This is an interesting title.

First of all, I have to say, Oleg's post honestly made me laugh out loud. Not necessarily because of what point he's trying to convey, but the wording. But on that note, I did agree with a lot of what he was saying, although in maybe less drastic terms.

Catcher in the Rye I happened to be a pretty big fan of this book. I enjoy the fact that the main character is a huge hypocrite, mainly because I think it brings an interesting aspect to the book. It's very...real. A teenage being angsty and hypocritical? No big surprise there. Also, thinking that the ideas in this book effected reality and in some peoples minds may be the reason that John Lennon was shot. The idea that the messages in this book are powerful enough to influence to do something like that is....intense, to say the least. Along with that, I think it relates a lot to reality and the way a lot of teenagers may think or act.

First They Killed My Father Mmm, I hate to say it, but I kind of agree with Amanda and Oleg. I think where the book was trying to go, but it didn't really get there. I've read memoirs in the past, and this one just didn't compare. A few years ago I read A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and definitely liked to more than this. Ung's writing style really wasn't for me either. It felt kind of dry and dull, which is weird considering what she's talking about in the book. It simply didn't sit well with me. And yeah, yeah, the title is kind of misleading. I won't lie, I was kind of waiting for her father to die, which is a terrible thing to say. But that's what the title is provoking. Through the entire first half of the book, I was building up to that moment. And when we got there...well it wasn't quite as exciting as I thought it might be. And that sounds completely terrible, but again I think it had to do with her writing style.

Inherit the Wind I really enjoyed this book to. It was a nice, light read. Not light in subject, but what I mean is it was easy to read. I think the quotes kind of interesting, considering it's from the Bible and that's part of the debate. Overall, I really just liked the entire message of the book and how thought provoking it was. Along with that, there was a lot of dynamic characters, which always greatly improves a book. Also, I'm kind of a sucker for things that are "based on a true story". Which is strange, because when it is a true story I almost find it less interesting. But when it's in this format, as a play based on a true story, something about it captures me.

A Midsummer Night's Dream The more Shakespeare I read, the more I think him. It tends to take me a while to understand exactly what he's trying to say, but once I get through that I love it. I like that it was a comedy we read in this realm of serious themes. It does have serious themes, just shown more lightly. I think listening to the book in class opposed to reading it on our own really helped me understand the book more and made it much easier to comprehend overall. Also, I think it's very relatable to real life, love being fickle and all. But the characters seemed very....flat. Which is uninteresting.

My Antonia Ermm, yeah, not really my kind of book. All that out on the farm and town life kind of stuff never appealed to me. What I did like was how it was written in episodes. I think it made this kind of dry writing easier to get through. I like how we went through their entire lives instead of capturing just a small portion, but I think that also illustrates just how boring their lives were. In one book we followed a boys life from childhood all the way up into his mid-life. Contradicting what David said, I think the fact there were no unanswered questions made the book very unstimulating and bland.