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Depends. I think books in general just make me high. I love buying books, and bringing them home, and admiring them. I love when I'm racing through an awesome book and nearing the end because I feel a bit of accomplishment when I finish something, although if the book was really good I...

I need to get into another book during the same reading session. It drives me nuts not to have a book on the go.

I finished it this week, very soon after starting it actually. I have no intention of climbing Everest, nor am I a mountaineer, but I found the book riveting. I guess he writes well, and the story wasn't done in a boring step by step, play by play style. I enjoyed the inserted information...

I like this view. .......... I think literature class should not become sociology class or PC Indoctrination 101, but there is nothing preventing multicultural work from being worth studying. Why would there be? If a book is intentionally designed to be multicultural, though, I'd rather...

When he was on Larry King Live and was asked about being one-sided, he responded by saying that the other side has the exposure, and he doesn't want to waste his time on it in his film. I haven't seen this film yet, but he doesn't seem to be asking for anything but something humane and...

I'm reading this now, and it's the first time I read anything by Paul Theroux. It's a bit long, but I'm having a good time with it. I guess I enjoy his writing style and narrative because I look forward to picking it up each time. I like his jabs at just about everyone he meets; they are...

I like yellow-painted wooden ones with erasers on the end. Oh yeah, and they have to be sharpened with a knife.

The World According to Garp

Here's something that I've been thinking about lately. When I teach and discuss books with my middle school students, sometimes they say - "That book is OK, but it's too unrealistic." Then I ask them what book they would rather read and they say - "I don't know. I like fantasy books, so maybe...

Anyone else find this book stunning? I think the Pistorius sections are a little dry, but I'm very drawn to Demian's character. The idea of being in touch with your most inner self, and not in a modern touchy-feely way, but in an unleashing of power way, is very inspirational. I think...

Ishmael was pretty good, but it is really an essay thinly disguised as fiction. I thought the beginning was very captivating, and then the book got a little dry towards the end. Neat idea overall, and I think the specific idea of modern society being a form of captivity in which you can't...

I think his American Pastoral is another good read, for the modern American social commentary category. Richard Ford's Independence Day is also great.

I imagine Memoirs of a Geisha is fine, too. Just some students were saying that it is perverted, with normal middle schooler maturity (did I say maturity?). I'm actually teaching only middle school, although our library is shared, and I'm doing the book choice for both the high school and middle...

Thank you. I agree.

I have to read all the extra stuff in a book before I can read it. I get a feel for the book: in-book reviews, copyright page, foreword, contents, how many chapters/parts/pages, and anything else that is not the main text (as long as it doesn't give the story away). After that the book feels...

OK. Just ignore the first paragraph of the previous post. I guess the subject matter is okay. Also, sorry if there is any "obscenity" in this thread. Unfortunately, I can't decide what is obscene or not. I've been thinking about the issue more, and browsing around the internet. I found a...

I couldn't decide where to put this. Threads in the General Book Discussion can't have an 18 put on them, so I decided on here. I'm in charge of stocking my middle school and high school library with English books. Because I'm in Korea and our school is one of the few schools in the country...

A Walk in the Woods is very funny. I started it last night, and I'm cruising through it, with retention, because the writing style and humour are so enjoyable. The page where he describes their first breakfast put me in tears. It took five painful minutes of laughing to get through that page.

Definitely nature writing and science. I find it's a nice way to escape to the woods or the stars at the end of a hectic day in a big, dirty city.

I'll second John Updike.