A Book you Were Supposed to Read in School but Didn't

[Elizabeth]

Hello! This is one of the pages for the 2015 PopSugar reading challenge, especially for the pick, 'A Book you Were Supposed to Read in School but Didn't'. Post what you're reading for this one down below, and discuss with others, share your thoughts on your pick, give suggestions for others, etc.

[Lydia]

I never ended up reading To Kill a Mockingbird so am reading it for this.

[Amber]

The Great Gatsby is something I was supposed to read, but put off until now I suppose.

[Nerdish]

Because I was a goody two shoes, I read everything I was supposed to, so I replaced this with a book my dad loves - Perfect Victim by Christine McGuire and Carla Norton

[Jennifer]

I read all that we were supposed to, so I'll chose a book that one of the other classes read (we had different books chosen for us depending on our level in English)

[Lydia]

Frankenstein is so great. Oh man. Love that book. That's what I recommended for my friend doing this challenge.

[Rachel]

I'm thinking I will read Of Mice and Men for this one. I somehow kept skipping the English classes that were reading it in High School and missed it completely.

[Kelseigh]

If memory serves, I managed to get through the section on W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen the Wind without actually reading it. Kind of a relevation for me that I could bluff it like that.

[Fay]

So I just finished Lord of the Flies for this one. It got me thinking about how different the book would have been if written today. In 220 pages Golding manages to create a universe and characters we are invested in using scarce prose and dialogue and allusions to events that have taken place when the reader wasn't present. If it was written today it would have been three books and a novella spanning a 1000 pages or so and everything would have been very explicit. Personally I'm a fan of the modern style, I want to know how and when Raloh's mother does, what war is going on, I want a chapter on each character and great chunks of dialogue. I am completely in awe of the of the skull it took to create it in such a sparse way though.

[Fay]

The last bit of my post totally messed up - using the iPhone app! You get me though right?!?

[Jennifer]

Definitely! It's a great book.

I'm trying to think of a book the other English classes read, brain not working though.

Might have to choose Frankstein too, as I've never read that yet.

[Lydia]

Fay wrote: "So I just finished Lord of the Flies for this one. It got me thinking about how different the book would have been if written today. In 220 pages Golding manages to create a universe and characters..."

It really is such a good book! I love when an author can say so much in only a few words. I do like books with the Tolkien-like explanations though. :)

Jennifer wrote: "Might have to choose Frankstein too, as I've never read that yet."

Frankenstein is also really amazing! Yay Mary Shelley!

[Christa]

Just finished Little Women for this one!

[Jodez]

Since I also read every book I was meant to at school, I decided to take The Bunker Diary from my daughter's reading list for this year, since I had to buy the book anyway ;-)

[Samantha]

I'm currently reading To Kill a Mockingbirdfor this as I never got round to reading this and now that the sequel is coming out I'm glad I started it.

[Vesper]

I am going to read The Westing Game next month. Right now I am slogging through reading for my master's thesis :/

[Elizabeth]

I ended up rereading To Kill A Mockingbird for this - I read it at a young age but not for HS, even though it was on a different teacher's freshman reading list. Just as great the second time around.

[Amber]

Lord of the Flies is something that I was supposed to read and never did until this year