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| What Are You Reading Now? : To reread or not to reread... | | 38 | alcottacre, Yesterday 10:34pm | |
| Read YA Lit : July 2008----What are you reading? | | 63 | pinkymccoversong, Yesterday 9:32pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Well Here Goes - Whicker's | | 37 | Whicker, Yesterday 12:54pm | |
| Amazon's Kindle : eReading - New General Group on LibraryThing | | 9 | maggie1944, Yesterday 12:39am | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : brochettes is trying to read 1001 books before she dies- and hopes that she lives a very long life.. | | 3 | brochettes, Thursday 7:24pm | |
| Read YA Lit : female protagonist coming-of-age suggestions? | | 16 | maread, Thursday 6:58pm | |
| The Green Dragon : Books that you have enjoyed the most~ fiction | | 44 | Severn, Wednesday 10:59pm | |
| The Green Dragon : What are you reading in July? | | 154 | TadAD, Wednesday 5:39pm | |
| 20-Something LibraryThingers : Books Read in High School English | | 18 | ambushedbyasnail, Wednesday 8:38am | |
| Awful Lit. : Books to be struck from HS reading lists! | | 160 | aguntherc, Tuesday 7:02pm | |
| LC Classification Challenge : Zoe's | | 9 | _Zoe_, Saturday 7:01pm | |
| Book talk : Any food, beverage or related terms | | 14 | stringcat3, July 18 | |
| Non-food Books with Food or Beverage-related Titles : Bread | | 2 | lilithcat, July 17 | |
| English majors! : HP: Books for the Ages? | | 13 | bookstopshere, July 16 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : kambrogi in 2008 | | 97 | kambrogi, July 16 | |
| Nederlandstalige lezers : Wat lees jij nu? | | 174 | yvoseule, July 14 | |
| Read YA Lit : June Discussion--Looking for Alasaka by John Green | | 43 | _Zoe_, July 9 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : yhoitink's read books | | 10 | yhoitink, July 9 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Leuntjes 50 book challenge | | 23 | Leuntje, July 9 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Ganeshaka's 2008 List | | 3 | Ganeshaka, July 8 | |
| Sunset YA Book Talk : And we all play faveorites;; | | 29 | rawrbree, July 6 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : lenereadsnok joins the challenge | | 20 | lenereadsnok, July 5 | |
| Books that made me think : Message Board | | 133 | Cwrens, July 5 | |
| The Green Dragon : Does the ending ever make an awful book worthwhile? | | 19 | StarGazer72, July 3 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : How ya gonna keep 'em down on the FARM | | 11 | CarolO, July 2 | |
| Awful Lit. : 'Why are classics classic? | | 170 | bookstopshere, June 30 | |
| 888 Challenge : fannyprice's 888 | | 47 | avisannschild, June 23 | |
| Book talk : A Story in Titles (Yet ANOTHER Silly Book Game) | | 8 | aviddiva, June 22 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Oooookay . . . if everyone else is doing it. Booksloth's list. | | 17 | Nickelini, June 20 | |
| Book talk : Cry like a baby | | 183 | Medellia12, June 14 | |
| New features : Users with your books: "Recent" is back | | 84 | monarchi, June 14 | |
| Writer-readers : Can I truly call myself "TeenAuthor" any more now I am a Man? | | 5 | hermit_9, June 12 | |
| Book talk : most hated books | | 5 | Tess22, June 8 | |
| The Green Dragon : Most HATED books | | 138 | goddessladyj, June 7 | |
| Someone explain it to me... : Catcher in the Rye | | 24 | Scratch, June 5 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Do You Write in Your Books? | | 118 | justmeRosalie, June 1 | |
| Reading Great Books : Great Books I have read | | 8 | Sandydog1, May 24 | |
| Book talk : List ten books that... | | 73 | bookladykm, March 28 | |
| Swedish Thing : Pocketböckerna du måste köpa | | 2 | lustigkulle, March 25 | |
| Book talk : Rereadings | | 64 | bookbesotted, February 25 | |
| Read YA Lit : August Discussion--Feed | | 49 | _Zoe_, February 22 | |
| Dormant: Art is Life : Books or art that fundamentally changed the way you think or feel? | | 50 | scotta, February 1 | |
| Dormant: The Literati : So, what are you currently reading? | | 141 | -Mr-Dustin-, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: Who Would Win in a Fight? : Ignatius J. Reilly v. Holden Caulfield | | 7 | citygirl, November 2007 | |
| Dormant: marquette LTers : Catcher in the Rye | | 12 | cdyankeefan, November 2007 | |
| Dormant: Depression and Anxiety: Books That Help : Misery Loves Company | | 6 | CarlosMcRey, November 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : poetontheone's 50 (or more) book challenge | | 15 | poetontheone, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Lesser Known Great Books | | 52 | Seanie, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Kell's Progress... | | 77 | Kell_Smurthwaite, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Teaching "Taboos" | | 15 | culturalcatalyst, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: Books Compared : The Dharma Bums/Siddhartha/Altered States/Teddy | | 6 | berthirsch, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 September 2007 | | 170 | woodbear, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Pandammonia's listy thang. | | 10 | pandammonia, September 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Your blindspot | | 99 | rebyonak, September 