Recommend a Book

shellydiane820

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Recommend a Book : I love you Shelly.  You're one of the first people who noticed me on the boards and said something nice!  And your signatures always make me smile. But.  You're insane. <3
Posted by Celles[/QUOTE]

Oh I loved it!  I like boring books, I know :(

Celles

In all fairness, I think I might appreciate it more if I reread it as an adult.  It was our summer reading assignment in the ninth grade... 

shellydiane820

i really liked hunchback of notre dame as well.

Hugo babbles a lot about the city of Paris, and it gets monotonous at times, but, the story is really good...and super depressing.

Brie2010

I swear I was the only English major at my university that didn't have a boner for Jane Austen and/or Shakespeare.  I can't stand either.

Celles

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[QUOTE]I feel like my woman card should be revoked because I've tried reading it 3 times in my life already and can never get through it.
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]

I feel the same way about my geek card!  I cannot for the life of me make it through the <em>Lord of the Rings</em>.  I've tried so many times... but everytime a hobbit bursts into random song, I want to feed it to a dragon.  :(

I'm embarassed to recommend books.  I used to read smart-people-things, but lately I'm all about the trash. 

laurenclaire1386

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[QUOTE]I swear I was the only English major at my university that didn't have a boner for Jane Austen and/or Shakespeare.  I can't stand either.
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]
I felt the same way. They can both sick a duck, as far as I'm concerned.

KelleyLR

Their Eyes Were Watching God is great and so is Huckleberry Finn

Brie2010

I'm so glad I finally have time to read again.  Between law school, and the bar, and wedding planning, I hadn't been reading much, but now it's my favorite thing ever.  I can't wait to get my Nook for my birthday. 

Celles

Oh, I thought of one!

I love Isabel Allende.   She writes in Spanish and her books are translated into English.  House of the Spirits is probably my favorite, but Daughter of Fortune and its sequel, Portrait in Sepia, are great as well and probably better known. 

For lighter "beach" reading, I adore Jennifer Crucie.  She writes romance, but in a very tongue in cheek sort of way.  Her characters are colorful.

Night_Sprite

I love Shakespeare, but mostly because of my professor.  He was about 5'5", wore cataract sunglasses, a visor, t-shirts from the 1980s and 1990s, and little shorts every day.  In the winter he added sweat pants and a zip up jogging jacket.  On top of a dynamic and interesting wardrobe, he was blunt, to the point, and knew his shiit.  I LOVED him.

Brie2010

LC, A Confederacy of Dunces is DH's favorite book.  He keeps trying to get me to read it.  Perhaps I should.

reddy123

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[QUOTE]i really liked<strong> hunchback of notre dame </strong>as well. Hugo babbles a lot about the city of Paris, and it gets monotonous at times, but, the story is really good...and super depressing.
Posted by shellydiane820[/QUOTE]

<div>Yes, and Les Miserables. I also like Great Expectations and I did in 9th grade too.</div>

erins87

I highly recommend Love In the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.  I will never be able to watch the movie because I've heard it is horrible compared to the book.

reddy123

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[QUOTE]I highly recommend Love In the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.  I will never be able to watch the movie because I've heard it is horrible compared to the book.
Posted by erins87[/QUOTE]

<div>Speaking of horrible movies but awesome books: The Time Machine by HG Wells</div>

KelleyLR

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[QUOTE]I'm so glad I finally have time to read again.  Between law school, and the bar, and wedding planning, I hadn't been reading much, but now it's my favorite thing ever.  I can't wait to get my Nook for my birthday. 
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]

I've been out of school for a year, and I still haven't been able to recover from reading all the time on subjects that I didn't care about.  Unless it's Harry Potter...I can't help myself there

I've been looking at the Nook, too.  Apparently, B&N is syncing up with the largest text book company in the U.S. so college students can have access to books for class.  I wish that happened before I graduated.  Would have saved me tons!

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[QUOTE]I swear I was the only English major at my university that didn't have a boner for Jane Austen and/or Shakespeare.  I can't stand either.
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]

I like some Shakespeare. I love Hamlet and enjoy Romeo & Juliet. But others I ciould do without.

