This Week's Topic is: Back to school time! What's your favorite
book that you had to read for a class?
It's back to school day...so exciting and bittersweet for moms. Well, for this mom anyway. That's why I'm a little late posting.
I enjoyed the Shakespeare, Poe and Hawthorne I had to read in high school, but my absolute favorite was Cat's Cradle.
I became an instant and undying Kurt Vonnegut fan because of this book, so excited by the idea that a story could say so much in such unusual ways.
I later chose Slaughterhouse Five for my senior literary critique project, and that remains my favorite Vonnegut, but Cat's Cradle was my first, and the one I had to read.
What about you? Like Vonnegut? Favorite book you had to read?
The only Vonnegut I've read is 'Slaughterhouse Five' (which I read on my own, not in school -- I think the upper ups in my area would have a heart attack if 'Slaughterhouse Five' was assigned to highschoolers). I absolutely loved it -- it was weird in all the right ways.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read either one, but I did like CATCH 22.
ReplyDeleteNice choice! And yay, more points for Shakespeare haha.
ReplyDeleteNope... haven't read any Vonnegut yet. Sorry! I'll bear this one in mind. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI definitely need to read some Vonnegut. I remember an old friend years ago putting "Slaughterhouse Five" on her best ever list, and I still haven't read it!
ReplyDeleteI remember reading this one and absolutely LOVING it. Completely turned me into a Vonnegut fan. Great choice!
ReplyDeleteI love Vonnegut, but I'm woefully under-read for his work--I've only read SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE and ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to read CAT'S CRADLE asap.
I have not read anything of his. I know! Take away my official writer badge right now. But I recently read his Wikipedia page out of curiosity. It was so inspiring that I saved it in my bookmarks and I go back to read it every couple of weeks. What a fascinating man.
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