Now that school's been out for awhile, I can finally catch up on reading something I'm actually interested in. I started reading Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed, by Patricia Cornwall, in September, but had to put it down for crappy textbooks. I've started reading it again though, and I'm just about finished. As you can probably tell, it's about Jack the Ripper. The author reveals who he was, and discusses evidence proving her case. I find it quite interesting, however the one thing I don't like is that she jumps around with her information a lot, and goes off on tangents. All in all, it's a good book though.
After this, even though I have many new books I would like to read, I think I may read Helter Skelter again. It is my favorite book. My friends think I'm crazy...and they're probably right, but I have this crazy obsession with Charles Manson and The Family. Not that I want to join them or anything, I just think the whole story is interesting.

So my question to you is, are you reading anything over the summer? If so, what's it called, what's it about, and would you recommend it?

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This summer I have to do a lot of reading because I am trying to get my grade 12 University English credit so I can graduate! But, I am currently reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (it's pretty good and I recommend it), Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, and during the summer I will be reading a couple Shakespeare books, and possibly the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

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Originally posted by k@tie This summer I have to do a lot of reading because I am trying to get my grade 12 University English credit so I can graduate! But, I am currently reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (it's pretty good and I recommend it), Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, and during the summer I will be reading a couple Shakespeare books, and possibly the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Katie

hehe, im doing that 4U english crap too read several good pieces, Crime and Punnishment, MacBeth, some Kafka stuff, and the Great Gatsby.

I must say they are all truly masterpieces, but i wouldnt really recomend them for relaxing reading (i would never have read them if i didnt have too, but i guess if you like books you might do it). The great gatsby i would actually recomend tho, great book, and easy to read!

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Originally posted by St_Andrew hehe, im doing that 4U english crap too read several good pieces, Crime and Punnishment, MacBeth, some Kafka stuff, and the Great Gatsby. I must say they are all truly masterpieces, but i wouldnt really recomend them for relaxing reading (i would never have read them if i didnt have too, but i guess if you like books you might do it). The great gatsby i would actually recomend tho, great book, and easy to read!

aah i remember reading MacBeth. I was thinking of reading the Great Gatsby, you're not the only one who has told me its a good book ......hey since you're doing 4U as well, maybe you would like to make a copy of all your work for me????? lol

Katie

Ah... nice to see some people actually attempt to keep their minds sharp by reading throughout the summer!

I just finished "Sahara" by Clive Cussler. Great book, haven't seen the movie though.

My next book is going to be "The English Assassin" by Daniel Silva.

His books are GREAT spy thrillers that contain political intrigue, secret organizations, spy vs spy deception and all the goodies that have kept me reading his books non-stop!

"Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda" by L.Gen. Roméo Dallaire.

This book has touched me more than any other in a long time. Well worth the read. More gruesom and enthralling than any fiction you can imagine...

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/AS...9594388-8789626

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Originally posted by k@tie aah i remember reading MacBeth. I was thinking of reading the Great Gatsby, you're not the only one who has told me its a good book ......hey since you're doing 4U as well, maybe you would like to make a copy of all your work for me????? lol Katie

hehe, what do you need?

I have a paper on surrealism, a comparative essay on the themes in Macbeth and Crime and punnishment, quotes in macbeth. Might have something more but those were the major ones... if you need any of those, just tell me.. hehehe

oh, and you dont happen to have something about Scott Fitzgerald? =) btw, are you doing that really stupid language power book too?

and amb, that seems like a cool book

on topic, i heard that "Requiem for a Dream" should ge really good, havent read it yet tho...

I do a lot of reading all the time, about 3-4 books a week hehe.