I think I was the only English major at my school who couldn't stand most of the "classics." I don't care to reread Twain or Faulker a million times or quote them every chance I get. The only Faulker I like is As I Lay Dying, which apparently in the snobby English world means I have no taste in literature (according to my class at the time, at least).

AllAboutTheBenjamin

I took TWO Shakespeare classes in college - not because I thought he was a genius, but because the professor was a pushover and they were two of the easiests A's I ever got in my life.

But were they worth two entire semesters of surrounding myself with Theatre majors fellating Shakespeare?  Today... I cannot be certain of that.

Night_Sprite

To contribute for others, I just read Lord of the Flies and plan to do Slaughterhouse 5, and some of the Dune books (I've only read the first one.)

KelleyLR

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Recommend a Book : I like some Shakespeare. I love Hamlet and enjoy Romeo & Juliet. But others I ciould do without. I think I was the only English major at my school who couldn't stand most of the "classics." I don't care to reread Twain or Faulker a million times or quote them every chance I get. The only Faulker I like is As I Lay Dying, which apparently in the snobby English world means I have no taste in literature (according to my class at the time, at least).
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

Faulkner is awesome.  I can't handle Shakespeare, either.

KelleyLR

I also have to add that Faulker lived here in Oxford, and his house Rowan Oak is absolutely beautiful.  So I guess that makes MS have no taste as well?  lol  It wouldn't surprise me with as often as we are the butt of a lot of jokes.

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Oh, and Night_Sprite I realized I forgot to put in my recommendations. I'll probably sound like a geek for this, but I love The Odyssey, Theogony, and Prometheus Bound. If you're not into Greek history and the gods at all, then feel free to ignore. It was my minor and I can't get enough of those books.

maratea

I was also an English major who wasn't crazy about the classics. I was into contemporary literature. And the OED. I am going to read it someday.

Night_Sprite

Prometheus Bound is a good one.  I have a Latin Minor, so I was very into mythology for awhile.

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[QUOTE]I also have to add that Faulker lived here in Oxford, and his house Rowan Oak is absolutely beautiful.  So I guess that makes MS have no taste as well?  lol  It wouldn't surprise me with as often as we are the butt of a lot of jokes.
Posted by KelleyLR[/QUOTE]

Oh, no, that's not what I meant. I meant that the people in my class thought As I Lay Dying was one of his worst books and that I was a fool for it being my favorite. I was saying that they thought I had no taste for liking the novel since it "clearly" isn't one of his greatest works.

Whatever, I love that book.

laurenclaire1386

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[QUOTE]Oh, and Night_Sprite I realized I forgot to put in my recommendations. I'll probably sound like a geek for this, but I love <strong>The Odyssey</strong>, Theogony, and Prometheus Bound. If you're not into Greek history and the gods at all, then feel free to ignore. It was my minor and I can't get enough of those books.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]
I'm one of the few people I know who liked The Iliad better than The Odyssey, although I liked Odyssey very much.

reddy123

seshat- I love the Odyssey. And you said you didn't like classics!

KelleyLR

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Recommend a Book : Oh, no, that's not what I meant. I meant that the people in my class thought As I Lay Dying was one of his worst books and that I was a fool for it being my favorite. I was saying that they thought I had no taste for liking the novel since it "clearly" isn't one of his greatest works. Whatever, I love that book.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

Gotcha.  I smell whatcha steppin' in now.  I wouldn't take English classes seriously.  A lot of those people live in the "book world" and don't know about reality on the outside.  At least that's how a few of my profs were.

baystateapple

White Oleander, but it's incredibly depressing.

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene.

Night_Sprite

I really liked White Oleander. 

Mery - I don't know if you might like it better, but Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman is based on Wuthering Heights and I really love that book.

Moneypenny424

I LOVE The Age of Innocence

I'm also a huge fan of Jhumpa Lahiri's books:  Interpreter of Maladies, the Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth