What are you reading right now?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 11-29-2010, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Who? Fitzgerald? You're talking to people who were assigned the book and who otherwise wouldn't read beyond the back of a cereal box.

True, probably. I've read the majority of books people are assigned in school and loved them (except for the Jodi Picoult that gets assigned in the ****ing English classes at COLLEGE)

oh & adidasss, everything David Mitchell writes is gold, dont forget to pick up the Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet & Number9Dream. Soooo goood

TheBig3 · 11-29-2010, 03:20 PM

Really? They assign a lot of ****ty books. Have you read the Scarlet Letter too? /shudder.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 11-29-2010, 03:49 PM

I loved Scarlet Letter, I think it was because I read it during a time in my life while I was high on dxm all the time, so they were so intense about everything, and I totally got that, so I loved it.

I however hated Where the Red Fern Grows

Engine · 11-29-2010, 05:46 PM

Haha - The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby must be the most assigned reading all over America every year.

Myself, I didn't read them when I was assigned them in high school. But that's just because I didn't do stuff like homework back then. Since then, though, I've read them both and I think they're both excellent (Gatsby far better of course).

storymilo · 11-29-2010, 05:50 PM

and ****ing Of Mice and Men. I feel like the reading lists for schools haven't changed since the 50s. Probably because they actually haven't.

Engine · 11-29-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by storymilo

and ****ing Of Mice and Men. I feel like the reading lists for schools haven't changed since the 50s. Probably because they actually haven't.

Another great book, I feel. I actually read that one when I was supposed to (it's short).

TheBig3 · 11-29-2010, 06:08 PM

In college I was assigned Henry James's "Turn of the Screw" about 5 times. I've still never finished that piece of trash.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 11-29-2010, 08:57 PM

****, I hate Steinbeck. We had to read the Pearl when I was in 9th grade and I've read a couple of his other books...they're shiiite

**Janszoon** · 11-29-2010, 09:00 PM

Maybe I'm weird for saying this but I actually enjoyed a lot of the stuff I had to read for school. Except Wuthering Heights. That was crap.

debaserr · 11-29-2010, 09:01 PM

my favorite from school was A Tale of Two Cities.

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~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	I loved Scarlet Letter, I think it was because I read it during a time in my life while I was high on dxm all the time, so they were so intense about everything, and I totally got that, so I loved it. I however hated Where the Red Fern Grows

11-29-2010, 05:46 PM	#3044 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	Haha - The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby must be the most assigned reading all over America every year. Myself, I didn't read them when I was assigned them in high school. But that's just because I didn't do stuff like homework back then. Since then, though, I've read them both and I think they're both excellent (Gatsby far better of course).

11-29-2010, 05:50 PM	#3045 (permalink)
storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	and ****ing Of Mice and Men. I feel like the reading lists for schools haven't changed since the 50s. Probably because they actually haven't.

11-29-2010, 08:57 PM	#3048 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	****, I hate Steinbeck. We had to read the Pearl when I was in 9th grade and I've read a couple of his other books...they're shiiite