This week’s Topic: Top Ten Books I Was Forced to
Read
These
are all books I had to read for school. I’ve listed these in order of how
painful they were to read.
Top Ten Most Painful Forced Reads
1.
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
2. The
Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane
3.
The Aeneid, Virgil
4.
The Iliad, Homer
5.
The Odyssey, Homer
6.
The Stranger, Albert Camus
7. Macbeth,
William Shakespeare
8. A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare
9.
Hamlet, William Shakespeare
10.
Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
Top Ten Not-So-Bad Forced Reads
1. To
the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
2. Song
of Solomon, Toni Morrison
3. Death
of a Salesman, Arthur Miller
4. In
Our Time, Ernest Hemingway
5. Dubliners,
James Joyce
6. Great
Expectations, Charles Dickens
7. A
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce
8. To
Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
9. As
I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
10. The
Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
I forgot about The Iliad and The Odyssey. I was not a fan of either of these books at all. After I finished these books I had to go get the cliff notes just to understand the themes and what was happening.
ReplyDeleteI just couldn't get into mythology. At all! But recently my husband was recounting The Odyssey to our little grandson, and we was entralled. Maybe it's a guy thing. I wonder if they have a kids version?
DeleteYou know, out of your 20 books I've only read 8! I did enjoy them for the most part, though Leaves Of Grass was an especial favorite of mine for some time. Interesting lists, I always forget the Greek classics (Odyssey, Iliad, Aeneid, etc.).
ReplyDeleteMy TTT:
http://diamondinroughcoal.blogspot.com/2013/10/top-ten-tuesday-12-top-ten-books-i-was.html
Thanks, Anna. Greek Mythology will always stick with me as the greatest "forced" reads ever. I think I enjoyed Leaves of Grass, but it seemed interminable at the time. Wonder if I'd enjoy it more now?
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