of the West- David Eddings Beowulf (for $1.50- hopefully it's a...

Silmarillion (sorry, double post)

There's a certain magic in the Silmarillian that really delighted me when I read it, but somehow when I try to point out the beauty of my favorite passages to my friends all the magic disappears. I dunno, maybe it's not for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. I liked Turin Turambar's tale even...