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We are halfway done with Week 25, it's time to go back to school.

This discussion thread is solely for your progress. (Book discussions go in individual threads.)


What did you read this week?

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list?

Did you enjoy it?

Did/do you usually like your school books?

What did you read this week? Animal Farm

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list?
I read all my school books, so I picked this one in a list.

Did you enjoy it?
It was well written but I disliked the story. I'll have a look at other books from this author, maybe I'll find something I like more.

Did/do you usually like your school books?
No, they were boring or uninteresting, it was the period I read the least because books weren't fun anymore.

What did you read this week?

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list?

I was encouraged to read more Shakespeare, but completely uninterested at the time!

Did you enjoy it?

Yes, I did! I think you have to have had some adult experience with romance to get Shakespeare's ribald humor. It would have completely gone over my head in high school!

Did/do you usually like your school books?

About half and half. I don't like "forced" reading, but I love picking my own books for challenges!

What did you read this week?
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list?
A book in a list. I am pretty positive I read all the required books in school

Did you enjoy it?
It was ok but not as good as I was expecting.

Did/do you usually like your school books?
Not usually, but there were some exceptions

The Catcher in the Rye
What did you read this week? Catcher in the Rye

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list?
I don't think I skipped any books so I chose this one because it seemed like everyone had read it in school.

Did you enjoy it?
I don't know if "enjoy" is the right word, but I'm glad I read it.

Did/do you usually like your school books?
Yes, usually. I love to read.

What did you read this week? To Kill a Mockingbird

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list? I read all the books assigned to me in high school, and I'm pretty sure I read this one, but couldn't remember what it was about and wanted to re-read it before the sequel came out.

Did you enjoy it? Yes.

Did/do you usually like your school books? For the most part. I was assigned The Pillars of the Earth in high school. I didn't enjoy it then, but re-read it a couple of years ago and enjoyed it then.

Could I read a book that I skipped at university ?

Labeba, I think so :)

What did you read this week?
Animal Farm

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list?
I read all the books assigned while I was in school, so I choose from the list.

Did you enjoy it?
Yes. I also was surprised by how short it was.

Did/do you usually like your school books?
The ones I remember off-hand I like, but I can't recall anymore beyond those (not sure if it is because I disliked them so I tried to forget them or what).

What did you read this week? The Scarlet Letter

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list? I read all my books in school so I choose one from a list

Did you enjoy it? I sure didn't. I almost gave up half way through the book. This one wasn't my cup of tea at all.

Did/do you usually like your school books? From what I remember I enjoyed reading most of them.

What did you read this week? Watership Down

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list? I read all of the books I was assigned at school, so I chose a book that I felt that I *should* have read when I was school-aged.

Did you enjoy it? Eh. It was ok. I gave it three stars because the writing was beautiful and evocative, but to be honest it wasn't memorable and the characters all blended in to each other. I found that I didn't give a crap what happened to any of them, which isn't a good sign!

Did/do you usually like your school books? I did! I didn't enjoy Animal Farm so much when I read it at school though, but I reread it many years later & really enjoyed it.

What did you read this week? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list? I can't remember any books I completely skipped in school, though there was at least one I skimmed the ending of rather than slog through. I couldn't find a copy of that, so I chose this from a list. I picked it because I had downloaded the audiobook this summer from the SYNCya program.

Did you enjoy it? Adventure stories aren't my really my cup of tea, but I did enjoy the writing and humor.

Did/do you usually like your school books? A few I adored, a few I detested. I always preferred choosing my own reading material.

What did you read this week?
Los cachorros by Mario Vargas Llosa

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list?
I chose a book that was required in the school of my husband, but not in mine.

Did you enjoy it? It was OK

Did/do you usually like your school books? Yes, in general I did, but some of them were a little difficult and couldn't finish The Iliad and The Divine Comedy. Still planning to read them someday

What did you read this week? Macbeth

Did you choose a book you skipped or a book in a list? I read all my school books so I reread a book from high school.

Did you enjoy it? Yes

Did/do you usually like your school books? Yes, I did.