General topic buut, I'm sort of a bookworm with nothing but classics to read soo I was wondering if anyone had any good book recommendations? heh whenever I go into a bookstore I don't know where to start so i always just endup reading a random book from one of the shelves.

Aaand, what are your favourite books? I can't really think of all but just a few- To Kill a Mockingbird, The Little Prince, LOTR, the Hobbit, the Phantom Tollbooth, the Witch of Blackbird Pond (because I'm a sentimental sucker :blush: ), Agatha Christie books, Pride & prejudice, uhh, more later :)

Oh yeah, has anyone read The Silmarillion/Unfinished Tales of Middle Earth? I was thinking of getting it but someone said they were kinda dry..LOTR always makes me cry, cause I always want happy endings where old things stay, Arwen could still go over the sea, etc. such a sentimental :P

Any books that made you cry? :P

where the red fern grows and the chronicles of narnia (i forget which book) are the only books that have made me cry.

I like a lot of books <3

oh yeah those two books (the whole series) too, I forgot. they're great. i remember not reading where the read fern grows when I was younger cause the text was so small lol.

where the red fern grows and the chronicles of narnia (i forget which book) are the only books that have made me cry.

Yes, I loved those books.

Agatha Christie books/ the Phantom Tollbooth

Agatha Christie books are my favorite. I enjoyed the Phantom Tollbooth also, but I hate any LOTR books. I can't understand why the rest of my family loves them.

I love a lot of books, too.

Yes, I loved those books.



Agatha Christie books are my favorite. I enjoyed the Phantom Tollbooth also, but I hate any LOTR books. I can't understand why the rest of my family loves them.

I love a lot of books, too.
I got into LOTR because Tolkien and Lewis wrote their most famous books together. That's why you can see a lot of borrowed ideas between the books, even the maps. ^_^

Oh, and I also like Les Miserables, The Oddysey, Dracula, the View from Sixth Grade, and A Day No Pigs Would Die.

My favourite books are: Pride & Prejudice, Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire, the Gossip Girl series, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Lovely Bones... and those favourites are the only ones I can think of at the moment.

I also read the LotR series, including The Hobbit. Let's just say that while the plot overall is fantastic, Tolkien goes too far when it comes to details. *Yawn*

Edit: How could I forget Memoirs of a Geisha and Girl with a Pearl Earring?! I love those books!

Favorites: The Mists of Avalon, Harry Potter, The Darwin Awards, Ishmael, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Interpreter of Maladies...that's all I can think of at the moment.

pride and prejudice is one of my favorite books too! i also like all quiet on the western front by erich remarque, the icture of dorian grey by oscar wilde, and east of eden by john steinbeck.

and i loove catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger.. but it has some foul language and innappropriate things in it. i also like the perks of being a wallflower. inappropriate as well.

ooh also i love bridget jones, books 1 and 2! they're reeeally funny! much better than the movies. i really like the princess bride, too! you should read that. :D

Hmm.. Well I love the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Angels and Demons is ever better though ;) I'm halfway through Digital Fortress now, but it's great so far :D

my favorite books are: the da vinci code, angels and demons, snakecharm, any vampire or witch book, any book by mary higgens clark and agatha christie, any books by brian jacques, to kill a mockingbird, the jungle and jane eyre. I have lots more but it would take me allday to list them.

Oh and deception point is good too.

The Da Vinci code's one of my favorites aswell :)

I'm half way through the two towers (LOTR) - it's my second atempt at reading it and I've so far managed to follow it ok.

I read way too much, but I'd say my favorites are the edge chronicle (Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell), Tales of the Otori Trilogy (Lian Hearn), The old kingdom trilogy (Garth Nix) and the wind on fire trilogy (william Nicholson).

Adrielle it seems like you have already read some great ones!


I love To Kill a Mocking Bird. Harry Potter is the best, lol. I tried to read LOTR, I really tried but I had to give up. There was like 30 pages of him just walking through a field, I almost cried with boredom. What else is good? Hmmm..


Okay, I need to reccomend books to you, right? You need to read A Year in Provence, and other books by that same author (I am currently reading a Good Year by him, it is so good) It is about Provence, France (wine country and is sooo amazingly good!!) Also, try to pick up a copy of Blink or The Tipping Point by Michael Gladwell from your local library.

