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Report, edit, etc...Posted by iamacow on 2005-09-18 at 20:07:32

Tell me something about these books, or others by the same authors. Have you read them? do you like them? which ones suck?
Albee: Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe
Anaya: Bless Me Ultima
Atwood: Surfacing
Baldwin: Go Tell It On the Mountain
Capote: In Cold Blood
Cather: My Antonia
Chopin: The Awakening
Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans
Crane: The Red Badge of Courage
Dreiser: An American Tragedy, Sister Carrie
Ellison: Invisible Man
Faulkner: Light in August, The Sound and The Fury
Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises
Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God
James: The American, Portrait of a Lady
Johnson: Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Kerouac: On the Road
Kingston: The Woman Warrior
Kosinski: The Painted Bird
Lewis: Babbit
Mailer: The Executioner's Song
McCullers: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Miller: Death of a Salesman
Morrison: Song of Solomon, Sula
Naylor: Bailey's Cafe
O'Brian: The Things They Carried
Spiegelman: Maus
Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five
Walker: The Color Purple
Warren: All the King's Men
West: The Day of the Locusts
Wharton: Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence
Wolfe: Look Homeword, Angel
Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway
Wilson: Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Wright: Native Son

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Toothfariy on 2005-09-18 at 20:46:04

never heard of ne of them. this is for school?

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2005-09-18 at 20:51:44

I'd pick Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. He's a great author, and I like his work. He writes about such horrible things, yet you'll laugh at tthem, and then you'll go "why the hell am I laughing at that?". It'll make you think, and be an entertaining read.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by iamacow on 2005-09-18 at 21:12:45

QUOTE(Mini Moose 2707 @ Sep 18 2005, 07:51 PM)

I've actaully heard just about the same exact thing from many people. I went book shopping today and I got Maus, The Painted Bird (chosen at random), and Slaughterhouse Five.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2005-09-18 at 23:55:07

I just read Hocus Pocus and am now reading Slapstick along with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and I must say I agree with everything Moose said.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2005-09-19 at 00:10:20

Books suck.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by ... on 2005-09-20 at 15:22:56

QUOTE(Rivalry @ Sep 18 2005, 11:09 PM)

Books suck.

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Finally, someone who agrees with me.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Syphon on 2005-09-20 at 16:07:06

Get day of the locusts, featureing Homer Simpson.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Oo.ZeALoT.oO on 2005-09-20 at 17:04:02

Those books sound really boring.
Have fun.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by lonely_duck on 2005-09-20 at 17:07:13

LAST OF THE MOHICANS...never read it but i've heard good things.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by PlayaR on 2005-09-20 at 17:27:06

never heard of any on those books >< wat grade do u go to? i go to 8th >< i bet u got to like 10th or something lol

QUOTE(XxPacmaynExX @ Sep 20 2005, 03:22 PM)

Finally, someone who agrees with me.

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ill agree with u too lol i barely read any books >< but i do read them when the school wants me to lol thats the only time i do read books

Report, edit, etc...Posted by iamacow on 2005-09-20 at 21:49:05

You have an opinion, thanks for supporting it. Just kidding, you didn't support it. I didn't even want it. This is for the people who say "books suck". Everyone else's opinion was valid.

I'm actually done reading Maus I and now I am reading Maus II. They are pretty awesome books.
This is an 11th grade honors reading list, in case anyone was wondering.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kashmir on 2005-09-22 at 16:51:39

the things they carried is good book.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2005-09-22 at 17:16:06

Books suck because there is no action or competition when reading them; they're slow and dull.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2005-09-22 at 19:41:21

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Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms

Not very good, there isn't a lot of action and half of the book is about the guy in his bed. Only the begining and a bit after the middle are good. Then middle which is majority and ending are just plain boring with little plot.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2005-09-22 at 20:02:33

How many books do you have to read? I'm cramming two English courses this year (English 11 Honors and AP English Literature and Composition) and I have to read like 20 books overall for the course of the year.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by The_Shattered_moose on 2005-09-22 at 20:07:22

Rivalry, would you care to back up your position that books suck? I for one find them highly engaging, as I have the mental capacity to image the scenes occuring, after a while I don't really "see" the text, but what I imagine from the text, I think its that way for most people.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2005-09-22 at 20:47:09

QUOTE(Shatter @ Sep 22 2005, 06:07 PM)

Read my second post. I'd rather be actually doing something than reading what someone else did.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kame on 2005-09-22 at 21:08:09

Personally, I hate Steinbeck. I've heard good things about the Warren book though.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2005-09-22 at 21:09:28

QUOTE(Rivalry @ Sep 22 2005, 03:15 PM)

Books suck because there is no action or competition when reading them; they're slow and dull.
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Then you're not reading the right books... I often start reading a book and become so interested in the plot that I can't put it down until I finish it.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2005-09-22 at 21:38:01

QUOTE(Voyager7456(MM) @ Sep 22 2005, 07:09 PM)

Then you're not reading the right books... I often start reading a book and become so interested in the plot that I can't put it down until I finish it.
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I guess that might be it.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by DevliN on 2005-09-22 at 21:51:11

QUOTE(iamacow @ Sep 18 2005, 05:07 PM)

Tell me something about these books, or others by the same authors. Have you read them? do you like them? which ones suck?
Albee: Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe
Anaya: Bless Me Ultima
Atwood: Surfacing
Baldwin: Go Tell It On the Mountain
Capote: In Cold Blood
Cather: My Antonia
Chopin: The Awakening
Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans
Crane: The Red Badge of Courage
Dreiser: An American Tragedy, Sister Carrie
Ellison: Invisible Man
Faulkner: Light in August, The Sound and The Fury
Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises
Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God
James: The American, Portrait of a Lady
Johnson: Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Kerouac: On the Road
Kingston: The Woman Warrior
Kosinski: The Painted Bird
Lewis: Babbit
Mailer: The Executioner's Song
McCullers: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Miller: Death of a Salesman
Morrison: Song of Solomon, Sula
Naylor: Bailey's Cafe
O'Brian: The Things They Carried
Spiegelman: Maus
Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five
Walker: The Color Purple
Warren: All the King's Men
West: The Day of the Locusts
Wharton: Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence
Wolfe: Look Homeword, Angel
Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway
Wilson: Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Wright: Native Son
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The ones in bold are ones I've read and actually enjoyed. The one in red is my favorite on that list. Jack Kerouac is a great writer if you're into beat (and very weird) poetry.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by iamacow on 2005-09-23 at 21:01:30

We're supposed to be reading 200 pages every two weeks, which is pretty easy. When we read we have to take notes and write a critical essay when we finish. I just skim over once I finish and take notes then. Thanks for everyone who has posted.

I think it probably is a matter of finding the write story in the right style. There are some books that bore me out of my mind, while others I will finish in a day.
I also imagine that some people aren't able to get into books because it isn't the way they think. It could be something like people being visual or auditory learners, or however that goes.

I'm done reading both Maus books, now, and they are pretty awesome. I don't feel much like writing notes and an essay.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shadow-Killa_04 on 2005-09-30 at 02:11:42

I'm to lazy to list my School Book reading list thing so I'll just say, reading is fun. Nah, I'll go on, WEll, last year I read:
The color of water
Romeo and juliet
Of mice and men
The lord of the flies
And a lot of others which I don't remember.

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