What book are you currently reading?

[Phoenixx]

Like, the John Green John Green? I've not seen this book anywhere before. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for it.

^ Yes, the John Green! It was fantastic, I started it and finished it yesterday. Very funny book. I got mine at Barnes And Noble, and the one I went to had a whole table with just John Green books. Maybe try your local Barnes And Noble and see if they have a special John Green table. The one I go to seems to worship him like a god. I can't blame them, his writing is fantastic and now I know why everyone on Tumblr is crazy about his work.

On a side note, how was Divergent? I'm thinking of reading that one next...

 

[superfluouslyme]

^ Yes, the John Green! It was fantastic, I started it and finished it yesterday. Very funny book. I got mine at Barnes And Noble, and the one I went to had a whole table with just John Green books. Maybe try your local Barnes And Noble and see if they have a special John Green table. The one I go to seems to worship him like a god. I can't blame them, his writing is fantastic and now I know why everyone on Tumblr is crazy about his work.

On a side note, how was Divergent? I'm thinking of reading that one next...

I was just there. They had a John Green table, but that book wasn't on there. It's probably just as well. I have a couple of his books that I haven't read yet.

It's alright. I really like the idea and plot behind it, but the writing is just a little too YA for me to give it higher marks. I'm going to continue reading the series, though.

 

[jc972]

The Anarchist's Cookbook. Feeling like a little civil disobedience lately

 

[superfluouslyme]

I've always wanted to read this, but I'm a bit scared. I have not read Le Morte d'Arthur, so I don't know a lot about the Camelot canon. I'm hoping I can get by on what I do know without having to read the other first.

 

[vj288]

I was looking in my bookcase and saw it, and remember when it was assigned in school and I was supposed to read, but being 12 and rebellious decided I didn't want to. Also I found it to be a fairly dry read, but am hoping after 10 years I will find it more interesting.

 

[Phoenixx]

I was looking in my bookcase and saw it, and remember when it was assigned in school and I was supposed to read, but being 12 and rebellious decided I didn't want to. Also I found it to be a fairly dry read, but am hoping after 10 years I will find it more interesting.

^ I remember when I had to read that for school back in my freshman year. I really didn't like it, at all. Actually I didn't like a lot of the books I was required to read for school. (Does anyone?) I think the only one I thoroughly enjoyed was Ken Kesey's classic One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

 

[vj288]

^ I remember when I had to read that for school back in my freshman year. I really didn't like it, at all. Actually I didn't like a lot of the books I was required to read for school. (Does anyone?) I think the only one I thoroughly enjoyed was Ken Kesey's classic One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

Whaaa? I actually loved most of the books I had to read for school. Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the flies, 1984 and Animal Farm, and to my surprise a lot of the war time novels(Such as The things they carried. Even The Scarlet letter and some of the Shakespeare like Hamlet I liked. Oh and A Separate Peace. I'm a sucker for the classics though :bigsmile:

 

[Phoenixx]

Whaaa? I actually loved most of the books I had to read for school. Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the flies, 1984 and Animal Farm, and to my surprise a lot of the war time novels(Such as The things they carried. Even The Scarlet letter and some of the Shakespeare like Hamlet I liked. Oh and A Separate Peace. I'm a sucker for the classics though :bigsmile:

^ Wow, you had a much bigger book selection than I did! And those actually sound interesting. All through school I read The Pearl, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Runner, The Crucible, and Ethan Frome. (I'm sure there were a couple more I forgot, but yeah.) I ended up skipping the year of English I would've read A Separate Peace and The Outsiders. I didn't really get much of a list, and we also spent a lot of time on short stories and poetry. Not all were bad, even though I'm not much of a poetry fan either. Edgar Allan Poe was definitely my favorite, and I remember really liking Sylvia Plath too even though we barely covered her work. (So disappointing.) I also thoroughly enjoyed the Odyssey, but it sucks we never read the entire thing. We only read the basic, short translation that was in the literature books we had.

 

[vj288]

^ Wow, you had a much bigger book selection than I did! And those actually sound interesting. All through school I read The Pearl, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Runner, The Crucible, and Ethan Frome. (I'm sure there were a couple more I forgot, but yeah.) I ended up skipping the year of English I would've read A Separate Peace and The Outsiders. I didn't really get much of a list, and we also spent a lot of time on short stories and poetry. Not all were bad, even though I'm not much of a poetry fan either. Edgar Allan Poe was definitely my favorite, and I remember really liking Sylvia Plath too even though we barely covered her work. (So disappointing.) I also thoroughly enjoyed the Odyssey, but it sucks we never read the entire thing. We only read the basic, short translation that was in the literature books we had.

