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#1 User is offline   Q_Park 

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Posted 11 June 2008 - 06:23 PM

Mine is . . .

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

and

Mythology by Edith Hamiliton

Flowers for Algernon was good but I'm not very eager for mythology.

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Posted 11 June 2008 - 06:35 PM

ishmael by daniel quinn

its about a talking ape... incoming 9th graders usually dont have that much of an open mind to read this.... o_o
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Posted 11 June 2008 - 06:41 PM

I have to read the following three books:
Three Cups of Tea
The Kite Runner
The Namesake

and then I get to choose two other books from a list of books.


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Posted 11 June 2008 - 06:42 PM

Chapters 1-8 in our APUSH textbook
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A People's History of the United States
Hello =)
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Posted 11 June 2008 - 07:07 PM

the great gatsby

i actually read it in 8th grade but i hated it back then. lolz prolly cuz i couldnt understand it. hopefully it'll be better this time

i'm so glad i didnt sign up for AP lit next year cuz then i'd have 2 summer reading books. its not the reading i mind but the stupid packets that accompany them
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Posted 11 June 2008 - 07:08 PM

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.
Breaking Dawn (When it comes out!)
Biology text book. (I want to go ahead ^^)
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Posted 11 June 2008 - 08:33 PM

East Of Eden. ~_~ Blah. Required read for AP Ennggliissh
AP Chem teexxttbookkk.

Thanks mama_gir1!

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Posted 11 June 2008 - 10:03 PM

I really want to read all of Ian McEwan's books, and all the classics I've missed out on as well.
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Posted 11 June 2008 - 11:43 PM

I have to read for my English 4AP class:

Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Brave New World (I forgot..lol)

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 12:19 AM

hmm..Just Listen by Sarah Dessen and
Breaking Dawn! when it comes out..haha biggrin.gif
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Posted 12 June 2008 - 05:35 AM

QUOTE (bite-the-sky! @ Jun 12 2008, 02:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have to read for my English 4AP class:

Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Brave New World (I forgot..lol)
You have a great summer reading list!

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 05:54 AM

I should seriously get a head start read at my college textbooks... haha...
LATER. sometime LATER.

I'm dying to read the Gemma Doyle series.
its got great reviews.

Atonement
Breaking Dawn
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Posted 12 June 2008 - 06:14 AM

imma go grab myself the book 'Twilight'
heard it was really really GOOD biggrin.gif
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Posted 13 June 2008 - 06:32 AM

Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows

and hopefully,

TWILIGHT.
Arthur may be a royal prick...
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Posted 13 June 2008 - 07:15 AM

i also have to read Mythology by Edith Hamilton. I liked it!! mainly b/c i love greeky myths lol

and i have to read the Bible, and the Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde.
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Posted 13 June 2008 - 12:57 PM

AP English Composition and Literature 5:
-Wuthering Heights
- Pride and Prejudice
- [Forgot the name of the book, but its the shortest of the bunch]

Academic Decathlon
- Bless Me, Ultima <---- Was supposed to read a while ago, but I didn't. Not looking forward to it.
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My own reading list, books I WANT to read:
-Clockwork Orange
- Trainspotting

My friend actually let me borrow the books in the beginning of the school year, But of course no time.

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Studying Purposes:
AP Biology textbook [ACT and SAT Subject Test]
Astronomy notebook [ACT]

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Posted 13 June 2008 - 05:39 PM

For school:
Genki, my Japanese textbook.

For spare time:
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (more Edward & Bella)
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (heard it's good)

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Posted 13 June 2008 - 06:22 PM

For AP English (...hurrah...ish...)

Orwell, 1984

Ellison, Invisible Man

Smiley, A Thousand Acres

Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

Lahiri, The Namesake OR

Desai, The Inheritance of Loss


I don't know if I'm going to have time to read some books I wanted D:

Five essays in two and a half months...so lazy...

Damn, summer's not as free as I thought.

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I just said I'm very fond of the ground on which she walks!"
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Posted 13 June 2008 - 06:29 PM

For Sophomore English:
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

For fun:
Finish the Twilight series x]
I haven't had time to read all the books yet D:

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Posted 13 June 2008 - 06:53 PM

I'm super happy with my AP Lit summer reading list:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

And reading the entire Chronicles of Narnia for fun.
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