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Literati : Overrated Works | | 13 | medea_09, September 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : Watershed Novels | | 49 | wisewoman, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: Books Compared : Hurricanes/Catcher in the Rye | | 5 | margad, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Has anyone ever spoiled a book for you? | | 48 | fleela, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : So...what do you do for a living? | | 23 | Trillian_Samsa, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Allusions | | 285 | christiguc, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Seasonings | | 14 | mzonderm, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : It's Baseball Season! Batter Up! | | 11 | aviddiva, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Post books that you read at least 3 times | | 98 | maryfduffy, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Suzcky´s 25 books challenge | | 7 | bluesalamanders, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: Readers Over Sixty : Newsweek Article | | 17 | andyray, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: Hogwarts Express : HP: Books for the Ages? | | 13 | littlegeek, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Memorable First Sentences | | 76 | varielle, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Stories | | 21 | imager, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : "Name Your Poison" | | 10 | pudu, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: Modern Classics Club : Kell's Modern Malarky... (What I'm reading and why) | | 19 | Kell_Smurthwaite, July 2007 | |
| Dormant: Bug Collectors : Harry Potter counts | | 22 | reading_fox, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Can we agree of one novel which everyone likes? | | 97 | skoobdo, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Rivers (name of river in title/subtitle) | | 10 | varielle, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 May 2007 | | 131 | careyi, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : daughterofkaibas 50 books | | 9 | daughterofkaiba, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : Modern Library II | | 10 | emaestra, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 Mar 2007 | | 145 | LynCollett, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : ClickForth's Top 50 (a postmodern/classic medley) | | 19 | clickforth, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Books everyone hates and you love | | 8 | reading_fox, May 2007 | |
| Dormant: Books Compared : Ishiguro/Ishiguro/Ishiguro/Ishiguro | | 18 | emily_morine, April 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Are there any authors who's books are wonderful, but who you don't care for personally? | | 58 | Busifer, April 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : The Redemption of School Reading | | 21 | reading_fox, April 2007 | |
| Dormant: LibraryThing Challenges : Stump the Unsuggester | | 18 | undeadgoat, April 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : The Great American Novel? | | 33 | jenknox, March 2007 | |
| Dormant: Osia : ceci étant dit | | 2 | Lof4Lof, March 2007 | |
| Dormant: Ironic : Message Board | | 24 | reading_fox, March 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : I'm thinking the Tag thing is wonky. | | 55 | Tane, February 2007 | |
| Dormant: MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs : Book Club Classics | | 13 | marfita, December 2006 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Book Chain | | 2 | bookmasterjmv, November 2006 | |
| Dormant: GSLISers @ UofI : Checking for 501 Students | | 6 | bookgirl705, November 2006 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : What is your favorite book of all time/ | | 44 | slindy, October 2006 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : number one | | 2 | boekerij, October 2006 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 Sep 2006 | | 97 | GreyHead, September 2006 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Dihiba's 2008 Books | | 183 | dihiba, Today 7:37am |
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| Book talk : Books that everyone loves and you hate | | 359 | somecrazyperson, Today 1:54am |
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| Book talk : Name authors that after youve red them first, you had the urge to read EVERYTHING they wrote. | | 390 | jfetting, Yesterday 8:02pm |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books | | 291 | aguntherc, Yesterday 2:53pm |
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| Read YA Lit : What is your least-favourite YA title? | | 191 | Ceridwen83, July 15 |
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... by John Green
Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
Thinking Straight by Robin Reardon
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I absolutely loved Peeps. I have read quite a lot of vampire books of late and I really enjoyed Westerfeld's fresh take on ... ... Hobbit
69. Rebecca
70. For Whom the Bell Tolls
71. The Outsider
72. The Little Prince
73. The Plague
74. The Catcher in the Rye
75. The Judge and His Hangman
76. Lord of the Flies
77. The Story of O
78. The Lord of the Rings
79. On the Road
80. Homo Faber
81. ... ... act.
