how many books do you have to read? and which ones are u deciding on? well I have a short list and if anyone has read any of them let me know!

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines (Vintage)
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Picador U.S.A.)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Bantam Doubleday Dell)
In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Penguin)
Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Ma (Broadway)
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride (Riverhead)

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Well, I have 2 books that I really need to read so I can give 'em back to my aunt... they're both by Patricia Cornwell..."Isle of Dogs" and "Southern Cross".

I have to read two books. I'm going to read: The Color of Water and Almost a Woman. I've read parts of A lesson before dying, and it's pretty good, but the beginning is kind of borning.

I'm still trying to finish We Were the Mulvaneys.

I'm reading Nancy Drew this summer...I've read 6 already this summer...I read The Mystery of the Wooden Lady, The Mystery of the 99 Steps, The Clue of the Broken Locket, The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase, and The Secret at Shadow Ranch.I am currently reading the clue in the diary..and I have books 21-25 to read...

none.. ahaah!

I did read the Real World Chicago book though.

I've got tons of books that I need to read and finish reading. I also plan to write stories as well. During the summer, writing is sort of my hobby.:p

NONE!!!Buti do plan on reading on my own!

I'm currently reading Jean M. Auel's Shelters of Stone, in her popular Earth Children series. Her books are so amazing and this one was worth the eleven year wait since the last volume was published! For a trashy beach read, I will be carrying along Lucky by Jackie Collins. And then of course there's In Excess (http://www.retrolane.com/excess.html), the ultimate trashy beach read!!! :lol:

POST 500 FOR ME!!!


Anyway, I plan on finshing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and reading "The Summons" by John Grisham

I have to read four, but we don't get to pick which ones.

The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (I've been wanting to read this book for forever)
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

2 required..... I have the list somewhere..... lol. Maybe I lost it.

I started to read To Kill A Mockingbird but its weird. LOL.

And we also have to do a Packet, for Humanities... its like 5 multiple part questions on the olympics... it ain't easy.

wutever u do........DO NOT READ FALLING LEAVES!!!!!! i repeat.....DO NOT read falling leaves. worst book EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

umm...

Kim Empty Inside (true story of an anorexic girl)
Divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood
cut (about a girl cutter who gets help)
the best little girl in the world (even though i've read it like 4 times, it's one of my favorite books)
the luckiest girl in the world (by steven levenkron, same author as the best little girl in the world...about a skater who turns self-abusive)
summer sisters (i read it once before, by judy blume. it's long but i read it in two days...the length just flys by and it's a reeeaaallly good book)

those are the books i chose to read.

then, i have to read some of these classic books for school.

rebecca (don't know who it's by)
and some other ones

then i have to read "AP World History In Review." how fun...the teacher said we don't have to, but since we'll start right when school begins it may help us. how...fun!

Originally posted by InspectorExstead
then, i have to read some of these classic books for school.

rebecca (don't know who it's by)

I had to read that book last summer. The author is Daphne DuMaurier, and it's a really great book. It's pretty slow at first, but all in all I loved it. The movie (directed by Hitchcock) was pretty good too, though I prefer the book.

lol.. Kerri, I just read your post.... hmm, I'll try to avoid it. I have to read that and some other book for summer reading, but it's not like we're going to have any tests on it or anything... the entire school (9-12th gr) has to read it, so I may just skim it... :)

Hey, LaverneShirley, where have you been, by the way? I've missed you!

Originally posted by 80skid
Hey, LaverneShirley, where have you been, by the way? I've missed you!

LoL, I've been here. I guess I haven't been posting as much, but I've been here.