I second Darren Shan, remember reading some of his vampire stuff a couple years ago, pretty nice. About countering Eragon: http://www.anti-shurtugal.com/ tells you what's wrong with Eragon while telling you how to do it right.

I would like to recommend "The Time Traveler's Wife," by Audrey Niffenegger.

I'm not very good at describing things without either giving away the plot, or rambling on for ages, so I'll just post the synopsis:

This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous and his experiences are alternately harrowing and amusing. The Time Traveler's Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's passionate love for each other with grace and humour. Their struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.


It really is one of my favourite books.

Also, I intend to read most of what has been sugested here (eventually, anyway).

I just finished Animal Farm, it was great. I loved the allegory and symbolism behind it.

QUOTE (Breloom @ Sep 20 2007, 11:53 PM)

I just finished Animal Farm, it was great. I loved the allegory and symbolism behind it.