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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    I just finished rereading The Hobbit and for the first time To Kill a Mockingbird.

    I have started Catcher in the Rye yesterday and bought The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time today.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Curious-Inc ... 162&sr=8-1
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    I just finished rereading The Hobbit and for the first time To Kill a Mockingbird.

    I have started Catcher in the Rye yesterday and bought The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time today.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Curious-Inc ... 162&sr=8-1
    To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorites...Catcher in the Rye, not so much. What'd ya think?
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  • Hartydog
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    Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy. Not my first time but it was my backup book on vacation and I started reading it on the flight back.
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    Heretics of Dune
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    I just finished rereading The Hobbit and for the first time To Kill a Mockingbird.

    I have started Catcher in the Rye yesterday and bought The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time today.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Curious-Inc ... 162&sr=8-1
    To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorites...Catcher in the Rye, not so much. What'd ya think?

    I loved To Kill a Mockingbird and I wished we read something like this in school.

    I'm coming up to about half way through Catcher. I wasn't sure for the first 2 chapters but now i'm quite enjoying it. I can see how a lot of people would be turned off by it. I guess it all depends on getting to grips with his narrative style. Although if he says he gets a 'bang' out of something one more time I may scream :lol:
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    I just finished rereading The Hobbit and for the first time To Kill a Mockingbird.

    I have started Catcher in the Rye yesterday and bought The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time today.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Curious-Inc ... 162&sr=8-1
    To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorites...Catcher in the Rye, not so much. What'd ya think?

    I loved To Kill a Mockingbird and I wished we read something like this in school.

    I'm coming up to about half way through Catcher. I wasn't sure for the first 2 chapters but now i'm quite enjoying it. I can see how a lot of people would be turned off by it. I guess it all depends on getting to grips with his narrative style. Although if he says he gets a 'bang' out of something one more time I may scream :lol:
    :lol: It's not that it was a bad book, I just think it was a little juvenile even though I understand it's an adolescent "coming of age" type story...I never could figure out exactly how old Holden was portrayed to be though. 19-20? TKAM was required reading in my HS and hands down my favorite!
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  • kw18
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    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    I loved To Kill a Mockingbird and I wished we read something like this in school.

    I'm coming up to about half way through Catcher. I wasn't sure for the first 2 chapters but now i'm quite enjoying it. I can see how a lot of people would be turned off by it. I guess it all depends on getting to grips with his narrative style. Although if he says he gets a 'bang' out of something one more time I may scream :lol:
    :lol: It's not that it was a bad book, I just think it was a little juvenile even though I understand it's an adolescent "coming of age" type story...I never could figure out exactly how old Holden was portrayed to be though. 19-20? TKAM was required reading in my HS and hands down my favorite!

    I read Catcher in High School, and absolutely loved it. I've always wanted to re-read it, but I can never quite bring myself to do so ... i don't think i would identify with the story the way i did at 16, and I don't what that to sour my memories of the book.

    Oh, and Holden says at one point in the book that he's 17, and the story he is telling happened a year ago, making him 16 at the time.
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  • Newch91
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    I started reading Catcher in middle school, then in high school, and have never finished reading it.
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  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    kw18 wrote:
    Just finished Black House (SO GOOD), now I've started 11/22/63.
    A friend of mine just finished reading this, and he loved it.. you must tell what you think when you're done.
  • catefrances
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  • he.who.forgets
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    kw18 wrote:
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    I loved To Kill a Mockingbird and I wished we read something like this in school.

    I'm coming up to about half way through Catcher. I wasn't sure for the first 2 chapters but now i'm quite enjoying it. I can see how a lot of people would be turned off by it. I guess it all depends on getting to grips with his narrative style. Although if he says he gets a 'bang' out of something one more time I may scream :lol:
    :lol: It's not that it was a bad book, I just think it was a little juvenile even though I understand it's an adolescent "coming of age" type story...I never could figure out exactly how old Holden was portrayed to be though. 19-20? TKAM was required reading in my HS and hands down my favorite!

    I read Catcher in High School, and absolutely loved it. I've always wanted to re-read it, but I can never quite bring myself to do so ... i don't think i would identify with the story the way i did at 16, and I don't what that to sour my memories of the book.

    Oh, and Holden says at one point in the book that he's 17, and the story he is telling happened a year ago, making him 16 at the time.
    :thumbup:
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  • smarchee
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  • F Me In The Brain
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  • Newch91
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    "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Getting a head start to my reading for spring semester. I am going to be hammered with reading for next semester.
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Newch91 wrote:
    "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Getting a head start to my reading for spring semester. I am going to be hammered with reading for next semester.

    I couldn't finish it. I love his writing but I hated every single character in that book. Every single one!



    Have fun :lol:
  • tybird
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    American Railroads by John F. Stover (2nd edition)
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Getting a head start to my reading for spring semester. I am going to be hammered with reading for next semester.

    I couldn't finish it. I love his writing but I hated every single character in that book. Every single one!



    Have fun :lol:
    :lol: Thanks. After I have to read his play "The Importance of Being Earnest." I plan on not reading the book and play when we we're assigned to so I can read for other classes.

    Life of an English major.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Newch91 wrote:
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Getting a head start to my reading for spring semester. I am going to be hammered with reading for next semester.

    I couldn't finish it. I love his writing but I hated every single character in that book. Every single one!



    Have fun :lol:
    :lol: Thanks. After I have to read his play "The Importance of Being Earnest." I plan on not reading the book and play when we we're assigned to so I can read for other classes.

    Life of an English major.
    I was an English major too. See where it got me! :P :lol:

    DT, surprised you couldn't finish Dorian Gray. Yeah, the characters were ridiculous but the book is so short! I just looked at the whole story as a melodramatic joke and didn't even try to take it seriously.
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