The Sword of Truth series caught my attention about three years ago. They're very well written and have several themes. They're books that I strongly advise to read. The series is coming to an end soon, and the next book comes out this summer, which will be followed by one final book. These books have strongly influenced alot of my views on how I do things.

The website for them is www.terrygoodkind.com (the authors name).

The book series goes as follows:

And there's a smaller novel baised in the times before it called Debt of Bones.

Phantom is the book that's coming out, and if it's out, I'm behind >.<

This is the only other series I read besides Starfist...and (shhh!) Harry Potter.

However, one warning. The books are very long. I think the shortest one in 700 pages in paperback, and the longest being almost 1000. But I assure you, once you pick it up, you wont want to put it down. (I hope)

One of the first books I ever read, actually sat down and read (not counting all of the stuff in school they require you to read) would be Lord of the Rings. I have a printed edition of all of the books (If you check out Barnes and Noble you'll noticed these, they come in big read covers) from about 20 to 30 years ago. I can't remember. It was my uncles and passed down to me. It saddens me that the book is demolished from the many times I've read it. I eventually broke down and wrapped the cover in clear tape to help preserve it. I believe that was the first thing that threw me into fantasy. I believe I was in 5th grade, when I read it, and it took alot of slugging threw. But it captivated me enough that I could make it through, even after the amount of words I probally had to look up. I've read that book countless number of times. Then I had a breeze with children series (such as Goosebumps and Animorphs). I can say if I still owned those books, I would probally read them. Being young, people often find it odd that I read so much, but I'll swallow up any book. I believe there was only one book I could never get through, and I can't even remember the name. It was one of those novels they made you read as a Sophmore in high school. I've never read anything by Ted Sturgeon, but I'll look him up.

There's a series, that I was told about by my uncle (one of the many people who turned me to the joy of a good book), I believe Stephen King wrote it, about Gunslingers. I can't remember the name of the series. I've always wanted to pick that one up. I believe I was actually looking for it in Barnse and Noble when I found StarFist.

I don't believe anything could ever replace a good book, and when I find my next ones, I'll gladly post them here.