Books You Haven't Read, And Feel Bad Because You Haven't |
 Sep 30 2006, 02:24 PM
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 Amberific.  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772  |
I have a lot of those.
Lord of the Flies Catcher in the Rye Grapes of Wrath Jane Eyre A Tale of Two Cities A Farewell to Arms Catch-22 The Sun Also Rises For Whom the Bell Tolls Atlas Shrugged And to my ultimate shame: Native Son Black Boy And I didn't read Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice, and 1984 until I got to college. I don't believe I got through high school (and two AP courses) without having to read them. |
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| *salcha4u* |
Sep 30 2006, 02:26 PM
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I HAD A WHOLE LIST, but I kind of lost itl.
Catcher in the Rye Catch-22 The Scarlet Letter Pride and Prejudice The other half of Watership Down The other half of The Historian The other half of Grapes of Wrath I always read half of a book then move on... |
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| *Azarel* |
Sep 30 2006, 02:38 PM
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^ You'll get to The Scarlet Letter and Catcher In the Rye later in the year, if you haven't already (I'm pretty sure they didn't change the reading list for Honors English..)
Oh, and I KNOW what you mean and I hate that this list is so large.. >_< To Kill a Mockingbird Great Expectations Pride and Prejudice Moby Dick 1984 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Picture of Dorian Grey Clockwork Orange Merchant of Venice Death of a Salesman A Farewell to Arms The Fountainhead Atlas Shrugged All the Pretty Horses Grapes of Wrath The Great Gatsby A Midsummer Night’s Dream Of Mice and Men A Tale of Two Cities One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights A Raisin in the Sun The Taming of the Shrew Song of Solomon I probably missed some.. And I didn't read Animal Farm & The Bell Jar until just a few months ago. XD |
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| *mona lisa* |
Sep 30 2006, 09:27 PM
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Must look for a written list of this; it's somewhere in my desk. This topic makes me feel ashamed of myself.
 Lord of the Flies Grapes of Wrath Slaughterhouse-Five Catch-22 Fight Club (I'm, like, 5 pages in.) The Scarlet Letter (I have the e-book.) Pride and Prejudice (I have the e-book.) The Picture of Dorian Gray (I have the e-book, though.) The Fountainhead Fahrenheit 451 (Haven't finished it and I doubt I will anytime soon.) A Midsummer Night's Dream Hamlet Animal Farm (I have the e-book.) To Kill a Mockingbird (I have the e-book.) Merchant of Venice The Great Gatsby Jane Eyre Brave New World (I have the e-book.) The Hobbit Anne Of Green Gables A Christmas Carol (I haven't read the book itself.) I know there are a lot more. Well, from reading the few replies in here, I don't feel as ashamed anymore. =P |
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| *salcha4u* |
Sep 30 2006, 10:10 PM
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Rar, all of you haven't read Jane Eyre. I think read half of that as well though...
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Oct 15 2006, 11:32 PM
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 yawn :) Group: Official Member Posts: 2,926 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 434,041 |
QUOTE Great Expectations Pride and Prejudice Moby Dick 1984 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Picture of Dorian Grey Clockwork Orange Merchant of Venice A Farewell to Arms The Fountainhead Atlas Shrugged All the Pretty Horses Grapes of Wrath The Great Gatsby A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Tale of Two Cities One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights A Raisin in the Sun The Taming of the Shrew Song of Solomon basically the same list as yours except for the few i crosses out either because i already read them or some other reason |
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Oct 17 2006, 10:49 PM
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 Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
-Book 11-13 of Lemony Snicket's
-A Short History of Almost Everything -Death of a Salesman (I liked The Crucible, so I expect this one to be great as well) -Pride and Prejudice -The Catcher in the Rye -Tuesdays with Morrie -Lord of the Flies -The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath is awesome.) |
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Oct 17 2006, 11:48 PM
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- 1984
- Catch-22 - Catcher in the Rye - A Farewell to Arms - The Giver (I know, I should've read this like 6 years ago) - Old Man and the Sea - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (it's sitting patiently in the living room) And pretty much anything Shakespeare. Although, I don't really enjoy reading Shakespeare, so I don't exactly feel bad. |
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Oct 18 2006, 10:42 AM
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 oooh yeah. Group: Member Posts: 1,333 Joined: Feb 2006 Member No: 376,533 |
1984 (Not fully...
