Ann Rice, Interview with a vampire
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
David Guterson, Snow Falling on the
Cedars
Ernest Gaines, A lesson Before Dying
Janet Fitch, White Oleander
Paco Ignacio Taibo II, No Happy
Ending
Arturo Riviere-Perez, The Fencing
Master
Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Eric Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western
Front
Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh
Mistress
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mist of Avalon
Carson McCullers, the memeber of the
Wedding
Craig Shaw Gardener, The Return of Chaos (Buffy
The Vampire Slayer)
Chaim Potok, The Chosen
Rachel Cohn, Pop Princess
Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible
Beauty
Michael Dorris, A Yellow Raft in Blue
Water
Le Ly Hayslip, iWhen Heaven and Earth Changes
Places
Gary Soto, A Summer Life
Paul Zindel, Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
i'd prefer to read something thats sorta sadistic. but if theres something here
thats really worth reading can someone point it out for me?
i dont want to have to pick one at random like i did last year >.>..
Ah yes, White Oleander is great. I also enjoyed Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson,
but it is probably a bit under your reading level. In my first year of
university I read Zadie Smith's White Teeth and it was excellent. Have fun
reading!
the novel that stands out to me in that list is life of pi by yann martel. i
think that is a really good novel of a surivial story of a boy and a tiger. its
a really sad novel i would think but is a very interesting novel. it is one of
the novel that i personally like out of all the novel i was focred to read in
english.
most books i dont enjoy reading... maybe its because im reading something that
im simple just not interested im reading.
anyway, during the summer vacation , i have to read two books. at least one of
the books have to be on the list. the other book can be anything else as long as
its about up to my reading level.
are there any other books that MT would recommend to me? still, i'd like to read
something thats sorta sad...
im emo at heart =D
Sorta sad, hmm? I'm not all that in tune with modern literature outside of my
personal preference, but if you're interested in classics I might be able to
help.
Poe is pretty good, I'll say; but I've only read shorter works by him. You know,
The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, A Telltale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado[i], and parts of [i]The Raven. He's a
very strange author, very depressing and rather horrific...but I can't deny that
he's good.[/i][/i]
Phantom of the Opera is pretty good,
though the basis of it is a romance of sorts (romance is far from my favorite
genre, personally); I've been told the recent movie butchered at leat the
ending, though I haven't seen it for myself. It's interesting, and full of
little twists and turns.
You could try The Great Gatsby; I read
it in 11th grade, and it wasn't a personal favorite but a lot of people in my
class enjoyed it.
Or there's Shakespeare, if you're into that kind of thing; I fell in love with
his tragedy Hamlet when we read it this
last year in school (my senior year).
Hum...if this has helped you any, I'm glad; if not, feel free to contact me and
I'd be happy to try to help you come up with somethign you're interested in. I'm
a bookworm (aka nerd), and I love reading...anyway, hope this helped ^_^
heres the list i have to pick from:
Ann Rice, Interview with a vampire
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
David Guterson, Snow Falling on the Cedars
Ernest Gaines, A lesson Before Dying
Janet Fitch, White Oleander
Paco Ignacio Taibo II, No Happy Ending
Arturo Riviere-Perez, The Fencing Master
Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Eric Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mist of Avalon
Carson McCullers, the memeber of the Wedding
Craig Shaw Gardener, The Return of Chaos (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Chaim Potok, The Chosen
Rachel Cohn, Pop Princess
Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty
Michael Dorris, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Le Ly Hayslip, iWhen Heaven and Earth Changes Places
Gary Soto, A Summer Life
Paul Zindel, Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
i'd prefer to read something thats sorta sadistic. but if theres something here thats really worth reading can someone point it out for me?
i dont want to have to pick one at random like i did last year >.>..
something by Edgar Allen Poe?
Ah yes, White Oleander is great. I also enjoyed Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, but it is probably a bit under your reading level. In my first year of university I read Zadie Smith's White Teeth and it was excellent. Have fun reading!
the novel that stands out to me in that list is life of pi by yann martel. i think that is a really good novel of a surivial story of a boy and a tiger. its a really sad novel i would think but is a very interesting novel. it is one of the novel that i personally like out of all the novel i was focred to read in english.
midnightLOVERS
most books i dont enjoy reading... maybe its because im reading something that im simple just not interested im reading.
anyway, during the summer vacation , i have to read two books. at least one of the books have to be on the list. the other book can be anything else as long as its about up to my reading level.
are there any other books that MT would recommend to me? still, i'd like to read something thats sorta sad...
im emo at heart =D
Sorta sad, hmm? I'm not all that in tune with modern literature outside of my personal preference, but if you're interested in classics I might be able to help.
Poe is pretty good, I'll say; but I've only read shorter works by him. You know, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, A Telltale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado[i], and parts of [i]The Raven. He's a very strange author, very depressing and rather horrific...but I can't deny that he's good.[/i][/i]
Phantom of the Opera is pretty good, though the basis of it is a romance of sorts (romance is far from my favorite genre, personally); I've been told the recent movie butchered at leat the ending, though I haven't seen it for myself. It's interesting, and full of little twists and turns.
You could try The Great Gatsby; I read it in 11th grade, and it wasn't a personal favorite but a lot of people in my class enjoyed it.
Or there's Shakespeare, if you're into that kind of thing; I fell in love with his tragedy Hamlet when we read it this last year in school (my senior year).
Hum...if this has helped you any, I'm glad; if not, feel free to contact me and I'd be happy to try to help you come up with somethign you're interested in. I'm a bookworm (aka nerd), and I love reading...anyway, hope this helped ^_^
I'd prefer Brian Jcques Redwall 12 book Series!