100 best

i'll admit it - i totally didn't read the assigned books in high school. like, EVER. i was totally into Hank the Cowdog in elementary school, but as soon as we started getting Assigned Reading in middle school, i was done. adult me is HORRIFIED at this truth, but there it is.  for real, the only books i finished in my 4 years of high school were The Great Gatsby and Lord of the Flies.

now, as mentioned seconds earlier, adult me is not pleased with this turn of events. i know i missed out on some serious goodness...and i'm going to change that.

thanks to the 100 best novels list, i've discovered (at least) 5 classic books that i genuinely, honestly, want to read. i'm totally drawing from the user's list, because i feel like it's similar to using blogger review suggestions etc.


by Ralph Ellison

by Harper Lee

by H.P. Lovecraft

by Douglas Adams

by William Faulkner

and just to brag, here are the books off of the 100 best novels i HAVE read. i'm not a total bum, you know.
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (loved)
Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (meh)
Lord of the Flies - William Golding (LOVED)
Beloved - Toni Morrison (loved)
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (liked)
Watership Down - Richard Adams (LOVED)

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  1. Victoria Stewart3/12/2011 8:30 PM

    I from the south so I may be a little biased, but TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD is probably the best book I've ever read. Seriously. If you only read on from that list, make it that one. Harper Lee is my hero. :)

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  2. Lisa Schensted3/13/2011 9:39 AM

    good to know! thanks :)

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  3. eriks3/15/2011 9:39 AM

    invisible man is some real business too. good pick.

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  4. Lisa Schensted3/15/2011 9:54 PM

    so i've heard. i truly need to get on that. so much to read!

    stupid work.

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