summer reading Options

[gasolinekisses]

i was just wondering what everyone else is required to read, and if you'd recommend those books.

i'm currently reading the following for 12th grade AP Lit:
"love in the time of cholera" by garcia-marquez
"the god of small things" by roy
"the poisonwood bible" by kingsolver

anyone read these? comments?

[f00LisH_h3aRt63]

yes the benefits of not being in highschool is NO SUMMER READING. haha. but the book im reading right now is pride and prejudice. uGh i love this book.

moved to entertainment

jackie

[EmeraldKnight]

I've heard the God of Small Things is realli good..

I have to read for 11 AP:
Death Of A Salesman - Arthur Miller
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
East of Eden - John Steinbeck

[RandomHero]

Uh, im not reading a book ...Im not a fan of reading it makes me tired hehe

[hybrid]

Smartypants like I don't get summer reading.. mwahah. Just kidding, I'm not a smarty pants.. but I don't have summer reading. I'm just reading for fun over the summer.

The book I'm reading right now is Speak.

[skaterjswife2]

person above me ^^

SPEAK IS SUCH A GOOD BOOK! k anyways

i have to read MYTHOLOGY by Edith Hamilton. It is THE worst book EVER

[mega_m]

this summer i read a ton of comic books and manga and i read this book called Confessions of a Backup Dancer

[ryfitaDF]

summer reading:
cb
smnnews.com
...street names?

[ShEraBaRoO]

well, im planning to read all the Harry Potter Books (or whats out so far) to review before i read the fifth one. I forgot all the others so i have to start from the beginning. its really not for anything, i just want to do it. problem is, i cant pry myself from the computer

[greeneggs]

replaced

[SasukeNaru]

Honors Litcom- Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Joy Luck Club- Amy Tan

AP. Human Geography- Around the world in eighty days - Jules Verne
Fast food nation (dont remember author)

Uhh these books r not that great

[greeneggs]

i have to read a fiction + nonfiction bk they listed on the paper for brooklyn tech. (im goin to 9th) for fiction im reading THE COLOR OF WATER by JAMES MCBRIDE....its a really good book! im almost done wit it.

[chanleythemanley]

Summer reading is the Devil

10 Honors

The Good Earth-Pearl S. Buck
The Count of Monto Cristo
Ethan Frome
A Seperate Peace

the only would I would suggest is a seperate peace. The good earth was decent until the main character told his wife she was ugly and bought a whore to live in his house..

[angel-roh]

hmm summer reading... hehe since i didnt go to the school many times, the teachers didnt tell me wat to read over the summer, but i bet i have to read macbeth >.<;; since yeah haha... i missed that quarter when we learned macbeth gulp!

[T00000]

i was just wondering what everyone else is required to read, and if you'd recommend those books.

i'm currently reading the following for 12th grade AP Lit:
"love in the time of cholera" by garcia-marquez
"the god of small things" by roy
"the poisonwood bible" by kingsolver

anyone read these? comments?

oh honey i have to read the poisenwood bible too! not only that, but i have to read four others besides that:

The Man who Mistook his wife for a hat (a book for AP Pschology)
As I lay Dying
The something something child

actually i dont even know the goddamn names, i'm only on the first book (which is like 650 pages long) and school starts august 6th!! shiiiit!!!! and i have to write 4 essays and fill in 4 journals :(

[lil_shadow]

me...im readin lots of books...i jus dont know the names of them. ^___^''

[LatinaLady]

i have no sumer reading list soi aint doing no reading. i used to read alot before but once i got the computer with the internet.... books dont exsit for me. lol kidding but havent read in a long time.

[joanna0304]

i have no summer reading, ha ha. lol

[JlIaTMK]

Im reading the Chronicles of Narnia....

[Longhorn]

for 9th honors (aka Pre-AP) i have to read:
Flowers for Algernon
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[mizz_mithy]

i'm reading a series of unforunate events. i know it's a easy read but i been wantin to read them for awhile.

Im reading the Chronicles of Narnia

i want to read those books too.

[sweetest-emotion]

For my high school, i have to read Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbins, and There Are No Children Here by Kotlowitz. i read them already fo my 11 Amer. Lit class. no bad of books. i would recommend There Are No Children Here. u get a crash corse on urban poverty, violence, the projects and gangs in 1980's Chicago. really good book. also for fun reads i would totally recommend these for the girls:

*Gossip Girl novels (all 5 are soooo good!)
*Confessions of a Shopaholic novels
*This Lullaby
*Sloppy Firsts novels
*Can You Keep a Secret?
and the *Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontle Snogging novels <---HILARIOUS!
there ya go! these aughta keep u busy over the summer! all are fantastic reads.

