Young Writers Society

Areida: TKAMB (To Kill.... etc) Is a good book.

I have about 5 WW1-Holocaust-WWII books I'm reading... one of them is NIGHT by Elie Weisel (pronounced Vie-zel). It was a good book, and then there are several others. People should read these.

Yay, Perks of Being a Wallflower!

... okay, right now? I just finished re-reading V For Vendetta, by Alan Moore, which is (thank goodness) five hundred times better than the crappy movie. Also in the middle of The Ray Bradbury Chronicles, and some Terri Windling/Ellen Datlow anthology. I'll probably start The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje, sometime this weekend. Maybe not.

Er, also in the middle of three or four different graphic novels, all of which are varying degrees of Super Awesome, but whose names I cannot currently remember for the life of me. (There's Lucifer and Transmet and Hellblazer, and potentially some other stuff. My memory sucks.)

I was just reading (now finished) Adam Bede by George Eliot. It was a wonderful read -- and it actually took more than a day to get through. I'd never read George Eliot before.

At the moment though - or near enough - I'm reading Silas Marner (George Eliot again), The Little Bookroom - it's a collection of hilarious short stories and fairy tales; and something else...

Ah well.

This thread will never end with how quickly people read around here... ^_^

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of my favourite books.

Right now I'm reading Talyn by Holly Lisle.

Who wrote that, Jacko? I can't remember.. and I need to read it.

I've just finished a huge essay on the Vietnam war. That was fun until about half-way through all the books.. yeah. That's where the political stuff ended and the nasty stuff started.

Apparently, we're reading The Great Gatsby in english now (sp?).. eh. I'm reading Death of a Salesmen in english, too, but not the way my teacher wants. I just read it, forget everyone reading aloud (minue Terrwyn, a friend who signed up here, and only posted a few poems. sadly; she's an actress/poet. and brilliant to boot).

Other than that.. I've been reading Leave Myself Behind. I grabed it becuase it looked good.. even though it was compared to Catcher in the Rye. And I really like it. What else, what else.. this crazy combined edition of the What If books.. but they have Ambrose.. the person (other than dad and grandpa) who turned me to history. ah, the joys of sarcasm.. Too America was really good.

Did I mention I read several books at once? I'm also reading all my AP review books, and Latin books. The joy.

I am reading Otherland by Tad Williams. If you need a book read it. It is a great book. it is probably on my top ten list maybe five.

I hated TKAM, Right now i am reading D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II It is by Stephen E. Ambrose, it is a pretty good book, but I have barley started it. A little confusing, i will have to have a small portable dictionary with me and maybe an encyclopedia on weapons and war machines and the like. But yea, i like it.

Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide to Hepatitis Liver Disease

Really cool book. Very thorough too... quite a pleasure.

I'm reading Arabian Nights.

And school books.

Washington Square -- Henry James

I just finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
It's a very good book, I'd recommend it to anyone!

Now I'm reading The Fight Club and then, A Catcher in the Rye.

1984, by George Orwell, and I'm completely fascinated. I read 160 pages yesterday and my friends have been teasing me about dorkiness all day, but I could honestly care less; it's an amazing book so far.

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, because it's a sin that I'm this old and I still haven't read it. So far it's living up to what everyone says about it.

Awww, I loved To Kill A Mockingbird!

I'm reading A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer. I liked the first two books, A Child Called 'It' and The Lost Boy better, I think.

Did anyone else hate Catcher in the Rye? I thought that book was unbelievably annoying.

The Light Beyond the Forest by Rosemary Sutcliff. A retelling of Arthurian legend - and Sutcliff is deft with the style. Though I never cared for her historical books quite so much; she can be terribly long-winded.

Enna Burning as well...and War Stories - that's a collection. It has the kommandant of Auschwitz's account of his...work - if one can demean such a word that way. Great primary sources though - firsthand accounts of WWII and historians and novelists alike taking turns here and there with the tales. But I can't recall the editor/author...

CassandraJ wrote:Awww, I loved To Kill A Mockingbird!

I'm reading A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer. I liked the first two books, A Child Called 'It' and The Lost Boy better, I think.

Did anyone else hate Catcher in the Rye? I thought that book was unbelievably annoying.

...Yes, unbelievably irritating. But I believe, so far, you and I are the only ones who think so.

Perhaps it's nostalgia? *_*