THEME DAY: Required Reading that Shouldn't be Required
First time poster here -
but in honour of today's theme I'd like to dedicate a post to almost every.single.book that I had to read for school during my last 2 years of high school.
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but in honour of today's theme I'd like to dedicate a post to almost every.single.book that I had to read for school during my last 2 years of high school.
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hisietari:
the publisher would decide what you read?!
Well one publisher came out with a set of 5 books - different each year - but they weren't necessarily their newest books that they wanted to promote. I do believe these books were real 'good literature'. It was just easiest for the school to force every student to buy those sets of 5, but I never really agreed with that ...
Reading stuff I liked, and reading fiction (opposed to the non-fiction and "educational" fiction I had to read for my classes) was a guilty pleasure I often wouldn't allow to myself
Same here! I always feel guilty if I read something else when I still have unfinished required reading lying around, and I *always* have unfinished required reading lying around! I have the latest book from A Song of Ice and Fire, it's been on my shelf since July 2011 and I still haven't been able to read it because of all the required reading I got this year ...
Haha, I also had to read 'Werther' - in university - but I quite liked it =P
(though I can see why people would dislike it, haha)
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I completely understand anyone who says they disliked the book because of Werther's whining, but I kinda enjoyed that over-the-top dramaticness he displayed -
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