Has anyone read The Grapes of Wrath or Nickel and Dimed?

United States
June 19, 2007 11:59am CST
I have to read both of these books over my summer vacation for a school assignment. Have any of you read either of them, and what did you think of them?
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elisa812
@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
20 Jun 07
I read Nickel and Dimed one summer too. I don't think I ever actually finished the book, but the parts that I did read were pretty interesting. I got the book from school and it was recommended that we read it over the summer, but it wasn't required, so I just read parts of it! lol
pillusch
@pillusch (1147)
• Mexico
19 Jun 07
I read 'The Grapes of Wrath', and I thoroughly enjoyed it. John Steinbeck is one of those writers who doesn't (or didn't, is he still alive?) write about how life should be, but about how life is. Happiness and sadness all intermingled and intertwined, good and evil in the same person. Like most of his novels, just great reading.
ohmyitscarolynne
@ohmyitscarolynne (79)
• United States
19 Jun 07
I didn't think I would like it very much. I read Of Mice and Men last year and didn't care for it, but this one isn't so bad, very thought-provoking. He's no longer alive, by the way.
tallpaulno44a
@tallpaulno44a (1574)
• United States
19 Jun 07
I have read The Grapes of Wrath. It is a fascinating character study as well as an excellent historical novel.