Books? Books!

[laguna377]

Stolen from Katja!  Have fun, oh literate ones!

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ!

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK

Comments

[cho413]

Sorry Matt, I don't think you'll get many responses to this. . . my shame burns as we speak. :)

[laguna377]

You of all people! o.O

For shame! LOL.

I'm kidding. Well, I suppose that means you have some work to do, eh? :-D

[smashattack]

I'm sorely lacking in this area as well.

[laguna377]

I really should read more often. Not that this list is rather "comprehensive" nor is it "quality." I am weirded out by the "Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" being separate entries...same with the Shakespeare ones. Ah, well.

How've you been? I haven't heard from you in a while... :-D

[smashattack]

I'm doing okay, just waiting to find my "niche", if you know what I mean. Can't wait to have you back home again! Old C's, yessir!

[cho413]

Lame! These are the ones I've read:

5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

15 total. . . d'oh! Shouldn't all of the books of the Bible count separately? :)

[laguna377]

Haha, they should. :-)

Most of mine were read for English classes either in HS or early college. My HS teacher was all about the "classics" and she had us reading a lot. That's where I read the Tolstoy and such...it was for book reports. :-(

I can't believe you haven't read "The Count of Monte Cristo"! I thought that was "required" HS reading... :-/

Still, you've read some good ones!

[cho413]

Well, if other states are like California/Colorado, usually we 1) use books to match up to the state standards or 2) the school itself has a list of books we can teach.

For instance, I don't think I ever knew a teacher in HS/College who taught Monte Cristo, but where you grew up it might have been all over the place.

But in my Am Lit class, we read a Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I didn't even know that book existed until I taught it! :D (It's very good, btw).

Aw, it is good to talk about goods. :)