Flight 815-ers Unite discussion

Ok, I will start, kicking off the Lost Lit List Challenge!!

I have read the following in the past, but want to reread them again, so I will not count them as completed for this list yet.
Of Mice and Men, The Shining, The Stand, A Wrinkle in Time.

Have read way back in the day, and will not reread for this challenge:
1- Catch-22 (hated it, couldnt finish it)
2- Left Behind (read the whole series when it came out and loved it!)
3- Slaughterhouse -5 (it wasnt good enough to warrent a second read)


Most recently/Previously read:
4- Island by huxley (eh...)
5- Lord of the Flies
6- The Mysterious Island (turned me on to Verne!)
7- The Third Policeman
8- VALIS (what a waste, there is a good story buried in here under all the crap, im sure of it!)

9-Wrinkle In Time (reread this one for the Sawyer Book Club on Myspace, and even tho I read it ages ago and couldnt remember a thing as I read, I sort of wish I hadnt reread it. YA is never as good when you read it as an adult!)

Lori, do you know when kids read WIT? I wonder if I could incorporate it to our read-out-loud list for summer with my 10 year old... She reads at the middle-school level

Yeah, I think 10 is a good age. I was telling my son (who is also 10) that he might like to read this too. But he is too busy running around and being a kid, reading books are not high on his list as of yet!

We do reading-together time a few nights of the week for a 1/2 hour. Sometimes he gets into it, other nights its like torture, so Ive backed off a bit, and let him tell me when he is ready. Although this summer, once school is out (three more days, yeah) he is going to read every nite, like it or not... Im so mean, arent i?

I don't think so (you are not mean), I read with Gabriella every night, we look like three old ladies, Bella in her bed listening (and behaving badly sometimes) and Gabi and I taking turns at reading a chapter or knitting, sometimes we go well beyond the slotted time and Gabi keeps saying one more page/chapter and I have to say no.
I don't know if Bella will be the same, being three she's doing her own thing, but just having Gabi love reading makes me feel like I'm not nuts ... LOL ... you guys help too!

10- Heart of Darkness by Conrad.

So this one was hard for me to get through. Took two days of forcing myself to read it, and its a short novel (just over 100 pgs). I really couldnt find a link to the show in it at all. And was mostly just confused the whole time. Perhaps the only thing I can see a similarity to is that in this novel, in the African Jungle, the main character came across and visited multiple 'stations'. which could be a nod towards the islands dharma stations. However, the stations in these books were more like homes,or work areas for the Company.... which I suppose could be like Dharma, only it wasnt research related, I dont think... see, i told you, i am really confused!!!

11- Laughter In The Dark by Nabokov.

Really liked this one. Tho Again, at a loss as to why it was linked to the show. Its about a middle aged man who is married and has a daughter. He is bored with life and falls in love with a young girl (hello Lolita-ish) who eventually causes him to leave his family behind. Then ensues a sick twisted love triangle of sorts and a very suprising ending, at least, suprising to me.

Anyone read this one yet? I would be interested to see what you thought.

12- The Pearl by Steinbeck.

So it is totally Hurley and the Numbers that swim through your head here. A good thing brings nothing but bad luck to a man and his family. And a little Other-ish as there are bad guys chasing the good guys towards the end of the book. Alot of stuff is packed into those short 90pgs.

Was it good Lori?

Yeah, While i wouldnt say it is a favorite of mine, it was quite good. Like I said above, for such a short novel, it really packs alot in it. We follow Kino (the main character) for a number of days, the first of which is the day he finds the great pearl. And it all goes downhill from there....

::Laughing:: I have heard interesting things about the pearl, but always forget to look for it while in stores ... note to self, for next time!

13- Lancelot by Percy

This novel left quite alot to our interpretation. Has anyone read it? I would be interested to hear your thoughts on it.

14- Brothers Karamazov
I cannot praise this novel enough. It was one of the best I have read this summer BY FAR!!!!

15- Turn of the Screw
Stay away from this novel. Its horrendously torturous!

I was about to ask whether The Brothers K was on the list until I remembered it was the book that Locke gave Ben when they were holding him captive (the first time). I see a lot of similarities between Ben and Smerdyakov, particularly with how Ben warped Locke into betraying Jack.

Logan, that is a great connection actually. I didnt see that before, but totally do now. Played him right into his hand.....

16. Of Mice and Men, this was a reread. I flew through it in a matter of hours today. Still so sad. Poor Lennie!

Oh, I love TURN OF THE SCREW! I wonder why it's a part of LOSt...

17. Watership Down.

Saw the movie ages and ages ago, read the book for the first time ever. I was a little worried before I started it, you know, the whole talking animals bit, but I shouldnt have. It was Amazing!

A great story of survival, strength, and leadership...... very Lost-esque.

18. Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Carroll

I found a connection between the Looking Glass and the show. It's been a long running theory for Lost that time traveling/ flashbacks occur around or in contact with water. Last season, Desmond mental trips through time appeared to interact with water, and highly supported this theory. In the rain when he was on the military base, in the bathroom after talking to widmore while the sink water was running.....
In the Looking Glass, every time Alice crossed over water, she found herself transported into a different place, with no knowledge of how she got there or what she was doing. Not to mention the fact that the characters in the book failed to use water, or liquid of any kind, to counteract Alice's thirst!!

19.The Little Prince - Exupery

A childrens story that packs an adult message in its punch. Some Lost goodies in here: A plane crash, an African desert (seemingly pulling the prince and the narrator to it), a well in the middle of nowhere....

20.To Kill A Mockingbird - Lee

21. The Invention of Morel.

So happy I finally picked this book up. It was a present for xmas. And it kicked ass!!