<p>I'm currently reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer, and oh my dear lord, it will never end. I'm about halfway through (on pg 317-yes it's that long), and nothing has even really happened yet, it's pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>Invisible Man....Ralph Ellison</p>
<p>I just kept reading the same sentence over and over and over.
I just kept reading the same sentence over and over and over.
I just kept reading the same sentence over and over and over.
I just kept reading the same sentence over and over and over.</p>
<p>Walden.
omfg.</p>
<p>reversepsych: I'm currently reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer, and oh my dear lord, it will never end. I'm about halfway through (on pg 317-yes it's that long), and nothing has even really happened yet, it's pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>OMG - loved <em>The Host</em> all 600+ pages. Got it from the library and now am off to Amazon to purchase my own copy. However, I can see that it might not appeal to everyone - really different than anything read previously.</p>
<p>Yeah, The Host is kind of a weird sci fi book...I loved it though (I love any of Meyer's books). Couldn't put it down.</p>
<p>ahahaha me too. Invisible Man....Ralph Ellison
Good thing I read it already for class in junior year. My only summer reading for senior class is done with. :-)</p>
<p>Great Expectations lasted a good while. Every night I read maybe 5 pages and slept like a log due to its utter lack of interesting events.</p>
<p>A Tale of Two Cities. It's supposed to get good as the book progresses, but I can't even make it past the first two chapters without getting confused about what's going on.</p>
<p>To whoever didn't like Life of Pi: How, oh how, could you not like Life of Pi? I loved that book. It was so good and funny. I still remember the part where he got so thirsty that he looked at his urine and it reminded him of apple juice...</p>
<p>^ Tale of two cities is SOO good</p>
<p>my english teacher made us go through the beginning in class, then she let us read it on our own when the good parts came up, everyone was so excited to read it towards the middle and end of the book</p>
<p>it gets AMAZING, trust me, lol</p>
<p>So im not the only one who thought invisable man was thee most boringest book ever?!? I had to force myself to read it fot ap english and I was basically in la-la land the whole time lmao.I just couldn't get into it.I would fall asleep after reading just a few pages lmao</p>
<p>Moby Dick. I forced myself to read more than three quarters of the book, but could handle no more of Ahab's antics.
Yea, I remember the captain's name.</p>
<p>And yes, I found the simplified version quite interesting. And no, I do not usually read simplified versions. I believe its better to read a 1000 page book than a 100 page simplified version.</p>
<p>All The President's Men.</p>
<p>rewind
10char</p>
<p>I liked Slaughterhouse Five, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Jane Eyre, and I loved Pride and Prejudice. </p>
<p>I whole heartedly concur with The Scarlet Letter though. That has to be one of the most awful books I've ever read. I remember this whole horrible chapter where Hawthorne spent ten pages saying "Dimmesdale felt bad." It was awful. Other than that, we read an abridged version of Tale of Two Cities, which was really lame because it was written in phrases like "Mr. Lorry was very worried." It was a little TOO abridged. Then I tried to read the original and didn't have a clue what was going on. It should be illegal to pay authors by the word.</p>
<p>the great gatsby wasn't much fun, but moby dick was worse. The sun also rises was a ***** too, but less so than reading a 15 page description of how white the whale was.</p>
<p>I also hated Great Expectations - gave up halfway through. And I couldn't get any distance in David Copperfield.</p>
<p>Also Meyer's books. I slogged through New Moon, and gave up 5 pages away from the end due to complete and utter disinterest.</p>
<p>TSAR was such a dissapointment because for whom the bell tolls was a really interesting read, and TSAR was the more famous one.</p>
<p>So even if I hated TSAR, I shouldn't give up on Hemingway completely?</p>
<p>Boring/Books I gave up on half way through:
Great Expectations (though I still did well on the essay/final test for Hon. Freshman English)
A Room Of One's Own--we had to read it for summer reading for AP Lang. I don't think anyone finished it
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man--the title's long, the book is boring...I actually did read more than half of it, but still</p>
<p>I just cracked up after finishing The Awakening. My teacher, who was a fangirl of that woman, threw me out of class, but I just was like FINALLY. When I want to hear about suicide reflecting, I listen to Metallica's Fade to Black.</p>
<p>But Slaughterhouse five was one of the best books I have ever read. It was not at all boring if u had a teacher who knew how to discuss it. </p>
<p>Heart of Darkness can kiss the fattest part of my...</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I also hate EVERYTHING by Ayn Rand. I would almost rather shoot myself in the foot than "analyze" The Fountainhead ever again.</p>
<p>Sometimes I wonder what is up with all these "classics." Despite their so-called timelessness, Dickens and Hemingway seem to be universally despised by my classmates. I've read that a lot of critics weren't too keen on Hemingway either. </p>
<p>Personally, my favorite books come from the 1950-1990 range.</p>