books
because my English teacher is evil I just finished three literary summary sheets, and because I'm a perfectionist they took me two hours and I still have one left over, but I don't want to do it, but it's the one everyone is required to do for my class; therefore I can just copy off somebody else during stat or something. as a sort of record-purposes, I was looking through my old agenda books from freshman/sophomore/junior year, because I always list the books I read in school along with the nonsensical doodling, list-making and relevant reminders to do homework (it's actually sort of funny to read, much more effective in displaying my high school years than a yearbook ever could). so I compiled this. outside reading at the bottom (and I don't even know if I remember all the outside reading books).
books I've read in my high school English career, in order:
* really loved
x really didn't love
nine: genre fiction
Great Expectations x
A Separate Peace *
Romeo and Juliet
Anthem
Of Mice and Men
The Odyssey
To Kill a Mockingbird
ten: American lit
The Scarlet Letter
Native Son x
The Catcher In the Rye *
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Sun Also Rises
A Streetcar Named Desire
Death of A Salesman
The Great Gatsby
The Grapes of Wrath
The Crucible
Ethan Frome *
eleven: British lit
Beowulf x
Grendel
Frankenstein
Lord of the Flies
The Bacchae
Equus *
A Man For All Seasons / Utopia
The Secret Sharer
Brave New World *
1984
Macbeth
twelve: World lit
Beloved x
Hamlet
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead *
No Exit *
The Stranger *
Heart of Darkness x (blaaaa)
Things Fall Apart
Mrs. Dalloway *
Oedipus the King
if you noticed a trend, I love minimalist/existentialist/experimental stuff, and great narration, and I don't love stuff that's difficult to read, because I am inherently lazy and don't enjoy convoluted language (sorry Conrad).
summer reading
nine (genre): King's Dragon by Kate Eliott, Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney
ten (American): The Cider House Rules by John Irving, Closing Time by Joseph Heller
eleven (British): A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipul, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
twelve (world): Zorro by Isabel Allende, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
outside reading (incomplete and in no particular order)
Catch-22
The Taming of the Shrew
Wuthering Heights
The Color of Water
The Count of Monte Cristo (okay, I admit, I cheated with this one. too bad, I loved it so much I read it again)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Kite Runner
Never Let Me Go
Hmm, can't remember the rest.
midnight, bedtime.
books I've read in my high school English career, in order:
* really loved
x really didn't love
nine: genre fiction
Great Expectations x
A Separate Peace *
Romeo and Juliet
Anthem
Of Mice and Men
The Odyssey
To Kill a Mockingbird
ten: American lit
The Scarlet Letter
Native Son x
The Catcher In the Rye *
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Sun Also Rises
A Streetcar Named Desire
Death of A Salesman
The Great Gatsby
The Grapes of Wrath
The Crucible
Ethan Frome *
eleven: British lit
Beowulf x
Grendel
Frankenstein
Lord of the Flies
The Bacchae
Equus *
A Man For All Seasons / Utopia
The Secret Sharer
Brave New World *
1984
Macbeth
twelve: World lit
Beloved x
Hamlet
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead *
No Exit *
The Stranger *
Heart of Darkness x (blaaaa)
Things Fall Apart
Mrs. Dalloway *
Oedipus the King
if you noticed a trend, I love minimalist/existentialist/experimental stuff, and great narration, and I don't love stuff that's difficult to read, because I am inherently lazy and don't enjoy convoluted language (sorry Conrad).
summer reading
nine (genre): King's Dragon by Kate Eliott, Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney
ten (American): The Cider House Rules by John Irving, Closing Time by Joseph Heller
eleven (British): A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipul, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
twelve (world): Zorro by Isabel Allende, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
outside reading (incomplete and in no particular order)
Catch-22
The Taming of the Shrew
Wuthering Heights
The Color of Water
The Count of Monte Cristo (okay, I admit, I cheated with this one. too bad, I loved it so much I read it again)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Kite Runner
Never Let Me Go
Hmm, can't remember the rest.
midnight, bedtime.