Reading Material

ive only read Great Expectations! great book, it starts off well and has an interesting story throughout.. some pretty cool characters.. the escaped prisoners, ms havisom.. GO FOR IT BUDDY

 

if you're in to dramatic trial books, anything by jodi picoult

if you're in to not giving a fuck about the world, the stranger by albert camus

people tend to like kurt vonnegut. i see nothing special, but you might. the only book of his i finished was slaughter-house five. it was ok. i tried reading cat's cradle but i just never finished.

the great gatsby was kind of interesting, if you're interested in those "newer" classics you might want to look into it

 

Thanks dudes.

 

Sarah Palin's new autobiography

 

only read-worthy if there are nudes

 

The Communist Manifesto

 

A Tale of Two Cities
Les Miserables
Crime and Punishment
On the Road
Visions of Cody
Autobiography of a Yogi

 

oh, and also, The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck, my god what a book

 

the whole first page is two people trying desperately to out-don't-care the other. :rofl:

I've been reading some sick ass books for my Russian Lit class. Read anything you can by Ivan Bunin, the mother fucker was brilliant. The Petty Demon by Fyodor Sologub is a little dense, but you might like it. It's about a very bitter, sadistic man named Peredonov, and his descent into insanity. Some suspect Sologub was schizophrenic. Red Cavalry by Babel (can't remember his first name) is an interesting collection of short stories that can also be analyzed as a single work. They take place during the Russian civil war and are based on his experience in the battlefield. I'm currently reading Envy by Yuri Olesha, which is turning out to be my favorite book of the class. (Although I absolutely loved Bunin, his longer works tested my patience). it's about a man who was kicked out of a saloon and rescued by a soviet beauracrat, whom he envies. hence the title. but as the story goes on it quickly becomes too multifaceted for the characters to fit into clear boxes of good and bad, worthy and pathetic, sympathetic and unsympathetic.

 

Fuck yeah.

Thanks guys'.