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 May 26 2007, 11:49 PM
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 i'm maggie =]  Group: Member Posts: 3,607 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 361,616  |
so, what are your summer reading books for this summer?
ill be a senior and we're reading: slaughterhouse five- kurt vonnegurt hot zone- richard preston im actually extrememly excited about hot zone. AHHH, the summary our teacher gave us was wonderful. |
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| *davinci* |
May 26 2007, 11:53 PM
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I haven't heard of Hot Zone; I'll look it up.
I don't have any assigned for school. Actually, I have my Organic Chemistry and Economics textbooks (BOO) but I did go to the local library after 8 months to pick up something to read while commuting. I finished Imaginary Men today and started Wuthering Heights but it's extremely boring for my taste. :( |
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May 27 2007, 01:30 AM
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 sleep now, moon Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,540 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 526,212 |
Huck Finn and Time editorials from 2006 with mass annotations and complementary thingies.
uhhm. |
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| *Azarel* |
May 27 2007, 10:22 AM
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Lordy, I'm so glad I'm done and over with summer reading lists.. College :)
p.s. Slaughterhouse-Five is an amazing novel. |
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May 27 2007, 02:00 PM
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 Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
What I hate that I would have a big test on it on the first day of school. I guess I would totally bomb out on this test, just like the summer reading tests for the past 2 years of high school. |
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May 28 2007, 09:21 AM
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i'm maggie =] Group: Member Posts: 3,607 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 361,616 |
QUOTE(Monokuro-Boo @ May 27 2007, 12:00 PM)  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. What I hate that I would have a big test on it on the first day of school. I guess I would totally bomb out on this test, just like the summer reading tests for the past 2 years of high school. some of the other senior classes are reading that book. i heard that it was really weird..with some girl setting things on fire or something. yea, we have a huge test on the first day, too. usually, everyone has an f or a d at the beginning of the school year. |
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May 28 2007, 09:38 AM
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 Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
Jane Eyre is a great book! And it's not as weird as Bronte's Villette. Villette... wasn't my cup of tea, but it's interesting, to say the least.
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May 28 2007, 12:32 PM
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Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
QUOTE(cup noodles @ May 28 2007, 07:21 AM) yea, we have a huge test on the first day, too. usually, everyone has an f or a d at the beginning of the school year. It took me months to raise my F to a B as my final grade. Screw the first test! 
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May 28 2007, 01:04 PM
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We don't get them till like last day of school[3 weeks], jeebus you guys get them early.
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May 28 2007, 05:30 PM
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i'm maggie =] Group: Member Posts: 3,607 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 361,616 |
QUOTE(Jeng @ May 28 2007, 11:04 AM) We don't get them till like last day of school[3 weeks], jeebus you guys get them early. we get out wed. |
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May 28 2007, 06:03 PM
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c[: Group: Member Posts: 2,302 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 2,876 |
i'm taking ENC1102! no summer reading for me! *high five! haha. but i will read something over the summer. hmm. what to read what to read. :)
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May 28 2007, 06:06 PM
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Farenheit 451 & To Kill a Mockingbird are required. [I'm going to be a freshman]
It's not too bad. 
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May 28 2007, 06:10 PM
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The seniors at my school don't have summer reading.
& even if we did, they tell the teachers not to collect it. |
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May 29 2007, 09:32 PM
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For my AP 11 class
The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises and How to Read Literature Like A Professor |
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May 30 2007, 10:35 AM
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i'm maggie =] Group: Member Posts: 3,607 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 361,616 |
QUOTE(Caitlinnn @ May 29 2007, 07:32 PM) For my AP 11 class The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises and How to Read Literature Like A Professor the great gatsby was pretty good. we read it for our ap english 3 class, too. but it was during the school year. |
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Jun 3 2007, 09:28 PM
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^ I heard The Great Gatsby is good. What's it about? Maybe I'll read it before it gets assigned, haha.
QUOTE(UniversalRoyalty @ May 28 2007, 04:06 PM) Farenheit 451 & To Kill a Mockingbird are required. [I'm going to be a freshman] It's not too bad. I love those two books! They're both fantastic. I love this one quote from Fahrenheit 451. I hope you enjoy them! 
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Jun 4 2007, 01:37 PM
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i'm so bored. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,261 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 473,614 |
QUOTE(Caitlinnn @ May 29 2007, 10:32 PM) For my AP 11 class The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises and How to Read Literature Like A Professor I read The Great Gatsby this school year and How to Read Literature like a Professor last summer. The Great Gatsby was pretty good, but damn, How to Read was a bitch to read, and especially to annotate. Though, it gave you great insight on symbols & such in literature. Good stuff. :) The chapter about sex is pretty amusing. |
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Jun 8 2007, 05:08 PM
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Ima be a senior and we have to read When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe. It's pretty good expect we have to annotate. I hate annotating.
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Jun 8 2007, 05:19 PM
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I don't think any of the schools here do summer reading.
 Or at least, my high school doesn't. |
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Jun 8 2007, 05:39 PM
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I have five books.
 I'm going to be a sophomore. Honors English:
AP Euro: Either A History of the World in Six Glasses, A Distant Mirror: the Calamitous 14th Century, or A World Lit Only by Fire. |
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Jun 8 2007, 11:42 PM
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abooga. Group: Member Posts: 928 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 212,116 |
^ I'm gonna be a sophomore, too. I only have to read two books, though. To Kill A Mockingbird and Warriors Don't Cry for Honors English.
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Jun 9 2007, 12:05 PM
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Here, here they are:
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Jun 9 2007, 05:20 PM
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I'm required to read Slaughterhouse-Five and two other books of my choice.
I was thinking about buying Middlesex, Life of Pi or The Catcher in the Rye. Has anyone read any of those novels? |
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Jun 9 2007, 08:34 PM
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i'm maggie =] Group: Member Posts: 3,607 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 361,616 |
QUOTE(Motivity @ Jun 9 2007, 03:20 PM) I'm required to read Slaughterhouse-Five and two other books of my choice. I was thinking about buying Middlesex, Life of Pi or The Catcher in the Rye. Has anyone read any of those novels? CATCHER IN THE RYE. my favorite book of al time. and im reading slaughterhouse five right now! im only on page 30 or something..but its pretty good. =] |
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Jun 10 2007, 12:04 PM
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Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
^I
 The Catcher in the Rye too! The themes and symbols are really blatant (so that way my in-class essay is much easier).
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