If you haven't read Truman Capote, look for a book by him (Breakfast at Tiffany's is AMAZING! And I just watched the movie starring Audrey Hepburn.) He was a close childhood friend with Harper Lee (the author of to Kill a Mocking Bird.) I hope that helps!

The Harry Potter Series, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hardy Boys Mystery Series, Nancy Drew Mysteries (If you like the books try the 3D-Interactive computer games! Her Interactive (www.herinteractive.com) (Some people think I'm sissy, but in fact Carolyn Keene was just an authors fakey; "she" was Franklin W. Dixon.)), and, but of course, all the programming books. I find that the "for Dummies" books on subjects are always the best.

the jungle

Someone actually mentioned The Jungle! :buckt:

It's a very good book. Pretty appalling at points, but I enjoyed it.

I'm a bookworm as well. I love reading. Try of mice and men, i loved that one. Also, a tree grows in brooklyn,white fang, black stallion, the dark is rising. (ive got a list)

Anything by Brian Jacques is good :D.

More favorites, and not-quite-favorites: A Sand County Almanac (skip the almanac and head straight to the essays; The Great Gatsby, His Dark Materials trilogy; Eats, Shoots, and Leaves; The Clan of the Cave Bear; The Once and Future King; The Lovely Bones...

Cowabunga-The TV series of A Year in Provonce is very good too. I haven't read the book yet, though.

I'm a bookworm as well. I love reading. Try of mice and men, i loved that one. Also, a tree grows in brooklyn,white fang, black stallion, the dark is rising. (ive got a list)

I have to read a tree grows in brooklyn, I have been meaning to over 2 years now, lol! I just keep forgetting. So many people have recommended it to me.

There is this series, I forget what it is called but the books are: The Golden Compass, The subtle Knife (and another one) if someone can tell me that would be great, but I recommend that entire series. For all ages too, I read the series when I was a lot younger (like 10) and I still had no trouble understanding them.

I have to read a tree grows in brooklyn, I have been meaning to over 2 years now, lol! I just keep forgetting. So many people have recommended it to me.

There is this series, I forget what it is called but the books are: The Golden Compass, The subtle Knife (and another one) if someone can tell me that would be great, but I recommend that entire series. For all ages too, I read the series when I was a lot younger (like 10) and I still had no trouble understanding them.

I've always heard the Phillip Pullman series was good. My brother read it, and told me he loved it. I'll have to try it. I forgot to mention that if you're in to more adult reading, Janet Evanivich's series is hilarious. It's about a bounty hunter who always seems to be making mistakes. I think it's a great series, but not one I would recommend for readers under the age of fourteen or so. I was way into classics in like the third grade, but I think one of the best I read then was Jane Eyre. So try that one, as well.

I like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, His Dark Materials, Harry Potter, Legacy of the Drow, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories ... of course there's more that I'm not thinking of right now. Oh! Can't forget X-treme Latin: All the Latin You Need to Know for Survival in the 21st Century, now can we? ;)
I also really enjoyed this National Geographic series me mum got for me, but methinks they're a tad young.

I'm currently reading Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists, and Visionaries Changed the World, and it's very interesting.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone :D
The Girl with Pearl Earrings
I've been thinking of getting that book! Is it really a hard read? No-one mentioned the Sisterhood of Travelling pants...is that good?

Sorry the time limit's up--I forgot to ask if Nic Sparks' books were any good?

