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Hey Hey Hey! I’m back! Sort of… Well I’m back as much as I can be back, but I’m here and that’s what counts (or at least that’s what I tell myself). This week we have Top Ten Five Favorite Classic Books and I wasn’t too sure I should do this, but I said why not!
1. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I really hated being told what to read in school, but I did it anyways. One day, my freshman high school english teacher made us read this book and it was the first book of assigned reading I had ever enjoyed. I think it’s still my favorite modern classic to this day. I even bought my own personal copy.
2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Yes, it’s dark and twisted. Yes, it’s a horrible example of what love and family is. The thing about this book though is that it’s addicting, it’s dark, and there is something there that makes you feel sympathy for the very twisted, selfish, and bitter characters. I think I also like it because it was the first old classic that I ever tackled on all my own when I was in high school. I was so proud of myself when I had finished it.
3. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
This classic play is my favorite play of all time. I laughed when I read it the first time around and I was more than happy to write an essay about it.
4. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
I read this in the 9th grade because I wanted to know what all the fuss was about. I actually really liked it. If I do remember correctly, it’s a sad book, but what counts is that I enjoyed it and have fond memories of it. On the list it goes.
5. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
In middle school and high school I was obsessed with dolphins. They were my favorite animal. If it had dolphins, I wanted it. I was browsing the library one day when I saw this book about dolphins and I snatched it before anyone else saw it and took it home. Over the next couple of days I was introduced to a type of writing I had never read before. When I try to remember this book, I remember parts of it in a foggy way. I just remember reading it and thinking to myself, “Wow, how can a book make me feel like I’m there with her, I can see the fog, and see the beach she sees.” Fourteen year old me thought it was crazy and cool. Island of the Blue Dolphins was the first classic I ever read.
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I absolutely loved To Kill A Mockingbird. Such a beautiful read! I had to read it at school and have reread it since!
I need to re read it soon!
Yay for being sort of back! Great list 🙂
Thank you!! I’m really going to try to blog more. I have three reviews coming up and I’m so excited. 🙂
Wuthering Heights is such a great book. Whenever I read it I feel like being transported to those dark, rainy moors.
Me too! I want to be there right now. It’s too hot in California.
Same. I’m in Texas, so my most frequent past time is sitting in front of the air conditioner.
I forgot all about Island of the Blue Dolphins! I remember loving that when I was younger
Yay! Thank God I’m not the only one! 🙂
Love Oscar Wilde. I always forget about The Importance of Being Earnest. Great list!
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Ewww you liked Wuthering Heights? I’m not sure this friendship is going to work Veronica. We need to have a SERIOUS talk!
But you’re redeemed because I must have read Black Beauty 20 times over from the time I was 7-10 ^_^
Yes, I do. It was also the first british classic novel I ever finished so I am rather proud of reading it. 😀
Island of the Blue Dolphins!!! I adored that book as a kid. I’ve still got my old, battered copy around here somewhere. 🙂
I’m glad that you’re of the few (or maybe there are more?) who ended up enjoying books despite (basically) being forced to read it for school purposes. (Excluding Shakespeare, I’m pretty sure I’ve disliked most of my “educational” reads :()
Cheers,
joey via. thoughts and afterthoughts