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when you were seven? wow, i was trying to learn english when i was 7/ [i was born in poland]

the author probably forgot about it when she hid it... and didn't clean her freezer regularly =P

exactly. the thread grabbed my attention i suppose.

what, are you saying that its "bad" to look through older threads and post in what grabs my attention?

i've never read it. i suppose my attention span went out the window by the first page.. i have read Stuart Little though..

classic literature always intimdates me... pretty much anything before the 1900s =P i have read childrens versions though

i've definatly have. it was pretty much the main purpose behind the books we read in 10th grade. i really loved that class, it made me see other reasons to read lots and lots of books.

i think Pride and Prejudice is one of those books that you either love or hate. my sister hated it; she never finished it. me? i never tried to read it.

sparknotes never fails =P even if i'm not reading a book for school, i may still skim through sparknotes if i was confused with something

i agree. one of my friends hated this book. she could go on and on about how all Holden did was whine. she definalty missed "the big picture"

even though this thread is a little old, my favorite book the most recent summer was White Oleander. i also really liked Girl, Interrupted and Who Killed Kurt Cobain?.

hm modern literature eh? that springs The Stranger by Albert Camus to mind. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair you might like stienback.. i've read Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. The Grapes of Wrath felt like it was never going to end though.. =P you might like books by F...

the main problem i have with short stories is that i get attached to the characters, and then its over. i'm the type of person that feels lost in the beginning as the author introduces the setting/characters of a story

my knowledge in oliver twist does not go beyond a Wishbone episode. i would like to try reading it tho. shame the only copy we have of it is in one of those fancy leather-bound books. rather annoying to read

its definatly a book on my "to read" list. i keep hearing all these good things about it. it helps that i have a copy lying around at home

i understand how its a good idea.. basically tricking kids into reading. but for me it just distracted me from the story. its a reason why i never got past the first book when i was 13ish.

i keep hearing good things about that book.. its definatly on my "to read" list

wow, american women would go crazy if that was forced again.

haha, it really is. i type almost as fast as i think, while i write a lot slower. plus i end up not wanting to go in detail in a handwritten journal due to lack of time and an aching hand/wrist

i have the shortest attention span when it comes to trying to learn how to play an instrument. plus i had the habit of not following the length of the notes at all