FrannyGls8@aol.com wrote: << So far by Salinger I have read: The Catcher In The Rye, Franny And Zooey, Raise high the Roof Beams Carpenters and Seymour and Introduction, A perfect Day For Banana Fish....>> I haven't read enough: Catcher, Franny and Zooey, Nine Stories and a couple of odd stories. I'll try to get in Raise high the roof beam and Hapworth soon. (Doesn't it make me sound like a true afficionado when I shorten the names of all of the titles?) <> My other favorite is Nabokov. He's just so good. I think if you like Salinger it's easy to like him...read Lolita if you get a chance. <<Alot of people in high school write bad melodramatic poetry that i hate alot. >> AMEN, sister.