<p>Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell… its good!</p>
<p>Reading Heart of Darkness for school…eeeeh</p>
<p>hey Littlehuya, i also read that book last night! i am a little skeptical of it but i dont really know what i think. i might give some of those things a shot heh.</p>
<p>as for me, im reading everything is illuminated by jonathan safran foer. just finished the heart is a lonely hunter. good book.</p>
<p>^^ Ooh, I’ve been meaning to read that for years. Sigh.</p>
<p>Catch-22. I’ve been meaning to read this for a long time but never got around to it.</p>
<p>Anyone else hear read That Hideous Strength? I liked it, but it’s definitly Your Mileage May Vary.</p>
<p>^I read the first two in that series, but never got around to that one. How would you rate in relation to those two (assuming you’ve read them)?</p>
<p>^Deeper and darker. A rather convoluted plot, but quite interesting philisophically. Did you know, BTW, that Britain actually has a N.I.C.E. panel now? They decide when to cut off healthcare to old people.</p>
<p>Ah. I still have that book around someplace. Should try to find it…
I’m sorry, but how did we start talking about British killing old people?</p>
<p>^In That Hideous Strength, there is a group called N.I.C.E. which is bent on bringing humanity to the next level, basically everything horrifying in modern science… So it’s rather ironic that the British now have a real N.I.C.E. in that line of work.</p>
<p>Ah. Nice.
Sorry, couldn’t resist</p>
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<p>It doesn’t, I’ve just never heard of the Giver being read at a HS level.</p>
<p>Just finished reading Fences.</p>
<p>The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
I’m enjoying it so far which is rare for me…just getting back into the mode of reading. 
Though it’s a little arduous because the text poses so many philosophical questions to ponder, I really like that interaction between the speaker and the reader.
Damn, do I sound like the perfect product of an AP Language curriculm xD
Also finished Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I really enjoyed that book because of the concise imagery in the dystopias of both the BNW/the Reservation. I thought that parallel was the best. </p>
<p>Hmm…otherwise…haven’t read too much this year which I’m a little disappointed about.</p>
<p>Just finished Order 66 by Karen Traviss…</p>
<p>starting something new soon…just haven’t decided what. Maybe Barron’s AP Physics C…</p>
<p>Blink is not a terrible book.</p>
<p>I’m reworking on The Plague and just started on Essays in Existentialism. Knowing me, I’ll probably finish neither. I’ve never been much of an avid reader.</p>
<p>I’ve had my hands on Condensed Chaos for a while now but still haven’t gotten around to reading it.</p>
<p>@Grisam: Oh…I’m not reading that by the way…I think I posted at the same time you did,lol</p>
<p>Oh yess, Snow Crash! I loved that… speaking of which, I should go finally buy some of these books I’ve been meaning to for ages…</p>
<p>Two books I’ve read recently are Lev Grossman’s The Magician, and The Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Victor Pelevin. I’d say both are worth reading. Too lazy to summarize them right now xD</p>
<p>Finished Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger… I read it in like eighth grade, but I barely understood it. Now that I’m a junior in high school, I can understand Holden’s frame story much better the second time. Overall, it’s a quick and good read. =)</p>
<p>I am currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.</p>
<p>Recently finished Slaughter House Five =]</p>
<p>^ Did you like it? I had a vague feeling of dissatisfaction the whole way through, but it was a good book.</p>