BeeR Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) I discovered I really liked Shakespeare in HS. Hate the "translation" part of it but otherwise, great stuff. Animal Farm (Orwell). IMO one of the most underrated novels ever. Cats Cradle (Vonnegut). Beat the flip out of Slaughterhouse 5. Several short stories I don't recall titles or authors we covered in HS or even Jr High that I might not call "amazing" but were at least good enough to remember. One where a guy got stuck in a grain silo and ultimately the grain came pouring down on him. Another where a guy got lost in the Arctic and was in a race to beat death. Recall he built a fire and snow plopped on it from a tree. Oh and Flowers for Algernon. Edited January 30, 2010 by BeeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAYER Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I discovered I really liked Shakespeare in HS. Hate the "translation" part of it but otherwise, great stuff. Animal Farm (Orwell). IMO one of the most underrated novels ever. Cats Cradle (Vonnegut). Beat the flip out of Slaughterhouse 5. Several short stories I don't recall titles or authors we covered in HS or even Jr High that I might not call "amazing" but were at least good enough to remember. One where a guy got stuck in a grain mill as the grain came pouring down on him. Another where a guy got lost in the Arctic and was in a race to beat death. Oh and Flowers for Algernon. Animal Farm & Cats Cradle also 1984, Lord of the Flies took a Utopia class one semester the best HS course ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Catcher in the Rye and 1984. The only other books I remember being required to read were The Great Gatsby and Great Expectations....meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Catch 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 On the beach was the only thing I was forced to read in school that I enjoyed. I missed out on a lot of education because I was forced to read trash and memorize poetry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 On the hated part I'll add Wuthering Heights. *gag* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmypg Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Catcher in the Rye and 1984. The only other books I remember being required to read were The Great Gatsby and Great Expectations....meh. I don't remember much else. I didn't become a fan of reading until I was like 22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawks21 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Agree on the Shakespeare. I really thought I liked it until I took a course on it in college. A college lit class started my enfatuation with Hemingway. We were assigned to read "For Whom the Bell Tolls". To this day it is still probably my favorite read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and Flowers for Algernon came to mind. As a senior in high school, I read Dracula for extra credit and have read it several times since. High school was also where I developed my love for Edgar Allen Poe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 My son is right in the midst of the Lord of the Flies and has read Catcher in the Rye and Farenheit 451 as well this year. I wasn't so much of a fan of Catcher. Of course I was in the process of dragging him through it kicking and screaming pretty much. Lord of the Flies is on the docket right now and it's quite good as was Farenheit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 I know a lot of literary snoots sneer at it nowdays but I also really liked Call of the Wild. Never did read any Hemingway. Most of what I read now (which isn't much) is non-fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicious_bass Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Tale of Two Cities Animal Farm The Great Gatsby Wuthering Heights Actually, rather than list them all, easier to say I ended up liking a lot of the required reading. Thank you, teachers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I know a lot of literary snoots sneer at it nowdays but I also really liked Call of the Wild. Never did read any Hemingway. Most of what I read now (which isn't much) is non-fiction. I'm with you on Call of the Wild. I read it to my sons when they were 8 and 9 and they couldn't wait every night to hear more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Was an early reader. Read everything I could get my hands on. So... by the time I got to high school and required reading lists were being put out... I had already read most of the books on the list. Don't think I was ever "forced" to read anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 I'm with you on Call of the Wild. I read it to my sons when they were 8 and 9 and they couldn't wait every night to hear more. Very cool. That's something I bet you'll all remember forever. I would love to hear about more stuff like that vs stuff about kids vegetating on video games and ©rap music. I remember one year in elementary school our teacher (ie homeroom teacher) would read us a chapter or 2 a day out of a book, don't even remember what it was any more, but most of us got pretty caught up in it and actually looked forward to hearing another part of the story the next day. Not meaning to get into a "things were always better in the old days" bit, but I suspect nowdays that's about as common as a winning lotto ticket; books are so "uncool" it seems. Probably helping was she could read well (good narrator) and had a genuine enthusiasm, both for reading and us. PS slight sidetrack but anyone have any idea what the 2 short stories were I mentioned initially? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in advanced placement literature in HS . . . . still one of my favorite all time books. Also liked Edgar Allen Poe, Lord of the Flies, and farenheit 451 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Call of the Wild = a good call. I also enjoyed White Fang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Poe was also a great call. I hated The Raven but loved most everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Poe was also a great call. I hated The Raven but loved most everything else. I love The Raven but I think my favorite may be Annabelle Lee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I also really liked Call of the Wild. Same here. In high school I found I really liked everything written by Jack London. To this day a short story called "To Build A Fire" still sticks in my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I love The Raven but I think my favorite may be Annabelle Lee. Used to read Poe to my kids when they were young. Annabelle Lee was my favorite too... but they loved the Raven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerx Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 "Where the Red Fern Grows"... I don't recall what age I was at, but I remember thinking that it sounded boring and much like a book for girls... I wound up loving that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 (edited) Animal Farm 1984 Catcher in the Rye The Hobbit Johnny got his Gun Catch 22 Into the Mountains of Madness Fahrenheit 451 ETA: The Time Machine I've read them all again since becoming older and still they are all great, memorable stories. Edited January 31, 2010 by jetsfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 "Where the Red Fern Grows"... I don't recall what age I was at, but I remember thinking that it sounded boring and much like a book for girls... I wound up loving that one. That was an AWESOME book . .. Good call!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Same here. In high school I found I really liked everything written by Jack London. To this day a short story called "To Build A Fire" still sticks in my mind. That's it! That was one of the short stories I mentioned. Now if I could just figure out the grain silo one..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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