I've been doing a lot of "lighter" recently on my commute to work but am feeling the need for something a bit more heavyweight/requiring more concentration.

Help me choose!

Thank you :D

I LOVED Jane Eyre. :grin: I haven't read it since I was a teen though.

I've only read 3 of these books but The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy would be my pick of those I know. I enjoyed it very much.

I voted Jane Eyre too, I remember I was reading it for English class in high school, but was so sick during the time I was supposed to be doing the report that my mom rented the movie for me to help out! LOL! I did like it though, I really did read the book too! ;)

:wave: Hi Lauren ~

I voted for Jane Eyre as I'm not familiar with any of the other authors.

I read Jane Eyre a couple years ago, after reading The Eyre Affair, the first (I think) of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next, literary detective series books. He had so many clever references to the book. I enjoyed Jane Eyre, but it took me almost twice as long to read it vs. other books because of the old English language of that period.

Plus, I had a heck of a time getting my hands on the library's copy. Took me MONTHS. Sure helped when I found out the author is Charlotte Bronte, NOT Jane Austen!!! :bash:

Let us know which you choose and how you like it!

I voted for The Awakening. It is one of my all time favorite books! It isn't all that heavy though...

I've read Jane Eyre, but I hated it. I actually hated everything written by any of the Bronte sisters. I thought the books were basically boring.

(ducking now as all the Wuthering Heights lovers throw tomatoes)

I voted for One Hundred Years of Solitude, which I really liked and felt was a book that I wanted to read with real concentration.

I've never read American Psycho, though I read Ellis' more recent Lunar Park and liked it okay. I hear American Psycho is better.

I started to read The Awakening recently, but I was discouraged by my husband who told me it was one of the most boring books he ever had to read in school. Perhaps it appeals more to women?

I liked The God of Small Things fine, but not as much as the rave reviews had led me to expect.

Jane Eyre for me as it's one of my favs..

:lol:

I've read all those except American Psycho and think they're all great - hard to choose! Very different books. The God Of Small Things I found particularly moving, though.

I'm not big into the classics but I always liked Jane Eyre.

Wow, good ol' Jane is winning by a landslide. Which is only deserving as it's a wonderful book.

I love Jane Eyre, but Wuthering Heights :wacko: I really want to like it, because I love Heathcliff, but Cathy really winds me up. There's a girl who needs a :bash: :giggle:

I hated the Awakening. We had to read it for 12th grade English and while I only read the Cliff's Notes, I hated those as well. I haven't read the others cause I try my hardest never to read 'literature' if I can help it :wink:

Thank you to everyone who voted and posted - looks like it'll be Jane Eyre next! I'm looking forward to it - I read Wuthering Heights at the beginning of the year and really enjoyed it and I think this one is more universally liked, so should be good too.

I will be reading the other options sometime in the next few months (assuming my Masters doesn't curtail my reading entirely) and I'm glad they all got at least one vote!

:D

I have not read any of those but have them all on my bookshelf and if I was to pick out it would be American Psycho.