I've been reading the books my daughter brought home for her summer reading list. So far I've read Animal Farm, (hated the ending), and The Road, (loved it). She also has Catcher in the Rye and The Invisible Man. I work in the laundry dept at the local nursing home, evening shift, and I have a couple hours of down time most nights, great for reading. I think I'll read Catcher next.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Those are all great books! You will LOVE Catcher! Any book Cormac McCarthy writes is wonderful, one of the few authors where I have to look up maybe 2 or 3 words each chapter, then go back and re-read. It is very rich and compelling prose by a master wordsmith. Good on you! You'l LOVE talking to your daughter about them too. 
zeuser
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June 12, 2018
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if you listen to audible books you might be able to listen for your whole shift.
1cheapbastard
Level 4
June 12, 2018
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Joseph Andrews changed my life - it deals with affectation.
GoldenDoll
Level 7
June 12, 2018
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Try the Rainbow, the Awakening, O’ Pioneers , The Sad Cafe or Desert Solitaire
Gatovicolo
Level 8
June 12, 2018
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The Road is one of the scariest things I've ever read. fantastic book. Cormac McCarthy as several others worth a look. Blood Meridian comes to mind.
hankster
Level 9
June 12, 2018
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Blood Meridian is wickedly good, very violent yet very profound. Memorable characters, here comes the Judge!
Do the kids ever get to read any foreigner writers? The leader of our book club (she is a librarian) asked us to suggest titles / writers. I gave to her Borges, Cortázar, Lope de Vega, Pérez Galdós, Croning and few others. She didn't know who Borges, Cortázar and Rosario Ferré were. Sadly amazing.
DUCHESSA
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June 12, 2018
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@SouthernHell Is not a matter of "newer" but different stuff. Do they read Shakespeare, Moliere, Cervantes, Cela, Berceo, Joyce, Dumas, Rulfo.....?
@SouthernHell No to read ""Don Quijote"" (Cervantes) is beyond all words.
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