Looking back on your wonderful high school years, what were some of your favorite books that you read? List off your top three favorite books and the reasons they rank where they do.
I'll start...
1. The Great Gatsby - Parallelisms between the authors life and the characters is fascinating.
2. To Kill a Mockingbird - A great story with great wisdom.
3. Fahrenheit 451 - The first science-fiction book I actually liked because it made me think outside the box.
And begin...
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ReplyDeleteYou making me think back to high school? That was so long ago...
ReplyDeleteAs an assignment I enjoyed Huck Finn by Mark Twain. Imagining rafting down the river, never wearing shoes, keeping ahead of the law and anyone else out to hurt me.. I just wanted to be in that book.
For pleasure reading in high school, anything by Stephen King. His style of writing has always been one of my favorites. His unique and often morbid look at life was something that just hooked me right from the beginning.
I was never much of a reader in high school, but have recently gotten into it much more. So here are my favorites post high school:
ReplyDelete1. Into Thin Air - This one engaged me from start to finish. I finished it in two days and lost sleep by having to see what happened next.
2. City of Bones - This one has a special place for me because it is the first book by Michael Connelly I read. Since then, I have gone on to read every book he wrote.
3. A Million Little Pieces - Though this was eventually shown as a fraud of a memoir, it was a great read and very interesting story.
Like the post and good thought provoking topic.
1. To Kill a Mocking Bird- I like this novel because it has a great heart-warming story and is filled with the lessons life has to offer.
ReplyDelete2. The Great Gatsby- I loved this novel because it is very interesting and has an unexpected twist at the end.
3. The Giver- I remember reading The Giver in jr. high it was the first time that I felt challenged to think about a book.
Yeah - I can tell you are an English teacher :) LOL
ReplyDeleteMy favorite books were James Harriots (I think that was his name) series
1. All Creatures Great and Small
2. All Things Bright and Beautiful
3. All Things Wise and Wonderful
I also liked the book Amytiville Horror :). I wasn't much for the required readings in my English class :)
oops - forgot the 's on Harriot's
ReplyDeleteI love all the books mentioned above! I just read The Paris Wife which was about Hadley Hemingway-his first wife. Very interesting and made me want to reread all of Hemingway's novels as well as Moveable Feast, which was his memoir.Zelda, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein were all there, interacting with the Hemingways in Europe. Quite a fascinating read indeed! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you to everyone for your book reviews. This is something that I always ask my students to do. I want to know what they have been reading, or what they like to read, so that if they don't know, then we can figure it out together. Reading is the gateway to all things in life!!
ReplyDeleteHigh School Book Club:
ReplyDelete#1: The Scarlet Letter: proof that life hasn't changed much
#2: The Grapes of Wrath: Wow what an ending.
#3: Othello: True it's not a book but what a plot! All the then angles of life.