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professor_chaos
9:33 pm - 04/08/2011

Less Pretentious & More Accurate Titles For Literary Masterworks

For people who do not have thousands of hours to read book reviews or blurbs or first sentences. I will cut through all the cryptic crap, and give you the meat of the story in one condensed image. Now you can read the greatest literary works of all time in mere seconds!


Harper Lee - "To Kill A Mockingbird"




George R.R. Martin - "A Game Of Thrones



Lynne Reid Banks - "The Indian In The Cupboard"



Ian McEwan - "Atonement"



Edith Wharton - "The Age Of Innocence"



Dr. Seuss - "The Lorax"



Tennessee Williams - "A Streetcar Named Desire"



Tobias Wolff - "This Boy's Life"



Daniel Defoe - "Robinson Crusoe"



Caleb Carr - "The Alienist"



Chuck Klosterman - "Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs"



Noam Chomsky - "Failed States"



Vladimir Nabokov - "Lolita"




Malcolm Gladwell - "blink"



Michael Chabon - "The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay"



James Joyce - "Ulysses"



Anthony Burgess - "A Clockwork Orange"



The Dictionary


Ray Bradbury - "Fahrenheit 451"



Michael Ondaatje - "The English Patient"



Stephen R. Covey - "The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People"



Gustave Flaubert - "Madame Bovary"



Stieg Larsson - "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"



Tom Clancy Sampler



Plato - "The Trial & Death Of Socrates"



Leo Tolstoy - "War And Peace



Daniel Clowes - "Ghost World"



John Steinbeck - "The Grapes Of Wrath"



John Kennedy Tool - "A Confederacy Of Dunces"



George Orwell - "1984"



Howard Zinn - "A People's History Of The United States"



William Golding - "Lord Of The Flies"



Charles Bukowski - "Factotum"



Mary Shelley - "Frankenstein"



Irma S. Rombauer - "Joy Of Cooking"



John Knowles - "A Separate Peace"




Lauren Weisberger - "The Devil Wears Prada"


J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire"



Sophocles - "Oedipus Rex"



Source is BetterBookTitles


I know this is not Britney or Gaga or Bieber but we still do books and satire here no? I got this  from one a not entirely popular website (but I have used it as a source before) that got it from another  that I sourced as well though I didn't actually steal any proprietary images from individuals that I know of. Hope this is up to standard as it took me a while. If not, oh well. It is Friday  night though so I thought I'd try something fun for those of stuck at home.
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brazenflight 9th-Apr-2011 02:10 am (UTC)
I honestly don't remember like any of the stories I was forced to read from this list.
curious_maya 9th-Apr-2011 03:09 am (UTC)
I feel like I'm getting "A Separate Peace" confused with the movie "School Ties".

I'm literally faceplaming my own stupidity.
dives 9th-Apr-2011 04:11 am (UTC)
haha, well they are both deeply homoerotic, A Separate Peace is just more upfront about it (Gene and Finny were totally gay COME ON).


kristinkat 10th-Apr-2011 01:02 am (UTC)
We watched "School Ties" at my heavily Jewish school to see how it could "relate to our school". I was like, "bitch, half the kids in this room are wearing Bar Mitzvah sweatshirts, I'm not really seeing any correlation here". smh.
emologues 9th-Apr-2011 02:10 am (UTC)
LMAO HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
broken_enemy 9th-Apr-2011 02:20 am (UTC)
I love that one
rhinemaiden 9th-Apr-2011 02:30 am (UTC)
Although it really should be "How I Met My Mother".
anniemann101 9th-Apr-2011 02:39 am (UTC)
THAT ONE IS MY FAVOURITE ONE OUTTA THE LOT. I COULDN'T STOP GIGGLING AT IT :D

