What's your favorite book read for a class?
This question took a little bit of thinking for me because I really did not like that many of the books I read during high school. I just do not like having a deadline to read something. It makes me uncomfortable and I feel books are less enjoyable when you don't have time to, well enjoy them. However, I did read some books throughout my classes that I have loved.
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The first being Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I love the feeling surrounding the book and the characters (and no it has nothing to do with Twilight). Perhaps it is the dark and mysterious air shrouding the moors they live near. It sends shivers down my back. Another book that I really enjoyed reading during class was To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (how bad is it that I almost wrote Mockingjay here?).
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This book will forever be on my shelf as one of my favorite books ever. I love the writing style and the characters are simply amazing. Scout is great main character and Atticus is a shows that true depth of a person. I haven't read this book in a while but I think it is time to dust off its cover and reread it. Maybe this will be my project over one of my breaks from college.
And oh my gosh, I almost forgot one more that I really loved reading! That is A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. I am utterly in love with this play. I have not read it in such a long time and I just remembered it a few moments ago. If you have not gotten a chance to read this play I strongly encourage you. I just loved the character of Stella and the tensions within the storyline. Plus the name A Streetcar Named Desire simply captures your attention.
Ok, well that was more than one piece of writing but I think each of them are amazing and deserve recognition. I would love to hear what you all think about these books and the books you have read during class. Have a great day.
I read the bits of To Kill a Mockingbird that I needed to, but never got into it enough to read the whole book. I respect what it has to say, but I couldn't do it.
ReplyDeleteI loved To Kill a Mockingbird. Amazing how many people picked it today!
ReplyDeleteLove Love love Wuthering Heights! Great minds think alike! It was my favorite too!
ReplyDeleteYESSSSS Wuthering Heights FTW! So. Much. Angst.
ReplyDeleteHere's my RTW.
I love the font on your blog, by the way.
DeleteThank you so much!
DeleteWUTHERING HEIGHTS is often listed as a most-hated classic novel. I enjoyed it, actually. It wasn't required reading at school, but I read it a few years ago and thought it was a good book. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is, of course, the great American novel. Anyone out there attempting to write The Great American Novel, sorry--Harper Lee beat you to it. One of the greatest novels ever written. IMHO, of course! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why people don't like Wuthering Heights. I thought it was very good.
DeleteI'm so sorry :-/ I hated it on the first read through... in fact I didn't actually finish it BUT it was being forced upon us and pulled to pieces!! And I was in my "reckless and dangerous" year of my teens. I might try and read it again, because I have always wondered about the story and did think it sounded quite good....!
DeleteLOVE LOVE TKAM though!
I hate it when classes try to pull literature apart to its very core. Sometimes it makes us lose the enjoyment of a piece of writing.
DeleteYes, Yes, and Yes. I love both books and the play as well. Good choices!
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