<p>I always spend way too much money 
And any book recommendations? Here are some recommendations for you: the scarlet letter, brave new world,into the wild, burned, the burned journals and the pretty little liars series. They really are amazingly good and way different from the show. Iāve been a pretty little liars reader since 8-9th grade <3</p>
<p>I love Gone With the Wind - read it in 7th grade and have revisited almost every year since. Ultimate favorite, canāt rave about it enough; Iāve also got a massive character crush on Rhett Butler. 
The Catcher in the Rye was wonderful as well. Iād also recommend Animal Farm, My Sisterās Keeper, The Kite Runner, and From Beirut to Jerusalem if you havenāt read them!</p>
<p>Iāve had a copy of The Scarlet Letter on my shelf for ages so Iām tempted to start it. Whatās it like? I know the general plot but when I first touched it a few years ago, it seemed kinda dryā¦</p>
<p>And I too love buying books! Test prep, literature, everything. xD</p>
<p>I read The Scarlet Letter and I thought it was really, really boring, but to each his own I guess. Iām a much bigger fan of fantasy and science fiction. Kurt Vonnegut, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Terry Pratchett, and Douglas Adams are among my favorites. The book version of The Princess Bride is also fantastic and incredibly underrated.</p>
<p>But yes, I love books, and I love buying them - Iāve probably spent a significant amount of all the money Iāve ever had on books (whatever doesnāt get spent on camera gear).</p>
<p>I read the scarlet letter just a while ago in my ap English 5-6 class and I was one of the only students that actually read the book. I loved all the symbolism behind it and ingeneral I like Hawthorne and his darkness. You canāt just read It thoughtlessly, you must read and internally analyze the meanings and themes.</p>
<p>Brave New World is AWESOME! Some related suggestions are If This Goes Onā, It Canāt Happen Here, and The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Girlās Illustrated Primer. Haruki Murakami is completely unrelated author that I adore. His works are like metaphysical journeys into the surreal; reading his stories is like being in a warm, foggy haze of pleasant confusion. Iām working on reading all of his stories and books.
Yesterday I went to Barnes & Noble and picked up The Dictatorās Handbook, and I canāt put it down. Itās so interesting!</p>
<p>reading is a part of my life. anyway im more inclined to the real old āboringā classicsā¦</p>
<p>Seconding the hairy lemon</p>
<p>The Metamorphosis FTW</p>
<p>The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Grapes of Wrath, and anything by Earnest Hemmingway is really amazing! I second Animal Farm by George Orwell!:)</p>
<p>@clandarkfire - loved The Metamorphosis too! The eerieness and the angst! It was really good for such a short read. </p>
<p>Speaking of short reads, has anyone read the novella Breakfast at Tiffanyās? I liked it a TON more than the movie.</p>
<p>Two days ago I bought Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to read before the movie <3</p>
<p>I went crazy yesterday on Amazon. I had a few bucks to spend, and all I bought were books, namely Zorba The Greek, Steve Jobs (the Walter Isaacson biography), Letters From a Stoic by Seneca (as you can see, Iām divulging much Greek philosophy), and a few others.</p>
<p>Thereās a Steve Jobs biography out already?!</p>
<p>No such thing as overly excited, or too much money :3 Not when it comes to books!</p>
<p>Highly recommend Crime and Punishment, or Roots, or anything by Rousseau. Heās such a softy :)</p>
<p>Yeah, itās been out for a few weeks now. The one I mentioned that was authored by Walter Isaacson is the āofficialā biography, since Jobs commissioned Isaacson to write it a few years before his death.</p>
<p>I always recommend the same books, Lolita and Slaughterhouse Five. </p>
<p>Lolita is a gorgeous novel.</p>
<p>If you enjoyed Brave New World give Nineteen Eighty-four a try.</p>
<p>You should try Amy Tan novels. Bonesetters daughter is my fave !</p>
<p>I second Amy Tan. The Joy Luk Club was gorgeously written! :)</p>
<p>I get unbelievable excited to go to book stores. One of the reasons Iām sad about Borders 
Since learning to read itās always been like that, loving bookstores I mean. I feel at home surrounded by all that knowledge, history and imagination. Books are my safety blankets. My parents ended up buying me a Kindle just because I carry so many books around with me and as an athlete they were worried I could hurt my back.
Sadly I donāt have much time anymore (high school senior) to do much fun reading, and my older sister has told me in college youāll have almost 0 time to fun read if you want good grades. But Iām currently reading Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (been a fan of these books since the first one ever came out!) and A Woman Worth Ten Coppers by Morgan Howell. Both are excellent.</p>