Oh wow really? I didn't even name all the books I read throughout school, there were so many, I thought that was normal! I forgot about the outsiders too, I read that one as well. If my memory serves me correctly, I read 5 books freshman year, three my sophmore year, three my senior year, and at least two my junior year plus a mess of short stories and poems (american literature was that class, I do not remember the books well unless huck fin and the things they carried were all we read.) And middle school was forever ago, I know that's where the pearl was read though, and the outsiders too. And Julius Caesar too, and another Shakespeare play that I remember my teacher goofily running to the tv to cover up a 2 second nude scene of :: I had no idea I was so fortunate to be given the chance to read so many good books!

 

[Phoenixx]

Oh wow really? I didn't even name all the books I read throughout school, there were so many, I thought that was normal! I forgot about the outsiders too, I read that one as well. If my memory serves me correctly, I read 5 books freshman year, three my sophmore year, three my senior year, and at least two my junior year plus a mess of short stories and poems (american literature was that class, I do not remember the books well unless huck fin and the things they carried were all we read.) And middle school was forever ago, I know that's where the pearl was read though, and the outsiders too. And Julius Caesar too, and another Shakespeare play that I remember my teacher goofily running to the tv to cover up a 2 second nude scene of :: I had no idea I was so fortunate to be given the chance to read so many good books!

^ Man, lucky you! English classes at my school were never that great. Not all the teachers were particularly bad, but the curriculum was mainly pretty stupid. I think the main reason why we didn't get to read so many books is because of NYS Regents. Certain classes, English being a major one, had to cover a particular set of topics for those stupid state tests. Ugh, I hated those things.

I never read Huckleberry Finn in school, or any Mark Twain for that matter, but tried to on my own and I still couldn't get through those either. I don't know what's up with Mark Twain's writing, but I just can't get into it. :idontknow: We read Julius Caesar too and that's another one I really enjoy. Now that I think about it, the class I read it in, the teacher was also the Drama Club advisor and taught acting class. I remember her picking a handful of students (who also happened to be in her acting class) to reenact portions of it as we went through it. That was fun to watch. Even better since I was not one of those people. :bigsmile:

 

[superfluouslyme]

I was looking in my bookcase and saw it, and remember when it was assigned in school and I was supposed to read, but being 12 and rebellious decided I didn't want to. Also I found it to be a fairly dry read, but am hoping after 10 years I will find it more interesting.

We read The Pearl and The Red Pony in my sophomore year, I believe. I hated them both so badly that I'm afraid to read any of the "real classics" of Steinbeck. :sad:

^ Man, lucky you! English classes at my school were never that great. Not all the teachers were particularly bad, but the curriculum was mainly pretty stupid. I think the main reason why we didn't get to read so many books is because of NYS Regents. Certain classes, English being a major one, had to cover a particular set of topics for those stupid state tests. Ugh, I hated those things.

I never read Huckleberry Finn in school, or any Mark Twain for that matter, but tried to on my own and I still couldn't get through those either. I don't know what's up with Mark Twain's writing, but I just can't get into it. :idontknow: We read Julius Caesar too and that's another one I really enjoy. Now that I think about it, the class I read it in, the teacher was also the Drama Club advisor and taught acting class. I remember her picking a handful of students (who also happened to be in her acting class) to reenact portions of it as we went through it. That was fun to watch. Even better since I was not one of those people.

I've always complained about the books we were forced to read in school, but looking at your tiny list of required reading, I don't feel so bad about it anymore. Yes, there were some major clunkers (The Scarlet Letter, The Pearl, The Red Pony), but there were also some greats that are my favorites to this day (The Great Gatsby, Animal Farm, Shakespeare, Pride and Prejudice).

 

[neardeath]

The Bible.

 

[Phoenixx]

I hated them both so badly that I'm afraid to read any of the "real classics" of Steinbeck. :sad:

^ You aren't the only one. I think I'd like to read Of Mice & Men and The Grapes Of Wrath, but a part of me also thinks reading those is going to be as excruciating as The Pearl was.

 

[vj288]

The Great Gatsby.

