<p>but why … ?
is it fun for you … ?
and especially if you’re reading existentialist works D: ; isn’t that really challenging ?</p>
<p>Reading is fun for me. I started reading at a really young age, and I can’t remember a time where I didn’t enjoy grabbing a book and escaping the world for a few hours. Reading non-fiction and classics take longer, yes, but I like learning and even “boring” books interest me. Plus, I find that reading relaxes me better than any other leisure activity.</p>
<p>I also try to balance out meatier works with YA historical and dystopian fiction, which I enjoy and can read quickly. Reading is kind of a personal preference, like any activity. I’m just one of those who loves doing it.</p>
<p>Anyone still wanna swap essays?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t mind swapping, oneten. PM me if you still want to</p>
<p>Existentialist works are the BEST.</p>
<p>I will continue essay swappin’.</p>
<p>Deep philosophical works/existentialist + science fiction = happiness</p>
<p>But I can also read basically anything else and enjoy it. Yes. Reading is fun for me. Not mindless and stupid like video games. Yeah…
iluvbooks said it better, but I basically agree with him/her entirely.</p>
<p>I started with fiction but I moved to nonfiction when I felt like I’d seen it all. Sometimes I’ve been led to a good fiction book. Usually a classic.</p>
<p>Since we’re on the topic of books/literature anyone want to share favorite authors/books?</p>
<p>Ok.</p>
<p>I know it’s cliche, but I really love Frankenstein. And also Anthem by Ayn Rand, in addition to countless others. ;)</p>
<p>Her. 
And yes, reading is just so enjoyable!</p>
<p>I don’t think I really have a favorite author.</p>
<p>I’m not big on existentialist works, or books considered “classic”. I do love Asimov’s Foundation series, and I’m currently reading World War Z by Max Brooks. I highly recommend it, as it’s definitely not your average horror/thriller book (the premise is that a reporter chronicles a global zombie plague, from outbreak to aftermath, through interviews with people ranging from the Vice President to a Taoist zombie-hunter monk.)</p>
<p>I work at my local library, so I kind of just pick up books lying around. I wish I had more time to read though. Too much stuff to do for school/clubs, despite how much I love it. I’m so jealous of you guys who read at the rate of almost a book a day, apparently. :(</p>
<p>My favourite book at the moment is probably Kafka on the Shore. I guess I’m kind of going through a Murakami phase / haha skysailing I find myself in a similar circumstance, so many things to read but so little time :(</p>
<p>I literally have stacks of magazines/books that I’ve yet to read since school started. I was just getting into Catch-22 when I got slammed by chem labs, world lit papers, and organizing model un conferences… oh my oh my second semester is awful. :(</p>
<p>“The Stranger” by Albert Camus or “The Catcher in the Rye” be JD Salinger</p>
<p>I just finished reading Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Friere. Wish I had written by essay on it, but it’s fine. People who are interested in TASP would most likely be interested in this as well.</p>
<p>I have a stack of books I’ve started and then never finished. January was just too busy; I haven’t finished a single book since December!</p>
<p>Aww that sucks. Yeah, I made it through the introduction of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and never got a chance to finish it. Though thankfully our new English teacher picks enjoyable books for class, so I’m not completely illiterate this year. 
Though the lack of time to read novels/solid books has forced me to appreciate poetry and short takes. 
So good stuff overall.</p>
<p>@darthbarf- WWZ is such a phenomenal book. Can’t stress enough how much I love it.</p>
<p>@Everyone talking about existentialism- Kirkegaard is my homeboy.</p>
<p>As for reading recs-</p>
<p>Anything by John Green. So serious. Anything by him. (Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines, The Faults In Our Stars or Will Grayson, Will Grayson)</p>
<p>Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (particularly if you like family sagas or coming of age stories)</p>
<p>Grendel by John Gardner (I had to read this for school but it was so amazing that I wish I had picked it up on my own. Great novel for any ancient Lit or philosophy geeks)</p>
<p>The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Gardner (This is a pretty standard mystery novel, but the voice of the narrator is such a fresh, original spin on the whole surly detective cliche. As a big fan of mystery novels, this is one of my favorites)</p>
<p>Yes. John Green. YES. Any fellow nerdfighters on here?
He’s perhaps my favorite modern YA author. </p>
<p>Reading recs (these are mostly light reading… not exactly Kierkegaard 
I’ve been too brain dead as of late [thank YOU, AP Physics!] to really venture into the existentialist realm. But still. They are good; you should read them.)</p>
<p>The Fault in Our Stars by John Green! :)</p>
<p>For those of you who haven’t already, READ FRANKENSTEIN. It’s better than you think.</p>
<p>The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey. LOVE THAT BOOK!</p>
<p>The Astonishing Life of an Octavian Nothing by M.T Anderson</p>
<p>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon</p>
<p>The Awakening by Kate Chopin</p>
<p>Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson</p>
<p>Faust by Goethe</p>
<p>The Time Machine by H.G Wells</p>
<p>Anthem by Ayn Rand</p>
<p>Mostly modern books. <em>sigh</em> I have no time anymore!</p>