Whatchya readin'?

Originally posted by Klynne
John Steinbeck is a great read. I know some of us were forced to read these as part of our education (Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath). But, I really love his style.

I had to read "Of Mice and Men" last year in English. It was really good. I didn't think anyone else would like it, but everyone got really caught up in the story. A few of the weaker girls(myself NOT included) cried at the end. I was sad to hear that this year's crop of students in that class didn't like the book at all. Different Strokes, I guess.

[moel]

the poetry of petrarch

[Klynne]

Originally posted by Abby Normal
I had to read "Of Mice and Men" last year in English. It was really good. I didn't think anyone else would like it, but everyone got really caught up in the story. A few of the weaker girls(myself NOT included) cried at the end. I was sad to hear that this year's crop of students in that class didn't like the book at all. Different Strokes, I guess.

If you get the time, see the movies. There was one done in the olden days, and one done recently (well within the last ten years). I took a course entitled "Novel" in highschool, and all we did was read books and discuss them. The teacher would also show us the movie, and we saw "Of Mice and Men" and "Grapes of Wrath" If you get the chance read more Steinbeck. Cannery Row, is both sad and funny. A movie was made in the 80's with Nick Nolte in the leading role.

I read “tortilla flats” recently. Interesting read.

[trisherina]

Another Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again , by David Foster Wallace. Worth it for... all of it, as far as I can tell. Maybe it's the essay about TV that strikes me as the best. Anyway, don't put it off: I've had one beloved DFW book go out of print after I had loaned out both my personal copy and my loaning copy. Note: if it was you I loaned it to, please return my Broom of the System .

[daverbee]

I have read all of his books except for Travels with Charley. In this book, he writes about traveling the country with his dog.

Travels With Charley is one of his best!
When I went out to the West Coast to see Vickie before she moved here, she took me all over Steinbeck Country and down into Big Sur. We missed the Steinbeck Museum in Salinas. I really wanted to see Rocinante. That's the name he gave the truck he drove around the country.
Also read The Pearl. Sad but very well done.

[Frieda]

hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy collection

[noxxville]

dumbing us down

[priceyfatprude]

My mom's Mother's Day gift

[zenbabe]

Just finished Briget jones's Diary and must say it was as good as the movie!

[daverbee]

Finally finished Karkatoa - The Day The World Exploded.
Very interesting book. He doesn't just go into the eruption but examines it and the events leading up to it and afterwards from many different angles.

[beckstra]

-The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States of America
-The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Government
-Politics for Dummies
-How To Win A Local Election
-Time magazine

Get the picture???

[Hermione]

Originally posted by beckstra
-The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States of America
-The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Government
-Politics for Dummies
-How To Win A Local Election
-Time magazine

Get the picture???

let me know if you need help with any of that.. I just happen to be obsessed with the government

[Frieda]

oooh beck is running for president!!

[lapietra]

I just finished A. S. Byatt's "Babel Tower" and am about to start on the first book in this series (which has turned out to be four, so far, with the possibility of a fifth, if her fans have any say), "The Virgin in the Garden". It's been long enough ago since I've read this for the first time that I really don't remember any of it... I just know that it's the beginning of a story that concerns a remarkable woman and her relationships, during a period of massive social change.
I still haven't read the second book, "Still Life"... I think I'll go and get it and the fourth book, "A Whistling Woman", which just came out recently and sounds like it will be a great read...

Byatt's books for me are the kind where you never want the book to end... you want to keep following the characters' lives... Those are the best kinds of books, to me.