SparkNotes.com

[Raven_Writer]

I was just wondering, who all here goes to SparkNotes.com?

Also, do you use the message board there, or are a registered member there?

I really like this site for my English projects (it's a savor for AP English ).

One last thing, if you do go there, why do you like it?

--- My Responses ---
Yes, I do go there. I just registered for the board today.

[JAH]

I use spark notes quite often. I am in IDEA(AKA Idiots Doing Extra Assignments for no more credit than ES) and we get some pretty out there reading projects, or sometimes I'm just too lazy to read the assignment. So I'll check out sparknotes. It saved much of our class. I registered because after a while, it won't let you see the summaries of chapters and characters if you aren't logged in. It's a great tool. Use it wisely.

[Raven_Writer]

Originally Posted by JAH

I use spark notes quite often. I am in IDEA and we get some pretty out there reading projects, or sometimes I'm just too lazy to read the assignment. So I'll check out sparknotes. It saved much of our class. I registered because after a while, it won't let you see the summaries of chapters and characters if you aren't logged in. It's a great tool. Use it wisely.

This happened to me over the summer, because I had to read 2 books for my class, and I kept forgetting to do it, so I just read the summaries on SN, and it got me an A- on my test I took on them (I really didn't want to resort to this though, but all well).

I've never ran into the not-letting-you-see-story-info problem, but it does make sense really.

Originally Posted by Greg McCoy

Amen to that. I used it and PinkMonkey.com to help make sense of my summer reading for AP Lit. and Comp. I haven't tried the message boards though.

I actually only used this site once last year in my lit. comp. class, and that was for "Catcher In The Rye".

I've never heard of PinkMonkey, but I'll check it out and see if it's also a good place for this stuff

Thanks for the link.

...I do prefer to buy the Sparknotes/Cliff's Notes in printed and bound form from Barnes and Noble---I always find books more comprehensive than websites.

I don't really like buying the book. It's not that I don't want to support them for their excellent work, but it's just that I know I'm not gonna need it again more than likely.

[Katie Reynolds]

Usually I use Bookrags for booknotes.

[Greg McCoy]

Originally Posted by Raven_Writer

I really like this site for my English projects (it's a savor for AP English ).

Amen to that. I used it and PinkMonkey.com to help make sense of my summer reading for AP Lit. and Comp. I haven't tried the message boards though.

[Aignam]

Yeah, I've been going to places like Sparknotes.com, Pinkmonkey.com, and Bookrags.com for quite some time now. With an all-Honors/Advanced Placement schedule, sometimes you need to rely on one of these websites every so often to get you through a chapter or two, or just to help you understand some of the more complex themes involved with a novel. I do prefer to buy the Sparknotes/Cliff's Notes in printed and bound form from Barnes and Noble---I always find books more comprehensive than websites.