What books do you remember reading at school, the ones where you had to write essays on?
The three that come to mind for me are:
To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
Role of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Nyesha Basey and Inez Ramsey
Of Mice And Men - John Steinbeck
I wouldn't mind reading them again, they bring back a lot of memories
Small and Squeaky
We had really crap books...or so I thought! Might just have been because I was forced to read them...
Let's see...there was Stone Cold, Bad Girls and a book about a catholic boy in belfast who falls in love with a protestant girl...
We read Roll of thunder and I wasn't amused when we found out the oldest brother's name was STACY!!! Not allowed cos that's my name! A girl's name!
I thought it was a girl at first, until alittle later in the story.Originally posted by WeeMouse@17 May 2003 - 14:54
We read Roll of thunder and I wasn't amused when we found out the oldest brother's name was STACY!!! Not allowed cos that's my name! A girl's name!
Is there any guys in this world named Stacy?
Romeo and Juliet (Old English) I never liked reading it over and over just to understand what they were saying.
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The Last Unicorn-Iris Murdoch
Le tour du monde en 80 jours-Jules Verne
7 petits croix dans un carnet-George Simenon
Die Verwandlung-Franz Kafka
Hersenschimmen- Bernlef
Kartonnen Dozen-Tom Lanoye
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Didn't like Hersenschimmen that much...was about Alzheimer and pretty boring to be honest.
The Last Unicorn was too diffcult at the time, but I read it again later on, and I kinda liked it then.
Le tour du monde en 80 jours is a classic ofcourse. I was about 13 when I read it, and I liked it back then.
7 petits croix dans un carnet was absolutely horrible!!! I just don't like Simenon's work
Kartonnen Dozen is a typical Belgian novel...it's cool for 16-years old who try to discover who they are. It's a bit childish if you're older though. I read it again a year ago and it was a huge disappointment.
Small and Squeaky
I remember reading Romeo and Juliet last year - Me + Lamsey wre forced to be Romeo and Juliet...and jay-2-Good was my nurse! it's something else to hear one of your guy mates reading out a big speech on how he breast-fed you!
Broken
My Family and Other Animals <shudders>
Just about every Shakespear Play <screams>
The Albatross <cries with agony>
Why wont they let you read good books at school, and force crap at you instead.
An It Harm None, Do What You Will
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In highschool there was one book a year we had to read, for Dutch class, because we had to discuss it in class, but for the rest they gave us this huge list of 300 books and let us choose. There were always a few books that were worth reading....Originally posted by Rat Faced@18 May 2003 - 00:09
My Family and Other Animals <shudders>
Just about every Shakespear Play <screams>
The Albatross <cries with agony>
Why wont they let you read good books at school, and force crap at you instead.
Actually, I miss highschool a little
Me too
I used to nick books from the library
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Hmmm...let me think:
Most of the Shakespeare plays
Atlas Shrugged
The Fountainhead
The Jungle
A Seperate Peace
and To Kill a Mockinbird (in 3 different grades!)
Those were just the ones that stood out.
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Our English teacher never made us read any Shakespeare plays, we just had to watch the films....
When I was 16 I bought the complete works though and read it all...it took me months and months to get through it
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