Did any of you here actually like any of those novels you were probably forced

enigma777 posted...

I think I still have 40 or so Boxcar Children books packed away. I loved them when I was a kid.

My niece once got it assigned to read for school, so I sat and read the whole book in one sitting while babysitting her, she couldnt believe I finished it so fast.

I think To Kill a Mockingbird was the highlight of high school reading for me. Edgar Allan Poe's short stories as well.

FortuneCookie posted...

I think To Kill a Mockingbird was the highlight of high school reading for me. Edgar Allan Poe's short stories as well.

EAP was teh shtuff

Cask of Amontillado was my favorite, hands down.

I liked *some* of the books. First one to come to mind is Lord of the Flies. I remember absolutely loving that novel. Absolutely hated Catcher in the Rye, though.

ironman2009 posted...

sword of shannara > all those nerd books

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RetuenOfDevsman posted...

EAP was teh shtuff

Cask of Amontillado was my favorite, hands down.

I liked that one. Didn't read it in school though. Read it as a little kid at home

Nope. Thought most of them were garbage. There may have been a small handful of good ones, but they were overshadowed by the stinkers to the point I don't remember what they were anymore.

Sephiroth_C_Ryu posted...

Don't forget The Cay.

I saw this in the banned book section at my school. I still have no idea what it was about but out of all the books there this is the one that made me wonder the most wtf it was about.

Most of them I didn't like.

Some of the Shakespeare was ok. My favourite book is L'tranger, and I probably wouldn't have read that otherwise.

Tyranthraxus posted...

I saw this in the banned book section at my school. I still have no idea what it was about but out of all the books there this is the one that made me wonder the most wtf it was about.

A boy and a black man get shipwrecked. The boy ends up going blind, and they have to survive. At least, thats what I recall. It was pretty solid from what I remember, surprised so few have mentioned it, maybe its not a popular choice.

I love The Scarlet Letter and basically everything else written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, but I read his books either in college or on my own. Not in high school. Not middle school. And especially not elementary, which is when my sister was forced to read it. This is one of those books that you really need to read as an adult, and it's a disservice to both the book and to the students that schools make kids read it when they're way too young.

One that I was forced to read in high school, and that I hated, was Moby-Dick. This was one of my most-hated novels for years -- until I reread it in my 20s, and then I fell in love with it. Now it's one of my all-time favorites. I've reread it like 8 times.

Never much cared for To Kill a Mockingbird, though. Didn't like Death of a Salesman either.

Most of them were good. The only one I hated reading every damn year was Lord of the Flies. As a Canadian we probably read some diffent books. I liked The Outsiders. Good book and a decent movie. We read some of Jack Londons stuff. Lots of others I don't remember atm.

Fukenog posted...

Most of them were good. The only one I hated reading every damn year was Lord of the Flies. As a Canadian we probably read some different books. I liked The Outsiders. Good book and a decent movie. We read some of Jack London's stuff. Lots of others I don't remember atm.

Here in Newfoundland we had to read about Death on the Ice, the story of the early days of the Seal fishery. Not my favourite book by any means, really hard to get through.

nah i just read chapter synopses online and bullshitted my essays