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African_Love
02-13-2010, 04:57 PM
Should I read Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan or Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck?
JuniperWoolf
02-13-2010, 06:29 PM
Steinbeck.
African_Love
02-13-2010, 09:25 PM
Steinbeck.

I've decided to go with Say You're One of Them.
aquarium444
02-14-2010, 02:36 AM
"Of Mice and Men" is old news. He has another book called "The Grapes of Wrath" that might be good. I've never heard of the other author. Teachers make a big deal out of Steinbeck.
African_Love
02-14-2010, 12:51 PM
"Of Mice and Men" is old news. He has another book called "The Grapes of Wrath" that might be good. I've never heard of the other author. Teachers make a big deal out of Steinbeck.

It sounds interesting to me. I own both novels, I have a lot of books I haven't gotten around to reading.
aquarium444
02-14-2010, 09:03 PM
I have a lot of books myself, although I started to buy some for the Sony Reader which is means that I moved to e-books. I have a reasonable amount of literature paperbacks but I have not read any of them. I'm mostly looking at Lovecraft short stories and they are very good, although not all of them are great, some are awesome.

I mentioned the other book because I didn't really care much for "Of Mice and Men". I mean if you sat down and started reading it, than it would be okay, but it would be difficult for me to even want to look at it. I know how it goes because we covered it in school, saw the movie, etc. His other book might be better?
kelby_lake
02-18-2010, 07:04 AM
It sounds interesting to me. I own both novels, I have a lot of books I haven't gotten around to reading.

'Of Mice and Men' is upsetting but good.
Ashbe Maeur
02-18-2010, 01:31 PM
"Of Mice and Men" is old news. He has another book called "The Grapes of Wrath" that might be good. I've never heard of the other author. Teachers make a big deal out of Steinbeck.

I still stand firm by East of Eden being Steinbeck's best novel.

And there's reason to make a big deal of Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men is a very good book, and as many others, I've never even heard of the other book. Let us know how it is. :)
keilj
02-18-2010, 03:54 PM
I still stand firm by East of Eden being Steinbeck's best novel.


Yumph - great book.


I think Steinbeck's best short book is The Red Pony. But I know Of Mice and Men has more mass appeal
aquarium444
02-18-2010, 08:32 PM
Steinbeck wrote a short story called "The chrysanthemums" that was worth reading. I actually have it here in one of my books.

He wrote some book called "Cannery Row" but I did not read it, yet for some reason it sounds like a popular title along with the others mentioned.
keilj
02-18-2010, 10:24 PM
Steinbeck wrote a short story called "The chrysanthemums" that was worth reading. I actually have it here in one of my books.

He wrote some book called "Cannery Row" but I did not read it, yet for some reason it sounds like a popular title along with the others mentioned.

Cannery Row is one of my absolute favorites by him. And he actually wrote a sequel to it called Sweet Thursday that I like just as much