Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely people at
The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is -
Top Ten Books I Was Forced To Read
This is both a '
everyone else is reading it so I guess I should too' list and a '
I was forced to read it' list, although the end result is the same - books that I most likely would never have picked up and liked/disliked!
Read At School & Liked
Everyone Else Is Reading It, It Must Be Good
You Absolutely Have To Read This Book, You'll Love It!
I Loved This Book, Read It! Sorry, Didn't Enjoy It!
What's on your list?
I loved "Dark Lover" and "Harry Potter". I didn't care for "The Yellow Wallpaper" though. Great list!
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I've heard The Bronze Horseman is a really good book, I'll definitely have to give it a whirl soon. The Book Thief is amazing, I loved it so much. Great list!
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I never had to read it for school or anything, but I adored The Yellow Wallpaper when I read it. Totally scary - in more than one way!
ReplyDeleteI also read Dark Lover because it seemed like EVERYONE was going crazy about that series. I really enjoyed it, but I never picked up any of the later books. They're on my TBR though!
I admit there are a lot of books I've read because of book clubs or school assignments that I wouldn't have picked up on my own, but they turned out to be fantastic. There are also those that were terrible! I will never be a fan of Faulkner or Steinbeck. As I help my daughter struggle through IB English, I wonder why the teachers pick certain books. There are so many great books out there with all the goodies teachers love: plot, character development, symbolism, tone, etc. Why do we force mediocre on a generation that is already struggling to appreciate good literature? One of the great mysteries of life!
ReplyDeleteI didn't get what all the fuss was about with Before I Go To Sleep & Gone Girl - they were both just kind of meh. I really loved The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Book Thief and HP is my favourite book series! My TTT
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