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IagoZazu wrote:Faulkner is known for writing very complex stories. I had to read a short story of his one time named A Rose for Emily and I had to think hard about what the messenge of the plot was.

Well, from what our AP class gathered during discussion, the answer to that would be the death of the old South, and also necrophilia.

Sorry for the late reply Margos!

The 12th book, Gathering Storm is the one Robert Jordan started but then he passed away and Brandon Sanderson was brought on to finish them

regarding the Wheel of Time series:
A few years ago, I read the ten that were out in 15 days (well, 15 days of reading, I skipped a couple of days, so 21 calendar days.) I had myself some STRAAANGE dreams after that!


I haven't read much for the past couple of years (~ 20 books a year for the past 3-4 years), and I hadn't read ANYTHING from May 14th, 2008 through November 17th, 2009... For whatever reason, I felt the craving for ink on my fingers again, and so I read 92 books from November 17th through December 31s!!!

I read every single Anne McCaffrey book, and then I started in on Alan Dean Foster's stuff, beginning with the Spellsinger series.

Chernabog_Rocks wrote:Sorry for the late reply Margos!

The 12th book, Gathering Storm is the one Robert Jordan started but then he passed away and Brandon Sanderson was brought on to finish them

I thought so, thanks!

There was also New Spring: the Novel...

Primeval: Shadow of the Jaguar

I've just about finished with Alan Dean Foster's books, I've read all of the Commonwealth and Pip & Flinx books, as well as the Spellsinger series, and several non-Commonwealth standalone novels. There are a couple of Trilogies left, and quite a few film novelizations that I'm probably not going to bother with right now.

I've just finished Beloved by Toni Morrison and a couple weeks ago I finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. I rather enjoyed Cuckoo, but I wasn't too fond of Beloved. It just wasn't working for me and I found some of it boring/confusing. Next, we're going to read The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. I don't know anything about it except that it's a "quick read." I hope it isn't too bad.

Chains- Laurie Halse Anderson: Oh. My. God. Words cannot describe my love for this book, and its author. I recommend anything by her.

Im stuck on the Amber Spyglass right now.

I've been reading the Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle (the author of Sherlock Holmes), and all I can say is that it's ok. Challenger is basically Holmes, and Ed Malone (our bland protagonist) is basically Watson. I recognize Doyle's style though, which I really like. I'm about halfway through.

ajmrowland wrote:Im stuck on the Amber Spyglass right now.

IMO, none of the Golden Compass' sequels do it any justice. The Golden Compass was the perfect idea of a book for me, but its sequels, meh. They just don't hold up to the first's incredible pacing and characters. In fact, most of the characters in GC hardly appear again (which rather annoys me). The Subtle Knife characters turn up a lot. But why does nearly everyone have to die? Oh, well. That's pretty much what every book has to have.

SmartAleck25 wrote:I've been reading the Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle (the author of Sherlock Holmes), and all I can say is that it's ok. Challenger is basically Holmes, and Ed Malone (our bland protagonist) is basically Watson. I recognize Doyle's style though, which I really like. I'm about halfway through.

I read a short story on Holmes a couple of weeks ago ("A Scandal in Bohemia"). It was really very good. I want to try and read the other Holmes stories this summer when I have time. I don't know how much of Doyle you've read, but did you have any favorites?

IMO, none of the Golden Compass' sequels do it any justice. The Golden Compass was the perfect idea of a book for me, but its sequels, meh.

Yeah, I really hated The Subtle Knife. I didn't like how Will took over the story and how he was a complete insert-word-here to Lyra. I really hated him. After that, it was all downhill. I struggled to finish the last book, because I'd just given up on the series by that point. Which is too bad, because the first book tore at me more than most have.

Disney's Divinity wrote:I read a short story on Holmes a couple of weeks ago ("A Scandal in Bohemia"). It was really very good. I want to try and read the other Holmes stories this summer when I have time. I don't know how much of Doyle you've read, but did you have any favorites?

Have you (or anyone else) read the Irene Adler mysteries by Carole Nelson Douglas? I feel that she did an admirable job of using the Holmes story as a springboard to develop that character into a worthy adversary/replacement for Holmes.

Carole Nelson Douglas also writes the Midnight Louie mysteries, which are pretty fun in their own right.

Notre-Dame De Paris- Victor Hugo. I'm not very far into the book, but so far it is nothing like the movie. Which I'm glad of, because now I can view them as two different stories, instead of the movie being an adaption of the book. (I know it is, but I want to read the book without it ruining the movie for me). So far it's a really good book, except for the rather tedious passages about the architecture of Notre Dame, and the Palace of Justice.

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

I'm about halfway through the book and I really like it so far. It's a "sophisticated" coming-of-age story and even though I'm not Indian, I can somehow relate. I'm rather excited to finish it and I'm glad that I have to read it for AP. I have a list of 2009 books that I want to read after graduation and during the summer, so I'll get back to y'all's on that.

I'm listening to Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews. I've read the book once or twice, and I've had this audiobook from audible.com for about a year now, but I've only recently had the time to listen to it- and I truly adore hearing Julie read it!

SmartAleck25 wrote:

ajmrowland wrote:Im stuck on the Amber Spyglass right now.

IMO, none of the Golden Compass' sequels do it any justice. The Golden Compass was the perfect idea of a book for me, but its sequels, meh. They just don't hold up to the first's incredible pacing and characters. In fact, most of the characters in GC hardly appear again (which rather annoys me). The Subtle Knife characters turn up a lot. But why does nearly everyone have to die? Oh, well. That's pretty much what every book has to have.

I agree that the first is my favorite, but the Subtle Knife is very enjoyable. The series isnt about the Gyptians but Lyra. At least we see some Iorek.

Disney's Divinity wrote:

SmartAleck25 wrote:I've been reading the Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle (the author of Sherlock Holmes), and all I can say is that it's ok. Challenger is basically Holmes, and Ed Malone (our bland protagonist) is basically Watson. I recognize Doyle's style though, which I really like. I'm about halfway through.

I read a short story on Holmes a couple of weeks ago ("A Scandal in Bohemia"). It was really very good. I want to try and read the other Holmes stories this summer when I have time. I don't know how much of Doyle you've read, but did you have any favorites?
I've always enjoyed the Hound of the Baskervilles, and the Speckled Band.

IMO, none of the Golden Compass' sequels do it any justice. The Golden Compass was the perfect idea of a book for me, but its sequels, meh.

Yeah, I really hated The Subtle Knife. I didn't like how Will took over the story and how he was a complete insert-word-here to Lyra. I really hated him. After that, it was all downhill. I struggled to finish the last book, because I'd just given up on the series by that point. Which is too bad, because the first book tore at me more than most have.

Those are exactly my thoughts. I don't know why, but Will seems really awkward to me. He starts out ok, but when he and Lyra collide... Poor Roger is stuck with Lyra babbling on and on about Will. Which is ironic, since she wanted to save Roger first and undoubtedly attempted to murder said co-protagonist.

^Uh, the babbling was because, by that point, he was the only person whom she could trust who'd actually be able to help her. Iorek was unaware, and everyone else was either dead or even further away than Iorek.

In a rather non-fictional turn, I'm reading a wikibook.

Blender 3D: Noob to Pro, and after a week, I'm still on chapter 3. Just modeled a goblet, and will light it, and will move on to Simple Vehicle. The stuff is not easy to learn, but information is repeated just enough for you to not have to redo each part ten times before moving on, and I like that.