I love Harry Potter and Vanity Fair.
I've just ordered some books: If Only It Were True, The Hours and The Notebook.
About Nic Sparks: I heard The Notebook was great, but I'll let you know how I liked it after I read it.

lol, cant find me without a book. went on hol last week and my family couldnt get me away from hp. i read "oranges arent the only fruit" by jeanette winterson recently, by recommendation from my english lit teacher. i thought it was the worse book i ever read!!! dont read it.
i love plays especially the arthur miller plays. i studied "death of a salesman" and loved it. "view from the bridge" is also excellent. "the great gatsby" is also pretty good by fitzgerald. (spl?)
i like bridget jones' series too. i have to disagree with the lovely bones tho - also a terrible book.
i didnt think to much of "wuthering heights" - pointless story really, well or less you love romance of course. although, "the awakening" by kate chopin is alright, the books are quite simiular!
my fav book at the moment would be "catcher in the rye"! the story is long winded but it defines being a teenager so well. i mean he is confused and doesnt care about a single thing other than his sis. i think its a wicked book.
"girl with the pearl earring"s gd too. as a girlie gal, i have to also say i found the "shopaholic" series quite funny by sophie kinsella. :)

p.s of mice and men is also wicked :)

Some of my favorites.
Animal Farm
V
Ender's Game
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Red Dawn
Watership Down
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Tales from Watership Down
The Outsiders
Two Years Before the Mast
To Sir with Love

umm we were reading "The Burnt Stick" in class and my teacher burst into tears

where the red fern grows and the chronicles of narnia (i forget which book) are the only books that have made me cry.

I like a lot of books <3

I read "where the red fern grows" in 5th grade. And again like 1/2 a year ago. I loveee that book, it's so sad.

At the moment I'm reading the Davinci Code. It's pretty good right now, but I'm only on like page 12. I'm also reading some random teen-fiction book, that's kinda closer to the less-intellectual more-shallow books, but hey. haha. it's good.

I'll post faves&least faves and all that a little bit later, after I think about what will be on that list...

I'm a bookaholic supreme, so if I had to list all my favourites it could take years :lol: off the top of my head (both authors/titles):
HP
LOTR
the James Herriot series (for animal lovers)
Piers Anthony (he's a sci-fi/fantasy writer, if you like that. My favourites are his Xanth series and his Incarnations of Immortality...the Incarnations series would probably be better for older readers :P)
Sophie Kinsella (Shopaholic series)
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Artemis Fowl and other gems from the spectacular Eoin Colfer
Clan of the Cave Bear
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Other Boleyn Girl
Bridget Jones
the Acorna series by Ann McCaffrey are pretty good, if you like fantasy/adventure
the Bartimaeus Trilogy
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
anything by Louise Rennison (for girlies, I doubt that guys would appreciate them lol!)
Gossip Girl (ditto above)
Goddess of Tommorow
anything by Diana Wynne Jones (I especially recommend her The Merlin Conspiracy for fantasy-seekers)
the Silverwing series by Kenneth Oppel

...need I go on? ;)

I forgot to ask if Nic Sparks' books were any good?

Yes, some of his books are great. I love The Notebook and A Walk to Remember. But I do find his writing annoyingly cheesy at times. It was a definite put-off when I read the sequel to The Notebook.

By the way, Girl with a Peal Earring is fantastic. It's not overly-complicated to read, very simple actually. But it's a very artistic story and I couldn't put it down.

the James Herriot series (for animal lovers)


How could I have forgotten those?! And Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?! Catcher in the Rye is pretty good too.

I'm a bookaholic supreme, so if I had to list all my favourites it could take years :lol: off the top of my head (both authors/titles):
HP
LOTR
the James Herriot series (for animal lovers)
Piers Anthony (he's a sci-fi/fantasy writer, if you like that. My favourites are his Xanth series and his Incarnations of Immortality...the Incarnations series would probably be better for older readers :P)
Sophie Kinsella (Shopaholic series)
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Artemis Fowl and other gems from the spectacular Eoin Colfer
Clan of the Cave Bear
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Other Boleyn Girl
Bridget Jones
the Acorna series by Ann McCaffrey are pretty good, if you like fantasy/adventure
the Bartimaeus Trilogy
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
anything by Louise Rennison (for girlies, I doubt that guys would appreciate them lol!)
Gossip Girl (ditto above)
Goddess of Tommorow
anything by Diana Wynne Jones (I especially recommend her The Merlin Conspiracy for fantasy-seekers)
the Silverwing series by Kenneth Oppel

...need I go on? ;)

I LOVE gossip girl, and Louise Rennison. Awesome! heheheh. I feel all girley and shallow when I read them but hey. that's okay. Have you tried reading the "A-list" books? They're by the same author or something as Gossip Girl. hah.