I re-read A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Sparrow every year or two. I re-read The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye about once a year.
I've already started thinking about my reading resolution for 2009, and it will definitely involve a set number of re-reads.
... ... up a book I think is new and within a few words I know if I have read it before. I put it down. But recently I picked up Catcher in the Rye and realized I had read it so so so long ago I might actually be able to re-read it and appreciate the writing from a whole new perspective.
I try to ... ... I loved it, and I think it's a book I might not have come across if not for the class. I also liked A Separate Peace, Catcher in the Rye, and Fahrenheit 451.
My senior English teacher let me and a few other students who had already read Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights read other ... ... of Mockingbird for a modern look at an old classic - and it also has a heroine who runs away, shades of Holden Caufield in Catcher in the Rye. ... random relaxing the hands as a response to the lovely warm bath. Which I think I'll go take right now. I am re-reading Catcher in the Rye in paperback.
But I am also reading Merle's Door on the Kindle and I love it. By the way I agree re: reference books. Even dictionaries.
Color. ... ... e
Ender's Game
The Grey King
A Wizard Of Earthsea
The Lord Of The Rings
The Silmarillion
Desolation Road
Catcher In The Rye
The Wasp Factory
The Riders
The Shipping News
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
The Book Thief
Bread & wine: an erotic tale of New York City, by Samuel R. Delaney
Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
... the Purple Sage - Zane Grey
The Book of Salt - Maxine Truong
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread - Don Robertson
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - Lorna Landvik
Real Men Don't Eat Quiche - Bruce Feirstein
Everything On A Waffle - Polly H ... 24. Knife of dreams by Robert Jordan
25. Catcher in the rye by J.D. Salinger I recently just read Cather and the Rye. (I think it was around January??)
I had been meaning to read it for a few years now, but I was definately glad that I didn't attempt it until now. (Maybe this has do with entering high school???) It's not that I couldn't identify what was going on and ... ... Kim Edwards Good story, don't know why so many people didn't like it.
83. A Sack of Teeth by Grant Buday
84. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
85. Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
86. The Third Twin by Ken Follett
87. The Dogs of B ... Finished About a Boy for the second time. Still fabulous.
Started reading The Catcher In The Rye. Not so fabulous. This Holden Caulfield fellow needs to stop whining about how all the adults in the world suck and get on with his life. It's like reading modernist Emo poetry, only this guy hates ... On another thread, someone mentioned that they didn't like Catcher In The Rye, except for the final paragraph. So it's possible, i guess. Personally, I don't think i've come across it. I could probably find a bunch of examples of good books with bad endings, but not vice-versa. ... this book since I guess I was a teenager, and finally decided I should read it, decades later. At first it seemed like The Catcher in the Rye meets The Devil Wears Prada but of course it soon moves onto a more serious topic - mental illness.
I think the book got a lot of attention back ... ... laid. Yawn.
HOWEVER, now that I have finished it, I don’t feel the same way. It will never speak to me as well as The Catcher in the Rye, which is more timeless, more universal, and also annoyingly adolescent if you read it at the wrong time in your life. However, if you are young and ... ... Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevski
22. The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
23. Nine Stores by J.D.Salinger
24. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
25. Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert Howard
26. How to Write by Gertrude Stein
27. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold ... ... Old Ace in The Hole) so I wouldn't forget and shelf it again.
It was an engaging story that seemed a cross between The Catcher in the Rye and a diary of Ed Gein. Nonetheless, it was very interesting and I am very glad to have read it. It was not a gruesome as I had heard it would be. ... ... Old Ace in The Hole) so I wouldn't forget and shelf it again.
