EPTI currently have to read:
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Post what you HAVE to read!
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Loser777
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I currently have to read: The Alchemist Paulo Coelho The Last Lecture Randy Pausch The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Post what you HAVE to read! | ||
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Loser777
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OnceKing
United States939 Posts
A World Lit Only By Fire by William Manchester for European History | ||
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darkponcho
United States262 Posts
 . Also, there's tons of websites you can use to read summaries of the books and be knowledgeable enough to BS something during class discussions (if you even have them). | ||
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synapse
China13814 Posts
by I really have no clue who wrote this, and am too lazy to find my book :/ | ||
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FXOTheoRy
United States519 Posts
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines | ||
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blahman3344
United States2015 Posts
On August 12 2010 07:38 synapse wrote: The Art of the Personal Essay by I really have no clue who wrote this, and am too lazy to find my book :/ by Philip Lopate same book as synapse here, and i'm not looking forward to reading it =( | ||
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Loser777
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On August 12 2010 07:38 darkponcho wrote: Nothing . Also, there's tons of websites you can use to read summaries of the books and be knowledgeable enough to BS something during class discussions (if you even have them).We don't have class discussions. We have quote tests and essays. Some of the teachers read online summaries (sparknotes, etc) and make tests that don't have ANY of the quotes on sparknotes, schmoop, etc... | ||
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Chimpalimp
United States1135 Posts
I read: East of Eden (long but good) A Midsummer Night's Dream Scarlet Letter (beyond terrible imo) The Pearl Siddhartha (really good) Mythology | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
As for me... Moby Dick by Herman Melville (fuuuuu) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (pretty damn good) | ||
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Endymion
United States3701 Posts
On August 12 2010 08:23 Chimpalimp wrote: Scarlet Letter (beyond terrible imo) I got a 70% on my analysis of Scarlet Letter because it was one of my teacher's favorite books, and I wrote a 8 page criticism on the book's backwards moral message and Hawthorne's "hidden messages." If anyone asks you, be sure to say that you appreciated the moral values of Hester, or your just asking to get ripped apart. | ||
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Laerties
United States361 Posts
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FlashIsHigh
United States474 Posts
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ShaperofDreams
Canada2492 Posts
On August 12 2010 08:28 Zergneedsfood wrote: The Alchemist was really good. So was picture of Dorian Gray. As for me... Moby Dick by Herman Melville (fuuuuu) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (pretty damn good) oh god im so sorry for you! moby dick...ughh | ||
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ShaperofDreams
Canada2492 Posts
On August 12 2010 09:58 ShaperofDreams wrote: oh god im so sorry for you! moby dick...ughh This summer i read all of Shakespears sonnets\poetry like Venus and Adonis and lucrecia and all that good stuff. also a bunch of his best plays (Hamlet, Richard 3, Tempest, As you like it, The tTwo Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors, basically everything except King Lear and some histories\tragedies, and the merchant of Venice (unfortunate but i can't learn any more from Shakespeare, reading the rest would be redundant). Also Homers Illiad and Oddysey I'm totally skipping Ovid for now. 20,000 leagues under the sea, Siddartha, (mediocre, Herman Hesse seems to be a good author with a western interest in eastern philosophy but no actual knowledge. Especially if you have read anything about it. The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas is such a baller. Also Sri Nisargadatta Maharajs I am that, which is awesome, it totally changed my life. I am cheating though because even though this does have an academical purpose it hasn't been strictly assigned to me. | ||
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Folca
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By far the driest piece of crap i've ever read in my life. | ||
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Loser777
1931 Posts
On August 12 2010 10:13 ShaperofDreams wrote: This summer i read all of Shakespears sonnets\poetry like Venus and Adonis and lucrecia and all that good stuff. also a bunch of his best plays (Hamlet, Richard 3, Tempest, As you like it, The tTwo Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors, basically everything except King Lear and some histories\tragedies, and the merchant of Venice (unfortunate but i can't learn any more from Shakespeare, reading the rest would be redundant). Also Homers Illiad and Oddysey I'm totally skipping Ovid for now. 20,000 leagues under the sea, Siddartha, (mediocre, Herman Hesse seems to be a good author with a western interest in eastern philosophy but no actual knowledge. Especially if you have read anything about it. The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas is such a baller. Also Sri Nisargadatta Maharajs I am that, which is awesome, it totally changed my life. I am cheating though because even though this does have an academical purpose it hasn't been strictly assigned to me. You are a ridiculous beast. | ||
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Reflex
Canada703 Posts
Gardens of the Moon Deadhouse Gates The Black Company Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows <-- (^_^)d planning to read a few more while I still have the time to... | ||
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rushz0rz
Canada5300 Posts
Concepts of Modern Mathematics by Ian Stewart (fantastic author) The Places In Between by Rory Stewart | ||
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