Anyhow, I'm going to try to tackle some of these- feel free to comment with your favorites! (oh, and I intentionally left some books off if I read them recently and/or remember them... so don't be offended if your favorite isn't here, but feel free to make a suggestion!)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (read in HS, don't remember it though!)
Animal Farm (same as above)
Around the World in Eighty Days
Beloved
The Call of the Wild
Cannery Row
Catch-22 (my supervisor said this is a must-read if I'm planning on working w/ Veterans)
The Catcher in the Rye
Cry, the Beloved Country
Ethan Frome
Invisible Man
Jane Eyre
Lord of the Flies (read in HS, don't remember much)
Moby Dick
The Old Man and the Sea
Pride and Prejudice
The Read Badge of Courage (I think I read this in HS too...)
Robinson Crusoe
The Scarlet Letter
The Stranger
A Tale of Two Cities
Tales (collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories)
Their Eyes were Watching God
To Kill a Mockingbird (re-read from HS)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Wuthering Heights
Any thoughts?
3 comments:
Recently read Wuthering Heights, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and then almost all the other books by Jane Austen and all the Bronte sisters. All of them were good! Have fun!
Words that come to mind when I think of Ethan Frome include depressing, melodramatic and just plain terrible. If you didn't have to read this in high school, then I wouldn't recommend torturing yourself with it now. While I can (now) understand how some may appreciate the conflict and ironic ending, I still think that the misery of reading a book focused on weak and self-centered characters is not worth the ending. Anything else on your list sounds much better! ("But you don't have to take my word for it." Reading Rainbow quote that fit perfectly in this situation!)
Thanks ladies, I appreciate the advice!
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