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I’ve read all her stuff except for that one.
I love her. What she writes is what I call real literature.</p>
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<p>I’m not ready to read any of her stuff yet. I read a few of Terry Goodkind’s novels, and I’ve had enough of objectivism for a while. Seriously, the guy just bludgeons you with it.</p>
<p>I dislike Ayn Rand and her unrealistic worldviews. I cannot comment on the quality of her literature, though.</p>
<p>^She does the same thing. Objectivism is the main thread going through all her stuff.</p>
<p>How much reading do you guys get assigned in class? I have read probably 30 assigned books since my freshman year. I’d say that probably accounts for about half of what I’ve read in the past 4 years.</p>
<p>^Less than 10 in my entire high school career. Makes me sad.</p>
<p>^^Yeah, I kinda figured. That’s why I need a break.</p>
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like 1 book every 2 weeks for history a book every 3 to 2 in english</p>
<p>I lol’ed when BillyMc said someone had unrealistic world views hahaha</p>
<p>Nope; our school’s books are more than enough. I would go into memory capacity overload if I read more.</p>
<p>Yes. My school pushes philosophy more than novels, so I typically read the canon and literary criticism outside of class. About a book every two days.</p>
<p>Oh and Rand sucks.</p>
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One side has a scientific analysis of history on its side, the other has greed. Just because I believe in what is not currently in power does not make it unrealistic. Seeing the composition of Ayn Rand’s views, however, I note a lack of a real understanding for how history works. I’m told she’s a very good writer though (I wouldn’t know).</p>
<p>Yes. I love reading and I think it can teach us a lot–sometimes more than school can. It’s incredibly valuable and only now, as a 2nd semester senior, have I really been able to prioritize reading outside of school. Before, in the limited free time I had, after hours of homework and school and Mock Trial practice, etc., I wanted to do stuff that required no brain power whatsoever–i.e. TV. Now I’ve gotten back in to reading outside of school and I’m so happy about it. I’m usually reading a book in English, and some stuff in my language class or for history, but non-academic reading, where you can just immerse yourself in a story and not have to worry about analyzing it or answering “discussion questions” is just wonderful. :)</p>
<p>I have a tendency to read a lot. I generally only read fiction at school, since at home, I’m either working, homework…ing, or reading other things(news, forums, whatever). I like that in English 4, the teacher actually pushes kids to read. I finally picked up Frankenstein because of that and enjoyed it quite a bit. It’s fun to compare it to today’s science fiction. Plus, 1984. Kept forgetting that one. The only frustrating thing is that she won’t allow multiple book projects at once, which is rather frustrating.</p>
<p>I’ve been asked why I read since middle school, though. I don’t know why people stop. There’s plenty of time in the day to read. I play games, do computer things, clean, cook, work, homework, and still have time for at least a book a week. I think that some teens aren’t the best at organizing time, though. Heck, 30 minutes a night isn’t that hard. People act like it’s hard to read something, but if you do so often enough, you get faster and the time it takes to read 60 pages isn’t really that much of a problem at all. </p>
<p>Rambling too much now. But reading for 10 minutes between classes, or at lunch, or anything isn’t too hard. Deciding to go to bed an hour earlier and reading for that hour isn’t that hard either, as long as there isn’t a long club and tons of homework(yay, reading log and a 4 hour long club, all in one day? Awesome). Blah! I’m going to be quiet now.</p>
<p>I read some magazines (from Time to Seventeen, haha). And then the only other reading is SAT prep, for CR.</p>
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Lawl, I know, right? The only good part of Terry Goodkind is the number of different things you can lol about in his books - the strawmen, the random speeches, random slaughter-fests by the ‘heroes’, gratuitous rape scenes and so forth.</p>
<p>There’s no such thing as gratuitous rape scenes</p>
<p>amirite</p>
<p>Joking about rape isn’t funny.</p>
<p>My Ds friends and my D ,a freshman at Harvard read all the time .For many people ,reading is actually ENJOYABLE !! If you don’t enjoy reading ,perhaps you should think about something you enjoy-a sport ?Find a book about an athlete ! A good librarian would love to get you excited about reading . Is reading a chore ? Maybe you could take a class to improve your reading skills .I am a mom ,who has been an active reader my whole life .PS -my D would never go on this website .</p>
<p>^ I would read but, alas school doesn’t give me the time and when i do have the time, i’d rather spend it with friends than with a book.</p>
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<p>I think it’s quite the opposite of that…most of history has been motivated by greed, not by some desire to help the less fortunate.</p>