Re: Anyone like literature?
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:02 am
Ginny Weasley wrote:Really? At my high school they have you read it in ninth grade. (Maybe that was why nobody really liked it. ) All the Pre-AP English classes (and regular too, I think) had to read Great Expectations, and most people complained about how overly-detailed and boring it was; even with his great enjoyment of books, my brother looks back on it and complains about how difficult it was to slog through.Laura Ingalls wrote:I had to read Great Expectations my senior year, and I did not like it at all. It was incredibly depressing. Since then, I've heard a lot of people say they like it, so maybe I missed something.
The only book I've read that can truly be considered a "classic" is "To Kill A Mockingbird", and even then, it's a modern classic. (I love and adore that book, but that's beside the point.) I've seen classic book covers and read their descriptions, and they don't sound very good to me at all. (Here's the part where someone exclaims at the atrocity of my finding classic books boring-looking. )
We have a local gift shop called Boo Radley's and the owners recently opened a coffee shop called Atticus. I love that book so those two shops hold a special place in my heart