fucking love this list. :)
jeesh 9th-Apr-2011 02:43 am (UTC)
That's my fave.
kerrigwen 9th-Apr-2011 04:11 am (UTC)
Best, most fitting one from this list imo.
avpdx 9th-Apr-2011 02:10 am (UTC)
lol at 1984 being the social network - sad, really
drencrome 9th-Apr-2011 02:19 am (UTC)
Does it make any sense other than socialism=social? I found that to be the worst one tbh.
avpdx 9th-Apr-2011 03:10 am (UTC)
Yeah I thought of it as a corporation having all your information and it basically controlling you.
bostongirl2003 9th-Apr-2011 03:11 am (UTC)
it made no sense to me, but I didn't see the Social Network so idk.
recognitions 9th-Apr-2011 03:47 am (UTC)
No privacy.
onerainysunday 9th-Apr-2011 02:10 am (UTC)
i hated the grapes of wrath. did not feel any sympathy for the protagonists at all.
asha_greyjoy 9th-Apr-2011 02:15 am (UTC)
Ive never read anything worse than the grapes of wrath. Its just boring traveling shit, turtle, more traveling, dude gets breastfed
nelson_out 9th-Apr-2011 02:25 am (UTC)
MFTE, THANK YOU!
treegrowth 9th-Apr-2011 02:33 am (UTC)
i fucking love the grapes of wrath but this is making me lol irl so hard
kthx_die_x0 9th-Apr-2011 02:40 am (UTC)
all I remember is the turtle tbh, lol.
treatyoself 9th-Apr-2011 02:55 am (UTC)
I couldn't finish it. East of Eden is the VASTLY superior Steinbeck novel, imo. I have no idea why it is not considered his seminal work. Maybe I should try rereading Grapes, tho.
saintkate2 9th-Apr-2011 06:08 am (UTC)
i had to read it for a class once and i just about read the first three chapters cause i had to explain that stupid turtle and then that was it. i never touched it again and i never will.
lalameanslove 9th-Apr-2011 02:26 am (UTC)
I have tried to get into John Steinbeck so many times and I just cannot

Edited at 2011-04-09 02:26 am (UTC)
lollapoe 9th-Apr-2011 02:30 am (UTC)
Aww, really? It's my dad's favorite book, he used to read it for me when I was a kid.
miakun 9th-Apr-2011 02:41 am (UTC)
I couldn't stand the long transition chapters either, where he talked about scenery for pages on end.

I do like to use it as a reference when I'm explaining to people how hot Arizona is. "You remember that horrible, horrible part of Grapes of Wrath where everyone was melting...?"
lillylilacs 9th-Apr-2011 02:43 am (UTC)
IA I liked Of Mice and Men well enough, but god was Grapes of Wrath the worst.
inboots 9th-Apr-2011 03:46 am (UTC)
dust bowl stories are so incredibly degrading (and still not half as horrific as what happened irl, apparently), that i just can't NOT feel sympathy, no matter how unlikable the protagonists are.
__papillon 9th-Apr-2011 04:20 am (UTC)
east of eden is flawless (my favorite book) and should be considered THE steinbeck novel.

everything else was shit.
ginormouspotato 9th-Apr-2011 11:05 am (UTC)
ugh i was forced to read it for school and hated it
trixx_r4_kidz 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
LMFAO I love these posts!!! So happy there's a book version out now.

Umm, I fucking hate TKAMB and always will.
tlcspice 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
A Separate Peace was so gay OMG
quidscipio 9th-Apr-2011 02:12 am (UTC)
finnegan ! HAHAH i remember a girl i know wrote a separate piece fanfic
acornflakegirl 9th-Apr-2011 03:28 am (UTC)
lol I remember reading it in high school and thinking "This shit is just BEGGING for fanfiction."
rlmoonyk 9th-Apr-2011 02:12 am (UTC)
i remember reading the back cover and thinking it was a love story
regi_veggie What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
Yay a book post!
bluebandit77 Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
wuthering heights
kthx_die_x0 Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:42 am (UTC)
Me too!
bitchsdangerous Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 04:15 am (UTC)
<3
sayanythinglove Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:12 am (UTC)
Bossypants by Tina Fey
rlmoonyk Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:13 am (UTC)
the mists of avalon

