Thursday, December 17, 2009

Any where I can go to find out the exact page numbers of certain books?

I start senior year next week and I was supposed to read either Catch 22, The Bell Jar, Native Son, Sula or The Catcher in the Rye, anyone know which is the shortest book to read on paperback? Thanks a lot.Any where I can go to find out the exact page numbers of certain books?
Go to amazon.com and type the name of the book, they put a lot of info about the books, including how many pages


for example, catch 22 - 416 pages (but there is a movie too)


Bell jar - about 288 pages, Native son - 504 pages, Sula - 192 pages, and Catcher in the rye - about 288 pagesAny where I can go to find out the exact page numbers of certain books?
Go to amazon.com or bn.com and look there. I believe the shortest is Catcher InThe Rye. Very angst-y, though. I prefer Catch-22, but it's almost twice as long. Perhaps an easier read, though.
Ah, the end of Summer. Funny how a lot of these questions are cropping up lately.





Yes you can go onto Amazon and they'll tell you the number of pages - but trust me, that's not the way to choose which book to read.





Those 5 book options you have there are very different books, and 100 pages of The Bell Jar might just seem equivalent to 400 pages of Catch-22 to you... depending on your tastes.





Don't get me wrong, they're all good books, but if you're a guy (I'm presuming you are from your profile name), the two that will *probably* appeal most to you are Catch-22 or Catcher in the Rye. They tend to go over very well with guys.





My personal recommendation is Catch-22 because it's one of my favorite books ever, but Catcher in the Rye is beloved by angst-ridden teenagers all over the world.





The Bell Jar, on the other hand, may just make you want to go the path of Sylvia Plath and kill yourself. I'm just saying...





Enjoy your Summer reading!


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