Topic: Summer Reading

[spongemonkey13]

Okay I have to watch one of these movies and write an essay on it:
Dances with Wolves
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Glory
Gone With the Wind
All the President's Men
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Majestic
Born on the Fourth of July
Inherit the Wind

Okay I have to read one of these books and take a test on it:
The Secret Lives of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd
The Things They Carried-Tim O'Brien
I Was Amelia Earhart-Jane Mendelsohn
Time and Again-Jack Finney
In the Company of Men-Nancy Mace
The Hunt Club-Bret Lott
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Last Confederate Submarine-B. Hicks and S.Kropf
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Change America-Erik Larson
Dr. Seuss Goes to War-Theodor Geisel/Richard Minear
Readomg Lolita in Tehran-Azar Nafisi

All right now I could use some help narrowing down. If you have seen or read any of  those could you recommend me one. Oh yeah and feel free to use this thread to get help with YOUR summer reading that you know you didn't do yet. Sparknotes is always nice but I am looking for actual recommendations/opinions. I am planning on actually reading the book and watching the movie. Please help out your fellow lazy forumers.

[Roger]

Dances with Wolves is the best movie on the list...but I warn you...it is REALLY long.

As far as the books go...I have no idea.

[Lil Loco]

dancez with wolvez iz the only movie on the list ive seen...so yea.  i dont really read so, i cant help u with bookz.

[spongebuddie]

well i haven't seen any of the movies so i guess i'd agree with roger it sounds good i think i've heard of that movie one time or another

i'd pick Dr. Seuss Goes to War-Theodor Geisel/Richard Minear for the book i like Dr. Seuss he wrote that book green eggs n ham i LOVED that book!.. funny

[GrEeNdAyFrEaK]

Yeah.. what Roger said. Dances with Wolves is good, but it's long.

[spongemonkey13]

Yeah I am thinking about that movie and the book Dr. Seuss Goes To War. Sounds interesting even though I doubt it rhymes... :happy:

[Lil Loco]

why not...itz got dr. suess in the name.

[ssj4gogita4]

Okay I have to watch one of these movies and write an essay on it:
Dances with Wolves
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Glory
Gone With the Wind
All the President's Men
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Majestic
Born on the Fourth of July
Inherit the Wind

Okay I have to read one of these books and take a test on it:
The Secret Lives of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd
The Things They Carried-Tim O'Brien
I Was Amelia Earhart-Jane Mendelsohn
Time and Again-Jack Finney
In the Company of Men-Nancy Mace
The Hunt Club-Bret Lott
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Last Confederate Submarine-B. Hicks and S.Kropf
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Change America-Erik Larson
Dr. Seuss Goes to War-Theodor Geisel/Richard Minear
Readomg Lolita in Tehran-Azar Nafisi

All right now I could use some help narrowing down. If you have seen or read any of  those could you recommend me one. Oh yeah and feel free to use this thread to get help with YOUR summer reading that you know you didn't do yet. Sparknotes is always nice but I am looking for actual recommendations/opinions. I am planning on actually reading the book and watching the movie. Please help out your fellow lazy forumers.

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[weird_4]

Choose the Hunt Club. I love that story.

[Sheldon J. Plankton]

Never read any of those, but the new Harry Potter is awesome, I just finished it.

[weird_4]

How's that possible? I'm still reading the order of the Pheniox.

[Starr2k3]

How's that possible? I'm still reading the order of the Pheniox.

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Umm, he is a better reader than you?

[weird_4]

Was that an insult I just heard? That was very mean yet rude! It doesn't matter, how fast you read. All that matters is that I understand what the book is about.

[Starr2k3]

Was that an insult I just heard? That was very mean yet rude! It doesn't matter, how fast you read. All that matters is that I understand what the book is about.

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No, it was not an insult. You asked how it was possible to read it by now? I told you how. If you want an insult, ask for one. :wink1:

[IceFox]

I know tons of people who have read all 6 books in one night. I, on the other hand am not that focused and waste my time playing Sims 2, looking a GameCube stuff, and Call of Duty MultiPlayer PC.


I have not read or seen any of those.