Guest abc123__ Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen So far, so good. I'm only a few chapters in, but I really like it so far. Love the word use. Only thing is, that individual characters could have more visual description because I like to see the characters in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ginger Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 ^ i love Twilight and New Moon, I can't wait for Eclipse to come out, so far away =( annotating Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky for AP English just finished Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes trying to figure out which book to read for outside reading: Cannery Row by Steinbeck, Lolita by Nabokov, The Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, or Ulysses by James Joyce. Probably gonna end up reading all of them. Ah, I have not so fond memories of spending my last four days of vacation at the beach reading Crime and Punishment. I was fourteen years old, and was furious at my English teacher for making us read it (along with three other novels) over summer. It was very, very good, from what I can remember. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ LOLITA. I haven't read the Steinback yet, Ulysses is a little dry for my personal taste, and "Twelfth Night" is too much like some of Shakespeare's other plays to be considered above the others. Lolita is my favorite piece of fiction. The writing is hysterically dark and orgasmically gorgeous, the characters are unforgettable, and the story itself is worth studying for years. I have read it maybe 20 times since I first picked it up in 10th grade, and *every time*, I find something new. Nabokov fills his writing with a myriad of subtle allusions that further enlighten the characters, and it's absolutely mind-blowing. Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle is much the same, but to an insane degree. His short stories are amazing, too. Sorry for rambling, but I'm known among my friends as being the total Nabokovian... -ginger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummyicecreamkiss Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Ah, I have not so fond memories of spending my last four days of vacation at the beach reading Crime and Punishment. I was fourteen years old, and was furious at my English teacher for making us read it (along with three other novels) over summer. It was very, very good, from what I can remember. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ LOLITA. I haven't read the Steinback yet, Ulysses is a little dry for my personal taste, and "Twelfth Night" is too much like some of Shakespeare's other plays to be considered above the others. Lolita is my favorite piece of fiction. The writing is hysterically dark and orgasmically gorgeous, the characters are unforgettable, and the story itself is worth studying for years. I have read it maybe 20 times since I first picked it up in 10th grade, and *every time*, I find something new. Nabokov fills his writing with a myriad of subtle allusions that further enlighten the characters, and it's absolutely mind-blowing. Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle is much the same, but to an insane degree. His short stories are amazing, too. Sorry for rambling, but I'm known among my friends as being the total Nabokovian... -ginger Cannery Row is very short; so it is worth a read anytime. Twelfth Night is a good, fun to read, one of my fave Shakespeare's and it is not very depressing at all. Amanda Bynes' movie, She's the Man is loosely based on this work (Just like the movie 10 Thing I Hate About You is loosely based upon Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.) Lolita is typical of Nobokov and probably his most infamous work (known for being Banned because of its content), and basically this is the basis for the word Lolita..... it's not that long of a read and if you don't mind its content then it's worth reading... think VC Andrews-like Currently I am reading the Darkly Dreaming Dexter Sequel, Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay after watching the controversial series on Showtime (it's creepy so i didn't really watch it 100% during certain parts and i read it during daytime ^^;; it's basically a murder mystery kinda thing(think CSI) with an ironic twist, dark humor and then some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest l is for lindsey Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 ^ i just finished cannery row and received tortilla flat for christmas. as for now, im in the beginning of anna karenina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sunshine4ever Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I'm re-reading "Tuesdays with Morrie." Does anyone want to recommend some similar books like "Tuesdays with Morrie?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sky's Crying Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard for my AP Lang. & Comp class. Meh, it'll take time for me to start liking it. I hated Godot at first too, but now I love it. I'll just have to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oshirou Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 The Devil and Miss Prym...Paulo Coelho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lollypops Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Andy Warhol byyy jan greenberg & sandra jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ginger Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard for my AP Lang. & Comp class. Meh, it'll take time for me to start liking it. I hated Godot at first too, but now I love it. I'll just have to wait and see. I love R&G--can't help it. All of my drama major roommates are sick of it, but I really do love it. -ginger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eidolon. Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I'm reading Michael Crichton's new book, Made. It's really good. (: -jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hosub Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche. No explanation necessary. He has nice prose compared to Kant and the rest, jesus, how relaxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest overlyexpressed Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Twilight by Stepahnie Meyer Such an awesome book. I love it so much. Fifth time reading it. And I just got it. A day ago. <33 I totally recommend it. The passion of love.. Between human and a vampire. True love... Sigh. It was such a beautiful stories with a lot of cliffhangers and moments you want to cringe and die and moments where you are happy for Bella and Edward. I loved it. I devoured the whole book. <3 In my opinion, it was much better than the sequel, New Moon. But despite this, both the books were awesome. Total pwnage to all my old favourite books. These two books are now my favourites. I hated how Edward left in the sequel... But it was for the cause so they could reunite at the end~ Can't wait. For. The third book. If there is a third book. o_O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RockStar17 Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (sp?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MUXU Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 a clockwork orange by anthony burgess great book, great movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 just started on The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (the first few pages remind me of Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rainidy Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, Sandra Smith. Pretty interesting so far. I like the author's style of writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skye Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Its sooo gooodd!! Its hard to understand some phrases but all in all, its a good read. I wish there was more affection between Darcy and Elizabeth cause there was hardly anything like that in the movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xKiwi Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend. It's hilarious, recommended to anyone who likes comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VersusVillain Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I finished The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides last night. It was great, now I really want to read Middlesex. >< I'll start on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad sometime today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MUXU Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 ^read the first couple chapters of heart of darkness but didnt finish. not a bad bad book...does make me want to see the movie though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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