Application

[psychedeliceyes]

I notice that the last post was on September 30 but I've decided to post my application in the hope that there are some people lurking. My name is Amanda. My top fifteen in no particular order:

1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
2. Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
3. Looking For Alaska by John Green
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
5. Lord

Comments

[psychedeliceyes]

Well thank you. I hope my application is accepted so that I can post more often.

As you've said, a lot of these books such as The Catcher in the Rye, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, etc. were on school reading lists. To me, English class has always been a bit like a book club, especially when I have a teacher that tries to foster the matierial and engage us in discussion. (Don't you just love those?) I always discover gems amongst every year of assigned reading and this why I don't understand students who rely on SparkNotes or simply don't read the material.

Others were recommended to me by people who knew me, and by extension knew my taste in books. When I was fourteen my drama teacher pulled me aside and recommended American Psycho and Sybil by Flora Rheta Shreiber. (Which I also love, though it's not on the list.)

There are a few up there that were chosen due to specific material. I picked up The Bermudez Triangle because I'm always looking for good LGBT books, and Bermudez was one that came highly recommended. (I don't remember on what site--Amazon.com most likely.) I have a love-hate relationship with the horror genre and I went through a brief manic period after I read an article on cannibalism and I became obsessed with finding fiction on the same subject. I found a list on Wikipedia--Cannibalism in Popular Culture, or something to that effect--and Exquisite Corpse was listed.

Most of them, though, I just found at random. Some were generated on the recommendations on Amazon.com because of my browsing history, some I just picked up in the bookstore because of the cover art or the title, and some I just clicked on at random on books review sites or rec communities. I'm very curious when it comes to books and whenever I read an interesting summary or premise, I have to go out as soon as possible and satisfy my curiousity.

Yes

[subitoburrito]

Thanks for the answer - I hope to see you post around these parts again soon.