Saiyuki

If you love manga, Saiyuki is definately a series to invest in. I've read all of the first series and the first book of the second series (the second volume I can't get my hands on...). I really suggest reading the manga first instead of seeing the anime. Alot of interesting and funny jokes and facts are lost in...translation. ;) Plus! The manga has fantastic art work. Yaoi fans, there are hints...but...*shrugs* they leave it all to your imagination. Wishful thinking I suppose.

From Wikipedia

Saiyuki, also known as Gensomaden Saiyuki (幻想魔伝最遊記 Gensōmaden Saiyūki?, lit. Romanticized Tale of a Journey to the Extreme) in Japan, is a popular manga series created by Kazuya Minekura and loosely based on the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West (Xī Yóu Jì). Studio Pierrot has adapted it into an anime as well, although the storyline is not yet complete.
Gensomaden Saiyuki deals with the fortunes of four fighters - the monk Genjyo Sanzo (Romanized Genjo in the anime and Singapore English manga), the monkey deity Son Goku, the half-demon Sha Gojyo (sometimes spelled Gojou), and the demon Cho Hakkai, who have been dispatched by the Sanbutsushin (The Three Aspects of the Buddha) to India to investigate the reasons behind the recent insanity among the demons. Demons, who have formerly coexisted peacefully with humans in Shangri-La, are going berserk and turning against them

Moon Called

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs seems like your everyday run of the mill boring werewolf, vampire, ghoul book. Wrooong. I was absolutely captivated from the first page on. The protagonist Mercy is so...original. Everything in this novel is. I loved the characterization and fast pace of the action. It was also very suspenceful leaving you wondering what would happen next or who exactly is the..."bad guy". Mercy is a very believeable main character, I wouldn't mind having her as my neighbor!

From The Author

Moon Called is the beginning of the story of Mercedes Thompson a coyote shapeshifter who is also a pretty decent mechanic. Mercy's world looks a lot like ours except that the Otherworld is begining to be forced out of hiding by our modern technologies. Mercy shares her back fence with the local Alpha werewolf and works evenings on the vampire Stefan's VW bus. She's safe and content -- which doesn't make a very story, does it? So, of course, matters begin to change on the first page. In this book Mercy faces trolls and gremlins, old boyfriends and older vampires. I hope you enjoy her story.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Yeah, I know everyone's seen the movies. But, Roald Dahl's Charlie and The Chocoalte Factory is awesome. You'll never view the movies the same after reading the orginal material. Besides it's fun to compare and contrast the movies with the book. This novel is a classic. There is so much I want to talk about but I just can't. Willy Wonka is an evil evil man in the most cutest ways. If you have a weird quirky sense of humor this is something you'll fall in love with over and over again.

About The Book

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Verunca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!