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amerikestrel wrote:and I originally didn't think I would like it, especially because it is science fiction, but I thought the ending was amazing.

exactly what I was thinking. the twist at the end was kinda iffy, but... I dunno. I don't like Ender's character.

gneissisnice wrote: I had to read "All American Girl" and "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" for Battle of the Books.
Im scarred for life now =/.

good girl books. All American girl is better. (in my opinion)

sewforlife wrote:

amerikestrel wrote:and I originally didn't think I would like it, especially because it is science fiction, but I thought the ending was amazing.

exactly what I was thinking. the twist at the end was kinda iffy, but... I dunno. I don't like Ender's character.

gneissisnice wrote: I had to read "All American Girl" and "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" for Battle of the Books.
Im scarred for life now =/.

good girl books. All American girl is better. (in my opinion)

But Im a guy. I should not be reading them. They scarred me for life.

The absolute worst book that I have ever had the misfortune of reading was The Great Gatsby. I was forced to read it and it absolutely sucked. Its pretty much 7 chapters of going to parties with no purpose and then someone dies. I would like to go Fahrenheit 451 all over that book. If The Great Gatsby is considered great American Literature, then America has no great Literature.

Galacticdude wrote:The absolute worst book that I have ever had the misfortune of reading was The Great Gatsby. I was forced to read it and it absolutely sucked. Its pretty much 7 chapters of going to parties with no purpose and then someone dies. I would like to go Fahrenheit 451 all over that book. If The Great Gatsby is considered great American Literature, then America has no great Literature.

Actually, I thought it was a great book. It was my favorite one that we read in 11th grade.

Atlas Shrugged. For the life of me I cannot figure out what anyone likes about that book. I think Gatsby is overrated, but not actually bad. Ditto for Great Expectations. The key to Dickens is that he was paid by the word, so he uses a lot of them - some of his books are actually pretty good as long as you read them really fast. Some are not, though - Pickwick Papers is unreadable, IMHO.

SOninja - it's probably too late to help any more, but The Last Unicorn was one of my favorite books in middle school, along with the Tolkien books and a few others. It is also pretty sad, though.

Flavorflav wrote:Atlas Shrugged. For the life of me I cannot figure out what anyone likes about that book. I think Gatsby is overrated, but not actually bad. Ditto for Great Expectations. The key to Dickens is that he was paid by the word, so he uses a lot of them - some of his books are actually pretty good as long as you read them really fast. Some are not, though - Pickwick Papers is unreadable, IMHO.

SOninja - it's probably too late to help any more, but The Last Unicorn was one of my favorite books in middle school, along with the Tolkien books and a few others. It is also pretty sad, though.

I liked Atlas Shrugged, even though it tended to be a bit lecturing because the basic premise is quite interesting.

binary010101 wrote:

Flavorflav wrote:Atlas Shrugged. For the life of me I cannot figure out what anyone likes about that book. I think Gatsby is overrated, but not actually bad. Ditto for Great Expectations. The key to Dickens is that he was paid by the word, so he uses a lot of them - some of his books are actually pretty good as long as you read them really fast. Some are not, though - Pickwick Papers is unreadable, IMHO.

SOninja - it's probably too late to help any more, but The Last Unicorn was one of my favorite books in middle school, along with the Tolkien books and a few others. It is also pretty sad, though.

I liked Atlas Shrugged, even though it tended to be a bit lecturing because the basic premise is quite interesting.

Yeah, I enjoyed Atlas Shrugged a lot. I mean, her philosophy is kinda outdated and I dont really agree with it, but I still found it an interesting read.

I couldn't stand it - it is soo heavily pedantic and transparent. I felt like I could predict the end within the first couple of pages, and by page 30 I wanted to strangle her - Rand, that is. I don't think I got much farther than that.

Flavorflav wrote:I couldn't stand it - it is soo heavily pedantic and transparent. I felt like I could predict the end within the first couple of pages, and by page 30 I wanted to strangle her - Rand, that is. I don't think I got much farther than that.

Eh, to each his own.

A lot of people liked it, but "Extremely Load and Incredibly Close" didn't do much for me. Throughout the book I thought it was good, but the ending was a huge letdown. The whole book basically built up to something that never happened....