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Thank you for the recommendations, it is really helpful for me to have these suggestions.:) I think I am going to look for some of these books in the bookstores.

Hello, everyone Which English book would you recommend for a non-English-native reader? My mother language is Mandarin, and I'm searching for the books in English language, both to improve my English and to have fun. I don't mind if it is written in British English, American English, or the...

Interesting. I thought most teen girls like chick lits because girls around me like them. Now I have to change my view.:D I only read few romances or I'll watch the movie so the plot goes faster XDD. I like Jane Austin's works. But besides her books or movies I don't have much interest in...

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My local library has two, but one of them is missing and one of them is over due...that's awful that I can't find books I want to read in the local library, our library is too small. I searched for Grapes of Wrath and they don't have it, either. Guess I'll get The Crucible in the future when I...

"Hi" to everybody :) I am 16, I am going to turn 17 next week (that makes me feel old XDD, I can't believe just one more year I am going to be an adult!) I used to read classical Chinese lit a lot. I am from Taiwan and currently live in America. Now I am trying to read more English...

Reply to mehastings No, I haven't read The Crucible yet. I was going to get it from my school library, but we can't check books out now since it's the end of the semester......:'-( I am wondering about how people who have lived through Great Depression and postwar period think about the...

Hello, I just finished reading Arthur Miller's plays: "Death of a Salesman" and "All my Sons." I love them both. Has anyone in this forum read or watched his plays? It would be great to hear other readers' opinions about his work.

Hello, hymartin. I've read your posts in "do you take book notes" thread. It's delightful for me to meet someone with similar cultural background. :) It's a lot of fun here to share different perspectives about books...enjoy!

Hi :) Welcome to the forum. Hope you have fun. If you want to introduce yourself, you may want to go to "members' introductions" forum. It's a place for new members to get to know people in this forum.

Hi, hymartin. Welcome to the forum! I've read part of "The Kite Runner" in Chinese version and I read all of it in English version, too. But I didn't find the mistakes the translator made. Because I didn't read the two versions together...or maybe I am not smart enough ----:p Anyway, it is...

Thank you for the sharing:) And bzseven@msn.com, Welcome to the forum,too. I just think it's interesting to see different ways people read books. Some people tend to spend a lot of time on one single book and take lots of notes, some just enjoy reading the book freely. I really agree with...

For Occlith and novella: Thank you for the replies, I can see why it's Boo who killed Ewell now. And please forgive my ignorance to post the question in the first place......

Something about Boo I just finish reading the book last week and it's just some details I want to discuss about. Spoiler warning: the following message may spoil the book Well, I don't think Boo killed Ewell. According to the arguement between Atticus and Mr. Tate, along with Scout's...

I read it about an year ago. I like the way Milan Kundera wrote it as not fully a novel but filled with incidental paragraphs. I like how he inserted notes with philosophical thoughts into the story. It relaxes the tension of plots and release readers' minds to read the characters as samples of...

Welcome to the forum! I am a new member in here as well, and I find a lot of fun in this site. Looks like you did much work to absorb a book. I tried to write down a paragraph about how I feel about the book before, but since I get busier I don't do it anymore. Some books I take notes, some...

I do this sometimes, too. And when I try to copy it word by word on my own hand, I feel I can "taste" the literature better.;) My habit of taking notes started with a school assignment which made me write down 50 good sentences in my notebook. I just stick to it after that assignment. I...

Do you take notes when you read a book? It can record anything, in any format. I usually write down my process of the book I am reading in my diary. And I write down the sentences I like in a small pocket notebook with the book titles and chapter numbers. Every time I look back into the...

Thanks :) Thank you for all the people who offering these great resources!! By a student who always has a question in her mind

Reply to novella Yes, I agree with you that it is the character's life which makes the story either comedy or tragedy. But I think you might misunderstand what I meant. I meant the misfortune in character's life make audience feel the character is alive. The audience can compassionate...