 )The Great Gatsby Animal Farm Anna Karenina One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Fight Club A Clockwork Orange Pretty much anything Shakespeare... Trust me, there's a LOT more. |
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| *My Cinderella.* |
Oct 19 2006, 10:28 PM
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Walk two moons.
To kill a mockingbird. |
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Oct 25 2006, 02:35 PM
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 I be Deea. Group: Member Posts: 102 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 471,373 |
Hmm.. Let's see.
I never finished the vampire chronicles. I intend to do so, but... meh. I feel suffocated if I think of the books I want to read just this year [until 2007 starts]. From The Scarlet Letter to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Murder and Punishment, Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein and The Ring of McAllister. I also never finished LOTR, or anything by Tolkein properly. The way he writes bores me, but then again his vocabulary is prolific. There are many other books I regret not reading, but I will make up for it, eventually. :( |
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Oct 25 2006, 02:39 PM
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 Don't worry guys, size doesn't matter...to lesbians Group: Member Posts: 2,444 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,066 |
We had to read Catcher in the Rye for 8th grade. Half the class liked it and half the class hated it. I was a little neutral about the book. It would've been okay if Holden wasn't so god damn whiney about everything. I read a Tale of Two Cities as an extra credit... it was a little boring in the beginning and the fact that it described unnecessary stuff and went on explaining details that has nothing to do with the chapter made it very very very boring. And it was hard for me to memorize the names of the characters. I only memorized the Mannettes since their last name was just... recognizable I guess. My class is going to read Lord of the Flies at the end of the year..or somewhat in the middle of the year.
I do feel bad because I didn't get to read How to Kill a Mockingbird. It was an optional book for my year and then we have to read it next year... I kinda wish I read Midnight's Summer Stream.. or is that how it goes? |
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Oct 25 2006, 04:14 PM
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Moby Dick Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Picture of Dorian Grey Death of a Salesman A Farewell to Arms The Fountainhead Atlas Shrugged All the Pretty Horses Grapes of Wrath A Midsummer Night’s Dream Of Mice and Men A Tale of Two Cities One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Wuthering Heights The Taming of the Shrew Song of Solomon All I haven't read. Everything else you guys have mentioned. i've already read. 1984 is a good book. So is clockwork orange. (YEEYY!! ) xD |
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Oct 31 2006, 12:09 PM
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catcher in the rye
atlas shrugged - fountainhead - been meaning to read picture of dorian grey harry potter series..=( yeah lotr =\ alot more..mainly its the classic books that everyone says is great but i started 1984 and brave new world and had trouble getting into it =\ |
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| *yrrnotelekktric* |
Oct 31 2006, 11:41 PM
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i like this topic.
 -poisonwood bible -hot zone -the count of monte cristo -airframe -peace like a river -the virgin and the gypsy ....add more later. |
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Nov 2 2006, 12:24 AM
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My friend has been trying to get me to read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged forever. I'm going to have to give in sooner or later.
