<p>Nick Hornby stuff for fun, and The Scarlet Letter for school</p>
<p>Naked Economics, The Brothers Karamazov for pleasure; Of Mice and Men for school</p>
<p>It’s depressing how little free time I have to read.
I’m reading Animal Farm right now, and I’m going to read Alice in Wonderland (both parts, I just watched the movie! heheh) and A Tale Of Two Cities after :)</p>
<p>^lol ch0mpha I just did the same thing with Alice :). </p>
<p>Also, I’m trudging along in All the King’s Men. Grrr books without (many) chapters annoy me…</p>
<p>Is it just me, or is Lolita the most insufferable novel ever? I very rarely put books down, but after a couple of weeks slogging through it, I just couldn’t be bothered anymore.</p>
<p>Was Lolita about some girl who falls for an older man or something?</p>
<p>Edit: Just finished 2/3 of “in her shoes” now and started crying.</p>
<p>I really enjoyed Lolita.</p>
<p>Basically, the main character is an ephebophile (pedophile is used incorrectly so often) and falls in love with his step daughter. They begin a sexual relationship. One of the things I most enjoyed about it is that, you have the “monster” presenting his story in incredibly flattering (and just generally incredible) language. Since he’s not explicit and obviously isn’t self-disparaging, sometimes it’s hard to remember how disgusting he is. </p>
<p>Also, Nabokov was an amateur lepidopterist, which just makes his books awesome.His vocabulary is so insane.</p>
<p>lepidorpterist!? Please rephrase that in language for dumb(er) folks!</p>
<p>Big fan o’ butterflies.</p>
<p>Blink by Malcolm Gladwell [in the morning and during school]</p>
<p>The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton [before I go to bed]</p>
<p>The Giver<br>
This book is pretty interesting. And there are some issues for you to think about.
BTW,it’s not thick.</p>
<p>Lolita- <em>cold chills</em> This book was entertaining, but the next day at school…I felt like every teacher was flirting with me…It was hooorrrrennnddous</p>
<p>Well in class we just finished reading The Stranger by Albert Camus. I think we are going to be reading Frankenstein soon. </p>
<p>For leisure I am now reading The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo. Such a great book.</p>
<p>^^ The Giver is the BEST school required book. for my school at least.</p>
<p>^^^Are you in middle school?</p>
<p>Why does this matter to you? …</p>
<p>^ oh i just read the firm by Grisham. it was aiiight. just thought i should mention it. lol</p>
<p>This winter vacation, I read a book named SECRET. It is not only a special but also a insteresting book. After reading it, I tried to do what the book teach me. Magically, something I hope really come true.</p>
<p>Neil Stephenson’s Snow Crash.</p>
<p>Amazing book. I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>Notes from Underground</p>