i'm reading a book called Stargirl. it's by Jerry Spinnelli. my teacher read it to us in fifth grade, but i don't recall anything, really. but my english teacher assigned it to us. today was the first day she assigned it. we had to read to the end of chapter five (pg. 26), although we are aloud to read farther. but, by choice i'm on chapter nineteen (pg. 100). lol. yeah... it's really good. i forget how it ends and i'm REALLY curious. i'd suggest it to you if you haven't read it already.

rachel, read my sister's keepr by jodi picoult.

meh. we really shouldnt be allowed to study good books at school. now i hav enothing but resentment for of mice and men, which is a shame, as i would have enjoyed it if it werent for the forced hunts for symbolism



the friend i was talking about is sophie, so that's unlikely to be of much use

Oh, I missed the "my friend" bit somehow.

As for the school thing, I agree. I couldn't enjoy To Kill a Mockingbird at all because I was too busy anotating, which was a shame

I want to start another book, but I don't want to have it deter me from reading my Orwell essays which we start this week since I have to do my oral on them. Plus, when I went to start a book at the Forum Friday, I got distracted and wound up talking to some sophomores and Jared instead

i love to kill a mockingbird.

i also enjoy the fact that animal farm is short and quick. i read it last night. and now im on 1984. i like orwell.

although i was irked that he incorrectly used less when he meant fewer. or possibly the other way around

i like Orwell as well. The novels over the essays, of course, but if I must read essays, I'm glad they're his.

I wanted to love To Kill a Mockingbir. That's why it was so unfortunate. At least I read Animal Farm on my own so that the Squires couldn't destroy that

I just reread The Da Vinci Code for the third time. I'm in love with it, so I'd like to read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Also, I just began reading A Time To Kill by John Grisham. As much as I liked the movie, the book is better so far.

Interview With a Vampire- Anne Rice
The Birth of Venus- Sarah Dunant

A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut. Good stuff. Not a fictional book like his usual ones; just memoirs of his life.

The Truth (with Jokes) by Al Franken. Hilarious.

i never have time to read books aside from school anymore :(. i started The Da Vinci Code around a month ago but haven't had time to read since then. oh, and i just finished Bless Me, Ultima for my english class.

im reading Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui... well written

^ ah i liked that book.

i'm currently reading che guevara by john lee anderson. one of the best written documentaries of che's life i say.

and, the glass menagerie by ionesco.

The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee. I first heard about this book when I was in the seventh-about-to-be-eighth grade (this was during the summer) when I went to Mexico with a few kids from my Spanish class. The teacher who lead the trip, who I admired, said that he read the book and it changed his life. Fast forward nearly seven years later and I'm finally getting around to reading it. It's out of print and quite controversial so my home library didn't carry it, or at least I didn't look well enough. The copy I'm reading is actually my dad's, I took it from him when I went home for Winter Break. So far I like it, although I have some problems with the protagonist, but when I finish it, I'll give a full/better review.

i finished Teen Idol by Meg Cabot in a day. *shrug*
It was okay.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. <333

currently reading memoirs of a geisha :D

i hear that's an awesome book. i want to buy it.

equus, by Peter Shaffer.

It was a beautiful book.

The last book I read was Moby d**k...for the fifth time.

Once I finish reading a good book, I fall into a literary funk.

EDIT// Haha, I love how the filters on cB turn that book title into something dirty look. Assholes.

I need to find another book.

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a million little pieces by james frey
and then after that ordinary people by judith something
and then after that night by elie wiesel
and then after that i'll go buy more books.

DO NOT SPEAK THE NAME OF THE BEAST!!!!!

did you ever read 1984?

of course! I was going to read it anyway, but it was even better because I got extra credit from She-who-shall-not-be-named. She actually came up in language arts today too. After 5 minute of heavy complaining, other She-who-shouldn't-be-namedgot angry.

Speaking of Orweel, we've started the essay unit. I'm already behind, though. I forgot to print out last night's.

Nocturne -- Adam Rapp; a heartwrenching short play about a man coping with an awful tragedy.

Dubliners -- James Joyce; too beautiful for words, really.

A Prayer for Owen Meany -- John Irving; many of you will read this in high school, and rightfully so. One of the most well written pieces of contemporary literature.

There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in Urban America -- Kotlowitz, Alex; a social eye-opener about the slums of Chicago.

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa -- Mathabane, Mark; great account of the injuries of Apartheid.

A Farewell to Arms -- Ernest Hemingway; another one of those pretty war/romance stories, except this is the quintessential one.

Sula -- Toni Morrison; anything by her will satisfy your noodle.

Slaughterhouse-Five -- Kurt Vonnegut; very strange book, which is probably why I like it.

Don Quixote de la Mancha -- Miguel de Cervantes; one of the great satires ever written.

Siddhartha -- Herman Hesse; great story about spirituality...quite eye-opening.

Ahh, there's ten. That's enough. I read all of these and thoroughly enjoyed them. This would most definitely be my list of ten books to take to a deserted island until the end of time.

^ OOOHHH I'm planning on getting Slaughterhouse Five soon, after I finish all of my books that I got for Christmas/Hannukah.

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Dubliners -- James Joyce; too beautiful for words, really.

Siddhartha -- Herman Hesse; great story about spirituality...quite eye-opening.

I'm working on both of those right now, actually. I'm about three fourths of the way through Siddhartha, which I started earlier today. Wonderful, beautiful imagery. And I'm really not one for spirituality and such, so that's saying something.

And I'm reading Dubliners for AP English Lit. It's growing on me, although I've only read the first two of the childhood series out of the four series.

read the full script of blithe spirit by noel coward today. i lov eit, cant wait to perform it

A&D is pretty much TDVC. Same format and storyline.. just a different setting and situation.


Anyways, I'm reading Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. Love Palahniuk. <3

Sorry. Didn't mean to double post... stupid thing went through but I got a Page Not Found message so I didn't think it did... T_T