Comments | rinabeana: Yes, this is another book list!

rinabeana

Yes, this is another book list!

Sep 22, 2004 18:33

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atomwaffe7 September 22 2004, 17:35:25 UTC

Okay I planned on responding by saying HA! I haven't read any of these but I've actually read a few of them, I'm impressed with myself! 10%

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
The Stand, Stephen King (well the first half, I was 500 pgs in and got bored)
Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

rinabeana September 22 2004, 19:27:27 UTC

You've read Pride and Prejudice? Somehow I hadn't pegged you for a Jane Austen fan. (hee hee)

Good for you with your 10%!

queenmee September 22 2004, 17:45:14 UTC

You've never read the Hitchiker's Guide?! Philistine!

queenmee September 22 2004, 18:17:59 UTC

I've read 52 of them. But then again, they are being judged on their popularity rather than their literary merit ( ... )

rinabeana September 22 2004, 19:19:32 UTC

Yes, yes, I know...

atomwaffe7 September 23 2004, 09:46:03 UTC

The only one on my list I read because I wanted to was the stand. All the rest were for Senior english in high school. Not to say I didn't enjoy a few of them but I wouldn't have read them otherwise.
Why wasn't 1984 on the list?

rinabeana September 23 2004, 11:13:58 UTC

Wow, we read Macbeth in senior English and some poetry. That was about it.

I have no idea why 1984 wasn't on the list. Take it up with the Brits! They voted on it.

atomwaffe7 September 23 2004, 21:23:47 UTC

Hahaha, I took AP senior english and had an awesome teacher who really pushed us well for a high school class, I owe her much. Not to say that I'm any good at it now but I'm definately better than I would have been otherwise.

I read macbeth as well.
Our count was 50 books for the year, all classics such as those.
The total of my first 3 years of high school english was probably about 10 total.

rinabeana September 24 2004, 04:49:52 UTC

That's awesome! I was taking AP English, too, but it was the teacher's first time teaching it. He was the drama teacher, as well, and he was rather obsessed with Macbeth. I swear we looked at that play until nearly Christmas! My HS English education was sorely lacking... Good thing I read a lot on my own!