Book meme- Day 23

[scripsi]

23. Made to read at school.

I’ve been made to read William Golding’s Lord of the Flies twice, and t stands out because I hated the book the first time, and I hated it on the re-read too. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye was also a school required read I didn’t enjoy at all. Classic or not.

On the other hand, I was also required to read Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time: Swann’s Way and loved every word of it. I really wish I could read it in French.

Comments

[earthspirits]

I agree - disliked Lord of the Flies and Catcher in the Rye when I read them in school.

Proust I found much more to my taste!

[evelyn_b]

I <3 both Proust and Catcher. Beloved weirdos, both of them. But I haven't clicked with William Golding - I'm not sure what it is about his writing style that keeps putting me at arm's length.

(I may have read Lord of the Flies in school, but I can't remember a thing about it if I did).

[dolorosa_12]

Ugh, I hate Lord of the Flies. We were made to read it for school as well. I wonder if anyone required to read it actually enjoyed it!