<p>I liked dicken’s hard times and great expectations</p>
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<p>LOVE LOVE LOVE that book.</p>
<p>^ Really want to read A Clockwork Orange! </p>
<p>What about The Grapes of Wrath? Have had to read it a billion times for Decathlon and it has really grown on me.</p>
<p>I hate Steinbeck so much.</p>
<p>@ engaged I JUST read Hunger Games and I was not very impressed, it did not live up to all the hype and Katniss and Peeta were not, imo, the best YA couple out there. Now I am doubtful of whether I should read the remaining two books.</p>
<p>Wow all you guys read such intellectual books. Does nobody else like chic-lit? Am I the only one who loves Georgette Heyer?</p>
<p>But I liked</p>
<p>Harry Potter!
Jane Austen
Georgette Heyer
Jane Eyre
The Scarlet Pimpernel (LOVE!)
Books of L.M Montgomery</p>
<p>^ chic-lit is my guilty pleasure…I know its crappy literature, but I love to read it anyways…=P</p>
<p>BUMPING this thread… Bc I thought it was pretty good :)</p>
<p>Does anyone read a lot of poetry?</p>
<p>Not really. I like Dorothy Parker (a lot) but that’s kind of the extent.</p>
<p>What poetry do you read?</p>
<p>Anyone read House of Leaves? It’s such a mind screw, and some find it pretentious. I, personally, found it terrifying.</p>
<p>A range of stuff, I really like Petrarch, Chaucer, Jonson, Marvell, Milton, Blake, Keats, Eliot, Pound and William Carlos Williams most</p>
<p>^ Blake! Haha WHY??</p>
<p>Blake is incredibly original, and his spiritual beliefs defined the Romantic era. Being both a romantic in spirit and a lover of Milton as Blake was, I’m quite biased</p>
<p>*The sun descending in the west,
The evening star does shine;
The birds are silent in their nest,
And I must seek for mine.
The moon, like a flower
In heaven’s high bower,
With silent delight,
Sits and smiles on the night.</p>
<p>Farewell, green fields and happy groves,
Where flocks have took delight.
Where lambs have nibbled, silent moves
The feet of angels bright;
Unseen, they pour blessing,
And joy without ceasing,
On each bud and blossom,
And each sleeping bosom.*</p>
<p>His writings generally tend to be somewhat dissatisfied, but they exalt a sense of freedom and innocence that I find quite enjoyable</p>
<p>I guess I’m biased as well 
Had some bad experiences with Mr. Blake… </p>
<p>But it is interesting how often he is quoted and I like being able to identify that (he’s quoted in Slaughter-House Five.)</p>
<p>Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov</p>
<p>I like Sophie Kinsella’s books too. Very supericial but funny.</p>
<p>I like Neal Stephenson. Interface is my favorite book, though A Ring of Endless Light comes in a close second (by L’Engle).</p>
<p>Bump…</p>
<p>I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned Joyce</p>