Poll: Best book you were forced to read

[joystickjunki3]

I really liked Cuckoo's Nest.

 

[ffxfriek]

Fahrenheit 451

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that and wizard of earthsea

 

[Hazy]

I wasn't Forced Per-se' to read 1984, but I hold it as one of my favorite books.
Also, Big Brother is not watching you.

Or is he?

I'm in much the same situation as you. I was not forced to read it in particular, but I was forced to read a number of books presented on a list, and 1984 was one of them. I love that book. If I ever have kids, that will be the first book they read.

I doubt they'll understand it (Especially if they read it at a young age)
But I like where your head is at.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I wasn't Forced Per-se' to read 1984, but I hold it as one of my favorite books.
Also, Big Brother is not watching you.

Or is he?

I'm in much the same situation as you. I was not forced to read it in particular, but I was forced to read a number of books presented on a list, and 1984 was one of them. I love that book. If I ever have kids, that will be the first book they read.

I doubt they'll understand it (Especially if they read it at a young age)
But I like where your head is at.

I'll make them understand it.

 

[Christemo]

i havent had any good books to read FROM school yet, but when we had to make a book review, i took 1 of my own books i hadnt read before: Malus Darkblade: The Daemon´s Curse. Imagine the backhead of a guy exploding. thats how i felt after reading it. its a series, and ive only reviewed 2 out of 5 so far. and the 5th is the best will take some time before i get to review that.

 

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

The Edge Chronicles book one. (Which has a proper name but I can't remember it.) I liked it so much I bought all the current books to date.

 

[Hazy]

I wasn't Forced Per-se' to read 1984, but I hold it as one of my favorite books.
Also, Big Brother is not watching you.

Or is he?

I'm in much the same situation as you. I was not forced to read it in particular, but I was forced to read a number of books presented on a list, and 1984 was one of them. I love that book. If I ever have kids, that will be the first book they read.

I doubt they'll understand it (Especially if they read it at a young age)
But I like where your head is at.

I'll make them understand it.

It might be the fact that I'm tired as all hell, but that gave me a really good chuckle.

 

[TopaZzz]

A Norwegian book called "Drapene På Barkvik" (Translated = Murders in Barkvik(Barkvik = A place))

 

[Jackson - Deathclaw]

"In The Lake of the Woods" by Tim O'brien was surprisingly good, especially considering how goody-goody christian my school is, maybe they just wanted to avoid letting us read 1984 because it struck a little too close to home

the worst would easily be a book i had to read at the same time as LoW, "Fly Away Peter" by David Malouf, its about a country guy who watches birds for a job, goes to fight in WW1 and dies, no interesting themes or ideas and some of the most bland, one-dimensional characters ever conceived (cept for maybe Twilight which a chick friend forced me too read)

 

[deletemeplease107]

Watership Down!
Amazing book!!!

 

[Dantes Alaska]

Eragon, my ex made me, and by best i mean it sucked the least

was reading the 3rd twilight book when we broke up, i stopped, i just couldn't do it anymore

 

[Player 2]

Eragon, my ex made me, and by best i mean it sucked the least

was reading the 3rd twilight book when we broke up, i stopped, i just couldn't do it anymore

At least you didn't read the most recent Eragon book. Man that thing was shitty.

 

[Dantes Alaska]

Eragon, my ex made me, and by best i mean it sucked the least

was reading the 3rd twilight book when we broke up, i stopped, i just couldn't do it anymore

At least you didn't read the most recent Eragon book. Man that thing was shitty.

i couldnt even get past the first chaptor of eldest

 

[jj90]

probably

of mice and men

i had to read it for my gcse english exam lool

 

[Player 2]

probably

of mice and men

i had to read it for my gcse english exam lool

Did you watch the film as well? At the bit at the end where George shoots Lennie my entire class went HEADSHOT, I think that might have spoilt it a bit for my english teacher.

 

[la-le-lu-li-lo]

Catcher in the Rye. Seriously, it was a high school assignment. Awesome...

doesn't ghost in the shell reference catcher in the rye a lot?
such as the laughing man's icon thing. 'i thought what i'd do is pretend i was one of those deaf-mutes.'

i heard it was from catcher in the rye but i could be wrong. /:

You might be right. They both have some parallels. But I couldn't say for sure, it's been sometime since ye olde high school.

it's been like two years for me. and it seems like decades.

 

[F17]

Had to read The Aeneid for Classics class, and it's one of the best books I've ever read. I tend to choose to read big books though, if only to make myself look smart (example - Dante's Inferno)

 

[Death916]

The Canterbury Tales. I'm going to grad school in the fall to study Medieval Lit because I was forced to read parts of it in high school.

im reading that now as summer work in my AP lit class

i voted gatsby though

 

[Agent Larkin]

To Kill A Mockingbird was brilliant.

 

[munkyforce]

"The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich Hayek. Really fascinating.