The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Geez. Another classic I never read in school. I should write a post of books I DID read in high school, maybe we didn’t have the best curriculum. Anyhow, this was another book I thought I should read as a future history teacher. I already knew what the story was about and how it would end up, so it took away some of the excitement for me. This book was ok. I wasn’t thrilled.
Geez. Another classic I never read in school. I should write a post of books I DID read in high school, maybe we didn’t have the best curriculum. Anyhow, this was another book I thought I should read as a future history teacher. I already knew what the story was about and how it would end up, so it took away some of the excitement for me. This book was ok. I wasn’t thrilled.
The Sisters Mortland - Sally Beauman
I really enjoyed this book. It has a dark twist to it, and a surprise ending. Three sisters live with their mother and grandfather in an old abbey, partially in ruins. The story is told from different points of view at different times and we see the pull each of the sisters has to various men in their lives. One summer, a young man comes to paint a portrait of the three sisters and his art is hauntingly realistic. A tragedy happens and the later part of the book shows the characters dealing with it. Awesome book.
I really enjoyed this book. It has a dark twist to it, and a surprise ending. Three sisters live with their mother and grandfather in an old abbey, partially in ruins. The story is told from different points of view at different times and we see the pull each of the sisters has to various men in their lives. One summer, a young man comes to paint a portrait of the three sisters and his art is hauntingly realistic. A tragedy happens and the later part of the book shows the characters dealing with it. Awesome book.
This Side Of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Can’t say it enough. I love him. The character of this book reminded me a little of Holden in The Cather in The Rye. It’s a story of him growing up after WWI. This was Fitzgerald’s first published novel, and I think it’s one of his best.
Can’t say it enough. I love him. The character of this book reminded me a little of Holden in The Cather in The Rye. It’s a story of him growing up after WWI. This was Fitzgerald’s first published novel, and I think it’s one of his best.
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Now here’s a book we read in high school. I haven’t met anyone who didn’t love this book. Even Mariah read this one (I think…). It definitely has to go down as one of my favorites.
Now here’s a book we read in high school. I haven’t met anyone who didn’t love this book. Even Mariah read this one (I think…). It definitely has to go down as one of my favorites.
House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
I never would have chosen this book to read. When I was working at JCPenney in the catalog department by myself for 4 hours (literally…sometimes I would have less than 10 customers all night) I would be on the verge of tears, I was so bored. I can’t lie, I considered job abandonment several times…just walking out and going home. I found this book in the lost and found and started reading it. I read it for the 4 hours I worked just about every evening. It was a little difficult to understand sometimes but it actually wasn’t too bad. The only thing I remember from it is a part where the characters were at a party where they dressed up in elaborate costumes and makeup and had props and sets on a stage that were made to look like classical art pieces. They would sit or stand in the poses of whoever they were in the artwork for like 10 minutes or something while an ‘audience’ watched? It was weird, I don’t know what that was all about but I remember looking it up on the internet and it was real (google “tableau vivant”) Weird. The things rich people did to entertain themselves…
I never would have chosen this book to read. When I was working at JCPenney in the catalog department by myself for 4 hours (literally…sometimes I would have less than 10 customers all night) I would be on the verge of tears, I was so bored. I can’t lie, I considered job abandonment several times…just walking out and going home. I found this book in the lost and found and started reading it. I read it for the 4 hours I worked just about every evening. It was a little difficult to understand sometimes but it actually wasn’t too bad. The only thing I remember from it is a part where the characters were at a party where they dressed up in elaborate costumes and makeup and had props and sets on a stage that were made to look like classical art pieces. They would sit or stand in the poses of whoever they were in the artwork for like 10 minutes or something while an ‘audience’ watched? It was weird, I don’t know what that was all about but I remember looking it up on the internet and it was real (google “tableau vivant”) Weird. The things rich people did to entertain themselves…
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