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For the summer, I've been giving a bunch of choices to read. I went to Boarder's today and looked up a couple of books.
The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer seems to be really good from the reviews. I went to the store, but they didn't have it in stock; I couldn't sample any sections.
It is 400 some pages if I remember correctly from the booklist. I have to hand in a 5 page paper (really easy, more so if it is a 400 page book) and watch 2 movies (easy as hell...2 page paper per movie). August is going to be really busy for me, but I'm sure if it's a book that I'd love, then I think I can easily finish the 400 pages.
Have any of you guys ever read this book? I saw the reviews on [url:4ad13]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1574882856/002-0469292-7338434?v=glance[/url:4ad13] and they all seem to be positive.
I'm going to read either this book or [u]The DaVinci Code[/u
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is this for high school or college? anyways, i havent read forgotten soldier, but it looks really good if your into ww2 combat, etc like i am. davinci code is an awesome book, and its prequel angels and demons is awesome too, but they arent higher level or college books so to say and wouldnt make good analyitical papers, there more of a "fun" read. |
yeah, I'll be a senior in highschool. I don't think they're looking for a research style paper...i think it's busy work more than anything. My biggest concern is just the 440 pages of The Forgotten Soldier. I'm usually not the person to throw a book down if it's too long, but I'd just want to make sure I can finish it in time with my busy schedule.
I think it would have been alot better if they had the WWII book in stock at the store so i could preview some of it and get a feel of what I'm about to dive into. I read through a bit of The DaVinci Code and thought it was alright. My friend said it was really good, so basically that's the only reason I'm thinking about reading the book by Dan Brown. |
davinci code is a good book, but is this for ap english literature or just a reading asignment for an english 4 class? if its ap english, all of your essays have to be analytical im not talking research paper im talking about you have to be able to analyze what the author was talking about, the literary devices used, tone, shifts, etc. you can't really do this with davinci code, my ap english teacher always told us it wasnt "ap level" and a fun book. if this is for ap english let me recomend heart of darkness (u will love it if you like apocolypse now), the painted bird, and the stranger, and anything by shaskespear. |
Heart of darkness may be a short book, but one of them ost complex and deverse I ever had to read. I compare the imeprialism to modern America in ways. Such a book.