It was an engaging story that seemed a cross between The Catcher in the Rye and a diary of Ed Gein. Nonetheless, it was very interesting and I am very glad to have read it. It was not a gruesome as I had heard it would be. ... ... I wonder if there is a book that everyone in this group has read? Or which one comes closest. Nineteen Eighty-four? Catcher in the Rye? The Great Gatsby? Jane Eyre? Question to the forum, re: Separate Peace, The Chocolate War, Catcher in the Rye et al.
Why is the public school fascination with private schools?
Whenever I read any of those book in public school, I would invariably start comparing the oak lined rooms in the books with the ... ... Witches of Eastwick are coming this way. "They have Sweet Revenge in their eyes."
"I Know This Much is True,"said The Catcher in the Rye, "There will be a Rebellion on The Reef."
*Good tie-in extrajoker* Catcher in the Rye? Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
The Animal Things We Say
The Corn is Green
Harvest Home
Catcher in the Rye ... problem: most of my shared libraries overlap comes from high school staples. Knowing someone else has Mark Twain, Catcher in the Rye, The Color Purple, and The Scarlet Letter really only tells me that someone kept their books from an American Lit class at some point.
The best ... ... classics that I love:
Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion by Jane Austen
A Tale of 2 Cities by Charles Dickens
Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey, and Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mock ... LG/ Bib I can appreciate Catcher in the Rye and the unreliable narrator. I just don't enjoy Holden Caulfield that much. (Bib I think it is because he is an angsty boy that I don't connect- then again Hamlet was an angsty boy and I connected with him.) I enjoyed Salinger's other short stories ... I vaguely remember attempting The Catcher in the Rye in High School and giving up. I wanted to be angsty (it was the mid-90's that's what people my age were supposed to be) but I never could quite pull it off.
#26 I never noticed it either, granted it was 8th grade when I had to read it. Th ... #25 El Catcher in the Rye is another one that I think may not be the best H.S. choice or maybe it is good for H.S. boys. I didn't like it (and I read it as an adult) but I loved the stories in Franny and Zoey if you liked the Royal Tennenbaums then you'll find the family is closely related to ... ... Stephen King, etc. -- feel like they were written just to fulfill a deadline.
#25, elba, I won't say not to reread Catcher in the Rye, but I will say I still don't like it at all. I felt the same way you seem to about it when I read it as a teen and it didn't improve with my age. But ... Oddly, when I was in high school, I absolutely detested The Catcher in the Rye and was pretty vocal about it. This made me a rarity at school, and I think this made me even more adamant about hating it.
Now, in my thirites, I love the book. Perhaps getting distance from high school helped a ... ... Great Expectations and The Great Gatsby both fell waaaay short of "great" in my mind. I was also unimpressed with Catcher in the Rye. Look at me, I'm Holden Caulfield and I swear a lot blah blah blah.... is that too harsh? I haven't read it since I was an angsty teenager so if ... ... - Tolkien
21. Lolita - Nabakov
22. Bonjour tristesse - Francoise Sagan
23. The go-between - L. P. Hartley
24. The catcher in the rye - J. D. Salinger
25. 1984 - George Orwell
26. The little prince - Antoine de Saint Euxpery
27. Good morning, midnight - Jean Rhys
28. Nig ... #219. Don't waste your time on Catcher in the Rye. I will never get back the time that I wasted on that book. Catcher in the Rye doesn't have much of a plot; it is less a story a more a character study of Holden. Whether you love or hate him, he is an interesting character and that's a big part of the appeal of the story. I didn't find him particularly likable either. He is a hypocrite and has a lot ... ... by Kate Elliot (in a total escapism type of way), but have never gotten into any of her other books
I finally tried catcher in the rye this year and didn't enjoy it, I plowed through moby dick a few years ago - sheer grim determination got my through, and like mrgroomism rather enjoyed ... I remember loving The Catcher in the Rye as a teenager. I'm almost afraid to re-read it. I have 3 copies on my shelves - mine, my husband's, and my MIL's first edition. Have to keep them all for sentimental value.
The best thing about Catcher is that it caused me to read all of J.D. Saling ... ...