[shortie09]

pre-ib:


to kill a mockingbird by harper lee.

mythology by edith hamilton.


basic books. not too bad.

[gasolinekisses]

michellio, as i lay dying is really really good.

thisisarcycledsn, the color of water IS really good. i had to read that in 9th grade.

haha, and boo on you people who aren't taking courses that require reading... you should push yourself harder :P just teasing. no actually i'm serious... no kidding, well actually no.

[megumint]

i read the comics in the sunday paper. heheh

and i read createblog topics. i haven't read any books for 4 months..

[inthemudhole]

Smartypants like I don't get summer reading.. mwahah. Just kidding, I'm not a smarty pants.. but I don't have summer reading. I'm just reading for fun over the summer.

The book I'm reading right now is Speak.

That book roxx0rs so hard.

I'm reading the 3rd Charlie Bone book.
..Kinda kiddish, I know.. but they're coolz0rz.

[ibabyqrlx]

i have to read 2 boring books [forgot the name] for 12 grd govt class (its like a social studies / history class)

[distortedMIND]

Flowers for Algernon

Ooh, that's a good book. Anyways, my summer reading includes:

The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji Li Jiang
Mythology by Edith Hamilton

[*FreeStickers*]

pre-ib:


to kill a mockingbird by harper lee.

mythology by edith hamilton.


basic books. not too bad.

Yeah, I had to read those for Pre-IB too. They were ok.

I have to read

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Trial by Franz Kafka
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

[emo_in_urpanties]

Who else here has required summer readings for school?? Thats another reason y i hate AP English...gaah!

[Kenado]

Yeah I just started summer reading this year I'm going to advanced next year so I have to read to huge books and people who arent only have to read one and they can pick ne book they want to read from the list!

[gOODpIRATE]

yeah, it's like that at my school for AP english classes, but i don't have to do them because students entering the 10th grade aren't required to...but people entering the 12 grade do.

[*lolita kitty*]

we used to back in elementary school. but now? none. thank god. =]

[ANG33ZY]

I don't.. I never do

[freeflow]

i got my first summer project they require reading . and i have 2
soo i have to read the illustrated man by rabradbury and all quiet on the western front. for ap euro and english honors.

[heyyfrankie]

i have to read 2 huge books! i haven't even started!! XD

[emo_in_urpanties]

those 2 huge books wouldn't happen ta be "A prayer for owen meany" and "the mayor of canterbridge"??...[i thnk thats tha title].

[laxumaster8]

i have to

[1--GIRL]

i don't!

[*chaneun*]

yay, I don't have summer reading, but instead, I have SAT practice classes for 5 weeks, once a week.

[*tweeak*]

i have three books to read between my 2 AP classes, so don't even start

[redpeony]

haha i'm doing AP english too
gotta read hamlet and memorize and understand a 25 line soliloquy without online or other help
blahh i don't want to do it

[pshaa.shauna]

im a freshmen, and im taking the eng honors/ geography honors seminar, so we have summer reading...
Of mice and men (then we have to write an essay of 3 chapter)
a tree grows in brooklynn (we have to do this long weird scrapbook thing after we read it)
Mythology (THEN WE HAVE TO WRITE A FRIGGEN SECUIL [<i so spelt that wrong])

[Alk3]

I have to read 2 books for AP US History & 5 for English Honors Legacy... So that's 7 books in all. How wonderful!

For AP US History, I'm going to be tested on those 2 books during the 2nd week of school.

[emo_in_urpanties]

maybe the summer reading will benefit you.

stoopid=stupid

thx for correcting my spelling. i guess u ddnt get tha pt. that i did that on purpose.

[Xprezsion]

Yep I do:
English: Read 3 books and write a response letter
AP US History: Read 2 books and write an essay

and all the books are between 150-400 pages each, someone help me .

[jackizzle]

eh its not that bad.. i chose to read C is for Corps.. i still gotta go get it though.. lol

[xsweetxcandyx]

i have three books

i really need to start on them

[*Azarel*]

I thought I had an AP English reading assignment, but apparently not. I'm reading the novels anyway: Oliver Twist, The Great Gatsby, & Huck Funn. I also have an AP government reading assignment.

[*reflection*]

i have 3 books to read and they sent us the list in july.

[hunnigurl01]

heh. the books i have to read arent bad. dragonsong and dragonsinger. they look like 2nd grader books. heh. i usually dont read my summer reading, but now the schools giving us a study sheet about the book with questions and stuff. yuck.