lol there's a gwen/lancelot/arthur threesome scene in it
hazel_belle Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:13 am (UTC)
Currently: Tom Clancy's "Patriot Games"
Soon to be: Random Book
hoodoo Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:14 am (UTC)
The Kite Running
Everything You Know About Politics and Why You're Wrong
affliction Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:14 am (UTC)
Bossypants by Tina Fey
derka_drka Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:14 am (UTC)
catch-22
chiigusa Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:14 am (UTC)
World War Z for the first time!
mysticlady3 Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:14 am (UTC)
I have started to read so many books that I bought recently. Tonight I started 'The Book Theif'. I'll admit I only got it cause the main character has my name. But a different spelling.
wtvoc Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:15 am (UTC)
also reading the outlander series by diana gabaldon

and north & south

borders by my house going out of business: both the best and worst thing to happen to me in april
omg_its_drj Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:16 am (UTC)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
avpdx Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:17 am (UTC)
sons and lovers
starsinshapes Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:17 am (UTC)
mindless romance where all the women are fucking idiots and the men aren't that much better.

It keeps me distracted from reading school work on open access and copy right and blah blah blah.
aetter Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:17 am (UTC)
Anansi Boys
duchello Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:18 am (UTC)
infinite jest, but I haven't read a chapter in like 3 weeks
fauxparadiso Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:19 am (UTC)
Salmonella Men on Planet Porno.

Not enjoying it as much as I expected.
dmclaire Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:19 am (UTC)
I'm reading The Hobbit again
deicidalriddle Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:19 am (UTC)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
brownxeyedxdork Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:20 am (UTC)
The Stand!
coquillesdemer Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:21 am (UTC)
House of Leaves
lexification03 Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:21 am (UTC)
The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
rowanx Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:24 am (UTC)
Just finished reading Matched. It was better than I expected. Not a great novel, but still worth a read.
emologues Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:25 am (UTC)
Sex with the Queen by Eleanor Herman

really good and very interesting
kalikat003 Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:25 am (UTC)
The Stand
nthnh Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:26 am (UTC)
franny and zooey
severalstories Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:26 am (UTC)
Dividing my time between The Demon's Covenant and Kushiel's Dart. I've read both before though.
between_lights Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:26 am (UTC)
the handmaid's tale
heyignatzmouse Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:27 am (UTC)
battle hymn of the tiger mother!
onaan Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:30 am (UTC)
Pillars of the Earth~
soupdupcosmogrl Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:31 am (UTC)
Just finished Watership Down.
xnerdishh Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:32 am (UTC)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Diana: Finally, The Complete Story by Sarah Bradford

I really want to read Jane Eyre again, even though I just finished it, but I doubt I hate time. I also want to try and re-read the Harry Potter series.

And I'm going to get The Dutchess when I get the money, and I have a couple of books I've started but never finished. I love reading so much, but there aren't enough free hours in a day!
gravity1318 Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:34 am (UTC)
About to finish Gone With The Wind. God damn long ass book.
serpens_caput Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:35 am (UTC)
It Blows You Hollow- Diane Seuss
The Bell Jar- Sylvia Plath
teeheemee Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:37 am (UTC)
I just finished Mockingjay and can now go rage and not be spoiled in Hunger Game posts....yay! :)
beautiful_void Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:38 am (UTC)
Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
pimpmytardis Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:38 am (UTC)
Merry Wives of Windsor and Richard III for school. Oregon Shakespeare Festival founder Angus Bowmer's autobiography for fun. Hey, guess my major!

Over spring break, I finished reading Connie Willis' time travel pair of books Blackout and All Clear which are technically one 1200+ page novel split in half. It's set in WWII and SO, SO INTENSE. Some quibbles, but overall I totally recommend them if you like WWII Britain at all.
dallowayward Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:41 am (UTC)
Good Omens
The Log of the SS The Mrs. Unguentine
anniemann101 Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:43 am (UTC)
gunna read:


curious case of the dog in the nighttime,


for the a second time since i was 15.


now reading the walking dead comics and am on issue 22......

:)
miakun Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:43 am (UTC)
Nothing. :(

I just finished "The Body in the Library" by Agatha Christe and I'm not sure what to read next. Do I go classic like Dracula, Dorian Gray, or Wuthering Heights? Or do I commit to one of the longer books I want to read like finally finishing the Hitchhiker's Guide series, or reading the Mists of Avalon.

