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Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:10 pm to athenslife101
I fricking loathed The Scarlet Letter
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:10 pm to Pettifogger
quote:I'm not a fan of historical fiction
oh frick right off
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:27 pm to fr33manator
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That’s because he was paid by the word for it
Kind of.
It was published in 30 installments, so he was encouraged to make each piece lengthy.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:28 pm to athenslife101
Emma by Jane Austin. It’s a cure for insomnia.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:34 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
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Catcher in the rye
Worst book that I read in high school. Absolute best book was Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:39 pm to athenslife101
Anything written by Shakespeare.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:41 pm to athenslife101
The Illiad was torture.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:46 pm to beaverfever
The Iliad builds character and teaches you how to be a man.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:48 pm to beaverfever
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The Illiad was torture.
Not as good as the odyssey but I didnt mind it.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:50 pm to athenslife101
Silas Marner 
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:51 pm to athenslife101
Algebra II
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:52 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:53 pm to beaverfever
Through 4 pages and shocked at some that made this list.
We really are dumbing the country down. Some of these are tough reads to enlarge your command of the language and expand your intelligence. Chaucer for a kid in what is now middle school was racy stuff. Dickens and Hardy were slogs for sure but expanded your range and vocabulary. Shakespeare wrote tragedies so you could appreciate the comedies. Now Hollywood spins out formula with unrealistic happy endings to sell tickets. No wonder we have gotten so soft as a country.
While not all were perfectly written most offered direct glimpses into real human nature under the guise of fiction. No wonder China will overtake us in your lifetimes.
We really are dumbing the country down. Some of these are tough reads to enlarge your command of the language and expand your intelligence. Chaucer for a kid in what is now middle school was racy stuff. Dickens and Hardy were slogs for sure but expanded your range and vocabulary. Shakespeare wrote tragedies so you could appreciate the comedies. Now Hollywood spins out formula with unrealistic happy endings to sell tickets. No wonder we have gotten so soft as a country.
While not all were perfectly written most offered direct glimpses into real human nature under the guise of fiction. No wonder China will overtake us in your lifetimes.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:54 pm to fallguy_1978
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Anything by William Faulkner. I found his writing style so difficult to read.
I never liked reading Faulkner nor Eudora Welty. Frick Mississippi authors and stream of consciousness B.S.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:54 pm to athenslife101
Thanks for the spoiler, a-hole.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:56 pm to bad93ex
quote:
Catcher in the rye
Worst book that I read in high school. Absolute best book was Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
AGREED!
Holden Caulfield was a whiny douche loser frick. I hated him within the first few paragraphs. It never got better. And the story was just him futzing about in his own loser pity party.
frick right off Holden.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:57 pm to Cheese Grits
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While not all were perfectly written most offered direct glimpses into real human nature under the guise of fiction. No wonder China will overtake us in your lifetimes.
Or maybe out of the several million books out there distinct personalities didn't really enjoy some they were made to read.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 3:00 pm to Rouge
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War, What is it Good For?
Absolutely nothing.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 3:01 pm to mack the knife
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My soph lit teacher was a big metaphysical poetry fan. She asked my opinion of John Donne and I said he clearly had a drug problem. Threats were made
My teacher had it in for me and assigned T.S. Elliot. Holee frick. Try to make heads or tails of that guy.
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