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message 6: by Adanma (new)

2646720 I read before breakfast (I am at a boarding school so I can't really take books into the dining hall), during free periods and then when I am finished with homework. My problem is getting off the computer so I can actually read instead of checking random stuff on Facebook. I am working on it though :)


Nophoto-u-25x33 I read during breakfast, before school starts, sometimes during class (if we're not doing anything...but this year we should be so that might not work), study periods, and after school if I haven't got much homework. Sometimes I read when I should be studying. How about you?


message 4: by Adanma (new)

2646720 That's awesome! I am a rising sophomore and I am trying to bulk up on my reading because as you can see I don't get through a whole lot of books. When do you read? (mornings, lunch, before/after homework)


Nophoto-u-25x33 Well, I'm in AP Literature, so I suppose that I'll be doing a lot of reading there. But other than that, here are the books I hope to read by the end of the year (or at least by Christmas):

Before School--The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas

By Christimas or End of Year:
Camille by Alexandre Dumas, fils
Le Vicompte de Bragelonne by Dumas
Louise de Valliere by Dumas
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas
Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

There may be some added. These are just random books I have that I haven't yet had the time to read. Nothing to do next summer except prepare to go to college, but that will give me lots of free time to read.


message 2: by Adanma (last edited Aug 21, 2009 09:46PM) (new)

2646720 Fall Term
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Winter Term
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut

Spring Term
Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik

Summer
As I plan on doing some sort of summer program next year, I can't say exactly how many books I will have time to read, but I think my plan will be to complete some sort of 2010 Summer Challenge!



message 1: by Adanma (new)

2646720 I think we can all agree that high school life is often quite challenging and it can be difficult to find the time to get through a good book, but it is still important to make an effort to read. What are your reading goals for the upcoming school year?


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