I have too many choices and can't decide. Too many books cover my floor and all I want to do is reread the Percy Jackson series or something.
rampant_geekery Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:51 am (UTC)
The Autobiography of an Execution
chollymolly Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 02:52 am (UTC)
Junkie by William S. Burroughs, but I'm almost done. I need a break from Beat.. might read The Jungle next.
solestella Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:03 am (UTC)
Jane Eyre and The Catcher in the Rye
actrisse Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:04 am (UTC)
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
numbedtoe Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:08 am (UTC)
Hard Hit by Joey Kramer (drummer for aerosmith)
And a book everyone should read, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
ah_lurre Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:12 am (UTC)
Slaughterhouse Five
curious_maya Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:13 am (UTC)
4th book of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, "Dead to the World" I think.
khlassique Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:26 am (UTC)
Ordinary Men
Plato's Symposium
_keng_ Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:27 am (UTC)
I listen to audiobooks (because I commute to school, and can't read on the bus), so I'm currently listening to Paper Towns by John Green. I really like it so far!
starzangelus Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:28 am (UTC)
Fanfiction.

I have no shame.
naveedchick Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:32 am (UTC)
Girl With A Pearl Earring. loving it.
acornflakegirl Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:34 am (UTC)
The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain

also in the middle of Freedom but can't seem to finish it....it's dense and makes me feel bad about myself because I'm not as smart/cool as Jonathan Franzen or any of his sad yuppie characters
lil_silverheart Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:40 am (UTC)
Nothing right now :( I have 8 books on my to read pile though.
socktree Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:41 am (UTC)
"The Science of Doctor Who". Because I have a major girl boner for science. I read "A Brief History of Time" in two days.
pavonine Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:43 am (UTC)
the sandman series
xclassicstarx Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:43 am (UTC)
War and Peace
sixfeet_under Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:48 am (UTC)
Well, they're both for class, but I'm genuinely in love with them: Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo, and The American Woman in the Chinese Hat by Carole Maso.
__papillon Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:49 am (UTC)
mrs. dalloway
to the lighthouse
(for a lawrence/woolf class i slacked on reading so now i hav to read dalloway lighthouse in the same time whelp)

a book about sylvia plath by janet malcom, i forget the title lol. and the autobiography of alice b. toklas which i actually enjoy, it's like reading gertrude stein trololololol-ing all over the place.
illenxe Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:51 am (UTC)
Candide!
recognitions Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 03:51 am (UTC)
Rising Up and Rising Down by William Vollman.
dives Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 04:04 am (UTC)


I had to read it for a class last year but didn't read it nearly as closely as I wanted to (long story), so now that I have time I'm re-reading it. Strange as anything, but good.
emilyisgone Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 04:13 am (UTC)
Water for Elephants
bitchsdangerous Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 04:20 am (UTC)
Jane Eyre (again) and Homemade Living: Keeping Chickens
tracycutie Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 07:28 am (UTC)
The Leopard - Jo Nesbo
norwegian murder mystery
she_rockstar Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 07:35 am (UTC)
Re-reading Jane Eyre. It's still great.
jajikimbap Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 07:44 am (UTC)
the left hand of darkness :D
starchain Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 9th-Apr-2011 05:00 pm (UTC)
fried green tomatoes
veelaorion Re: What are you currently reading ontd? — 10th-Apr-2011 04:18 pm (UTC)
Feed by MT Anderson.
emologues 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
ALSO lord of the flies is a flawless novel and i judge every single one of my peers who hated it tbh.
phillymademe 9th-Apr-2011 02:13 am (UTC)
i agree. i loved that book.
therealycats 9th-Apr-2011 02:15 am (UTC)
People hate Lord of the Flies? Bastards!
emologues 9th-Apr-2011 02:17 am (UTC)
literally every kid in my sophomore english class abhorred it; i was like WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL.
lunar47 9th-Apr-2011 03:33 am (UTC)
That book is in my top 5. I loved it to pieces. Especially the end when the adult was all "oh you're playing a game with your little friends" and Ralph's all "WTF?!! They're trying to kill me."
starsinshapes 9th-Apr-2011 02:19 am (UTC)
I was mad how my boy Piggy went down. I was too through with the book after that, tbh.
duchello 9th-Apr-2011 02:19 am (UTC)
agreed
nene718 9th-Apr-2011 02:20 am (UTC)
ia
asha_greyjoy 9th-Apr-2011 02:21 am (UTC)
Its a great book, and 'Sucks to your assmar" is probably one of the greatest lines written
rowanx 9th-Apr-2011 02:25 am (UTC)
Lord of the Flies was the novel in high school that I actually enjoyed researching and writing a report on.

