What are your favorite Non-Star Wars books?

I haven't read that Rachel, but it sounds really interesting!!!

I'm ashamed to admit I actually am not really reading anything at the moment. I've just been too busy. I'm halfway through Crossed, and I'm also reading "The Colour Out of Space" (part of the Cthullhu Mythos) and I'm on like chapter two or three of Maximum Ride. I'm enjoying them all, I just haven't had the time to read lately. :(

Same here, DSK :( I'm reading Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka(I finished one of the other books in the trilogy the other day) but its been taking me longer to read then it should since I've been doing other things.

Hey! I recently read a great chicklit book called It's Complicated! I wrote a review in my blog link in my signature. XD

I read Faust and Fahrenheit 451 for fun! They were pretty good. I also have Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver and Pretties by Scott Westerfield! Has anybody read them ?

I've read Pretties(as well as the whole Uglies series) and I love them!! I haven't read "Before I Fall" yet(I really want to), but I am currently reading her book "Delirium" and it's really beautifully written

I read Fahrenheit 451 a while back and I agree, it's really good.

Our english class is studying Sherlock Holmes now, and I can say I've been converted I'll admit it, for the longest time I despised Sherlock Holmes Lol I gave up and was converted during the first chapter of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" XD I'm going to have to watch the show and movies now

Awesome! I loved The Hound of the Baskersvilles when I read it for school several years ago! Glad you enjoyed it I hope you enjoy the show!

Love Hound of the Baskervilles!

I read Divergent almost in one sitting. I started it last night, almost finished, went to sleep and finished it this morning. It was pretty good, did you know it was Veronica Roth's first book? Pretty solid for a debut novel, the pacing was really good! A lot of dark things happen in the book, but they weren't as impacting as they could have been because the writing just got in the way... This story could have been pretty terrifying if written by somebody else but I was just like :/ all the way through it. And the characterization....I kept mixing up all the characters even at the very end. XD

I also am almost done with Before I Fall. THAT right there is a spectacular book. I find the all the repeating rather frustrating(I think that's intended), but the writing itself is really good.

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Love Hound of the Baskervilles!

I read Divergent almost in one sitting. I started it last night, almost finished, went to sleep and finished it this morning. It was pretty good, did you know it was Veronica Roth's first book? Pretty solid for a debut novel, the pacing was really good! A lot of dark things happen in the book, but they weren't as impacting as they could have been because the writing just got in the way... This story could have been pretty terrifying if written by somebody else but I was just like :/ all the way through it. And the characterization....I kept mixing up all the characters even at the very end. XD

I also am almost done with Before I Fall. THAT right there is a spectacular book. I find the all the repeating rather frustrating(I think that's intended), but the writing itself is really good.

Before I Fall is one of my all time favorite books! I didn't find the repeating annoying--it was obviously intended and Oliver didn't just copy and paste whatever scene it was in again and again with the exact same wording. It was amazing, and I definitely wish I could write more like that. XD

I agree, Amar, Divergent could have been good if not for the way it was written.

And yes, I agree, I love Lauren Oliver's style! It's the kind I love to read and it reminds me of the way I write, which I thought was really cool

how about The Mortal Instruments? I got the first one the other day and read the first couple chapters. I like the writing, but waiting for the plot/premise to diversify, not really reading about anything spectacular(killing demons, secret world, stuff no one else can see etc. etc.)