04-14-2009, 09:29 PM
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Ali G.
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Pomona, CA
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Originally Posted by paintthower05
I'm pretty sure its A Seperate Peace, but yes, there is clearly some homosexual undertones there. I didn't care for it either.
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It's actually A Separate Peace, and I thought it was quite good. |
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04-14-2009, 10:50 PM
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#44
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Fairbury
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Twilight
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04-17-2009, 09:40 PM
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Ready for some pain?
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Elk city, ok
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Great Expectations. I hated that book. We had to read it and watch the movie.
How can you guys not like A Brave New World?
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04-19-2009, 12:05 PM
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100% Organic
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: New Jersey
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I was certainly not a fan of Pride and Prejudice or Tess of d'Urbervilles.
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04-19-2009, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DayoftheGreek
I really didn't like The Kite Runner.
I can't say I have read many books in my life that I though were worse.
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dude that book was amazing |
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04-20-2009, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Nor*Car
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I freaking hated The Da Vinci Code. I don't read much pop lit because I'm an English major and read too much other stuff already, but I read that book after hearing about it forever, thinking it would at least be engaging. Instead, it's so nauseatingly predictable that you can guess who the secret person carrying Jesus' blood is just about 2 pages after the idea is introduced.
But no one is arguing that The Da Vinci Code is great literature. In terms of what is supposedly classic and still sucks, Lord of the Flies takes the title.
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04-20-2009, 11:36 AM
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I'm the Assman
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: 978
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I hated ethan frome.
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04-20-2009, 02:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Nashville
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was absolute hell.
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04-21-2009, 04:11 PM
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Bizarro World
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: good ol' So Cal
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Im surprised how many people hate Gatsby. I thought it was a greak book.
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04-21-2009, 05:56 PM
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the scarlet letter
puritan writing style makes me want to kill myself
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04-21-2009, 06:21 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: kentucky
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Originally Posted by ipoppedtammy
I freaking hated The Da Vinci Code. I don't read much pop lit because I'm an English major and read too much other stuff already, but I read that book after hearing about it forever, thinking it would at least be engaging. Instead, it's so nauseatingly predictable that you can guess who the secret person carrying Jesus' blood is just about 2 pages after the idea is introduced.
But no one is arguing that The Da Vinci Code is great literature. In terms of what is supposedly classic and still sucks, Lord of the Flies takes the title.
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I totally agree with you. I just read the Da Vinci Code, and while I did like it alot, everything was so predictable. Also, even though the book manages to engage the reader with suspense, the way he created suspense is almost just cheesy. I pretty much roll my eyes after each chapter. I've been trying to read Angels and Demons before the movie comes out, but I've pretty much given up, too ****ing cheesy. |
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04-21-2009, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by oshkosh011
dude that book was amazing
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Seriously, i had to read it two years ago for school, but ended up not being able to put it down.
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04-27-2009, 12:13 AM
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I See PWNed People
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: AZ
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Not a fan.
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04-27-2009, 09:12 PM
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Captain America
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oceanside, CA
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Originally Posted by bratboy92
The Great Gatsby.
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Yes. My God I hated that book. I just couldn't do it. I know it's a good book, everyone loves it, and it's highly regarded, but I just couldn't do it, man. I hate it.
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04-28-2009, 12:27 PM
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Quit changing my avatar!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Worst books I've ever read are
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Scarlet Letter, A Separate Peace and Twilight.
I didn't even finish Twilight, just got to a point where I didn't want to read it anymore.
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04-29-2009, 09:16 PM
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Captain America
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oceanside, CA
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So you pretty much hated your high school English classes, huh?
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04-29-2009, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: New Jersey
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I think some of us hated high school English not so much because of the story, but because of the work associated with the reading. If we were to go at our own pace and read it, I think some of us would change our opinions about some pieces of literature.
Actually, that kinda makes me want to go back and read The Poisonwood Bible now.
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04-29-2009, 09:56 PM
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Captain America
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oceanside, CA
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Yeah, it depends on the person as well, I suppose. I liked the story of Lord of the Flies, but I did not at all enjoy the author's writing style. But I loved The Hobbit during freshman year. For me it was the text itself. Senior year we read like 4 books, and I liked a couple of them but some were pretty slow reads.
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04-29-2009, 10:49 PM
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Pride and Prejudice.
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05-01-2009, 08:01 PM
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Bizarro World
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: good ol' So Cal
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Originally Posted by Wenuliveudie
I think some of us hated high school English not so much because of the story, but because of the work associated with the reading. If we were to go at our own pace and read it, I think some of us would change our opinions about some pieces of literature.
Actually, that kinda makes me want to go back and read The Poisonwood Bible now.
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I couldn't stand reading in class, I would always just read the book the first week on my own. Made it much more enjoyable.
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05-02-2009, 01:51 PM
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#63
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: DC
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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