Actually reading makes it "fun to be mental" :laugh Ok I know I'm a dork.
Anyway, I agree with reading Jane Eyre, John Knowles "A Separate Peace", and of course "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
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Actually reading makes it "fun to be mental" :laugh Ok I know I'm a dork.
Anyway, I agree with reading Jane Eyre, John Knowles "A Separate Peace", and of course "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
Ooh! "The Bell Jar" was awesome! :upQuote:
And when I was a teenager, Lalol, I loved Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. They're both poets (although you should check out Plath's Bell Jar, a novel), both quite accessible, and an excellent introduction to women's literature.
:laugh I just gave this to my 14-year old nephew for Christmas.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnowflakeGirl
If you're looking to build vocabulary I always liked H.P. Lovecraft. I read him as a teen and he expanded my vocabulary of gross and creepy words like "necropolis" and "miasmal."
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Originally Posted by Lucy
Thanks, Lucy... I knew it was someone famous. :lol
I haven't really bothered reading any of the classics like Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, or a Tale of Two Cities because I'll end up reading them in AP English my senoir year, so what's the point? Plus, I've been reading way too much lately. I'm reading:
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas [Honors World History]
A Stillness At Appomattox by Bruce Catton [Honors English 10 Extra Credit :winkgrin]
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
Blue Heron by Avi
Fellowship of the Ring by Tolkien
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne [Honors English 10]
etc, etc, etc... :rofl
Here's a few:
The Secret Life of Bees (amazing and wonderful, about strong women)
The Handmaid's Tale (that Margaret Atwood...love her)
The Magician's Assistant (sweet, quirky story about loving the wrong guy"
The Poisonwood Bible or any other Barbara Kingsolver
wow Thanks everyone :) Now I won't be bored to death reading... Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or something similar :lol
but...Huck Finn is really good:)Quote:
Originally Posted by lalol
Lalol, you're a guy, right? (I think you said so elsewhere). We seem to be directing you toward a lot of women-oriented books. :lol
I'll echo Haejin who sugested Dracula by Bram Stroker. I've read it several times and always enjoyed it.
I've said this before somewhere, but here are the books I always recommend:
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
About a Boy/High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Sarah by J.T. Leroy
Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks
Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Sula by Toni Morrison
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole
Like snowflake, I recommend anything by Eggers or Wallace and would add David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty) as well.
Oh and the best book ever...
"Letters to Myself" to be published at a later date by some hazy dude.