Summer Reading

[Java]

Summer is practically over, and we never discussed our Summer Reading lists.

Whether it's for school or fun, go ahead and post what you were assigned/wanted to read over the Summer.

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I'll be taking AP English Literature next year.

My teacher assigned us four books:
1. How to Read Literature Like a Professor - Thomas C. Foster DONE
2. Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw DONE
3. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley DONE
4. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë OR House of Spirits - Isabel Allende (I chose Wuthering Heights). DONE

Have I completed any of the books? EDIT: YES!

[Gwen Khan]

At the Mountains of Madness - Lovecraft

also I hated Wuthering Heights

[Cornwad]

The professor book, Your Inner Fish, some movie about kites, another one that I have the spark notes for, a book about Obama and how he is the second coming, and a book about the Republican party being the best thing since sliced bread. I'm only reading the first two.

[RX-78-2]

At the Mountains of Madness - Lovecraft

Lucky. I've always wanted to read Lovecraft. Tell me if it's any good.

I'm going into AP English 4, though I don't know if there's another name or whatever for it. I have to read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and The Stranger by Albert Camus. I'm interested in reading both, although I haven't started either.

[Gwen Khan]

Lucky. I've always wanted to read Lovecraft. Tell me if it's any good.

then why don't you?

[Light]

Taking AP American Literature this upcoming year. Had to read Of Mice and Men and Catcher in the Rye. Still have to read this modern fiction book called The Book Thief for a general summer reading test.

[RX-78-2]

then why don't you?

Because I have many things to do.

Taking AP American Literature this upcoming year. Had to read Of Mice and Men and Catcher in the Rye. Still have to read this modern fiction book called The Book Thief for a general summer reading test.

I've read both of those--both of which are excellent. I don't know if you'll like--or even appreciate--the ending of Of Mice and Men though. Catcher in the Rye is great too if you can tolerate it; you need to feel empathy to like this book.

[Light]

Catcher in the Rye is great too if you can tolerate it; you need to feel empathy to like this book.

Can't feel empathy for such a terrible character. Holden Caulfield is just... blah.

[Java]

Can't feel empathy for such a terrible character. Holden Caulfield is just... blah.

You didn't like Catcher?
Personally, I loved it, but I guess I can see how some people could end up disliking the book.

[Light]

You didn't like Catcher?
Personally, I loved it, but I guess I can see how some people could end up disliking the book.

I didn't like Holden Caulfield. The book itself was... enjoyable, I guess. I often find myself describing it as very similar to watching a trainwreck; it's so bad, but I can't take my eyes off it.

[Shujinco2]

I read Water for Elephants, and that's about it.

It was an awesome book though.

[RX-78-2]

That was a great book. It could get nasty sometimes, but it was still good.

[Java]

Somehow I managed to finish all four books before school started.

I hated How to Read Literature. I thought it was a very boring lecture on paper.
Pygmalion was a light and easy read. I enjoyed it.
The plot of Frankenstein was great, but too many chapters dragged on and on and on and on and on.
Wuthering Heights was extremely depressing, but I actually liked it.

[Mystic]

I just started reading Nineteen Eighty-Four.

[Cornwad]

I've about halfway through the professor one and 3.5 chapters through the fish. Both are ok.