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01-31-2006, 08:43 AM
| | |  Books students should read according to J.K.Rowling
The Herald has a feature today in which vaious authors list books they think students should read. The article includes choices from J.K.Rowling. Quote:
Wuthering Heights -- Emily Bronte
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -- Roald Dahl
Robinson Crusoe -- Daniel Defoe
David Copperfield -- Charles Dickens
Catch-22 -- Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
Animal Farm -- George Orwell
The Tale of Two Bad Mice -- Beatrix Potter
The Catcher in the Rye -- JD Salinger
Hamlet -- William Shakespeare
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01-31-2006, 06:23 PM
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I've only read the Roald Dahl one. I might have to read some of the othes some time. | 
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01-31-2006, 06:31 PM
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| | Streeler
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Those are all good ones...I've only read a few of them, but I've heard nothing but good things about the rest...it's nice...some people think that authors are gonna try to get people to read only things from their genre...this is a good mix...I recommend Wuthering Heights for anyone who hasn't read it...it's a little strange, but once you finish, it all makes sense...reading is fun!! :-D
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01-31-2006, 06:55 PM
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| | Blast-Ended Skrewt
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I know all of the authors but have only read not eve a handfull of them!
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01-31-2006, 07:07 PM
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| | Streeler
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Everett, WA
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Out of these I have read
*Wuthering Heights -- Emily Bronte
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -- Roald Dahl
*Robinson Crusoe -- Daniel Defoe
David Copperfield -- Charles Dickens
*Catch-22 -- Joseph Heller
*To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
*Animal Farm -- George Orwell
The Tale of Two Bad Mice -- Beatrix Potter
*The Catcher in the Rye -- JD Salinger (I haven't read this one quite yet but i was going to start it in the next week)
*Hamlet -- William Shakespeare
Then again, reading is my escape from the real world so I have read a lot of books.
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01-31-2006, 07:21 PM
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| | Imp
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In Maryland wishing i weren't getting attacked by my niece!
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ive read.... Quote:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -- Roald Dahl
David Copperfield -- Charles Dickens
Catch-22 -- Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
Hamlet -- William Shakespeare
im proud of myself 
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01-31-2006, 07:39 PM
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| | Puffskein
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01-31-2006, 07:39 PM
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| | Gnome
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I've heard of most of them. Wow, I have so many books to read now! I loved The Little White Horse (Elizabth Goudge) A Little Princess (Frances Hogson Burnett) Vanity Fair (W.M.Thackeray) Narnia Chronicles (C.J.Lewis) Lemony Snicket's aSoUE etc. So that's what I read. But I will read the ones on the list now which I haven't read! Gives me something to do! Yipee! thank you.
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01-31-2006, 07:40 PM
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| | Puffskein
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and charlie and the chocolate factory
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01-31-2006, 07:48 PM
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| | Romanian Longhorn
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Quote:
David Copperfield -- Charles Dickens
I wanna read that one but I can't seem to find it anywhere  Quote:
The Tale of Two Bad Mice -- Beatrix Potter
Potter? Whoa!
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Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
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Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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01-31-2006, 08:38 PM
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| | Ashwinder
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01-31-2006, 08:53 PM
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| | Streeler
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we have to read "To Kill A Mocking Bird" for school... At first i was think... o no... but now im not quite sure... lmao
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01-31-2006, 09:11 PM
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| | Snidget
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Yay! Animal Farm is one of my favorite books ever.
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01-31-2006, 09:13 PM
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| | Jarvey
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i've heard of most of those on the list but i've only read to kill a mockingbird. it wasnt as good as i thought it would be.
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01-31-2006, 09:15 PM
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| | Dugbog
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I've read 5 of the books. That's cool! I like her taste.
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01-31-2006, 09:44 PM
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|  Tom's BirdKeeper of Dan's GuitarPuffskein
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ive read some of those books. they're really great books by those authors
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01-31-2006, 10:22 PM
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i've read the 2nd,3rd,5th,6th,and the 7th. yep they are all good books!
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01-31-2006, 10:50 PM
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| | Jarvey
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I've only read 1 of them but I've heard of almost all of them.
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01-31-2006, 11:03 PM
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| | Billywig
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im not much of a book person.....
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01-31-2006, 11:06 PM
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I've read quite a few of those...right now my class is reading "To Kill a Mockingbird," and it's good so far. Maybe I should read some of the other ones she suggested...
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02-01-2006, 01:13 AM
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| | Bundimun
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All ive read is Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryBy Roald Dahl
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02-01-2006, 02:34 AM
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Quote:
Wuthering Heights -- Emily Bronte
To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
Hamlet -- William Shakespeare
I'm reading Wuthering Heights right now! Sweeeet! Heathcliff and Catherine's relationship is like when Ron went w/Lav. to make Herms. jealous.
I loved To Kill A Mockingbird! The author was from Alabama.
I liked Hamlet too.
She has good taste. And my teachers are doing their job!
As, I'm reading all these classics, I'm uncovering some things that refer to HP and now I know where Jo gets all her stuff!
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02-01-2006, 02:46 AM
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Quote:
Wuthering Heights -- Emily Bronte
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -- Roald Dahl
Robinson Crusoe -- Daniel Defoe
David Copperfield -- Charles Dickens
Catch-22 -- Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
Animal Farm -- George Orwell
The Tale of Two Bad Mice -- Beatrix Potter
The Catcher in the Rye -- JD Salinger
Hamlet -- William Shakespeare
i read some of these and YES they are good books to read!!
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02-01-2006, 03:01 AM
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| | Jarvey
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I agree , there are just some books that everyone should read. I've read most of those and plan to read the rest actually. I think I'm going to like Catch 22 after I get into it
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02-01-2006, 03:15 AM
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| | Red Cap
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Wow! Those are in my school library, but all I do is go to the non-fiction big books. I've read more than two of my 8th grade friends together. Why don't you have:
Anne of Green Gables
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Quidditch Through the Ages
Abarat
Those are only a few of the books I've read. There's this one called The Sorcerer's Companion, and it's in my school.
Oh the books I listed are ones I own! They're pretty long(to a 4th grader i know)
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02-01-2006, 03:50 AM
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| Keeper of Dan’s Empathy Puffskein
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How cool i read all except "The Tale of Two Bad Mice -- Beatrix Potter " the author's name is sooo ironic 4 hp lovers... lol i'll put that book on my " i got to read" list.
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