I had to get a book for English class, since my next project is on an independant book. I thought of using the RPS book I have, but I knew my teacher wouldn’t approve it. I think we have to write a 25 page report on a book we’re reading or have read before.
I decided to go to Barnes & Noble to get a book, since I didn’t have time to order from Amazon. I wanted to go to the Barnes & Noble on Austin Street, since I’ve always gone there since I was a little kid. This time around, though, I went to one in Long Island. I had been there once before. I brought a list of books with me to go through when I was looking for one to buy. Here’s the list:
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon.
- Down and Out in the Magical Kingdom, by Cory Doctorow.
- A Place So Foreign and Eight More, by Cory Doctorow. (I forgot we couldn’t use anthologies or collections of stories.)
- Eastern Standard Tribe, yet again, by Cory Doctorow.
- Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
Of course, I found two of the books I was looking for, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and Life of Pi. There was a guy at the bookstore who said Life of Pi is a really good book. I decided to get both books.
I don’t really like reading the books that are filed under “Teen,” since most of them are for the kind of girls who’ve been brainwashed by the media into thinking they’re too fat.
By the way, if you, the reder, aren’t from a time too far from the time I’m writing this, you should see the icons for the book in the sidebar. All Consuming is nice!
Update: All Consuming just reminded me of a book I saw at BN. It’s called Blog : Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World. It’s going on my wishlist.
I’ve been wanting to read life of pi, and finished curious incident awhile back. It is really good. Also, I finished a Clockwork Orange today. If you don’t mind gore it is pretty good. Kinda hard to understand though.