Right now though i'm reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. So far it's pretty interesting. Set in Russia, it's about a woman (Anna) who is married and has a son but falls in love with another man called Count Alexei Vronsky. She then throws everything aside to be with him with pretty disastrous consequences (but keep in mind the story is not just about her, there are loads of characters in the books whose futures are all intertwined). So yah... like i said it's pretty good so far, i'm only on the second part so it's only just starting to get really interesting. Hopefully i should have it finished by Thursday

This is one of the summaries i found on Google about it:

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Anna Karenina is widely regarded to be an even greater achievement of tragedy and of the novel form than War and Peace had been the decade before. Tolstoy began it in 1873 and concluded it in 1877. It is the story of a fashionable married woman, Anna Karenina, who arrives in St Petersberg to meet Stepan Arkadyevitch but meets with him another man. This man, Count Vronsky, is strangely attracted to Anna from the outset and she begins to feel for him too. Anna recalls her cold-blooded and cynical husband who is twenty years her senior. He never shows her any affection and considers her to be a trophy. The Count contrives to meet Anna again through his friendship with Stepan, with whom Anna is residing. The novel then follows this liaison as it begin and then ends horribly as Anna’s husband Karenin finds out about the affair. Anna is brought down by others’ passions and power over her and she is driven, after many twists and turns in her fortunes and those of her lovers, to throw herself under the wheels of a train. It is one of the most famous suicides in literary history but to know of its inevitability only makes the tragedy of Anna’s life more cathartic and sad.

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Originally posted by St_Andrew hehe, what do you need? I have a paper on surrealism, a comparative essay on the themes in Macbeth and Crime and punnishment, quotes in macbeth. Might have something more but those were the major ones... if you need any of those, just tell me.. hehehe oh, and you dont happen to have something about Scott Fitzgerald ? =) btw, are you doing that really stupid language power book too? and amb, that seems like a cool book on topic, i heard that "Requiem for a Dream" should ge really good, havent read it yet tho...

awwww you're too sweet!! to be honest, I don't know everything I will need, because I have to do it through correspondence it's so much harder because I have to teach myself everything, and can't ask an english teacher for help. And what do you need to know about Scott Fitzgerald? I just may be able to help you! ^_^
I'm not doing that language book YET, but I'm sure I will have to do it at some point during my course. UGH I hate correspondence!! If anyone wants to do my English credit for me, I will give you $20!!!

p.s. Requiem for a Dream is supposed to be amazing. I hope to read that one too sometime

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* Now that school's been out for awhile, I can finally catch up on reading something I'm actually interested in. I started reading Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed, by Patricia Cornwall, in September, but had to put it down for crappy textbooks. I've started reading it again though, and I'm just about finished. As you can probably tell, it's about Jack the Ripper. The author reveals who he was, and discusses evidence proving her case. I find it quite interesting, however the one thing I don't like is that she jumps around with her information a lot, and goes off on tangents. All in all, it's a good book though. After this, even though I have many new books I would like to read, I think I may read Helter Skelter again. It is my favorite book. My friends think I'm crazy...and they're probably right, but I have this crazy obsession with Charles Manson and The Family. Not that I want to join them or anything, I just think the whole story is interesting. So my question to you is, are you reading anything over the summer? If so, what's it called, what's it about, and would you recommend it?

Fully read your post just now, i LOVE reading the exact same types of book you read!! Never heard of Helter Skelter though but it sounds amazing! Definitely the next one on my list.

I read a few of Patricia Cornwall's books, they're pretty good. My parents got me hooked on them I'm waiting to get Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed right now from them... looking forward to reading that!!!

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Originally posted by k@tie awwww you're too sweet!! to be honest, I don't know everything I will need, because I have to do it through correspondence it's so much harder because I have to teach myself everything, and can't ask an english teacher for help. And what do you need to know about Scott Fitzgerald? I just may be able to help you! ^_^ I'm not doing that language book YET, but I'm sure I will have to do it at some point during my course. UGH I hate correspondence!! If anyone wants to do my English credit for me, I will give you $20!!! p.s. Requiem for a Dream is supposed to be amazing. I hope to read that one too sometime

oh, that sounds hard!!! i would hate to do that, i think its pretty damn hard even with a teacher! but hopefully you get to do at least some of those topics i did! english is not my first langauge so you would obviously need to do some revising, but i usually get around 3+,4- on my stuff so after you edit it you could probably get a good grade i will be more or less without internet from the beginning of july to the 22nd tho, so if you need anything, tell me before that i guess