Originally Posted by Arya Stark (Post 1455097)

I just found it boring, honestly. It dragged for me and didn't keep my interest. I didn't want to read it anymore but had to because of my project. I actually chose the book, because it was a class on American Classics and I hadn't read it before.

Originally Posted by James (Post 1455028)

Actually Trainspotting and Marabou Stork Nightmares might be on my 'required reading for humanity' list.

Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR. (Post 1455100)

Interesting. I've never encountered anyone who didn't like it so some degree, but apples and orange, tomatoes, tomatos. Certainly an interesting selection for a school project.

Originally Posted by bob. (Post 1455009)

i honestly think that this is exactly what i liked about her writing

hmmm i have never read anything by Hornby or Copeland.....guess i need to remedy that

this one is pointed directly at Junkyard Donner

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

probably my favorite memoir

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1455042)

Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange
W.G. Sebald's Rings of Saturn
Shakespeare's Hamlet
James Joyce's Portrait of an Artist As a Young Man

Originally Posted by Cicatrice (Post 1455119)

If anyone has any e-Books they want to share, I'm always very appreciative haha.

Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus (Post 1455101)

Originally Posted by hate paper doll (Post 1455117)

Yes! Love Eggers. Running With Scissors is another personal favorite but I don't know if I'd consider it a memoir due to the embellishments Burroughs made, nor would I call it required reading. Dave Eggers > David Sedaris too.







A Clockwork Orange, good choice. Ditto for Invisible Man.

I know this choice will be met with derision but The Perks Of Being A Wallflower has to be on there for me. It was the literary equivalent of playing songs on constant repeat as a teenager, I could read it over and over and still be emotionally affected. Same for Bastard Out Of Carolina by Dorothy Allison.

Originally Posted by bob. (Post 1455121)

American Gods?



this actually reminds me that i really need to read more books by Eggers....suggestion?

it's weird....for as much that i absolutely love everything Burroughs ever did....i don't think i would call any of his work "required" reading

i have not read The Perks of Being a Wallflower....but i love the movie