✎ CS Book Club ✐

[wayhaught]

Hi there! My name is smellbig wayhaught and welcome to the new CS Book Club! A while back someone I was trading with asked for book recommendations to go along with the trade. This got me thinking - what if there was a place where the bibliophiles of CS could share the books they liked, leave reviews, and discuss the newest publications? Hence the creation of this, the CS Book Club!

In the book club, members can share anything and everything related to poetry and prose. Come and join the fun! Please note - whenever you're speaking about a book, make sure to include the author's name so that everyone can know which book you're talking about!

This month's theme: Fantasy
Discuss your favorite fantasy books and get recommendations from others!

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[b]Username:[/b]
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[b]Your favorite book and/or author:[/b]
[b]Why is this your favorite?:[/b]
[b]What genres do you like?[/b]
[b]Fun fact about you:[/b]
[b]Anything else?:[/b]

[wayhaught]

owner:
wayhaught - Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

members:
Metatarsals - The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Pyjaks - Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
Tony Stark - Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden
sweet creature - Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo / Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
eclipse. - A Torch Against The Night by Sabaa Tahir
fatcat123 - How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
lyublyu - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Poppymeow - The Lost Continent by Tui T. Sutherland
Ðestiel - Darkside series by Tom Becker
darksonglove - Misery by Stephen King
louise. - The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman
.Kira Nightblade. - Bryan Davis
luminous. - I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
chaoticryptid - A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
Eaglestar098 - Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland
Cherry.mov - H20 by Virginia Bergin
sesquipedalian - Eliza & Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
Whimbie - The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey
xBunx - Young Elites series by Marie Lu
bashful,. - Warriors series by Erin Hunter
oceanetic - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
F A N D O M I Z E D - Death Bringer by Derek Landy
oh yea mr. krabs - The Hive Queen by Tui T. Sutherland
OutlawQuee - Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
applepi - I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells
Birdsforlife - Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland
galaxymouse - Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland
Break free; - Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall by Wendy Mass
kingdom, - We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
BlurryRoses - Shadowhunters series by Cassandra Clare
Koolkatkoolkat123 - Fire Bringer by David Clement Davis
silveriver - The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
blakebelladonna - Wintergirls by Laurie Anderson Halse
kittncakes - Stephen King
beautiful mind - Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
Birdsforlife - Air Born by JL Pawley
gregoryk - The Sisters Grimm by Micheal Buckley
apartmentcat - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
shroom. - Found by Margaret P. Haddix
niyasimka - They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

If you would like to change your favorite book/author, you've changed your username, or you would like to be removed from the members list completely, please message me!

[wayhaught]

June's recommendation, coming from xBunx is the Elementals series by Brigid Kemmerer.

Genre: Fantasy, YA fiction, Action, Mystery, Romance
Stars: ★★★★☆
xBunx review:
The Elementals is about 4 brothers blessed (or should I say cursed?) with the power of the four elements, fire (Gabriel), water (Chris), air (Nick), earth (Michael). Everybody is somehow close to an element, however all 4 brothers are exactly on the point of a pentagram (star showing all 4 elements including spirit). This gives them immense control over their element due to how close they are. However, their parents were killed, and with Guides, people with special control over every element trying to kill them each brother has an obstacle each need to overcome.
I really like this series due to the close attention to detail and immersing story lines. When Brigid writes each book from a different point of view it gives you a sense of closeness with each brother (And Hunter, a "guide") and it is easy to relate and sympathise with them.
There is a nice dose of romance ;3, but also mystery and the series will have you upside down because it can get real intense.
I would recommend this book to... If you're a big fan of elemental books or magic in general. Overall I reccommend it to YA readers, or anyone who enjoys action, thriller, mystery or romance.
Anything else?: The books in order are: Storm (Chris; Water), Spark (Gabriel; Fire), Spirit (Hunter, All Elements), Secret (Nick, Air), Sacrifice (Michael, Earth) And if you do read it, what's your favourite book? Personally mine is Spark~

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[Sunflower Skies]

I want to join the book club!
username: Metatarsals
pronouns: anything works
your favorite book and/or author: The Black Prism (and my favorite author is J. R. Tolkien)
why is this your favorite?: the black prism is very intriguing and keeps me hanging onto every page even when information can get drawn out. And Tolkien is just Tolkien, you know?
what genres do you like? sci-fi, fantasy, historical fiction, magical realism, SUPERHEROES
anything else?: I hope this club grows and is aloud to stay up.

[wayhaught]

thank you for joining!! c: i will add you now.

i should probably read some more tolkein, lol

[Sunflower Skies]

thank you for joining!! c: i will add you now.

i should probably read some more tolkein, lol

Ah! The black prism is not by Tolkien :’D I really like the book The Black Prism by Brent Weeks but thought I should mention that I love Tolkien! Sorry for the confusion!!

[wayhaught]

thank you for joining!! c: i will add you now.

i should probably read some more tolkein, lol

Ah! The black prism is not by Tolkien :’D I really like the book The Black Prism by Brent Weeks but thought I should mention that I love Tolkien! Sorry for the confusion!!

Whoops, my mistake! Hence why I should read more tolkein - then I would know what his books were hahah

[Pyjaks]

Ooo I've been wanting a CS book club!! <3

I want to join the book club!
Username: Pyjaks
Pronouns: She/her
Your favorite book and/or author: Okay I have,, a ton. But if I had to pick just one all time favorite it'd be Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
Why is this your favorite?: Its incredibly written, heart wrenchingly tragic and hilarious at the same time, and the perfect culmination to one of my absolute favorite characters in fiction (I won't say who cos that in itself is a spoiler if you haven't read Joe Abercrombies books)
What genres do you like?: 95% of what I read nowadays is adult fantasy. I sometimes like YA fantasy and contemporary
Fun fact about you: I'm a big dork and reading is pretty much my only hobby (is that sad? kinda lmao)
Anything else?: Nope!!

[wayhaught]

welcome!! thank you so much for joining <3

i've never heard of joe abercrombie before? where should i start with his books?

[Pyjaks]

You should start with his First Law trilogy! The first book is The Blade Itself. If you finish the trilogy you can read the standalones set in the same world, they go Best Served Cold -> The Heroes -> Red Country. And this September a sequel to the first trilogy is coming out :D

I will say though his writing isn't for everyone, it reminds me a lot of the ASOIAF books. Abercrombie books are very graphic, explicit and oftentimes depressing. His whole thing is being super "grimdark" so just be weary if you don't like that kinda thing. If you like YA he also has a YA trilogy but I didn't like it personally (only read the first book). I heard good things from others though!

and thank you for accepting me!! <3