[hiromi]

Yep, I have summer reading going into highschool. I'm going to read Oliver Twist or The Five People You Meet in Heaven. I might find a few more books to read though, even though I'm not the reading type.

[*xcaitlinx*]

boy do i hate it. especially since im in an honors english class, so i ahve to read twice as much as the regular CP (college prep) class does.

[*tweeak*]

I thought I had an AP English reading assignment, but apparently not. I'm reading the novels anyway: Oliver Twist, The Great Gatsby, & Huck Funn. I also have an AP government reading assignment.

we read 2 out of 3 of those last year

this summer i'm reading the jungle and lies my teacher told me for AP US history (requires fact journals) and eats shoots & leaves for AP/IB language arts, which i have tokeep a journal, find an article on a similar topic, write an essay comparing the two, and then write another essay on my opinion on the subject

[enyceXaddiction]

bleh i dont have summer school but my parents want me to go to an school for the summer to help me prepare for the specalized highschool exam.

[duplicatex0x0x0]

Yeah, I have summer reading Grrr. I hate Friken reading books.

-The Poisonwood Bible by: Barbara Kingsolver

[snak3y3z1001]

sucks for you :p muhhaa no more skool for me

[xMiZziexKiMx]

i have to read 3 books; 1 for gftd la, 1 for gftd chem, and 1 for ap world his >=[

[nosferatu]

I have to read The Piano Lesson (August Wilson) by Monday. We get to have a "discussion group" about it at orientation.

[*tweeak*]

i have to read 3 books; 1 for gftd la, 1 for gftd chem, and 1 for ap world his >=[

you have one for chemistry? wow, that sucks. we didn't. of course, i took honors because i suck incredible amounts of ass at chemistry, but none of my friends did either

[Jeffrey2132]

I have to read two books. I'm used to having summer reading assignments because I've been doing them since second grade (I'm entering tenth). That's what I get for being in every AP/Pre-AP class and Latin. Oh well, it will look good when you are looking for colleges.

[xMiZziexKiMx]

you have one for chemistry? wow, that sucks. we didn't. of course, i took honors because i suck incredible amounts of ass at chemistry, but none of my friends did either

yeah oh lucky you!! the books in the booklist arent even related to chemistry =_=

[Eryi]

I wonder why they didn't assign any for me.

[MrElsewhere]

My friends that went into the HISP program at the highschool near my former middle school were assigned some summer reading. But I'm not going to that school so no reading for me. =] But I'll probably have to do some in high school..

[jennyjenny]

I thought everyone had summer reading? I've been having summer reading since like, ever.

But it's usually a book from a list and another book of your liking (that should be approved by your parents)

[*anubis*]

i thought everyone had summer reading?

i've had it every year i've been in school i think :/

haha we have

no

summer readings. at all

[innovation]

^ dustin? YOU'RE NOT DUSTIN.

i only have to annotate some poetry. muahaha.
but i have tons of required reading for my summer courses.

[delicateATROCiTY]

i have to read life of pi and the woman warrior. and i have to write an in-class essay on one of them on the second day of class.

[yukichan]

Nope..I dont have any, but a read a lot of books anyways...

[Hell-Rell]

Seriously why do they do that? Why don't they ever pick interesting books for once

[elmogurly]

i have to.

i ave one of the most boring books in the world! le morte d'arthur. ugh

[rx_azngirl]

i have read. i hate to read in the summer (sometimes)

[jeSs1cA]

Oh my god, summer reading is such a bitch! I hate it so much.. this summer I have to read 4 freaking books. Their SO thick & the print is so small that it's hard to read. They are on the most boring subjects/topics too.. I do not know how I'm ever going to get through these 4 books by the time school starts.. At least I'm not the only one thats going through this. I can't stand how it's required too. And we get a test for it when we go back to school. AHHHH!!

[ktsou11]

i have to read three books. i'm reading "frankenstein" right now but the book is kinda boring so its taking longer to finish :D and then i dont know whether to read "siddartha" or "emma" but i'm definetly reading "their eyes were watching god"

[lilazn_qt]

omg..we have been so lucky this year..all we have to do is share the connections with the text..we dont have to read two books anymore!!! yay!!!! but it took me like 2 months to finish it though...

[Teesa]

grrrness. we have it too.

we have to read One Hundred Years of Solitude, which I have started, but it is highly uninteresting.
we also have to read Hamlet, which I already read in the seventh grade and I don't mind that play, because it is really good.