Alyssa (me!)'s favorite books of all time. (sorry if i'm leaving some out..)

A great and terrible Beauty
Gossip girl - cecily von ziegesar (series)
Fearless - francine pascal (series)
Harry Potter - jk rowling (heh.series)
Blue is for nightmares (and it becomes a series.)
Where are the children? - mary higgins clark
daughters of the moon - lynne ewing (series)
anything Michael Moore.
anything Francesca Lia Block, especially "I was a teenage Fairy"
Louise Rennison series. (doesnt really have a name..does it? Lol)
the bell jar - sylvia plath
go ask alice - annonymous
Dreamland - Sarah Dessen
Toxin - Robin Cook
Any political Russian-Revolution related books, including by authors : Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Peter Kropotkin, etc.
Blood and chocolate - Annette Curtis Klaus

haha those are just about all of them! lol later I might make a list of BAD books..yech. Anyways, jee, i have a ton of fave books..lol.

I had no idea A-list and Gossip Girl are by the same author. I see both books EVERYWHERE in Borders, Waldens Barns and Nobles, whatever store they are always available. I am so tempted to buy them, but I am usually with the wrong company, like my parents who insist I should take everything out from the library or my guy friends who would make fun of me for the rest of my life. *sneaks off to amazon.com to make purchase* :)

Oh no, too much talk of books, I am geting overwhelmed, I have so much to say, need to post again.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone :D

I've been thinking of getting that book! Is it really a hard read? No-one mentioned the Sisterhood of Travelling pants...is that good?

Forgot, I actually JUST finished the series. I read all books in like less than a week. They were so good (I am a 15 year old girl, so you may have to adjust my recomendation for your age, lol :) ) but really it wasn't all girly. There was so much personal growth and the characters were really interesting/complex and their relationships were mind blowing. I have changed as a person since I read those books. I find myself dying for a fourth book of it!

Kerri, I really liked Animal Farm, a great book.

I had no idea A-list and Gossip Girl are by the same author.

Eh? Cecily von Ziegesar writes under the pen name of Zoey Dean? The A-List series is cruddy. Gossip Girl is much better.

If you like overly sappy, generally predictable, woe-is-me-and-then-I-find-love books, you'll like Nicholas Sparks. As you can see, I'm not a big fan :P

I just finished reading 'Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell', somewhat long but good if you don't mind books with magic/fairies, it's a bit witty as well.
Anne of Green Gables is also a good read, one of my favourite series (the only one I don't own, must change that soon...)
For a little change from novels, Roald Dahl writes some interesting short stories

A bunch of the ones I would have suggested have already been posted as well, I don't think these ones have *has skimmed*

Hehe, even thought I'm 18, I still read those 3-4th grade mystery chapter book. They are really fun to read,
A TO Z MYSTERIES by Ron Roy, illustrated by John Steven Gurney. And then there was another series, which I can't seem to remember right now ^^;

If you like overly sappy, generally predictable, woe-is-me-and-then-I-find-love books, you'll like Nicholas Sparks. As you can see, I'm not a big fan :P

I just finished reading 'Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell', somewhat long but good if you don't mind books with magic/fairies, it's a bit witty as well.
Anne of Green Gables is also a good read, one of my favourite series (the only one I don't own, must change that soon...)
For a little change from novels, Roald Dahl writes some interesting short stories

A bunch of the ones I would have suggested have already been posted as well, I don't think these ones have *has skimmed*
:lol: I guess I would just read it for the story, get soaked in, then think it was pretty cheesy :P

I like 'witty' books, I don't know how to classify them :P Anne of Green Gables I just picked up a few weeks ago and forgot I liked it so much heh :)

So many good books, where's the money to buy them or a library that has them erghh

You can find some really good Poe stories online. :D

I LOVE gossip girl, and Louise Rennison. Awesome! heheheh. I feel all girley and shallow when I read them but hey. that's okay. Have you tried reading the "A-list" books? They're by the same author or something as Gossip Girl. hah.


I tried the "A-List" books, but I hated them...I thought they were really boring, compared to Gossip Girl...hehe. I don't think they're by the same author...the style is different.


