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July 16, 2006 at 12:33 am #146534PolarBearNPRParticipant
Just back from camp . . . ended up getting Hatchet and Walks Two Moons for the girls since the library was out of the ones you mentioned. They enjoyed both. Thanks for the suggestions. I’ll be looking for the others for next year. We had a great week.
July 16, 2006 at 3:50 am #146513RabidKittenParticipantGood to hear that it all went well.
July 16, 2006 at 9:22 pm #146500TigerbladeParticipantRabidKitten wrote:Alchemist is an amazing book. Just…amazing, I thought at least. Then again, it really depends on what kind of person you are.For example, my roomie Addy’s mother read it. She’s a CPA CIA accountant. Very republican, right wing, strict, prudeish, ocd, not spiritual in the least…and she actually openly taunts and makes fun of the book.
While on the other hand, there’s Addy and I–very open minded, very spiritual, very into thinking outside of the box and looking at new ideas and concepts, art whores and such and we just adore it. Even if you don’t swallow their concepts of the universe, it’s still SUCH a feel good book.
well, no worries about me making fun of the book. i thought it was fantastic. i plan to use excerpts from it in an upcoming post on my site, whenever I get some time to write it up.
on to “Quarterlife Crisis” now.
July 17, 2006 at 10:48 pm #146514RabidKittenParticipantTom, you’ve just been raised about a dozen spots on my ‘favorite people’ list *chuckles* Quick read. Good read. Good luck with your next book and I’m looking forward to catching little exerpts on your site.
July 25, 2006 at 12:49 am #146535PolarBearNPRParticipantOoooo – my husband just brought the book (The Alchemist) home yesterday . . . he read it . . . I’m somewhere in the middle . . . and I’m passing it along to family members young and old. So far – GREAT! Thanks for the recommendation. Hey – have you read any of his other books? I’m wondering if it’s just more of the same or if they are as readable.
July 26, 2006 at 2:11 pm #146515RabidKittenParticipantPersonally, I love love love Veronika Decides To Die. Don’t be thrown by the title. I promise, it’s worth it. *wink*
But I haven’t read anything else by Cuelho other than those two.
July 26, 2006 at 8:54 pm #146536PolarBearNPRParticipantThanks for the further recommendation. I’ve got a few weeks till school starts, and like to model good reading practices for my kids, and if the book is good it is so much easier 😉
Plus the title intrigues me. I think it’s fine for someone to decide to die – that is if they are at the end of their life. Look out, we could start a major political thread here, but let’s just keep it to book talk. I’ll try to find it at the library soon.
July 26, 2006 at 10:37 pm #146516RabidKittenParticipantThe book title is really catchy, a bit peculiar, but overall the book has an amazing message. And really, it is an interesting read. Mostly about institutionalized life and finding yourself in the middle of insanity, coming to terms with the mundane pointlessness of life in general and falling in love with life all over again…stuff like that.
The ending is predictable, I think, but really, I still absolutely adore this book. Not to mention it’s personal to Cuelho since he himself had been forced into an asylum type place a couple times during his lifetime by his family.
July 26, 2006 at 11:21 pm #146501TigerbladeParticipantcurrently reading: Ender’s Game.
next up on my reading list: Veronika Decides to Die.thanks everyone for the great suggestions thus far, and do keep them coming!
July 27, 2006 at 12:25 am #146537PolarBearNPRParticipantTigerblade wrote:currently reading: Ender’s Game.So what do you think of Ender’s Game? I really enjoyed it. Wish I could say more, but don’t want to spoil it.
July 27, 2006 at 1:41 am #146502TigerbladeParticipanti dunno yet… i just started it today, so i’m only a few chapters in (i typically only read while i’m on my breaks at work… i could get further reading at home, but i have nothing else to do on breaks). i’ll have to let you know once i get further into it, but thus far it seems interesting.
July 27, 2006 at 3:12 am #146542drainMemberAre these books (the Alchemist, Veronica Decides to Die, and the other ones mentioned) something a 15 year old sophomore in high school would like?
July 27, 2006 at 4:15 am #146503TigerbladeParticipantdrain… i can’t yet speak for many of the books mentioned thus far, but The Alchemist I would recommend for anyone who’s capable of understanding it. i think by high school, you should be able to grasp the concepts presented sufficiently well to enjoy it.
July 27, 2006 at 4:48 am #146517RabidKittenParticipantI’d have to agree here with Tom. It really isn’t a book restricted by -age- per say…but simply by the kind of person you are. *little shrug* I mean, I wish I had come across this book when I was a freshman…it would’ve definately help me put that spin on my perspective back then that would’ve really helped me out in some of those screwed up high school situations.
I would just say that it’s more for the more thoughtful, introspective, universally aware person who doesn’t put a whole lot of stock in the mundane or material aspects in life. Who can understand a good concept when it comes along. I mean, yeah, like my example, my friend’s mom is a very very practical, down to earth accountant and she out and out makes fun of the alchemist. Just goes to show.
Same really goes for Veronika. Though there is…*pauses* Yeah, one rather ‘graphic’ scene in Veronika not really for the squeemish or giggly when it comes to sex. It’s not tasteless or anything, but there’s one little scene.
July 27, 2006 at 4:27 pm #146538PolarBearNPRParticipantdrain, Ender’s Game is perfect for a 15-year-old sophomore. It’s about a kid, gaming, (but there’s more to it, of course) and is just the right “level” for your average 10th grader. My family read it last summer and all of us enjoyed it thoroughly. I suggest it to every young man I meet who asks my opinion on a book to read.
The Alchemist is great for all ages . . . meaning and purpose of life stuff not-so-hidden in a good story. My oldest (15) is reading it and my dad (72) is next in line. Now, as you start to make decisions and wonder where it’s all leading is a great time to read something like this. And did I mention it’s relatively short?
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