tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453890267354195934.post3216577852565215377..comments2023-09-08T08:19:46.601-04:00Comments on Pam's Perspective: Musing MondaysPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589606390781637262noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453890267354195934.post-68703327771689155572009-12-04T23:53:40.358-05:002009-12-04T23:53:40.358-05:00There was one that I think made me a reader to beg...There was one that I think made me a reader to begin with... I did not want to read in school then which is so weird because now and even right out of HS, I can't imagine not! It was called "The Grass is Greener" and I don't remember the author's name but I would love to re-read it. It was on the list in my Senior English class. We had to read a book off that list. I think I will see if I can get it at the library.Gamma Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119294757513219849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453890267354195934.post-27190152087036204042009-11-24T11:16:34.815-05:002009-11-24T11:16:34.815-05:00I read A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN about three years ...I read A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN about three years ago, for the first time- and LOVED it. I can't believe I missed it as a child but I'm so glad I finally found it! It's one of those books you just want to share with everyone.Marie Cloutierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453890267354195934.post-54427091124853961992009-11-24T07:48:16.529-05:002009-11-24T07:48:16.529-05:00I had a very progressive English teacher in 9th gr...I had a very progressive English teacher in 9th grade. I remember reading Sartre and Camus if you can believe it. I remember Ivanhoe from that year, too. In HS I remember Beowulf, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, 1984 (which I loved and have reread), Animal Farm. In 12th grade I remember listening to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night which was far easier than reading it. I'm sure there were many more but that was a long time ago and they haven't stayed with me. But I'm sure I'll think of them later!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462135507379897869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453890267354195934.post-9282754016236138942009-11-23T20:40:57.158-05:002009-11-23T20:40:57.158-05:00Pam, great post. I agree that To Kill a Mocking Bi...Pam, great post. I agree that To Kill a Mocking Bird and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn were "lifers." Have to also agree with Anita on Catcher in the Rye (although I may have read that on my own and not for a high school class - I can't remember; I used to sneak paperbacks from my mother's J.D. Salinger collection.) Other works from HS that were not necessarily favorites, but stayed with me for life for their sheer power: Heart of Darkness (J. Conrad), Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find. It is hard to believe that from the ages of 15-17, we could take in so much. I actually think we were shaped the better by what we were required to read!nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445777687088584603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453890267354195934.post-65739379033640834072009-11-23T12:01:37.626-05:002009-11-23T12:01:37.626-05:00To Kill a Mockingbird has stayed with me, and my g...To Kill a Mockingbird has stayed with me, and my girls will read it this year. Catcher in the Rye is another I remember.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129662082248482002noreply@blogger.com