Books You Were Forced To Read But Then Loved

Catcher in the Rye and Slaughterhouse 5

 

Of Mice and Men. I picked it out in school, because I thought it would be about animals. HaHa

 

Ordinary People, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Lesson Before Dying

 

Definetly was Catcher in the Rye as well.. excellent book

 

Phantom Tollbooth, which I loved at the time, and still do.
vince- I wish the school would "force" us to to read KV

 

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley


PS backtothelab whats ur sig mean? capital N? little y?

 

In my last year of high school, I had to read "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin. Great book.

 

that was the trippiest movie i ever saw... i loved spotting all the drug references slipped in! the director was obviously a total head... hehe..

anyways... 1984, Brave New World, Catcher in the Rye and all Shakespeare.

 

ANIMAL FARM! That was an awesome book...

And of course, catcher in the rye, wuthering heights, 1984...

I liked all of my required reading books... But I was a nerd, so that says a lot

 

we had to read "The Grapes Of Wrath" and I thought i was absolutley (sp.) going to hate it.. but it turned out to be a decent book.. im not saying that i loved it or anything

 

Shakespeare used to be really hard going (the old fashioned lingo went over our heads) but now that I'm studying Othello in college I've developed a real appreciation for the language and stories.

Animal farm was the only other good one. Otherwise my teachers had lousy taste in books.

This doesn't really count but To kill a mocking bird was the set text for the top set (as in clever people) and I read it myself to see what the fuss was about. Tis a very good book.

TTFN
Sage

 

Brave new world, sometimes a great notion

 

Fareheit 451. The book seemed so dumb at first but started making me ask censorship questions my teacher couldnt answer

 

great expectation!! its really awsome!!!... and plus some the short stories

 

Of Mice and Men.


I had to read The Color Purple this year and although I didn't exactly love it, it was definatly worth the read,

 

I read that too. Great book!

 

Robinson Carusoe, had to read it in the 8th grade and i ended up loving it

 

Day's of Grace, 1984, The Green Knight, Beowulf

 

i reallt enjoyed of mice and men, catcher in the rye, a missing piece, to kill a mocking bird,gettsyburg

 

Oh, a ton of books I had to read for school, stuff like Moliere, and other French authors.