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Bodhisattva
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I need to pick a book to read for an outside reading book project in English class. Any suggestions? I wanna actually read a book I like so I can actually read it
Feb 13 2011 12:51PM
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simplesteezy
Posts: 99 - Karma: 10
The Tao of Wu, by the RZA. Just finished it, its fucking sweet.
Feb 13 2011 12:53PM
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Coop8o2
Posts: 80 - Karma: 23
The dark tower
Feb 13 2011 1:01PM
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95959
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Freakonomics
Feb 13 2011 1:02PM
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NotoriousT.S.E
Posts: 1014 - Karma: 439
bump. pretty much in the same situation as the op. Have to read a book and write a 5-6 page paper on it ( how it was written, literary devices, elements of style to make the story effective, a hidden meaning, etc..) any suggestions would be nice prefer it to be from 100-200 pages and overall a decent book
Mar 30 2011 6:03PM
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soulskier
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to the bumper: this book is a winner
Mar 30 2011 6:15PM
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PeteySkeety
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Read a Vince Flynn book, they are super sick. Basically this assassin that works for the CIA, kills the shit out of terrorists. He is so badass, I can't put the book down.
Mar 30 2011 6:21PM
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soulskier
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^makes sam fisher look like jack bauer?
Mar 30 2011 6:23PM
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ESAND
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Best book I've read in a while is "Path Between the Seas" on of the greatest stories ever, and its true. I've been a fiction reader all my life but this won me over. A real page turner.
Mar 30 2011 6:23PM
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ESAND
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Path_Between_the_Seas
Mar 30 2011 6:25PM
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NotoriousT.S.E
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thanks, all those look pretty good keep em coming
Mar 30 2011 6:25PM
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HermioneGranger
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A book worthy of a project, eh?

One of my favorite books is Jane Eyre. I just read Peter Pan; it is also worthy of a project.
Mar 30 2011 6:26PM
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NotoriousT.S.E
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Chose the Last Templar by Raymond Khoury, its pretty badass.
Mar 31 2011 5:33PM
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SONlC
Posts: 331 - Karma: 10
The Green Mile, fantastic book but a little long if you're looking for an easy way out. Journey to the Center of the Earth, I haven't read any Franz Kafka or H.P. Lovecraft but I've heard they're good authors and I am going to pick up some of their books for the summer.
Mar 31 2011 6:35PM
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arneson
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^yes

One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest

Walden

Catch 22

Metamorphosis is an easy read.

Mar 31 2011 6:39PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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If you give a mouse a cookie
Mar 31 2011 7:43PM
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Hansel.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Mar 31 2011 7:49PM
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erica
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Zeitoun - Dave Eggers

The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
Mar 31 2011 7:50PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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a lot of good books listed so far. i recommend fight club - really well written, short, and a cynical social commentary which is kinda funny somethimes.
Mar 31 2011 7:53PM
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HermioneGranger
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Which one? Ovid or Kafka?
Mar 31 2011 7:54PM
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