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homestead
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So for school next year in AP Comp, there is a summer assignment. One book is assigned and then you get to pick the other book out of five choices. So if anyone has read any of these books, I would appreciate any input.


For Whom The Bell Tolls by: Hemingway
The Good Earth by: Pearl S. Buck
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by: Twain
Memoirs of a Geisha by: Arthur Golden
The Great Gatsby by: F. Scott Fitzgerald


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Jun 26 2005 4:41PM
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jib-unit00
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i read the great gatsby this year for english..and i rude huckleberry finn for 8th grade i think

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Jun 26 2005 5:04PM
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eheath
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what is this "read" and "book" words that u speak of?

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Jun 26 2005 5:38PM
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jib-unit00
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oo yea..i would recommend great gatsby..

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Jun 26 2005 5:39PM
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SkierJulie
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i took AP Comp last year... i got an A w/o reading one book and a 5 on the AP as well. haha. none of those books were assigned to us.

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for whom the bell tolls




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Jun 26 2005 5:55PM
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Jenna1106
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i've read the good earth and the great gatsby. the great gatsby is an amazing book. definatly read it. the good earth is slow but it gets better towards the middle and the end. i was supposed to read huck finn but i couldnt get through the first few pages.

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Jun 26 2005 6:48PM
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bermbuster49
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well deffinatly download for whom the bell tolls cas its a killer song, but i never read any of those books haha.

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Jun 26 2005 6:53PM
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I read the great gatsb for english last year. Sucked. My teacher was an idiot

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Jun 26 2005 7:16PM
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gatsbys pretty short and huck finn is easy to understand

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Jun 26 2005 7:18PM
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i read the good earth

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Jun 26 2005 8:53PM
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Huck Finn isn't a bad read. The end of it is really hard to get through, but it's an easy one.

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Jun 26 2005 8:55PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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oh yea the good earth is alright. slow but it gives alot of detail of chinese history and stuff...prolly huck finn is better

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Jun 26 2005 9:15PM
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bigbromskier
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www.sparknotes.com
search whatever book youre reading and it tells you all you need to know and if you want to read it for some reason it has the full book on there too

Jun 26 2005 9:18PM
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MissMontana
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the only one i havnt read is The Good Earth by: Pearl S. Buck. read the great gatsby no matter what, that book's really good. its one of my favorite books, and im one of those dorks that reads constantly, even out of class. For Whom the Bell Tolls is a classic, so you should read that eventually. Memwhatever of a Geisha is AMAZING but long. i would go with GG by F. Scott Fitzgerald, that book is really good. and keep in mind the drug refrences int he book, it really sheds light on the characters (Daisy is basically on Ether the whole time, thats why shes such a nut job.) Rent the movie, too, its alot like the book. Huck Finn SOUNDS like an easy, good biook to read, but unless you read really fast, get it on tape. i though i was going to DIE when i had to read it (after 8th grade going into English one Honors... where do you go to school???)

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Jun 26 2005 9:58PM
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the great gatsby is a sweet book.
hemingway is so sweet to, i havnt read that book but ive read a farewell to arms and thought it was pretty good

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Jun 26 2005 10:07PM
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no

Jun 27 2005 8:22AM
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skier_jules
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memoirs of a geisha is my favorite book. it has a lot of sex in it, but thats a geishas job.

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Jun 27 2005 8:36AM
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ReggaeConcept
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I've read For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Great Gatsby and Huck Finn. For Whom the Bell Tolls is the best, but I'm a huge Hemingway fan, however I would suggest reading The Great Gatsby if you haven't read any real Hemingway before. The Great Gatsby is a good read, as it's interesting and fast-paced, however it also is a good book to analyze.


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Jun 27 2005 9:10AM
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ive only read huck finn and i loved it


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i cant read

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Jun 27 2005 9:20AM
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i have read huck fin, and it is the worst book ever, and For Whom The Bell Tolls is a really good song by metallica


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Jun 27 2005 1:08PM
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neonpink
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I have read all of those, and I have a very short attention span as a reader and get bored quickly. The only one I liked was Memoirs of a Geisha, I couldn't put it down.

Jun 27 2005 2:43PM
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Yea, I've read all of them



The Great Gatsby by: F. Scott Fitzgerald is the best I think

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