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06-15-2008, 10:34 PM
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| I second 100 Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (I think...)
But my favourite is the Shadow of the Wind by a Spaniard who I don't know the name of. | 
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06-15-2008, 10:47 PM
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#32 | | Junior Member
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| I agree:
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Hot Zone
I recently finished Gilead Marylynne Robinson and I thought it was really good despite my lack of beliefs in religion. | |
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06-16-2008, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by pramirez184 The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway is amazing. The book is easy to read and gives you good examples of materialism. | I beg to differ on the former assertion. It is terrible. The only thing it is good for is the themes and messages. | |
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06-16-2008, 12:24 AM
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#34 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Minnesota
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| Some of My Favorite Books: - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
- Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
- So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba
- Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
All FANTASTIC books. | 
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06-16-2008, 01:13 AM
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| harry potter is always good | |
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06-16-2008, 01:59 AM
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#36 | | Junior Member
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Posts: 213
| Running with Scissors-Augusten Burroughs (Granted, it is a bit disturbing at some parts but it really is a good book. It made my trip to Belgium all the more memorable)
It's Kind of a Funny Story-Ned Vizzini. Honestly i think this is one of the best books ever.
Neither of these books are "classics" but they're both extremely good
Oh and Freakonomics. I love that book  | |
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06-16-2008, 04:42 AM
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#37 | | Junior Member
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| Shadow of the Wind was written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon | |
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06-16-2008, 10:49 PM
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#38 | | Junior Member
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Posts: 110
| The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins!
It's basically about every kid's life on CC hahah. Totally relatable but still shocking. | |
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06-16-2008, 11:32 PM
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#39 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: California
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| Wow, I read through some of the posts and I can use them as guides!
As for me, I really don't read much, I should, since as a rising sophomore reading skills will be important. x.X
With that said, some of the few books I actually read and liked include:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
1984 by George Orwell
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Huck Finn by Mark Twain
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Off the top of my head. Most of these were school-assigned but were still worth reading for me. | |
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06-17-2008, 12:18 PM
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#40 | | Member
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| i second the Count of Monte Cristo. this book was like the first book i read in my life and this totally got me interested into reading more and more. | |
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06-17-2008, 01:26 PM
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#41 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jersey
Posts: 597
| Dante's Inferno - Dante Alighieri
Discover your punishment according to Dante Alighieri in this virtual tour of Hell, before your time comes! An epic allegory about poetic justice.
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
A story of post apocalyptic Earth, where a father and son journey to the coast in an attempt to escape the horrors of starvation, cannibalism, and an unpleasant, excruciating death. | |
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06-17-2008, 04:30 PM
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#42 | | Junior Member
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| love thomas pynchon
i know sparknotes has those fiction stories that incorporate as many SAT words as they can- its mainly about high school romances and stuff but its good review i guess | |
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06-17-2008, 05:29 PM
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#43 | | Junior Member
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Posts: 127
| Atonement by Ian McEwan
I really can't tell you too much about the plot without giving it away, but I can confidently assure you that it will blow your mind.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
If you haven't read this yet, you should. One of the best opening lines in literature.
Dubliners by James Joyce
Good short story collection. Less confusing than his other works. I liked it.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Excellent combination of humor and sci-fi. Bring your towel.
Also, if you have access to The New Yorker, that is a good magazine to read. | |
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06-17-2008, 05:45 PM
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#44 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goleta, CA
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| you know you COULD read "The Alphabet of Manliness" by maddox ( Amazon.com: The Alphabet Of Manliness: Maddox, Angelo Vildasol, Bryan Douglas: Books)
guys can hide it from their parents and girls and parents can throw it into the furnace
if you're a female i recommend "The Bunny Book" by various 'authors' ( Amazon.com: The Bunny Book: How to Walk, Talk, Tease, and Please Like a Playboy Bunny: Deanna Brooks, Pennelope Jimenez, Serria Tawan, Annabelle Jasmin Verhoye: Books)
girls can hide it from their parents, guys can laugh at it and parents can chuck it into the mouth of a fire breathing dragon | |
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06-17-2008, 05:54 PM
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#45 | | New Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 25
| Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
amazing book on multiple personalities | |
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