16.To the lighthouse - Virginia Woolf
17. Medea. Stemmen - Christa Wolf
18. Good morning, midnight - Jean Rhys
19. The catcher in the rye - J.D. Salinger
20. Het dagboek van Malte Laurids Brigge - Rainer Maria Rilke (2nd time)
21. De gedaanteverwisseling - Franz Kafka (2nd time in ... ...
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (you can't deny it's a hit)
Romeo and Juliet by ... ...
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (you can't deny it's a hit)
Romeo and Juliet by ... Op het moment lees ik De vanger in het graan van J.D. Salinger. Leest lekker en is verrassend goed geschreven. Ik vind het alleen wel jammer dat ik niet het origineel heb kunnen vinden, want de Nederlandse vertaling rammelt soms nogal, vooral omdat het in spreektaal is geschreven. ... -- William Golding
49) Invisible Man -- Ralph Ellison
50) The Old Man and the Sea -- Ernest Hemingway
51) The Catcher in the Rye -- J. D. Salinger
52) 1984 -- George Orwell
53) Cry, the Beloved Country -- Alan Paton
54) Animal Farm -- George Orwell
55) Ficciones -- J ... ... - 03/16/2008
(2) Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader – Anne Fadiman (NF, essays) - 03/18/2008
(3) The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger (F) (a re-read)
(4) A Pale View of Hills - Kazuo Ishiguro (F)
(5) Sanditon and Other Stories – Jane Austen (shor ... ... only read 9 books on the list:
The Black Dahlia
Interview with a Vampire
To Kill a Mockingbird
Foundation
The Catcher in the Rye
1984
The Little Prince
Brave New World
Dracula
There were a couple that I know I've started, but I couldn't remember if I'd finished, ... Self-important whiny-boys and layabouts. From Confederacy of Dunces, we have belligerent, big-bellied Ignatius. From The Catcher in the Rye, we have our favorite rebel without a clue, Holden Caulfield. Who would you put your money on? ... - Portuguese literature: The Man Who Planted Trees
PR English Literature: Romeo and Juliet
PS American Literature: The Catcher in the Rye
PT German Literature etc.: The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
PZ Fiction and juvenile belles lettres: Le Petit Prince
Q Science (General): Ea ... Yesterday I bought The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, and The Bluest Eye for my grandson. School assignments for him.
For myself I bought St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, The World at Night. I also bought The Heart of the World by Ian Baker. (The touchstone kept ... Perhaps Catcher in the Rye was more popular when I was a kid because our parents hated it. I, even I, have been known to defy authority simply for the sake of defying authority!!
And I do agree - after awhile I wanted to slap some sense into Holden. :-) ... like Feed, don't look like the kind of stuff any teen I know would be interested in.
THANK YOU for not choosing Catcher in the Rye. I know teens are "supposed to" like it, but really, I'm around teens all day, I don't want to read about teens too. That kind of whiny teen angst just ... Just finished Catcher in the Rye and loved it. How I wish the powers-that-be at Marquette or St. Joe's had recognized the value of putting Salinger's brilliant work on our reading lists.
What a coincidence: I'm going to be starting "Middlesex" very soon. I'm finishing Al Gore's "An Assault on Re ... ... poet I've read.
I gave up on Last of the Mohicans half way through, and I almost never do that.
In defence of The Catcher in the Rye, an unlikeable protagonist / narrator doesn't make it an unlikeable story, surely? Not for me anyway. Besides, Caulfield isn't that bad a kid! Lay ... ... have the same physical calm as those in a sensory deprivation tank.
Teddy is a short story taken from Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger. It is a beautiful story of a young boy who believes he has a spiritual connection with God and it focusses on his ideas about how to reach enlightenment ... ... points of the book, the people that do the good things are not always the nice ones, and vice versa.
The same goes for catcher in the rye (#98) - of course it's got "poor grammar, limited vocabulary, annoying main character". The guy's a teenager, he's confused, he does not know what to do ... ... by Jack Kerouac
*Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
*Altered States by Paddy Chayefsky
*Teddy from Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger
All touched on the idea of Buddhism...has really got me thinking! 3) Completed 09/18: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ... down? Should I ask that girl I like out?