Then there's also: - Moby Dick - Last two books of the Vampire Chronicles - The Bell Jar - The Odyssey And I really need to read some Terry Brooks. |
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| *mona lisa* |
Nov 3 2006, 06:51 PM
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QUOTE(mona lisa @ Sep 30 2006, 9:27 PM)  Must look for a written list of this; it's somewhere in my desk. This topic makes me feel ashamed of myself. I've found that darned list and so, adding on: Lord of the Flies Grapes of Wrath Slaughterhouse-Five Catch-22 Fight Club (I'm, like, 5 pages in.) The Scarlet Letter (I have the e-book.) Pride and Prejudice (I have the e-book.) The Picture of Dorian Gray (I have the e-book, though.) The Fountainhead Fahrenheit 451 (Haven't finished it and I doubt I will anytime soon.) A Midsummer Night's Dream Hamlet Animal Farm (I have the e-book.) To Kill a Mockingbird (I have the e-book.) Merchant of Venice The Great Gatsby Jane Eyre Brave New World (I have the e-book.) The Hobbit Anne Of Green Gables A Christmas Carol (I haven't read the book itself.) I know there are a lot more. Well, from reading the few replies in here, I don't feel as ashamed anymore. =P And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie The Color Purple by Alice Walker Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Crucible by Arthur Miller Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Willams (  )Gulliver's Travels by Johnathon Swift The Giver by Lois Lowry Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
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Nov 8 2006, 03:49 AM
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look for the stars as the sun goes down Group: Member Posts: 493 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 453,963 |
sisterhood of the traveling pants 3 and 4(if that's even out)
tristan and iseult and that's it. |
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Nov 12 2006, 05:15 PM
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Catch 22
Animal Farm Pride and Prejudice Vanity Fair A Tale of Two Cities Lord of the Flies Jane Eyre Fahrenheit 451 A Christmas Carol There are probably more that I can't think of right now. Gahhh I have to get started on this list. |
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Nov 12 2006, 06:13 PM
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 skaters gonna skate. Group: Official Member Posts: 6,861 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 6,336 |
Those two books I got for christmas or my birthday like 2-3 years ago. The traveling pants books.
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Nov 13 2006, 03:40 AM
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 What a sick, masochistic lion. Group: Member Posts: 1,853 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 460,535 |
- eragon
- animal farm - a tale of two cities - a midsummer's night dream - of mice and men - the great gatsby - catcher in the rye - the taming of the shrew - jane eyre - the 1st, 3rd/4th book in the 'shopaholic' series by... sophie kisella i think? i forgot her name... |
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Nov 13 2006, 04:27 PM
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 i've never wanted anything rationale. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,449 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 19,045 |
The Color Purple
Don Quijote The Giver Great Expectations Pride and Prejudice Moby Dick The Fountainhead Grapes of Wrath Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Animal Farm Catch 22 Da Vinci Code <---I've read about 1/2 and then my mom stole it back. I am suprised at some of the books that those my age haven't read. I read Brave New World, 1984, A Tale of Two Cities, Lord of the Flies, The Picture of Dorian Grey, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and a few others, sophmore year. I also read most of the Shakespeare mentioned in high school as well, not to mention Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, Death of a Salesmen, and The Crucible, the last two both sophmore and junior year. |
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Nov 17 2006, 10:24 PM
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oooh yeah. Group: Member Posts: 1,333 Joined: Feb 2006 Member No: 376,533 |
QUOTE(rawtheekuh. @ Oct 18 2006, 9:42 AM) 1984 (Not fully... )The Great Gatsby Animal Farm Anna Karenina One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Fight Club A Clockwork Orange Pretty much anything Shakespeare... Trust me, there's a LOT more. In eighth grade, I read a paraphrased, watered-down version of Hamlet, and I have to read a paraphrased, watered-down version of The Odyssey now. (I'm in ninth grade.) I know it's harder, BUT WHY CAN'T THEY JUST MAKE US READ THE ORIGINAL?  Oh, and I need to read more Tennessee Williams dramas. I've only read The Glass Menagerie. Plus, Catcher in the Rye. |
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Nov 21 2006, 06:53 PM
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 You can't keep running from what you're trying to find. Group: Official Member Posts: 5,030 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 54,096 |
Any classical books, like Mice and Men, The Great Gatsby, The Giver...
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| *My Cinderella.* |
Nov 21 2006, 07:11 PM
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Memoirs of a Geisha
The Notebook A walk to remember To kill a mockingbird Animal farm |
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