I found an old copy of
How to Win Friends and Influence People so I gave that a quick read.
I'll be traveling soon so I'll have to pick up something. Actually I'll probably just do crossword puzzles, but I'd like to read a book for a change. I'd love to finish Pynchon's
V., which I did get about 2/3 through back in high school, but at this point I'd have to start from the beginning for what would be the third or fourth time. Maybe I'll try
Gravity's Rainbow instead--I think I have a copy somewhere.
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Originally Posted by Arkhangelsk
That's one of my favorite Discworld novels; of course, all the ones with DEATH are my favorites  . |
<3 Death. =D
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Originally Posted by Arkhangelsk
There are plenty of 'classics' that I thought were good reads. In fact, that's the reason I took AP World Lit. in high school (not that I couldn't have read the books outside of school, but I figured I might as well get credit for reading them ). I mean, these were 'required reading' for me when I was young, and I enjoyed them then and now:
- Anything by Edgar A. Poe
- Jane Eyre
- Wuthering Heights [yes, it's completely depressing, but still is a good book]
- Ender's Game
- Brave New World
- Dante's Inferno
- Watership Down |
Really, Ender's Game as a requirement? I'm jealous. I think I was the only person in my class who legitimately enjoyed "Brave New World". We did a lot of Shakespeare in AP Lit--ugh--but thankfully we also did some Eugene O'Neill. It was the same with novels; I suffered through "Heart of Darkness" and Dorian Gray to get to Vonnegut and Salinger.
How ya doing, buddy?
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