matgcauthon Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Handmaids Tale, Perfume, The Outsider by Camus, Gatsby, and suprisingly for me a poem...ode to a nightingale by Keats. But most our books have been great...except the alchemist and all that bloody poetry... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papillotant Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 I'm so jealous about every person who had Wilde! We didn't but our set of lectures is quite ok, too. Kundera, Grass, Marquez... But Polish stuff mainly (but I really recommend you Who was David Weiser?, it is a translation of the Polish writer, Pawel Huelle.) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anurmu Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 (edited) My favorite one was "The Man Outside" by Borchert, although it tends to be a little bit confusing. Edited November 23, 2011 by antonio94 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazel16 Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 So far we did Like Water for Chocolate, Madame Bovary, and Love in the Time of Cholera. Like Water for Chocolate was okay. I liked the Mexican culture aspect of it, but overall I didn't like it so much. I really liked Madame Bovary even though everyone seems to think it's boring . My favorite is Love in the Time of Cholera. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toby2o9 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 I'm sure George Orwell's 1984 is pretty much a staple for everyone, but also The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFumachi Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 I absolutely loved "La Casa de los Espíritus" (The House of the Spirits) by Isabel Allende I know some people say it is just a copy of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez, but the fact that it is less complex and therefore shorter its part of its beauty Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawx Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 I loved "The Sentry" a poem written by Wilfred Owen. Got it for my Oral Commentary. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Like water for chocolate, by Laura EsquivelHouse of the spirits, by Isabel AllendeThe lady of the camellias, by Alexandre DumasThe tunnel, by Erenesto Sabatotheir main themes involve moral, the difference between good and bad, the soul and love. Are my favourite books. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofi315 Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 I really like to read, so I think I liked a lot of books. The stranger - Albert Camus.No exit - Jean-Paul SartreThe Tunnel - Ernesto SabatoEssay on Blindness - José SaramagoBlood Wedding - Federico García LorcaNuestra América - José MartíOne Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García MárquezWe are currently working on poetry and I've just realized I love latinamerican poetry. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Award Winning Boss Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 "I know why the caged bird sings" - Maya AngelouSimply amazing. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooshamoo Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Our class is in the process of reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Of course, I read the entire thing a little while ago since I'm using it for my IOP, but it's a fantastic book that I really recommend. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leoo Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Death of a Salesman Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexis0123 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Just read The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende for English. That was a good book.Currently reading Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder for TOK. I thought it would be boring because it's about philosophy, but it's turning out to be really good and I'm becoming really interested in the topics discussed in the book. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabs44 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) The Stranger, 1984, and the Temple of the Golden Pavilion so far! Edited December 6, 2011 by Sabs44 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YanceyPants Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I absolutely adored "Invisible Man". I found it enlightening and profound. What do you guys think? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicat Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I love all books on the Holocaust. They are good. I like them. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grr Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I absolutely adored "Invisible Man". I found it enlightening andprofound. What do you guys think? I found it an interesting read, but it was not mind blowing to me. Parts of the book were largely unecessary to the entire plot and made it tedious to read. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milk Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 i'm only in pre-ib2 but right now we're reading secret life of bees! i really like it the movie is p good too Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1995 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 -the beginning of love in the time of cholera.. "the scented of bitter almonds always reminded him of unrequited love..."-madame Bovary-things fall apart-the tempestdidn't like maya angelou's i know why the caged bird sings, and a doll's house so much Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj Pereira Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I liked: Oedipus the King by Sophocles Silence by Endo Shusaku Hedda Gabler was interesting too But we're going to read the Stranger and 1984 soon, and of which I'm excited to read. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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