I know, Stephanie Meyer, that's kind of disgusting. There are other ways to make sure people don't choose Dr. Seuss, and I'd like to think that for an AP class, people wouldn't be choosing him anyway. Arg. I absolutely HATED my high school English teachers, seriously. I had wars with them. They made me hate writing with their idiocy and small-mindedness.
Oh, yeah, go with Coraline, then. It was on the list (lol I just looked at my copy) and it says it was published in 2002. It's also short :) And eh. I'm not usually into...science fiction or fantasy-type things at all, but I really enjoyed American Gods, so :)
Omg, yeah, if you like David Sedaris, you gotta read Me Talk Pretty One Day and maybe When You Are Engulfed in Flames - <3
Yay that you're going to check out Middlesex. One of my favorite books ever - actually I think I gotta reread that this summer.
Anyway. :) You like science? For non-fiction, you could think about The Hot Zone (about the Ebola/Marburg viruses) or Demon in the Freezer (about smallpox - awesome), both by Richard Preston. Even if you're not hugely into science, they're awesome. Maybe even Genome by Matthew Reilly which is hugely interesting and also an easy read. These are all books I had to read for my AP Bio class, my favorite academic-type class.
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Date: 2009-06-01 12:35 pm (UTC)Oh, yeah, go with Coraline, then. It was on the list (lol I just looked at my copy) and it says it was published in 2002. It's also short :) And eh. I'm not usually into...science fiction or fantasy-type things at all, but I really enjoyed American Gods, so :)
Omg, yeah, if you like David Sedaris, you gotta read Me Talk Pretty One Day and maybe When You Are Engulfed in Flames - <3
Yay that you're going to check out Middlesex. One of my favorite books ever - actually I think I gotta reread that this summer.
Anyway. :) You like science? For non-fiction, you could think about The Hot Zone (about the Ebola/Marburg viruses) or Demon in the Freezer (about smallpox - awesome), both by Richard Preston. Even if you're not hugely into science, they're awesome. Maybe even Genome by Matthew Reilly which is hugely interesting and also an easy read. These are all books I had to read for my AP Bio class, my favorite academic-type class.