I didn't understand why my classmates hated the book. Kids killing over kids, violence, murder, etc. I, mean, come on. :P
jack_rowen 9th-Apr-2011 02:26 am (UTC)
i love the gruesomeness of it all, kids becoming corrupt and passing judgement/killing each other because of environment change/psychological stress is fascinating

don't why people hate it so much
ohtheglorious 9th-Apr-2011 02:27 am (UTC)
same
heyignatzmouse 9th-Apr-2011 02:31 am (UTC)
most of the books I had to read in english class either had no effect or bored me to tears but I absolutely loved that one.
almost cried at the end and couldn't stop thinking about it for a while after.
annie_oakley 9th-Apr-2011 02:32 am (UTC)
I loved it, too. The only book that I had to read in HS that I actually hated was Heart of Darkness.
jacobmarx 9th-Apr-2011 02:35 am (UTC)
Agreed! The guy I'm dating now hates it as well. I can tell this isn't going to work out.
pimpmytardis 9th-Apr-2011 02:40 am (UTC)
I adored Lord of the Flies and Heart of Darkness. Hated Catcher in the Rye and disliked Great Gatsby though.
anniemann101 9th-Apr-2011 02:44 am (UTC)
agreed, the morals in that novel cut you deep.
dieseled 9th-Apr-2011 02:44 am (UTC)
I hated it at first, but after my teacher got us to break it down and analyzed it with us, I loved it.
miakun 9th-Apr-2011 02:45 am (UTC)
Oh god I still love that book. It was the only book that interested me enough to put an actual effort for an essay for class. Got accused of cheating because it was so good and I'd slacked off all semester. I was like, pick more interesting stuff then!

But our teacher was so annoying she gave us this map with all the places on the Island and one of them in big letters was SPOILERS simon's death rock SPOILERS. And we weren't there in our reading.
kthx_die_x0 9th-Apr-2011 02:48 am (UTC)
I dislike it because of how it was taught to me when I read it in school. I need to reread it to get a different perspective, bc my teacher sucked and the more I think about it, the more I realized she was so against teaching it (Catholic middle school, uhg) that she made it miserable for the entire class.
chollymolly 9th-Apr-2011 02:54 am (UTC)
One of the best books ever written...in my humble opinion.
delicate_____ 9th-Apr-2011 04:10 am (UTC)
most definitely
misscrystal 9th-Apr-2011 05:25 am (UTC)
I think Lord of the Flies is one of those books where people love the story but hate the writing. That's def true for me.
quidscipio 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
hahah ngl i lol'ed at sone..
sayanythinglove 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
Marlon Brando, shirtless, on the cover of my A Streetcar Named Desire book for AP English made the class worth going to.
bluebandit77 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
LOL what?


anyways i love to kill a mocking bird<333
sugarcrawler 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
omg
bluntbitchqueen 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
eh
karinette001 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
OMFG CAN THEY NOT INSULT GAMES OF THRONES ugh
rlmoonyk 9th-Apr-2011 02:13 am (UTC)
mte
anijen21 9th-Apr-2011 02:29 am (UTC)
to be fair no one's written like shakespeare since shakespeare
karinette001 9th-Apr-2011 02:30 am (UTC)
boffe, i guess :S
why they put GOT against Shakespeare? idg the link...
shortliljackers 9th-Apr-2011 02:11 am (UTC)
the catcher in the rye should be up there as "the most boring book in existence"
quidscipio 9th-Apr-2011 02:13 am (UTC)
i know fuq dat book


