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[hi-C]

Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree-I started reading this book a long time ago. but never finished. I love it though. It has all the typical high school drama. Its great one of the best books ever. And I adore the character Tracy. There are many things about her that I admire.

That's the book, right there. I loved it the first time I read it, too.

And Gossip Girl fans, check out The A-List. Similar set-up, different coast.

[*jooleeah*]

I found a new book to read. The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. Very interesting so far. It's about a Jewish girl who goes back in time to the Holocaust days.

Oh, I read that in fifth grade. It's a very interesting book. I remember watching the movie in class, too.

If you like that book, you should read Number The Stars by Lois Lowry. It's very interesting, too. I haven't read it since fifth grade, though. xD

I loooveeee Lois Lowry. What an amazing writer.

[yummy_delight]

Bumpity Bump Bump...

I just started Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston for school. But, I swear I would have read it eventually even without it being on the reading list. I'm loving it so far. She's great with the imagery.

[Mulder]

The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde.

funniest play ever. except for the Foreigners. thats just too funny.

[FREEcandies]

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It's not something a teen would likely read but if you're ever looking for a different view on the world...I read it first back in 9th grade and have read it 2 more times.

[yummy_delight]

^ Oy.

I wasn't a huge fan of The Fountainhead. Maybe I'm just a fan of snappier writing, but it seemed to be a lot longer than was necessary. The court scenes almost killed me. I understand length for the sake of character development, but this novel took that to an extreme. But I have to admit, no one can go on for a 20 page rant like Ayn Rand can.

[FREEcandies]

Me I like fleshy details. That's why I'm also a fan of Tolkien. The Fountainhead's length was fine by me. I kept reading and reading. The court scenes was where Ayn Rand got her point out though. I think she intentionally did the court scenes so she can just go on a rampage. I can see how that might be boring thouh.

READ FANTASY.

[Tribal J_Rome]

i wanna read The Perks of Being A Wallflower

[hi-C]

Bumpity Bump Bump...

I just started Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston for school. But, I swear I would have read it eventually even without it being on the reading list. I'm loving it so far. She's great with the imagery.

I hated this book. We exhausted the crap out of it in the 10th grade. I read it twice that year, once during the summer and once in the fall. Then we analyzed it in class, chapter by chapter, and had to write a 15 page paper on it. (Mine was 28, but I'm verbose like that.) But yeah, I hated the fact that everyone praised Janie for being this strong feminist character when she was totally dependent, one way or another, on some guy.

I should probably read it again to see if my opinion on it has changed.

[ktsou11]

Hmm, I really didn't like Watership Down that much...
Hmm, for English, we're reading Beowulf, but other than that, I haven't had much time for reading, between studying for SATs, ACTs, and doing the college apps...

wow... we're reading Beowulf too. i'm currently reading Around the World in 80 Days. it's nothing like the movie. :[

[ParanoidAndroid]

Currently Reading
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice - I am more than halfway done with this one. It's very good. I like the details and the fluency. Anne Rice did a nice job describing exhilirating details and anologies for unexplainable matters.

Want To read:
Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice Another Vampire Chronicle. I want to read real bad.

The River Between Us

[misoshiru]

for english, i'm reading:
rhinoceros - ionesco
the bald soprano - ionesco
candide - voltaire.

and i'm also reading:
sideshow - william shawcross
the last juror - john grisham

[clarissa]

I've just read Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card. GOOD READ! Parallel novel to Ender's Game. I'm gonna go to the library soon to check out Shadow of the Hegemon. I've read the first 5 chapters of it on the internet and it's really promising so hopefully I can pick it up soon.

Another book I've read was Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.. I forgot the author. It's like Cinderella told from a stepsister's point of view. The stepsister's weren't really evil, just ugly. And there's no magic or anything so it's kind of realistic. Very interesting. The style of writing was hard for me to understand but overall, I think it's an okay book.

[*not_your_average*]

I'm reading The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler for school :x It's about this late '30s private eye detective who's helping an ex-general find the guy blackmailing one of his daughters. It's a tad boring in the beginning, but very interesting as you go along.

I just finished The Shadow Club by Neal Shusterman. It's about these two kids who start a club for "second-best" kids. They play pranks on the best kids, and slowly it gets worse. If you're 13/14, this is a really interesting and good book for you, though sad. It also has a sequel, The Shadow Club Rising, which I intend to check out.

I have no free reading time. All for school =[

[*mipadi*]

I finally started reading The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind today. It's really fascinating. It follows the development and evolution of consciousness, which seems to be a construct unique to human beings. The author, Dr. Julian Jaynes, theorizes that humans once had dual minds similar to schizophrenia; in other words, schizophrenia was the norm. It's a pretty interesting read.

[meleonade]

"A Bend In The Road" by Nicholas Sparks. He's one of my favorite authors, he wrote "A Walk to Remember" and "The Notebook" which turned out to be awesome movies

[RiddleMeWonders]

I'm reading Huck Finn

and Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce

after that I'm going to read .... something else. I havent made up my mind yet. I'll browse through here and see what yall're up to eyes.

There's a book by Faulkner that I started to read... started in the middle of it, actually.

cant remember the title.

[*disco infiltrator*]

Hmm. Let's see. Some good series:

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (uh duh)
The Diaries of Georgia Nicholson (i.e. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging)
Artemis Fowl
Charlie Bone

And Bringing Down the House is a great book as well. (OOH, POLITICS!)

[*tweeak*]

I want to read the sequel to Wicked and Eragon (easy reads are really all I can manage during the school year)

Next week I start Everything that Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Conner

Blac Boy wasn't bad, though the test was hell (people who didn't read the book had juust a good a chance of doing decently as those who didn't...but we all failed anyway)

[SillyCourtney]

I'm now reading Artemis Fowl The Eternity Code.

But, for school, I'm reading The Theban Plays, which tells the tale of Oedipus.

Edit// Haha, Atermis Fowl The C Cube. Wow I wasn't paying attention.

[Mulder]

im reading Pirates! by...um.... i forgot

and i just finished Trickster's choice.

those are for name that book.

im also reading The Prince and The Pauper by Mark Twain for an english project.

[yummy_delight]

I have to read Catcher in the Rye again except for school this time. I love the book, so I'm not totally averse to reading it again.

For fun, I'm reading A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. So far, it's quite good.

[ichigofan]

[size=3][font=Times]Currently, I'm reading:

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte It's good so far, if not a tad dry. I like that she's a strong intellectual heroine as opposed to the typical "damsel in distress", a character archetype that pops up so frequently in other books around this time.

Jane Eyre great book by the way, hmm I have to disagree with you, In a way Jane is a "damsel in Distress", although Jane is strong and very intelligent she cannot seem to use that for her advantage because her passion always seems to drive her to the edge and when that happens shes in such dissaray [sp?] that she needs someone to almost control her- Helen, Ms.Temple, Mr.Reed, and Rochester. Jane isnt fully an 18th c stereotypical "damsel" but she isnt as modern and most people make her seem. I think that we categorize the quote "damsel in Distress" in a demeaning and derogatory way towards women but its just what happens when passion takes over.

anyways sorry for that, hopefully that made sense lols

I want to read Anna Karenina, hopefully I can read it during winter break!

[*mipadi*]

On my friend's recommendation, I am going to try to make time to read Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken.

[vehvih]

Currently reading:

Fahrenheit 451 <- I love it so far