[xchrystizzle]

i dont have it *dances around* but im a big dork so i read anyways! yea i read about 20 books every summer ^^;;; but hey it pays off im a good speller!

[napoleon034]

I have to read Frankenstein by Mary Shelly.

[*tweeak*]

i have 3 assignments to do in 7 days

[DisneyPrincessKa...]

i'm very behind on my summer reading
i'm usually done by august. not this year. still have a book to go.

[xtremeliquid]

I have summer reading, the book I had to read is called The Bean Trees. I found it quite interesting throughout the whole story. I was addicted as soon as I read the first page because it was so fascinating and before I knew it...I finished the whole book.

[megan_x3]

Well, every summer, we are required to read books over the summer. But now when I'm going to 7th grade this school year, we have to read one book atleast from the list. I've already read that book, just gotta read it over again to make sure I get all the details. It will be sooo good if they have Harry Potter on those lists.

[hiromi]

I was supposed to read The Five People you Meet in Heaven, but instead, I'm just going to read Digital Fortress, even though it's for 10th grade o_o;

[*iNyCxShoRT*]

No, but reading is easier than actually doing HOMEWORK. I have to do math and reading booklets 5 pages long for each day until tuesday or friday.

[cutelilmonkie930]

i hav to read the scarlet letter n rite an essay fer it - english
read two books on thomas jefferson n present it - history
read the hot zone - science
alebra1 diagnostic test and practice it - algebra 2
read drivers ed book chap 1 - drivers ed
n the worst
do 10 c++ programmes from njit

n fyi im goin to 10th...

[*tweeak*]

it's now 9:45 the day before the first day of school and i have yet to finish a single portion of my assignment

[*xcaitlinx*]

i'm going into English I honors next year so i had to read The Good Earth and Anthem over the summer. i finished them both, and i still have to write a report on both of them. blehhh....i'm too lazy.

[iiTsDAYNA]

I have had summer readings, but not lately.

[MetalChick77]

I have to read the Grapes of Wrath and do 3 assignments on it. I finished the book but I havent started writing. I start school next Tuesday.

[Rachel]

I have to read Fast Food Nation...joy. It is boring soo far.

[seriouslynikki]

I dont have summer readings. If i did..i wouldnt do it. Summer vacation is suppose to be a vacation and to forget about school.
Oh wait, i do have to read. Im not going to to do it. Gosh. Every teacher told us to relax and enjoy summer, but they gave us books to read...wow...how could we relax when we have homework?

[cheerbee07]

Who else here has required summer readings for school??  Thats another reason y i hate AP English...gaah!

yea...I hate AP English too...we had to read the great gatsby, which in & of itself was a good book, but we also had to do:

1) a huge study guide (ch. 7 had 21 questions...and not just simple ones)
2) 300 some notecards (no correctional fluids allowed)
3) 90 some vocab words to locate in the book. and no, we couldn't just write the page number down, we had to write the whole freaking sentence too.

I'm still not done. Darn Teacher. And to think I'll have to do all of this for another book next year. Ah, thanks for the post, I feel so much better now that I've vented lol

[michelina0kudelk...]

I'm not given summer reading, man other countries school systems are strangee, or just other schools I guess But I read anyway, it's quite fun, you can get lost in a book for a whole day, before you knwo it it's dark outside and you can't see your book anymore

[*tweeak*]

I have to read Fast Food Nation...joy. It is boring soo far.

That was one of my options, but i opted for Eats, Shoots & Leaves,which is on grammar

[rainbawwors]

Here are all the books i've read this Summer

for school i read The Good Earth and Charms for the Easy Life.

Then for fun i read :
The Lovely Bones
The Secret Garden
Ever After
The Dogs of Babel

and right now im reading White oleander!

im trying to read as many books as i can...

[KissMe2408]

""love in the time of cholera" by garcia-marquez"
^wasn't that the book that they were trying to find the number in, in the movie "Serendipity"....or maybe i'm wrong?

I miss summer reading...i always enjoyed it lol. But of course i'm a dork. lol.

[angelrevelation]

recommended- anything by sarah dessen very good for summer.

[lilliannnn]

I had to read The Giver. I finished it last night.. It was an alright book, but a bad ending.

[IamRad]

i am, but i was only assigned one book, thank goddddd

[*danielle_x3*]

I had to read The Giver. I finished it last night.. It was an alright book, but a bad ending.

i agree with you
i had to read
the picture of dorian grey
nectar in a sieve
the house of mirth.

school starts in 18 days and i haven't even read one. o_o