<p>Last read: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn… I really liked it.</p>
<p>Currently reading: To Kill a Mockingbird… I quite like it so far.</p>
<p>The Catcher in the Rye. Worst. book. ever.</p>
<p>^ LOL really?</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Yes, it’s really overrated. I think people think they’re sophisticated if they praise books like The Cather in the Rye.</p>
<p>Grapes of Wrath. Great book.</p>
<p>Last read: The Big Short by Michael Lewis. A great breakdown of the current subprime mortgage financial crisis from a contrarian point of view. I loved it, and could follow it without any real prior financial knowledge. Similar to Gladwell in story-telling (who I love…)</p>
<p>so now I’m reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and Freakonomics by Levitt… I seem to like a certain genre of books.</p>
<p>^^^ They really think they’re sophisticated? It is so cliche to read it and obsess over it, and I don’t think the overall story (coming-of-age)/language is up to the point of sophistication.
I personally liked it (varying opinions here), but I prefer Salinger’s short stories.</p>
<p>Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.</p>
<p>Loved it almost as much as I love those long CR passages in the SAT.</p>
<p>The last books I read were Emma, Olive Kitteridge, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I loved them all, but Emma was my favorite.</p>
<p>Think by Simon Blackburn
Amazing book. Every beginning philosophy student should read it.</p>
<p>Superfreakonomics by Levitt & Dubner
Very entertaining read, interesting spin on current affairs</p>
<p>
this is the same as saying Shakespeare is worse than Anne Rice to me.
I consider An American Tragedy the worst novel that’s over 500 pages(but not the worst book) I’ve read. It’s long-winded, affected in style, old fashioned in narrative techniques and angles, and tinged with solecisms. Altogether unbearable.</p>
<p>What’s wrong with The Catcher in the Rye?! :</p>
<p>Last book I read was The World According to Garp! Absolutely loved it, so hilarious and yet so tragic…</p>
<p>“Yes, it’s really overrated. I think people think they’re sophisticated if they praise books like The Cather in the Rye.”</p>
<p>SPOILER ALERT:</p>
<p>generally I’d tend to agree with this statement, but with TCItR I don’t. Holden is such a compelling character, even after it’s revealed at the end that he might be a little nutso. The intense introspection and resulting cynicism that he’s capable of is envied by many of his readers.</p>
<p>or at least, that’s why I liked it.</p>
<p>TCitR’s one of my favorite novels, mostly for personal reasons (such as Holden’s feelings towards his siblings). Salinger wrote that novel back when the term ‘teenager’ was just emerging, so you can put Holden’s angst into sort of a timeless context while remembering that this book virtually started a genre (teenage realism).</p>
<p>It’s definitely not the kind of novel people say they like to sound sophisticated…the book is probably the opposite of that.</p>
<p>I don’t know why, but when I read this book sophomore year I was like “meh…it’s ok”, but when I reread it in English class the next year, I liked it a lot more.</p>
<p>Reading The Color Purple now. It’s alright.</p>
<p>@CranberryOrange </p>
<p>I only have to read Genesis, Exodus, Matthew, and John (only the part about Lazarus). I read the New International version.</p>
<p>CranberryOrange was correct. It was Things Fall Apart. I did not know why I added the “When.”</p>
<p>“Handle With Care” by Jodi Picoult-AMAZING book. Read it & you’ll see why.</p>
<p>True Blue - David Baldacci, good one, though to me it was like one of the other Baldacci books. Still it ain’t the best page-turner but it’s worth the time :)</p>
<p>The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.</p>
<p>I had to read it for Eng honors homework. It was pretty good except those few chapters that made it super boring.</p>
<p>13 Reasons Why- Best book I’ve ever read! Working on the newish Ozzy autobiography:P</p>