YEAH COME AT ME
derka_drka 9th-Apr-2011 02:13 am (UTC)
i refuse to reread the catcher in the rye for the simple fact i know i'm going to hate it with a passion if i read it again.
curious_maya 9th-Apr-2011 03:15 am (UTC)
this. I'd rather fondly remember my 16 year old self thinking it was an amazing book.
delicate_____ 9th-Apr-2011 04:13 am (UTC)
i hated it the first time
i'm pretty sure i would just hate it even more if i ever tried again
emologues 9th-Apr-2011 02:13 am (UTC)
ia x10000000

if i knew holden irl i would've killed him several times. him and his phoniness could gtfo.
tankmachine 9th-Apr-2011 02:15 am (UTC)
well i liked it
juanitatequila 9th-Apr-2011 02:15 am (UTC)
good lord that book was such a waste of my time.




I CAN'T EVEN.

Edited at 2011-04-09 02:15 am (UTC)
hergun_wentbang 9th-Apr-2011 02:15 am (UTC)
i hated that phase in life when it was everyones goddamn favorite book and i'm just like what is this shit
tlcspice 9th-Apr-2011 02:17 am (UTC)
I actually enjoyed it for the most part, but it was a bit boring.
nuclearcouture 9th-Apr-2011 02:18 am (UTC)
You might even say it was crumby
regi_veggie 9th-Apr-2011 02:18 am (UTC)
:(
selling_alibis 9th-Apr-2011 02:23 am (UTC)
Or, "A Coming of Age Story Where Nothing Happens". I read The Catcher In The Rye in a day and a half and found that I will probably never get it back.
abyssoftimes 9th-Apr-2011 02:25 am (UTC)
I don't think it's as bad as people make it out to be. Not my favorite thing, but it does a good job of depicting the mentality of a lot of people that age.
severalstories 9th-Apr-2011 02:27 am (UTC)
I could only read a chapter or two at a time of that book because Holden got on my nerves so much.
rowanx 9th-Apr-2011 02:27 am (UTC)
OMG, I'm not the only one?

I read the first 50 pages and had to put it down. I have no idea why its considered on of the best novels ever written.
____swank 9th-Apr-2011 02:30 am (UTC)
I've always said the title should be, "Whiny Myspace Blog Before the Internet."
soupdupcosmogrl 9th-Apr-2011 02:33 am (UTC)
I don't even remember much about that book. I liked it at the time, but I think I'd hate it now. All I remember is he banged a hooker and had a bad attitude.
gravity1318 9th-Apr-2011 02:37 am (UTC)
I had a teacher tell me I was the female version of Holden Caulfield. I had 4 other girls in class tell me they were so jealous, because the teacher then said he admired Holden.

I told him he was an idiot because Holden is a douchebag. If I was that big of a dick I would've offed myself to do the world a favor. I was 15 and got detention for my little speech.
fffireburns 9th-Apr-2011 02:38 am (UTC)
I AGREE SO MUCH, OMG.
pimpmytardis 9th-Apr-2011 02:41 am (UTC)
I JUST commented with some Catcher in the Rye hate! Glad I'm not so alone!
lillylilacs 9th-Apr-2011 02:45 am (UTC)
I love Salinger's stories, but Catcher in the Rye is so unbearable to me.
anniemann101 9th-Apr-2011 02:46 am (UTC)
catcher in the rye

renamed:


james franco complains about social networking.


:) i still love james though but he reeks holden caulfield when he portrays his normal personality to us fans sometimes.
pimpmytardis 9th-Apr-2011 02:58 am (UTC)
Aaaaaand five minutes ago one of my facebook friends just posted "going to name my future baby boy Holden. As in Caufield." Yes, spelling in context. JUDGING SO HARD RIGHT NOW.
fallengirl81 9th-Apr-2011 05:10 am (UTC)
I would rename it Emo Kid Whines a Bunch
starchain 9th-Apr-2011 05:09 pm (UTC)
I think most of it depends on when in your life you decide to read it, I would hate it now, but I read it in junior high and was amazed by it.
the nine short stories by j.d. salinger are a flawless work of fiction though.
goofusgallant 9th-Apr-2011 05:57 pm (UTC)
Catcher in the Rye= Whining Little Bitch
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