im a compulsive reader. i cant think of something i really hated reading although last year i did attempt and fail to finish Ulysses by James Joyce. i couldnt follow the story. a friend told me its easier if you have a reading partner to discuss it with.
now about little house on the prarie. i think either you get the adventurous spirit of living simply or you dont. ive read all the series several times (and own it) and cant remember anything about "girls playing with little rabbits in a field of happy loving bunnies". i dont even think that makes sense. maybe that was your 9 year old minds impression, but it isnt accurate.
James Joyce is a moron, stay away from his books. I can write a journal and call it a literary masterpiece and it would make more sense then Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man.
thanks for the nugget of wisdom ... i was just trying to read everything on the random house 100 best novels list and figured id start at the top
I have a harvard list I want to get through one day.
see i have a problem with these lists. most of the books on these lists are considered good because they were revolutionary for what was going on at that time. like huck finn discussing slavery. and while i did like huck finn it is not the astounding book it once was. or the grapes of wrath describing the depression. that to me was not good readin. it's historical and everything but i wouldn't consider it one of the top 100 books every written.
Yeah, I don't actually think most of those books are as good as they should be BUT if I'm gonna be a teacher I guess I need to read them.
don't be silly. you only need to read the dumb ones you're gonna teach. i need to find a book critic that i agree with and read their top 100 list. i can't find one though. all the formal things always have bad books in them.
I took like two lists and combined them.
i read part of ulysseus. but only becuase it was in our english textbook. i liked it though.