The Bookshelf

[ArnoldtheRubberDucky]

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

[Bethany Shepard]

Really? I grew up on those and love 'em.

I'm reading Dragons in our Midst~Circles of Seven. It's the 3rd book in the series. I HIGHLY recommend.

[Wakko]

The Maze Runner.
That took a violent/dark turn towards the end. 0_0 But it was still a pretty good book overall.

[Bethany Shepard]

Lexi (Liz'alike, aka My sis) is gonna read that during Christmas break.

I'm reading Little Women.

Has anyone read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Or Frankenstein? Are they good?

[Ameraka]

Lexi (Liz'alike, aka My sis) is gonna read that during Christmas break.

I'm reading Little Women.

Has anyone read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Or Frankenstein? Are they good?

I like them but then I like science fiction. I had to read Frankenstein for two English classes so I know it pretty well. Jekyll and Hyde is shorter--it's been a while since I read it.

I just (a few minutes ago) finished reading Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers.

[Wakko]

Lexi (Liz'alike, aka My sis) is gonna read that during Christmas break.

I'm reading Little Women.

Has anyone read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Or Frankenstein? Are they good?

I've read Dr. Jekyll, it was excellent. I'm currently reading Frankenstein and it's good too.

[ArnoldtheRubberDucky]

War and Peace By Leo Tolstoy. I'm 35 pages in... never gonna finish it. Ha ha.

[truAIOfan]

I just finished a book by Tim Shoemaker called The Code of Silence. It's a really good book, and easy to get caught up in. It is now one of my favorites!

@arnoldtherubberducky: How many pages is that book total?

[Gooey98]

Has anyone read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Or Frankenstein? Are they good?

I've read both. I thought they were both pretty good, but I preferred Jekyll and Hyde. Frankenstein was written in a kind of dry manner, IMO. There was also a lot of anticipation (to my recollection), which I'm not a big fan of. With that said, I still thought it was a really good book.

[ArnoldtheRubberDucky]

What do you mean by "anticipation"? Do you just mean it had a lot of suspense that didn't lead to anything, or is this some technical literary term I am unfamiliar with?

[Blitz]

Has anyone read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Or Frankenstein? Are they good?

I've read both. I thought they were both pretty good, but I preferred Jekyll and Hyde. Frankenstein was written in a kind of dry manner, IMO. There was also a lot of anticipation (to my recollection), which I'm not a big fan of. With that said, I still thought it was a really good book.

Weird I am a book worm and I have yet to read these to classics.

[Gooey98]

What do you mean by "anticipation"? Do you just mean it had a lot of suspense that didn't lead to anything, or is this some technical literary term I am unfamiliar with?

Anticipation is basically when they tell you something before it happens.

"I was happy and carefree--I never would have guessed what dark days were ahead."

I prefer a book that doesn't tell you what's coming ahead of time.

[ArnoldtheRubberDucky]

Okay, I must confess I have never heard that definition before.

I've actually read several books that do that, Hough most of the time it was meant to be humorous.

[Ameraka]

Okay, I must confess I have never heard that definition before.

I've actually read several books that do that, Hough most of the time it was meant to be humorous.

Another term (which I'm more familiar with) would be foreshadowing. It has its place, but I'm not a huge fan of it either.

I'm reading Conquest and a book about Turkey and an Alien Nation book, Day of Descent, and I was sort of re-reading the Idiot by Dostoyevsky.

[ArnoldtheRubberDucky]

I read Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None yesterday in about 3 hours. It's a very easy book to read, but a real page-turner with a great twist ending. It was a nice break from War and Peace, which at 1000 pages in (about 400 left to go) is starting to get very boring.

[Ameraka]

I read Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None yesterday in about 3 hours. It's a very easy book to read, but a real page-turner with a great twist ending. It was a nice break from War and Peace, which at 1000 pages in (about 400 left to go) is starting to get very boring.

Love Agatha Christie. I don't think I got past 50 pages in War and Peace; it was already boring by that point. I didn't really care about the characters--essential to me when reading something. Parts of it were, perhaps, mildly interesting, but that was all. That's how I remember it anyway; I might think different if I picked it up again.

Dostoevsky (Tolstoy's contemporary) is a different matter (after me being ready to swear off all Russian authors). One of my favorite authors. I love the psychological drama of his novels.

Right now I'm reading The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by Tolkien. It's translated Old English Poetry, so it's kind of hard to understand at times. I'm not the biggest poetry reader. But some of the phrases pierce your heart with their cold beauty.

I'm also reading a nonfiction book called Eighty Days: Nelly Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's history-making race around the world by Matthew Goodman. It's interesting so far. How a woman was limited in a job as a reporter; she was usually relegated to the "women's section", writing of clothes and society.

I need to have a novel to read, though; I have several I stopped that I could get back to. Or get a new one.

[Bethany Shepard]

I just finished "The Two Sisters of Bamarre" by Gail Carson Levine. It was awesome.

Also, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney. It wasn't as funny as I remembered as a 10 year old.

Anyone have any suggestions for a good book?

[Stella C.]

I'm currently reading the Mockingjay for the second time. I'm looking around for another series to read from cover to cover.

[Paula]

I'm currently reading the Mockingjay for the second time. I'm looking around for another series to read from cover to cover.

Hey Stella! Have you ever read the Wrinkle in Time Series? It's a good read for all ages.

[SirWhit]

Moby Dick and a Tale of Two Cities. I think I'm going to have to renew them at the library.