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1001 Books
Nov. 6th, 2009 12:54 pmSo I finally looked at that list of 1001 Books, and I listed the books I've read from it.
"Atonement" by Ian McEwan
"Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
"Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel
"Watchmen" by Alan Moore & Gibbons
"Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit" by Jeanette Winterson
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
"To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Unfortunately, in my high school, I've never had a class where we actually read classical literature, or at least books that weren't shitty YA books. Nobody wanted to read anything that was "too hard" to understand. Like, the honor students had to read classical literature books, while we got stuck with ... special works such as The Lovely Bones. (And there is NOTHING GOOD about that book, you will never be able to convince me it has redeeming qualities. :\)
Edit: Oops! Forgot one: "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink, and I'm currently reading "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison for class.
"Atonement" by Ian McEwan
"Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
"Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel
"Watchmen" by Alan Moore & Gibbons
"Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit" by Jeanette Winterson
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
"To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Unfortunately, in my high school, I've never had a class where we actually read classical literature, or at least books that weren't shitty YA books. Nobody wanted to read anything that was "too hard" to understand. Like, the honor students had to read classical literature books, while we got stuck with ... special works such as The Lovely Bones. (And there is NOTHING GOOD about that book, you will never be able to convince me it has redeeming qualities. :\)
Edit: Oops! Forgot one: "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink, and I'm currently reading "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison for class.
