tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post8513557498519780250..comments2024-03-16T22:32:46.026-06:00Comments on It's All About Books: Those Awesome Books from High School!Sueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-70332371155455619672014-07-11T21:00:07.256-06:002014-07-11T21:00:07.256-06:00I so wish I had a list of all of the books I read ...I so wish I had a list of all of the books I read when I was younger! I know I read voraciously but when I've tried to add books to Goodreads I know I'm forgetting a lot of them. Maybe it's just as well for some of them!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-46441360846340425872014-07-10T20:54:30.536-06:002014-07-10T20:54:30.536-06:00My 15-year-old has been assigned The Scarlet Lette...My 15-year-old has been assigned The Scarlet Letter as part of his summer reading assignment. Let's just say he's less than thrilled after attempting to read the first couple of chapters. :-) I haven't read it, but one of his comments to me was to the effect of each paragraph being a single sentence.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266693294304210442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-62776494904847477412014-07-10T12:54:15.702-06:002014-07-10T12:54:15.702-06:00Karen: I loved (love) Dickens too, but not sure wh...Karen: I loved (love) Dickens too, but not sure when I started to reading him. It may have been a little later, though I did read Great Expectations in 8th grade and didn't understand a word. Ha! I feel the same way about Les Miserables too! :) "I knew you back before you were famous!" LOL.Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-48291684155325020492014-07-10T12:52:49.798-06:002014-07-10T12:52:49.798-06:00Ang: I love to imagine you leading a high school c...Ang: I love to imagine you leading a high school class on Shakespeare! Awesome!Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-9171804993761596372014-07-10T12:51:59.486-06:002014-07-10T12:51:59.486-06:00Becca: I wasn't overly fond of his writing, bu...Becca: I wasn't overly fond of his writing, but I was pretty entrenched in that story! I never did get the appeal of The Great Gatsby though. Loved Romeo and Juliet.Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-65936871724304213302014-07-10T10:25:02.690-06:002014-07-10T10:25:02.690-06:00I discovered classics in high school as well. I th...I discovered classics in high school as well. I think it's sad now that teens focus more on YA fiction. There's so much of it targeted just to them, and the avid readers are missing out on all those classics out there which would really advance their literary skills. My favorites were Dickens. I read all of his books, and I loved Les Miserables as well, back in the day before it was a musical.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-74768720356597008772014-07-10T09:56:02.490-06:002014-07-10T09:56:02.490-06:00Oh gosh I still have all my essays too! English wa...Oh gosh I still have all my essays too! English was definitely my favorite class in High School and I was good at it (in fact when our teacher was out she had me lead the class instead of the sub, especially when it came to Shakespeare - yes I was that kid). Some of my favorites came from those books, especially Frankenstein, Beowulf, Of Mice and Men, Lord of the Flies and The Island of Dr. Moreau. <br /><br /> I also founds books I hated! In 6th Grade in an advanced reading class we read Jane Eyre and oh my goodness did I despise that book (and still do). I also really disliked Mark Twain's books and I couldn't keep my eyes open through all the run-on sentences in The Scarlet Letter.<br /><br />For fun reading I remember reading Sabriel by Garth Nix, The Alanna Series by Tamora Pearce and a lot of Lurlene McDaniels.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236569596711092011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-88890487676119596462014-07-10T05:07:40.291-06:002014-07-10T05:07:40.291-06:00I still have nightmares about The Scarlet Letter. ...I still have nightmares about The Scarlet Letter. I have so much hate for Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing. Buckets of it. I did love reading The Great Gatsby in school, though. I think it was the only one I really liked besides Romeo & Juliet.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706544792110129160noreply@blogger.com