All these questions have affected my writing too, so many themes in books like Catcher in the Rye and On the Road that I've only started to begin to understand, they're not about Angst, it's about leaving that self centered Angst behind, and ... ... as 'people helpless in the face of a crisis'.
Now this may have been based on the 'classics' I had to read for school - Catcher in the Rye, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, etc. But I have tried reading mainstream fiction and disliked everything I've tried (and I have only recently developed the ... ... with) include:
Lord of the Flies - hated the writing style... felt completely emotionally detatched from it
The Catcher in the Rye - didn't like the main character at all. Had such high expectations due to so many people claiming it as a 'favourite'
Catch-22 - admittedly I ... I could never take Catcher in the Rye seriously; Holden was having a sixth grade existential crisis at the age of seventeen. I still don't understand why Holden is revered by so many people. Nine Stories was commendable, but I have no shame in giving "Cather" a solid one star.
Similarly, I ... ... Shoot, we were all sobbing. I guess that's one way to keep your students in line. Charlotte's Web destroyed me, too.
The Catcher in the Rye and The Diaries of Adam and Eve get me every time. As an adult. ... Prince
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Generation X
Slaughter-House Five
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Bell Jar
Catcher in the Rye
My Antonia
Maggie Cassidy
Mere Christianity ... Prince
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Generation X
Slaughter-House Five
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Bell Jar
Catcher in the Rye
My Antonia
Maggie Cassidy
Mere Christianity ... Prince
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Generation X
Slaughter-House Five
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Bell Jar
Catcher in the Rye
My Antonia
Maggie Cassidy
Mere Christianity No, I think my fears are public knowledge.
The person below me has read Catcher in the Rye #103 I loved the sea
#46 I loved Cather in the Rye. For me, at the time of reading this, I loved the alientation and the random thoughts he expresses (where do the ducks go in the winter?) and the feeling that everyone is phony. I totally related to his tone and his emotions and so for me, ... ... Eragon but wasn't ready to jump into another one after I read it. I hope it doesn't disappoint.
#46 (sunnycat) -- The Catcher in the Rye didn't blow me away either. I found Holden pretty annoying actually. I read catcher in the rye which really did not blow me away - I didn't really get what all the fuss was about. I'd be interested to hear other people's opinions of it.
Now I'm halfway through the memory keeper's daughter which is really good. ... the recent film)
Greenmantle by John Buchan
Right Ho, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse (Continuous re-cycling of these)
Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
Waiting in the wings are the Aubrey/Maturin books and A Dance to the Music of Time I read Salinger's short stories first and much preferred them to The Catcher in the Rye. Some of the characters in the short stories are cynical, but the overall perspective is not cynical at all. My favorite has always been "To Esmé with Love and Squalor." The title sets a humorous tone, and ... ... did my Master's thesis on Salinger. It is called From X to I: The Evolution of Salinger's Narrative Method. It is not on The Catcher in the Rye but rather his short stories.
I only read Catcher after I had turned twenty-four. It had a deep impact on me.
Your second paragraph is ... ... The Secret of Hurricanes, a slender, emotionally dense story that makes me think of Salinger. I was never a huge fan of Catcher in the Rye, but aspects of it have lingered in my memory decades after I read it, so Salinger was clearly doing something right. Both Hurricanes and Catcher are ... ... me of an Onion headline: "Thirteen-year old girl can't believe how immature everyone is." Which is kind of the point in Catcher in the Rye. ... title of this thread I instantly thought of the Scarlett Letter, its great to see I'm not alone. I also didn't care for Catcher in the Rye although at least it was a quick read.
I am so excited that many mentioned The Pearl I forgot how much I truly hated that book. My friends and I ... Teacher in high school suspended me because we got into a screaming fight over Catcher in the Rye, and whether or not he was A) gay, B) a murderer, C) dead, and E) a woman. Then I called her a lunatic nymphomaniac. I was awesome in high school. ... Dove by Larry McMurtry
Raoul Duke - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Holden Caufield - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Zaphod Beeblebrox - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Those are all the book characters from my 'of ... ... it interesting that the books I suffered through in high school I actually enjoyed as an adult. To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Catcher in the Rye and Shakespear. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris (the orange peel on the cover always makes me think of orange zest)
Is There a Nutmeg in the House? by Elizabeth David
Skeletons in Purple Sage by Barbara ... |
