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This new RIG has made me want to go on a book binge. I started squealing like a little girl when I saw a Jane Eyre item. That's one of my favorite books of all time. whee So, I made a reading list of things I'm going to read soon.

- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- The Divine Comedy by Dante
- Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyun
- Metamorphosis by Ovid
- The Aeneid by Virgil
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
- "The Fairy Queen" by Spencer
- Faust by Goethe

I'm sure that there are others on my "want to read right now" list, but I can't think of them at the moment. What is everyone else wanting to read? biggrin (I'm currently reading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, but I will be finishing that one tonight.)

I forgot about The Man in the Iron Mask! blaugh That one needs to be on my list too. I'm not really being good by reading the classics. It just so happens that my three favorite genres are classics, teen fantasy, and manga. Yeah... kind of a difference. sweatdrop I've read Dracula and Frankenstein, and they are both great books. Frankenstein is kind of dramatic and depressing, but Dracula is a kick butt action adventure novel. xd I remember reading The Westing Game when I was still in school. It's a great mystery novel. There are so many books that I want to read, but I always have trouble deciding which one to read next because I want to read 10 at once, and of course I can't do that. Chances are that I will follow my usual pattern of reading one or two classics, and then reading an entire teen fiction fantasy series. They take about the same amount of time to read. blaugh I'm thinking that I need a third bookcase in my room. If you've seen how crammed my current two are, you would see why I want another one. The only problem is that I don't have a place to put another one. I don't really need a bed in my room... rofl

I just finished The Lost Hero, and of course it has to end on a cliffhanger. And, of course, the next book in the series hasn't been written yet, and it won't come out for several months because this book just came out a month ago. xp Other than the cliffhanger, it was a great and thrilling read. It picks up one year after the end of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, but it features new heroes. If you've seen the movie for The Lightning Thief, disregard it. The movie has absolutely nothing in common with the book except for character names. xp Unlike the movie, the book is great, and the whole series is a great read. It also is great for brushing up on your Greek mythology. All of the references in the book are surprisingly accurate. I mean, this series was very well researched.

Actually, they don't spend their time in school. Most of the time, they are on exciting and dangerous quests that takes them all over the country. When they aren't on a quest, they're at Camp Half-Blood regrouping. It's definitely not one of those school dramas, so it shouldn't have any high school memories or regrets attached to it. 3nodding Then again, I don't get that feeling anyway. Whenever I read a story, I feel like I'm living vicariously through the protagonists, so it's all good. I have good vicarious memories. rofl

Did you know that Ovid's Metamorphosis holds more Greek mythology than any single ancient work? It goes through the different gods and stories. It is referenced so many times in upper level English courses, that I feel like a dummy for not reading it yet. For hundreds of years, people quoted it in English literature. That's why I feel the need to read it.

I don't go for all the classics, but there are certainly good ones in there. I love the stuff written in England before 1900 for the most part, but I hate modernism. I also don't like anything that is empty scandals and affairs like Madam Bovary. I tend to go for the sweet romances and the exciting adventures when I pick up a classic. Also, just about everything from the ancient world is fun to read.

Reading about fertilizers doesn't sound fun. sad Maybe you can squeeze in a fun book if you only read a few minutes a day. I do most of my reading at night before I go to bed.

That is a good idea though I think that instead of reading in bed it may be in another place.... stare Anyway, I think I will do that and at least get some fun reading time in between my studies.

Most classics don't do it for me, though I do need to read the following

Dracula -Bram stoker (I actually have this book and haven't gotten around to it yet)

1984 -George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 -Ray Bradbury

To Kill a mockingbird -Harper Lee

Don Quixote -Miguel De Cervantes

And some other ones that I have zero interest in so therefore Won't even pretend to Consider reading.

As for what I want to read:

The Black prism - Brent weeks (read his night angel trilogy, loved it to bits)

The great bazaar - Peter V. Brett (read the Warded man and the Desert Spear by him and this book is a set of side-stories)

More of Terry brooks' Sword of truth Novels (I'm halfway through Wizard's first rule)

The finale of Stan Nicols' Second Orcs trilogy (but it Isn't out yet evil )

Lullaby, Snuff, and Pygmy All by Chuck Palahniuk (Wrote fight club)

Most of the ones I listed would be in the fantasy/sci-fi section, yes. 3nodding

The black prism and Desert spear are still in the hard cover stage, the great bazaar is actually only available as an e-book because of some silliness because of the publisher not wanting to print a short book, or something like that(the author explained it on his website) the rest that I listed are in paperback.

The Chuck Palahniuk books are in the literature/fiction section since they don't really fall under any of the other big sections.

(You haven't seen fight club?)

Well, get ready for a treat when you watch it!

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Well? Get off that alluring bum of yours and go rent it out or something!

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I'm waiting! xp