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THE Moosed
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Have you been assigned to read anything over the summer for school?
My list:
Huckleberry Fin - Mark Twain
Some really long book for A.P. US that I don't know the name of
And a book by each of the following authors:
Nikky Finney
Kelly Norman Ellis
Frank X. Walter
Wendell Berry
Sallie Bringham
James Baker Hall
Bell Hooks
Mary Ann Taylor-Hall
Barbara Kingsolver
George Ella Lyon
Bobbie Ann Mason
Fredrick Smock
Sena Jeter Naslund
Gayl Jones
Gurney Norman
ZZ Packer
Chris Offutt
Crystal Wilkinson
I have less than a month to read the last 18. We're going to be compairing their writing styles at GSA. I'm so going to die. |
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Mavhunter
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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Um, wow. I thought I had it bad with 4 books.
I get some book for CNU for free. Hurray.
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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seriously, ive never had a list that fucking long.
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fruiterian
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I fucking hated Huck Finn. I liked last year's summer reading, where I read all the books on the list except for one. The four books also were some of my favorite books ever.
I haven't gotten my summer reading yet. Heck, I just got orientation information today. They have MST3K as an orientation activity... I want to do that or Japanese/Chinese Martial Arts. \m/
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I never had a summer reading assignment...
and never will.
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THE Moosed
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, most of mine are for a summer writing school I'm going to. It's crazy. |
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| Meh. They just want us to read the giver. Great book, but a little short for the whole summer. It's a novella. |
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Mavhunter
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The best summer reading I ever had was Brave New World.
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| fruiterian wrote: | | I fucking hated Huck Finn. |
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Mark Twain is a genius. |
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THE Moosed
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| Sharp wrote: | | Meh. They just want us to read the giver. Great book, but a little short for the whole summer. It's a novella. |
Oh, yeah, I read that one once. I thought it was like Fahrenheit 451, only pretty. |
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| Sharp wrote: | | Meh. They just want us to read the giver. Great book, but a little short for the whole summer. It's a novella. |
I read that for school effing sixth grade.
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| Dead Leaves wrote: | | fruiterian wrote: | | I fucking hated Huck Finn. |
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Mark Twain is a genius. |
I know Mark Twain is a genius, it's just that I don't personally like his writing. In terms of fiction, I tend to swing to more modern stuff... I like Vonnegut at the least.
Though I will say that I really think the Giver's overrated. If you want dystopia, read a real dystopia. Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books ever... I know people who hate it, but I heart Bradbury.
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Fahrenheit 451 was a wonderful book. I remember being sad about what happened to Clarisse.  |
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| fruiterian wrote: | | I fucking hated Huck Finn. |
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS MARK TWAIN'S BEST FRIEND.
I TAKE OFFENCE TO THAT, FRU.
I have to reread the Odyssey and write an essay on Homer's use of 'women power' or something.
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THE Moosed
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| fruiterian wrote: | | Dead Leaves wrote: | | fruiterian wrote: | | I *bleep* hated Huck Finn. |
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Mark Twain is a genius. |
I know Mark Twain is a genius, it's just that I don't personally like his writing. In terms of fiction, I tend to swing to more modern stuff... I like Vonnegut at the least.
Though I will say that I really think the Giver's overrated. If you want dystopia, read a real dystopia. Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books ever... I know people who hate it, but I heart Bradbury. |
Yeah, Bradbury's good. I've read Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and quite a few of his short stories. |
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