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23 Books You Didn't Read In High School But Actually Should
BuzzFeed ^ | July 5, 2013 | Spencer Althouse

Posted on 05/30/2014 12:34:14 PM PDT by EveningStar

You probably SparkNoted these books before, but now's your chance to read them.

(Excerpt) Read more at buzzfeed.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education
KEYWORDS: books; literature
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To: EveningStar

I need a copy of “Heart of Darkness” that uses a font large enough to actually read. The version I have is almost unreadable without a magnifying glass.


101 posted on 05/30/2014 3:02:22 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Except for #1,#7, and #10 good list.


102 posted on 05/30/2014 3:05:55 PM PDT by Little Bill (EVICT Queen Jean)
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To: EveningStar

I can’t believe they left out “Killdozer”.


103 posted on 05/30/2014 3:12:50 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I’d add The Sun Also Rises and The Scarlet Letter, which I teach. Great novels.


104 posted on 05/30/2014 3:13:19 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Little Bill

What don’t you like about Vikings, Hornblower, and Green Berets?


105 posted on 05/30/2014 3:48:47 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
I think there are a few Michener books worth reading. The Covenant is one that comes to mind. The Source was also very good.
106 posted on 05/30/2014 3:57:06 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: EveningStar

Ann Frank - I read a long time ago...


107 posted on 05/30/2014 3:59:54 PM PDT by savage woman
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To: EveningStar

Please note the cover art for “Animal Farm.”

As I’ve written more about education, I’ve become convinced that that pig is, in truth, the face of the Education Establishment. You want to know why so many millions of children can’t read or do basic math, look at that face.


108 posted on 05/30/2014 4:00:21 PM PDT by BruceDeitrickPrice (education reform)
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To: EveningStar
Syllubus of Leftism
109 posted on 05/30/2014 4:04:21 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: EveningStar

I just finished reading Frankenstein. Not as good as Middlemarch, but better than Love in the Time of Cholera.

I’m glad I read it. I’ve always been so impressed that she wrote the story as a lark, but created a tale that has lived forever after.

Could it be said the Frankenstein is the first science-fiction story?


110 posted on 05/30/2014 5:14:06 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: dfwgator

Seriously, you need to read a book to understand that? You must have lead a very sheltered life!


111 posted on 05/30/2014 5:17:00 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: EveningStar

Bttt


112 posted on 05/30/2014 5:20:29 PM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (Jeepers, Freepers, where'd 'ya get those sleepers?. Pj people, exposing old media's lies.)
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To: Texan5

Ira Levin’s “This Perfect Day”

He wrote “Rosemary’s Baby”,didn’t he? That was a good, if terrifying read. The movie is great too. It so much captures that time in NYC, and the bright summer scenes are such a great contrast with the horror at the heart of the story.

Ill check our your recommendation.


113 posted on 05/30/2014 5:22:36 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: Pontiac

“I would much rather see the movie first.”

That’s my non-reader daughter’s advice. And maybe it’s right. After my complete frustration with “Silver Linings Playbook”....I had to stop watching it because all I kept doing was saying “That’s not how it is in the book!”

And my kid said: you’d never say the reverse, would you? And I had to agree.

For example, I said before I just read Frankenstein, very different from the movie. But could I get annoyed with Ms. Shelley that other people changed her story? No, how could I?


114 posted on 05/30/2014 5:28:18 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: jocon307
Could it be said the Frankenstein is the first science-fiction story?

Some have said just that, but the legend of The Golem of Prague may have inspired Mary Shelley.

115 posted on 05/30/2014 7:46:47 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

The Golem didn’t involve science like the Monster. The Golem was strictly magic/miracle.


116 posted on 05/30/2014 7:52:48 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jocon307

Yes-same author-I found the book-”Rosemary’s Baby” far more frightening than the movie-it captured Rosemary’s ongoing terror in much more detail-I gave birth to my own child shortly before I read the book, making it all the scarier...

“This Perfect Day” is a futuristic novel of a totalitarian world, written several years later, and it makes you feel the fear, frustration and anger of the principal characters in the same way most of Levin’s novels do, and builds the suspense to a breathless level. It is a frightening future vision, and a great suspense novel-I’m reading it again right now-for maybe the 15th time...


117 posted on 05/30/2014 8:43:05 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

How many of the students don’t read because they can’t? UNC-Chapel Hill is under investigation for academic irregularities. A whistleblower has alleged that some members of the sports program read at or only slightly above elementary school level. UNC was offering worthless classes to pad the GPAS of student athletes.
My godson made it to 10th grade before the school acknowledged the fact that he could not read well enough to do high school level work. Testing showed that he read at 5th grade level. However he had made A’s and B’s throughout elementary and junior high.


118 posted on 05/30/2014 9:19:59 PM PDT by kalee
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To: EveningStar

“the legend of The Golem of Prague may have inspired Mary Shelley.”

That could be, and although I sort of know the basics of that story I’ve never read or seen any version of it.

But from what I’d know I’d say the story of the Golem is one of magic, that’s why I’d be tempted to give it to Mary on the “science” side.

It’s funny too *SPOILER ALERT* (odd for a story that all know, but just to be extra careful) - she really glosses over the whole gruesome creation of the creature. She gets the details across, but she doesn’t dwell on that aspect.

Also, it’s not really clear to me how Dr. F. sparks him to life, I didn’t notice any lightening strikes.

They actually souped that up for the movie pretty good.

That might be a good example of the difference between men and women right there.

Another thing I got a kick from - Mel Brooks really had the right title “Young Frankenstein”, in the book the guy is really young, he’s just a student. A lot younger than even Brooks own Dr. who’s actually a full fledged professor at the start.


119 posted on 05/31/2014 5:18:17 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: Texan5

I’m definitely going to read it. I really enjoyed “Children of Men”, the book was better than the movie, but the movie was OK.

I like those dystopian books for some bleak reason. I’ve always thought the Brits kind of had that market cornered, so it’ll be interesting to read one by an American.


120 posted on 05/31/2014 5:22:55 AM PDT by jocon307
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