For The L♥ve of Reading discussion

Under this folder you can add a topic about any book under any genre. The book can be a favorite, include a issue that you would like to talk about, or if you want to know if someone has read it and would recommend it to you before you pick it up. You can add as many books as you would like.

I would like to read some coming of age books besides Anne of Green Gables and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Does anyone have a suggestion?

I'd recommend Crash Into Me. It seems like it's a really easy read (and it is in the sense that the language is easy), but it's a heavy book. I think it's the only book that's ever made me emotional.

Oh there was a book that I read in 5th grade I enjoyed partly b/c it was a gift from a Secret Admire. I can't remember the title at the moment, still to this day remember the story, one of the few books I would reread. I'll have to get it out again & get it added/reread sometime.

the ultimate coming of age novel - the catcher in the rye. very timely with salinger's recent death. this is a difficult book because it's a downer, but i've taught it to juniors for about five years now and they love the content. i enjoy it more when i read it with them than reading it on my own.

another good one is olive's ocean. a young adult novel, so it's a quick read.

I did love Anne of Green Gables. A more modern one I'd suggest is Keeping the Moon, or actually any Sarah Dessen book.

I loved Anne of Green Gables, too. :)

I LOVED Anne of Green Gables.

I remember reading Anne of Green Gables once upon a time.

I have read Anne of Green Gables more than once. Also read the rest of the series but stopped at Anne's House of Dreams.

Thank you for your suggestions. I will look into them. I really appreciate it.

Found this online thought it might be a curious post to see if anyone has read any of them or agree with the everyone should know part. I'm familar with a couple of the authors most I've not heard of thought it would be interesting to look into some of them.

12 Authors Everyone Should Know
1.) Saul Bellow - The Adventures of Augie March
2.) Raymond Carver - Where I'm Calling From
3.) Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian
4.) Zadie Smith - White Teeth
5.) William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying
6.) Flannery O'Connor - The Complete Stories
7.) Stephen King - The Stand
8.) Graham Greene - The Quiet American
9.) George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London
10.) Philip Roth - American Pastoral
11.) Norman Mailer - The Executioner's Song
12.) William Shakespeare - Henry V

URL:
http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/ju...

a lot of these books have been made into movies. everyone i know that has read a cormac mccarthy book says blood meridian is his best. i've only read two of the titles, but i've heard of these authors. i'd like to read the executioner's song. the movie has tommy lee jones in the lead. he may have either won or was nominated for an oscar in that role.

While I may know some of these authors. I have no desire to read any of them. I might watch the movie if it isn't a horror movie.

Cormac McCarthy, George Orwell, & William Shakespeare. I've read books by these three but not the books listed. Apparently I'm not awesome because I'm lacking in this area for sure.

LOL - William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" is still on my shelf, I had to read that when I was in college and I have to say it was one that I enjoyed.

Cormac McCarthy also wrote "All the Pretty Horses" and I had to read that in College too and still have it on my shelves.

Stephen King is a given since almost all his books he wrote are made into films, I've never read any of his books but one and it was ok, he is more into Horror and its not my cup of tea but a lot of people like stuff like that.

William Shakespear and George Orwell sound real familiar but not for what you have listed, I think I read something of theirs in college.

All the rest, I've never heard of or if I did, they didn't leave a lasting impression but I dont recall them.

Jason wrote: "Found this online thought it might be a curious post to see if anyone has read any of them or agree with the everyone should know part. I'm familar with a couple of the authors most I've not heard ..."

I haven't read any of those >.<

It does seem like a weird mix of authors.

I wanted to know whether do you think of The Tempest by shakespeare as a grand work?

I suppose that nobody has ever read the tempest.Huh? not surprising!

I read in in college.

im going to read it. eventually. there's time...

LOL, Stray "there's time..." You are the best!

The Tempest? I have a hard time with Shakespeare. I kind of suck at poetry and trying to figure out what any of it means. Once I do, it's beautiful, but I'm not that good at deciphering it.