tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435844874964791975.post2229619371282507624..comments2024-02-04T11:47:01.838-08:00Comments on Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks: Books #1, #2, and #3Robin Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07765229264945106765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435844874964791975.post-13973550133524121622009-01-23T01:05:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:05:00.000-08:00We were all made to read a paragraph each in class...We were all made to read a paragraph each in class, that is about all we seemed to do in our English class. I guess it was because we couldn't be trusted to read it independently. It was a sure way to ruin certain books for me -most of the class read laboriously and monotonously. I cannot imagine reading 'The Go-Between' or 'Lord of the Flies' for pleasure.Ruskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16649005553043895008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435844874964791975.post-29383045535670214092009-01-21T20:04:00.000-08:002009-01-21T20:04:00.000-08:00Pennac sounds very interesting! Once as a young a...Pennac sounds very interesting! Once as a young adult I was reading The Great Gatsby, and my sister saw me and said, "Ugh, how can you stand to read that after the way they made us read it in high school?" My English teacher literally pointed out every time the color yellow was mentioned! I told my sister, "I just wanted to read it once as a story and enjoy the story!" Sounds like what Pennac is talking about. It also always seemed like everything we read was extremely depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com