Of Mice & Men

Ahh yes these two I liked, I can't believe I forgot about them! Especially considering there is an awesome band that shares the name with one, and the other just came out with a movie! (That I have yet to see sadly)

^ Man, lucky you! English classes at my school were never that great. Not all the teachers were particularly bad, but the curriculum was mainly pretty stupid. I think the main reason why we didn't get to read so many books is because of NYS Regents. Certain classes, English being a major one, had to cover a particular set of topics for those stupid state tests. Ugh, I hated those things.

I never read Huckleberry Finn in school, or any Mark Twain for that matter, but tried to on my own and I still couldn't get through those either. I don't know what's up with Mark Twain's writing, but I just can't get into it. :idontknow: We read Julius Caesar too and that's another one I really enjoy. Now that I think about it, the class I read it in, the teacher was also the Drama Club advisor and taught acting class. I remember her picking a handful of students (who also happened to be in her acting class) to reenact portions of it as we went through it. That was fun to watch. Even better since I was not one of those people. :bigsmile:

Ah, yeah it must be better in my neck of the woods. Two of my classes were actually specifically literature classes, one being american Literature and the other being British literature. (then I took British Literature again in college, love the britts writing!) I was never a very big fan of Huck Finn either, but what really ruined it was the teacher I had was one of the ones who showed the movie in class, and went ahead of where you were assigned in the book, and ruined it! I think I managed to read ahead in the great gatsby as to not have that one ruined too, but grrrrr I did not like her for that reason.


I am now reading this book.

 

[Opaline]

I made a post on this and accidentally screwed it up, so here goes again -_-

I'm reading this:

It just came out this year. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it. It's a meticulously researched history of the processed food industry in America and how the major food manufacturers (think Kraft, General Mills, Pepsi, etc.) stuff these foods with salt, sugar, and fat to hook us. They even talk about the "bliss point" of foods and competing for Americans' "stomach share". It's a long read but it's worth it. I guarantee it will enrage, disgust, and sadden you, but you will come away with a deeper understanding of the issue and will feel empowered to say no to their food and eat more healthfully.

I checked the book out from my library and I realized I need to buy a copy for myself so that whenever I'm tempted to eat overly processed food I can simply turn to any page in this book and find my motivation again.

Seriously, READ THIS BOOK. It should be required reading in high school at some point, I think.

 

[jc972]

Marine Sniper by Charles Henderson. It's about Carlos Hathcock, a U.S. Marine Sniper in the Vietnam War.

 

[Phoenixx]

I made a post on this and accidentally screwed it up, so here goes again -_-

I'm reading this:

It just came out this year. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it. It's a meticulously researched history of the processed food industry in America and how the major food manufacturers (think Kraft, General Mills, Pepsi, etc.) stuff these foods with salt, sugar, and fat to hook us. They even talk about the "bliss point" of foods and competing for Americans' "stomach share". It's a long read but it's worth it. I guarantee it will enrage, disgust, and sadden you, but you will come away with a deeper understanding of the issue and will feel empowered to say no to their food and eat more healthfully.

I checked the book out from my library and I realized I need to buy a copy for myself so that whenever I'm tempted to eat overly processed food I can simply turn to any page in this book and find my motivation again.

Seriously, READ THIS BOOK. It should be required reading in high school at some point, I think.

^ I am going to keep this one in mind for the future. Thanks! :thumbup:

 

[Phoenixx]

Ahh yes these two I liked, I can't believe I forgot about them! Especially considering there is an awesome band that shares the name with one, and the other just came out with a movie! (That I have yet to see sadly)

You... are an Of Mice & Men fan? Mr. Fiona Apple also likes some post-hardcore eh? That is awesome! I've been listening to them for a while, one of my all-time favorite bands. I'll admit, I don't like their new stuff (with just Austin as lead) quite as much as when Shayley was in the band, but it's still great. I still have yet to hear anything new with Aaron Pauley in the group now. I loved him in Jamie's Elsewhere, so clean, yet he can scream and growl like a boss. I'm excited to hear his vocals collaborate with Austin's. It should be good. erfect:

I, too, have yet to see The Great Gatsby. I never really read the book though. I tried to a few years ago, but couldn't get into it so I never bothered again. Shame on me because I always hear how good it is, I really need to give it a second shot.

 

[lyricalliaisons]

"Affliction" by Laurell K Hamilton and "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.

 

[valeriaa]

Any good books for SA? Suggestions pls