Summer Reading?

[DrWurm]

First off, this is not a topic for you to bitch and moan about your summer reading.

I'd just like to know what book(s) (if any) you're reading for a summer reading assignment or for any other reason. I'm reading (for 11th grade):

Tomorrow, When the War Began, by
John Marsden.
A fiction about austrailian teenagers who return after a camping trip to find their country has been invaded.

AND

Life of Pi, by
Yann Martel
A fiction about a man (Pi) who ends up adrift on a raft with a bengal tiger for company.

So, has anybody read either? i haven't started yet so i can't provide much input.

[brainface]

I've read "Tom Green: Hollywood Causes Cancer". Which is a great book that I highly recomend. If you're a fan of him or not its a good read.

I'm reading "The Catcher in the Rye". Which seems pretty good so far.

And I plan to read "Fight Club" after that.

[PawPrint]

I didnt have to but I read a few. Da Vinci Code and Decption point are all I remember right now butI might list soem mroe later.

[LakeShore]

Ii've read 3 books in the last 2 weeks. almost finished another. i love reading. i was actually recommended the life of pi, couldn't find the e-book, might have to buy it :p also planning on reading 1984, i'm a lil behind

[ViolentAJ]

I read "Brave New World" over the vacation, and a few technical books. I also studied a bit of German and tried to learn a few japanese words (which is useless since I am black).

[DrWurm]

Books that I'd normally read would be anything by Michael Crichton or Arthur C. Clarke. I really love their blunt styles.They don't give a little happy-go-lucky version of sci-fi.

I think Crichton orgasms when he writes about disembowlment because he uses that method of death a lot.

[cr-krinkles]

Life of Pi....before I picked a few new books out today I noticed that one again. It was high up on the shelf and I couldn't reach it. A fat man wanted to help out, but I was too shy and so I walked away. I've heard of it before and it looks pretty interesting...at least more than the first one you mentioned. I'll probably read it eventually after I finish the ones I just bought. ^^

[mightypotato]

I don't have any summer reading that I have to do. Rather, I read during the summer to keep my mind fresh and active. Books I've read this summer include:

Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
The Manticore by Robertson Davies
World of Wonders by Robertson Davies

[Triple-Merc]

I've been reading a-lot.

Tim Allen: I'm Not Really Here
WWE Books: Adam Copeland on Edge
WWE Books: Rise and Fall of ECW
Stephen King: The Stand (Uncut)
Jeff Foxworthy: No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem
Harry Potter 1-3 (Yes, I enjoyed the first three. Sue me, motherfuckers!**)
Various Comics/Magazines

**By "Sue Me Motherfuckers", I mean, don't sue me.

[Torkelson]

No reading have i done over this summer period. And I too am entering they 11th grade. Now what school do you prefer? I'll stick with mine.

[DrWurm]

At 8/19/06 03:56 AM, mighty_potato wrote: Life of Pi by Yann Martel

well well well. Life of Pi seems like the book to read this summer. I really fell behind with reading this summer though. I do have some books i need to get through.
Rama lll
Timeline
Disclosure
2061: Odyssey 3

[Fooooo]

Mmmm im concentrating on the Terry Pratchet series this summer, i'd recommend ''Good Omens'' to everyone. Though this series is more to the people who like ''wtflolmao alternative'' humour

[neobender6]

All my reading was Recreational.

I re-read The Watchmen. One of my favorite books of all time.

At the moment I am near finishing Michael Crichton's State of Fear. So far I am very fond of the book. A good mix of fiction and journalism.

[DrWurm]

At 8/19/06 04:05 AM, neobender6 wrote: At the moment I am near finishing Michael Crichton's State of Fear. So far I am very fond of the book. A good mix of fiction and journalism.

that's a good one. If you haven't already, i'd recommend his book, Sphere. That was the first crichton book i read and still my favorite. I think i read it in 2 days because it drew me in so strongly.

[cr-krinkles]

Oh...and what I have been reading/read? Sorry, a little tired here. Hmm...I have a few to mention off the top of my head...

A Clockwork Orange
Cat Miracles
(The) Darwin Awards
Feline Home Vet Guide (just an honorable mention for cat freaks such as myself)
Fight Club
Freak (about Michael Jackson)
Grim Fairy Tales
Memoirs of A Geisha
Serial Killers: The Methods of Madness and Monsters
The Green River Killer
The World's Dumbest Criminals
Trainspotting
Vice (The Best of)

[positively-negative]

I have just re-read Papilion and the follow up Banco. Definatly not light reading, but if ass-rape and escape are your kinda thing...

I am just starting Red Square by Martin Cruz Smith.