Thursday, September 6, 2012

Booking Through School Books

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We all had to read things in school that we didn’t like … but what about something you read for a class that you ended up liking (or loving)? An author you discovered that you might not have found? A genre you hadn’t thought about?

In school, I read The Passage to India by E M Forster, which I liked very much. Then I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and also Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, which I liked. I also got to read two plays, The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Robert Beiser, and All My Sons by Arthur Miller and loved those too.
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7 comments:

  1. bermudaonionSeptember 6, 2012 at 5:06 PM

    I enjoyed most of what I read for school.

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  2. Gigi AnnSeptember 6, 2012 at 5:32 PM

    I was not a deep reader when I was in school. But like Bermudaonion I enjoyed what I read.

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  3. DianaSeptember 6, 2012 at 7:11 PM

    I enjoyed Great Expectations, though I read it after leaving school. A Thomas Hardy novel is one of my picks today - here’s my answer.

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  4. Laurel-Rain SnowSeptember 6, 2012 at 7:23 PM

    I think it's wonderful to discover loved books among the "assignments."

    Here's MY THURSDAY MEMES POST

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM

    A few of these I read after high school.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/09/booking-through-thursday.html

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  6. City Girl Who Loves to ReadSeptember 6, 2012 at 10:34 PM

    You read some good books in school.

    http://citygirlwholovestoread.blogspot.com/2012/09/booking-through-thursday.html

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  7. DeepaliSeptember 8, 2012 at 2:33 PM

    I read the same Thomas Hardy novel, though it wasn't for school :)
    My syllabus had pretty easy literature till I was 14...along the lines of O Henry.

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