#6 The Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

When I saw the previews for the upcoming movie I was really excited. It looked super cool. Then when I found out it was based on a graphic novel, I thought neat, maybe I should read that. I wasn't really planning on it but the preview was so obscure and the more I heard about it the more I thought that I might be lost if I don't read the graphic novel. So I read it and it was really good and now I am super excited for the movie. Looks really good. The imagery in the illustrations are amazing. The level of detail that goes into each panel. I used to really love to read comics. I wasn't super into them but I loved Archie and spiderman. But access to them was kind of difficult so I didn't read very many. I got most of my super-hero knowledge from the cartoons. I love almost all of the new comic book movies. Reading this novel was liking looking at storyboards for the movie and I've seen several shots that mirror exactly whats in the book. I'm really excited to see it on the big screen.

#5 The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde is another arthur who I really enjoy their writing. He is probably one of the wittiest writers I have read. As I think about it, it's amazing to me that I haven't read more of his work. I read Picture of Dorian Gray in highschool. I don't remember if it was witty but I remember really enjoying it, mostly because it was really dark. Anyway, Loralee wanted to pick this for bookclub however she didn't realize it was a play and that it was very very small. So she combined it with The Great Gatsby. I had already seen the movie version and really enjoyed it and already knew a lot of the witty lines and repartee. But it was fun to read to. I think it would be so fun to perform. I plan on reading An Ideal Husband soon.

#4 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

I love Fitzgerald. Ever since I got a copy of his collection of short stories I have really enjoyed his writing so I was excited when The Great Gatsby was picked for our February book club book. It did not disappoint. Though I thought the plot of the story wasn't really up to par with some of his short stories, the way he tells it makes it still very enjoyable. He has such a way with phrases and descriptions. Really enjoyed reading this book and it gave me more motivation to read on in my short story book (it's quite large).

#3 Tess of the D'Ubervilles

I've seen two versions of this book made into a film so I knew what happened. Though I was surprised that the heinous act of her losing her innocence was only alluded to. And how much she thought it was her fault. It's quite a sad story with only a small moment of happiness in it. I'm not sure how much I liked the writing style. And unfortunately I read this book a few weeks ago and now I can't really remember too much of what I thought of it. Could be the fact that I pretty late as well.