Dreamland - Sarah Dessen

That book is superb...I love it. More of a girl-type book, I would think, but seriously, it was wonderful.

If you like overly sappy, generally predictable, woe-is-me-and-then-I-find-love books, you'll like Nicholas Sparks. As you can see, I'm not a big fan :P
Ditto. I read The Notebook and it was SO boring, and I couldn't stand his writing style.

I've only skimmed through this thread, but here's a random list of excellent literature:

Kurt Vonnegut - Sirens of Titan (or anything by Vonnegut)
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty one Day
Jack Kerouac - On The Road
Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar
Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Wally Lamb - I Know This Much is True

I tried the "A-List" books, but I hated them...I thought they were really boring, compared to Gossip Girl...hehe. I don't think they're by the same author...the style is different.


That book is superb...I love it. More of a girl-type book, I would think, but seriously, it was wonderful.


OH, me too, on the A-List ones. Rightnow I'm like 70 pages into the THIRD one and it's taken me like three months to read them all.hah. (that's a long time for me). They are pretty boring. But I hear theres another one. Like "the clique" or something?? I dunno.

Yeah, "The Clique" is about middle-school girls though... definitely don't want to read about some 7th/8th grade drama.

It took me ages to read "Return of the King" because it was so boring.

Yeah, "The Clique" is about middle-school girls though... definitely don't want to read about some 7th/8th grade drama.

It took me ages to read "Return of the King" because it was so boring.

is it really? ugh then forget them lol
i really hate reading about people that are younger than me. i dont know why, lol. :P



haha this year I started reading the ALA list of most frequently banned books..I'm on like the 30th or 40th one out of 100.. :/ anyways. i just thought that was interesting. haha.

Hey it's the banned books that are the good ones :P

(Lord of the Flies? Hello?)

I've really enjoyed the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy (a trilogy made up of 5 books ;)) recently. I've seen the movie twice and thouroughly enjoyed it, and I'm taking my friend to see it for her birthday on Thursday :)

Very witty, and random. I love Marvin :D

...I was wondering if anyone had any good book recommendations?

I am currently reading Wicked: The Life And Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060987103/qid=1124815953/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9906940-0444053?v=glance&s=books&n=507846). As you probably guess, it's about the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz. Basically, it's a story about events that happened before... It's a very good book!

I've really enjoyed the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy (a trilogy made up of 5 books ;)) recently. I've seen the movie twice and thouroughly enjoyed it, and I'm taking my friend to see it for her birthday on Thursday :)

Very witty, and random. I love Marvin :D

I read the book, I think it was just the first one I read, I didn't know there was so many. But it was really good. I think I read the same one twice actually. I wanted to see the movie but I didn't get the chance. Was it at all good?

I read these horrible Romantic stories...ewww, ewww, ewww. I am not into those kinds of books, but my friend said it was good. I actually got sucked into it. I felt so ashamed. The story was dramatic and interesting but so badly written and completely unrealistic I felt sick after I read them (it was like a book of three stories.) I forget the title and author, thank god, but it was scarring.

I am currently reading Wicked: The Life And Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060987103/qid=1124815953/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9906940-0444053?v=glance&s=books&n=507846). As you probably guess, it's about the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz. Basically, it's a story about events that happened before... It's a very good book!
I'll check it out :D I hope I can find it here, though! It's very annoying when I see all these good books and can't find them here, or either they're way too expensive. Like the movie Garden State! Ergh.
I think stories where they take a famous story and write it in another person's angle is really interesting :) Like Cinderella's stepsister's story. heh yet to read that too :P

Haha, I know what you mean about expensive books. Before I found out that my school library had Memoirs of a Geisha in stock, I went to Borders... it was like $14.99 or something, for paperback. Sheesh... too bad I'm a sucker for new books. :(

Hey it's the banned books that are the good ones :P

(Lord of the Flies? Hello?)

lol it's true. i.e. : the catcher in the rye, the adventures of huckleberry finn, etc. of course there are a few of those banned books, that are a little..well.erm. whatever. has anyone read or heard about the claiming of sleeping beauty? by anne rice? hmm..lol;; i'll just keep it to that. if you DO know about it, do you think it shoudl be banned or no? if you dont, don't look it up.lol

Huckleberry Finn is banned??
Haha, I know what you mean about expensive books. Before I found out that my school library had Memoirs of a Geisha in stock, I went to Borders... it was like $14.99 or something, for paperback. Sheesh... too bad I'm a sucker for new books. :(
Oh me too, new books are just so, new :p The smell, the feel, the smooothness, the new untouched pages..I open them around 20 degrees and turn the book to read the words in the middle to preserve the new-ness :buckt:

Huckleberry Finn is banned??


