got this idea from Sarcastic Female Literary Circle (what a great name for a blog btw!) and thought I’d do 10 of my own. So, here we go!
1) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: As I have probably mentioned before, I first read TKAM in 6th grade. After literally spending months analyzing this damn book, I think I can safely say that more than a few of us were sick and tired of it. Still, I consider it to be a masterpiece, but I’d definitely like to give it a try without all the analysis.
2) A Separate Peace by John Knowles: I read this the summer before high school, not expecting to like it very much, but I ended up loving it. I also ended up crying because of what happens to Finny. I had cried over books before this but this was the first time I cried over a human character (that’s right…all previous sob-fests had involved an animal). Recently bought this at Housing Works so I could eventually reread it (also, because I actually didn’t own it).
3) The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton For whatever reason I did not like this book quite as much as I thought I was going to or as much as other people do. I’d picked it up a few years after reading The Custom of the Country but found that I liked the underappreciated work a lot more. Last year, I bought the Modern Library edition with the express intention of eventually rereading it.
4) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald As I mentioned in the 30 Day Book Meme, I really loved Gatsby when I first read it but recently came to the random and unsubstantiated conclusion that this book is overrated. I’d definitely like to give it another shot.
5) Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews You didn’t think I was only going to name classics did you? Yes, sometimes I really do feel like revisiting this (as well as the rest of the series). But I also feel like some things are better left alone.
6) After Dark by Haruki Murakami It has not been that long since I’ve read this book, but I read it SO quickly, and on my computer surprisingly enough! It just flew by. I loved it, but now I can’t remember very much of it. So definitely need to revisit in the future.
7) Wayside School Is Falling Down by Louis Sachar Gotta revisit my favorite children’s book, c’mon son!
8) Arcadia by Tom Stoppard The one and only book I did not finish in my ILS (Integrated Liberal Studies) class in high school. We didn’t have to know it for the oral exam and so I never actually read the end myself (I think I looked it up later on or gleaned the ending from class discussions) and all I remember thinking was shit! I should’ve finished that, it sounds so good!
9 & 10) The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer A two for one special! Nah, but seriously, I’d love to read both of these again, especially The Iliad… oh Achilles, you’re so sexy when you’re ragey!
