Come Say Hello To Me~ (:
Posted: 09 Feb 2011, 23:29
Nice to meet you all! This seems a great site. I can't wait 'till I can become more actively involved with the site. Strange thing is I had barely read at all until about a year ago. I was forced to read lots of books as my homework for about a month, and I HATED it at first! I only wanted to read certain books that catch my fancy, nothing else. And if I didn't like it I set it down not to pick it up again. My teacher had other plans. "You'll read this and this and this." I couldn't really "choose" what I wanted to read. 
So, I detested it at first. After a two weeks, it was hard to pry me from any book as long as it was somewhat interesting. Now, I'll read basically anything as long as it is not absolutely horribly written(say Juni B. Jones, anyone heard of her?), or something I'd call overly and obsessively inappropriate. My TBRL basically extends to almost every book ever published(in English, for I don't know any other language...).
So, as part of a welcome to me, would you be so kind as to tell me the books I JUST HAVE TO read? Because I've come to the point that I realize I can't read every book printed(sadly), and my current tally of books read is only around the 70s. I've tried to record all the books I've read so as not to forget.
Books I really liked(in order of what I read first-not counting kid books from long past):
-Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
-The Tragedy Of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakesphere
-The Giver by Lois Lowry
-Follow the River by James Alexander Thom
-Code to Zero by Ken Follet
-Varjak Paw by SF Said
-The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
-Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
-Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
-The Client by John Grisham
-The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
-Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
-Caucasia by Danzy Senna
-An Uncommon Way To Wealth by "Victor D'Argent"
-Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck
-Princess: A True Story Of Life Behind The Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson
-Odd series by Dean Koontz
-The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
-Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex Translated by Michel Mok and Ralph Manhem
-The Innocent Man by John Grisham
-Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
-To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
-Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
That's 41/ 75 books that made my "Really Liked" list. (Including the number of books in the series' listed.)
I must note that I have read Stephen King, but his writings must go over my head for he does not make this list. I say this for I know his books are good, but I find them boring... obviously this must be because I do not fully comprehend them. I did enjoy them, but I somehow found them bring all the same? I don't even know what I just said. xD
Please post a response!
So, I detested it at first. After a two weeks, it was hard to pry me from any book as long as it was somewhat interesting. Now, I'll read basically anything as long as it is not absolutely horribly written(say Juni B. Jones, anyone heard of her?), or something I'd call overly and obsessively inappropriate. My TBRL basically extends to almost every book ever published(in English, for I don't know any other language...).
So, as part of a welcome to me, would you be so kind as to tell me the books I JUST HAVE TO read? Because I've come to the point that I realize I can't read every book printed(sadly), and my current tally of books read is only around the 70s. I've tried to record all the books I've read so as not to forget.
Books I really liked(in order of what I read first-not counting kid books from long past):
-Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
-The Tragedy Of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakesphere
-The Giver by Lois Lowry
-Follow the River by James Alexander Thom
-Code to Zero by Ken Follet
-Varjak Paw by SF Said
-The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
-Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
-Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
-The Client by John Grisham
-The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
-Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
-Caucasia by Danzy Senna
-An Uncommon Way To Wealth by "Victor D'Argent"
-Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck
-Princess: A True Story Of Life Behind The Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson
-Odd series by Dean Koontz
-The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
-Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex Translated by Michel Mok and Ralph Manhem
-The Innocent Man by John Grisham
-Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
-To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
-Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
That's 41/ 75 books that made my "Really Liked" list. (Including the number of books in the series' listed.)
I must note that I have read Stephen King, but his writings must go over my head for he does not make this list. I say this for I know his books are good, but I find them boring... obviously this must be because I do not fully comprehend them. I did enjoy them, but I somehow found them bring all the same? I don't even know what I just said. xD
Please post a response!
