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I think the most ironic part of this mini-rant is that you want to burn the books of someone who holds, in your view, an opposing opinion. It just proves Ayn Rand’s points about human nature.</p>
<p>I really intend to read, if my free time allows:
Brave New World (AP Lit required)
The Poisonwood Bible (Rereading; AP Lit required)
Hunger Games trilogy (Rereading)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Literary Criticism UIL required)
Billy Bud, Sailor (Lit Crit UIL required)
The Handmaid’s Tale
A Clockwork Orange
The Fountainhead</p>
<p>Reccomendations:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
-a fantastic novel about a post-apocalyptic North America in which two survivors, a father and his son, travel towards the east coast and what they believe to be safety.</p>
<p>The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
-set in the heart of Africa, this book sends you to the broken Congo in which a Baptist evangelistic minister and his family have to endure the harsh African life, or fall apart trying. (Really, this book is about SO much more than that. An extremely dense book that takes more than one read to entirely grasp. SO good. #1 recommendation.)</p>
<p>The Awakening by Kate Chopin
-this novel tracks the course of Edna Pontellier’s “awakenings” that lead her to throw away social conventions and pursue her desires. (I adore this book. I love Edna. Even if she is a terrible person. :))</p>
<p>Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
-poor Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett is faced with a society that says a woman will get nowhere without a marriage and some, or preferably a lot, of money. This novel shows the independent Elizabeth and her encounter with the impersonal Mr. Darcy, as well as the courtship that ensues. (My favorite aspect of this book is the humor. Keeps you laughing the entire way through.)</p>
<p>For Fun:
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
Into the Wild - Jon Keakauer
A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
The Snow Leapard - Peter Matthiessen
Great Plains - Ian Frazier
Road Fever - Tim Cahill
Travels with Charlie - John Steinbeck
The Odyssey - Homer</p>
<p>Andd I’m rereading (for the 11th time) Harry Potter to prepare myself for last movie. Saddest thing ever. </p>
<p>For School:
AP Art History- read a few chapters in Gardner’s Art Through the Ages (and a bunch of other summer work related to the textbook…)
AP English Lang & Comp - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, and Cannery Row by John Steinbeck.
APUSH - read a few chapters in Enduring Vision (and a bunch of other summer work related to the textbook…)</p>
<p>I seriously doubt that this is all going to happen.</p>
<p>It might help if you skip Lolita.</p>
<p>Why should I skip Lolita?</p>
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<p>Our AP lit. teacher gave us this list <a href=“http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APtitles.html[/url]”>http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APtitles.html</a> </p>
<p>Brave New World sounds interesting…any recommendations?</p>
<p>^ If you mean by recommendations on Brave New World, then here I am. I read it last year and I quite liked it, the writing style was easy for me to follow and I’m really into the whole utopia-distopia thing.</p>
<p>Not required for school:
Gal</p>
<p>Last Dragon Series
Invisible Man
Ghost Map
[Something about the second Great Awaking]
SOUE (Yeah I know its old and I’m to old but I still want to finish the series)
Harry Potter series</p>
<p>I read the Man Who was Thursday yesterday and this one book about the philosophy of justice. I plan on reading a lot this summer because I feel like I’m getting stupider lol.</p>