Yes. Due to some "language issues" and other things. On that note, we had a discussion of Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut is an amazing author. Read his short stories first, though) in the form of a school board meeting trying to ban the book. If you've ever read it, you'll know that there are some certain...things in that book. And the principal and the school superintendent happened to be there. Much funness. I think the poor principal ended up getting a little embarrassed by all of that.

As for new books...I much prefer them to library books.

I open them around 20 degrees and turn the book to read the words in the middle to preserve the new-ness :buckt:

Oh goodness, I always take care of new books as well! I will never bend the spines!

Oh goodness, I always take care of new books as well! I will never bend the spines!

I'm very protective of my books. I don't let my sister borrow them for that reason. She got pink stuff on my HP books and mangled a paperback that she essentially stole. ("Oh, I needed it for a project!" That's what the school library's there for, stupid.)

I also don't let my sisters borrow my books. Might seem selfish, but knowing their habits, they'd probably eat fast food and smear their hands all over the books or something like that. Last time I let one of my sisters borrow a book, she returned it to me with hair oil drenching some pages and tears in the cover.

I'm extremely fussy over my books so I'm usually very relunctant to lend them out, to anyone..I hate it when they come back bent and worn when I've taken so much trouble to take care of them. When I do lend them I'd sound like some overprotective mother letting her kid go for a walk with someone else. So when my little sisters wanted to read my new (from around 1998 haha) Charlie & the Chocolate Factory book I'll be screaming 'memorize the page! Don't dog ear, don't turn them over to keep the page, use a bookmark, that's what they're forr!!'

I read the book, I think it was just the first one I read, I didn't know there was so many. But it was really good. I think I read the same one twice actually. I wanted to see the movie but I didn't get the chance. Was it at all good?

I enjoyed them all...mainly because the books are so - and I mentioned this in my previous post - witty and random! Those are the kind of books I like.

And now I've actually seen the movie 4 times...I took my friend to see it for her birthday, and my brother was going to see it with a friend so I tagged along :-)

Oh goodness, I always take care of new books as well! I will never bend the spines!


me too!! and i thought i was crazy not to bend the spines, but it annoys me eaily.

and no books that I read have made me cry. not because they werent good, im just hard to crack

I finished reading The Hours. Why do only sad books win big awards?

Yeah, also like Million Dollar Baby. I guess they make good stories =/ ...I can't stand sad books/endings of movies etc, because I'll be thinking about it and get engrossed in the story waay too much :( One that did that to me was a story in The Owl Service (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0152017984/102-6245384-0667357?v=glance). Awful, made me think about it so much until I was forming up happy endings for it and everything :P
Yes. Due to some "language issues" and other things. On that note, we had a discussion of Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut is an amazing author. Read his short stories first, though) in the form of a school board meeting trying to ban the book. If you've ever read it, you'll know that there are some certain...things in that book. And the principal and the school superintendent happened to be there. Much funness. I think the poor principal ended up getting a little embarrassed by all of that.

As for new books...I much prefer them to library books.
Oh really, I never knew that..I always thought it was a 'classic American book'. I haven't actually finished that book, I remember trying to plough through it at 9 but I couldn't :P And after I always felt incredibly lazy to read it. there are some books that do that to you.... I'll dig it out now :)

I looked Slaughterhouse-Five up on Amazon and it sounds very.. uniquely interesting. And it's gotten 5 stars from most reviewers. I hope I can get it, or find it in a second hand bookstore. Second hand bookstores are amazing!! I found a few books I couldn't find anywhere (also for the price!) and in relatively good condition :D Now I have a whole list of new books to get *sifts through thread*