About Me

My taste in everything from music to TV to books is very eclectic. One day I'll be reading a book about Jack The Ripper, the next I could be reading a mystery or teen lit.

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• House of Mirth 31% complete
• The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare 68% complete
• Wives and Daughters 30% complete
• Crime and Punishment 86% complete
• North and South finished
• The Secret Garden finished
• Utopia finished
• Under the Lilacs finished
• Secret Adversary finished
• Anne of Green Gables finished
• Through the Looking-Glass finished
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finished
• Jabberwocky finished
• Jane Eyre finished
• Pride and Prejudice finished

Banned Books Books - The Exile of Classics from Schoolrooms

I think I kind of know what you mean. When I was in high school (about eight years ago now), The only real book of substance my class was required to read was "Angela's Ashes", the rest....well, I'm sad to say were Ill-written, forgettable romance novels. I would have LOVED to read "To kill a mocking bird" or "Phantom of the Opera" in school. Don't get me wrong, I love reading them on my own now, but I'm 26 years old, and I'm just now getting into the classics because no one pushed me into reading them or loving them while I was still leaning and growing up.

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Etc. - "Buttonhole books" Everyone has at least one

Lord of the Rings
Atonement
Harry Potter
Narnia
They Do it With Mirrors

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