Book Discussion

okay here we go:
The little friend by Donna Tartt
Mrs. Dalloway by Virgina Wolfe
(forget the title....ugh!) by Thomas Wolfe
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Prey by ?

and anymore?!?!?!i really want to read another classic maybe a play, the orchard tree by chekov?!
 
hmmm a classic-- To Kill A Mockingbird... it was very sweet and Vicki--- add Tuesdays with Morrie... it was wonderful and it made me cry at the end... books rarely make me cry!
 
I no... poor boo! i loved that book... it was so fresh and just "ah"

and yay! everyone add Tuesdays with morrie! wonderful book! absolutely wonderful! but i'm warning you.. it's sad
 
for slight fantasy read Eva Moves the Furniture
for a serious read that is amazing read Poisonwood Bible
for fluff Devil Wears Prada and Getting Over It
for mystery And then There Were None
for a great empowering mother/daughter book Secret Life Of Bees(READ THIS ONE!!!I LOVED IT!)
and i have many more but here are a selected few!LOL! also try any of the classics, P&P, Emma, A tree grows in Brooklynn, Tale of Two Cities

some of us(including moi as soon as i can buy it) are going to read The Little Friend by Donna Tartt!
hope that helps ya out!
 
hehe i read Getting Over It like a few months ago and now i forgot what it was about!! hmm... very vague memory bout it tho--- was it about the girl who meets the guy at a pool hall or was that The Dive at Clausen's Pier?
 
i dont know!LOL, my friend just finished it and she is giving it to me to read and she just loved it saying it was hystericall!!!so i'll let you know when i get it from her!LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
ahhhh it's all coming back to me now!! ok Getting Over It was very much like Bridget Jones but not as good! but such a long time agooo!! i remember the to-be boyfriend was really hot and he's a veterinarian named TOm!! lol and tom's ex is such a beeyotch!
 
Victoria King said:
okay here we go:
The little friend by Donna Tartt
Mrs. Dalloway by Virgina Wolfe
(forget the title....ugh!) by Thomas Wolfe
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Prey by ?

and anymore?!?!?!i really want to read another classic maybe a play, the orchard tree by chekov?!
it's by Dyan Sheldon. I can post the summary later
 
Sounds great! I'm excited to start for the summer....just let me get through stupid driving classes as well as a summer project, dance, and volunteering!
But I'd definitely vote for To Kill a Mockingbird...I loved it!
But really....I have a question for you Victoria, or anyone else who read Ethan Frome....
How did Mrs. Hale know that Ethan and Mattie were going to commit suicide?
 
SHOOT btvaughn!!! i'm reading that book today and i'm on like page 75!!! just started!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh OK IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT!!!! DON'T FEEL BAD!!! BUT.... AHHHHHHHHHH... ok i didn't read the whole thing but i saw "commit suicide???" or "dies" or eeeeekkk i don't remember and i'm not looking!!!
 
oh my gosh, nance I had no idea!!!!! I'm so sorry....it's just that victoria and I were talking about it before and I never knew! Augh...now I feel bad!
 
lol omg i coudn't control myself and just read it!!! damn it's my fault!! hahah darnit!!! he and mattie commit suicide!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh god am i the stupidest person!!! i knew it was there in the first place, didn't read the whole post.... BUT OF COURSE MY STINKIN CURIOSITY JUST KILLS MEEEE!!! LOL THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENS W/ ALIAS SPOILERS!!! I READ VAUGHN IS SOMETHING..... then think in my mind.... "omg omg omg what is it???" then of course i read the vaughn is stinkin married!!!
 
btvaughn said:
Sounds great! I'm excited to start for the summer....just let me get through stupid driving classes as well as a summer project, dance, and volunteering!
But I'd definitely vote for To Kill a Mockingbird...I loved it!
But really....I have a question for you Victoria, or anyone else who read Ethan Frome....
How did Mrs. Hale know that Ethan and Mattie were going to commit suicide?
that i dont really know at all...i'll have to ask my english teacher, i think most likely through gossip and town whispering because they referred to it as the smash up in the beginning of the book so that is my guess...but hmmm that does make you think, one thing that makes me think is do we really get a clear correct view of mattie, ethan or even zeena for that matter. because the Hales loved mattie and so did ethan and zeena was always indoors, most of the time so the only person that ever saw her was ethan and mattie?!?! i think too much!LOL!

okay i have started the actual summer reading even though its not summer yet, i am in chapter 2 of The Little Friend, word to the wise, extremely extremely wordy! like vestimulate is an easy word for this book! if you have read poisonwood Bible or any of Barbara Kingsolver's books, the writing style is very similar but advanced in the word choices(i whipped through Poisonwood twice without stumbling over words but this is taking me some time, i have had to stop at least twice to look up words becuase i couldnt figure them out! -_- and im in all accerated classes but her writing is immaculate! i love it, symbolistic and drenched with imagery! and the story is soo good, i felt completly empty reading this one this one part! and when you read it, so will you, it was just .......yeah!LOL so im recommending this if you want a challenge, and hopefully someone will read it so i can discuss! :D
 
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