I went to the library today and picked up "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, and "Banned in the USA"
Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. I've gotta read it for Literature next year, and this is a great excuse to read the book.
The Confusions of Young Torless, by Robert Musil. It "uncovers the bullying, snobbery, and vicious homoerotic violence at an elite boys academy." We're reading it for Lit HL. OMC. And @ RC (Rockchick), I read Twilight in a matter of hours, it's really not that difficult. It's not like the language is very sophisticated.
@ Malice: It isn't and that's not what I meant at all. It's just that it takes me a little bit more than that to finish a book, so that's pretty much why I was somewhat surprised. I guess it depends on how much time one is willing to spend on reading per day. Though I really don't see how a books language would affect the time you spend reading it. ------------------- I've only just started reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I always seem to forget to post in this thread.
I don't know if this is what you thought she meant, but she didn't mean language, like English or French. What I understand her meaning to be is that, if you can read, you can read the book in a couple of hours, because it's not going to use gigantic words or odd wording, you know? At least, that's what I got from what she said. Anyway, I'm reading Halo: Contact Harvest.
I know what she meant, though I'm not quite sure you got what I meant, lol. I wasn't talking about language as in language, either. Just saying that even though the book didn't use "gigantic words or odd wording", it took me about 10 days to finish.