Not sure why folks complain about Moby Dick I thought it was a interesting book that moved. If you want to punish them have them read Satanic Versus by Salmon Rushdie (the worst book I ever read)
I swore off books on reading lists (as much as possible) in 8th grade. 1984 literally gave me nightmares for weeks (the fact that ‘Ben’ and ‘Willard’ came out around then and my brother had posters and everything else he could find from those movies probably didn’t help). I developed a fear of rats that hung on for a couple of decades.
I probably missed out on some good books, but I still read a LOT. And may I recommend pretty much anything by Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Zane Gray, Andre Norton, Leslie Charteris, Arthur Conan Doyle, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis… There’s a lot of good reading out there that never made any school reading list I every saw. Ok, Doyle made it to a couple.
Warning: the need for reading glasses can slow down reading speed significantly.
I have a client in her 80s who reads paperback romance novels and trades them with her friends – there is a group of them who trade the books. Every now and then she asks me what I have read. My answers always surprise her. “A biography of Sir Arthur Sullivan.” “A history of a Jewish family – surname Mordecai – tracing the family from NYC in the late 1700s through their lives in Virginia, North Carolina and other southern states until some of the great grandchildren end up back in NYC in the early 1900s” “Well, last year I read a book about Louisa May Alcott and her mother, so this year I am reading a book about Lousia May and her father.” She thinks I read strange books. Wonder what she will think of the book I just bought about Eleanor of Acqutaine and the four kings.
Olddog1 over 6 years ago
Reading “Ulysses” in one hand, pushing the vacuum with the other, while making lunch for the kids or dinner. That will will work.
Carl Premium Member over 6 years ago
War and Peace is too cliché, try something by Chernow or McCullough or Achebe.
llong65 over 6 years ago
“Call me Ishmael,” ok, i’ve read it.
rhpii over 6 years ago
I’m on my 8th book this summer. It’s easy if you turn off the television.
Totalloser Premium Member over 6 years ago
Not sure why folks complain about Moby Dick I thought it was a interesting book that moved. If you want to punish them have them read Satanic Versus by Salmon Rushdie (the worst book I ever read)
cabalonrye over 6 years ago
A summer reading list is supposed to be fun and interesting. See me run away from that one.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 6 years ago
Just what we all need, another “life coach”.
sew-so over 6 years ago
I swore off books on reading lists (as much as possible) in 8th grade. 1984 literally gave me nightmares for weeks (the fact that ‘Ben’ and ‘Willard’ came out around then and my brother had posters and everything else he could find from those movies probably didn’t help). I developed a fear of rats that hung on for a couple of decades.
I probably missed out on some good books, but I still read a LOT. And may I recommend pretty much anything by Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Zane Gray, Andre Norton, Leslie Charteris, Arthur Conan Doyle, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis… There’s a lot of good reading out there that never made any school reading list I every saw. Ok, Doyle made it to a couple.
Warning: the need for reading glasses can slow down reading speed significantly.
Perkycat over 6 years ago
He’s too busy. There are so many computer games to play and that solitaire game won’t play itself.
saxie5 over 6 years ago
I love reading, but I do hate being told what exactly to read.
mafastore over 6 years ago
I have a client in her 80s who reads paperback romance novels and trades them with her friends – there is a group of them who trade the books. Every now and then she asks me what I have read. My answers always surprise her. “A biography of Sir Arthur Sullivan.” “A history of a Jewish family – surname Mordecai – tracing the family from NYC in the late 1700s through their lives in Virginia, North Carolina and other southern states until some of the great grandchildren end up back in NYC in the early 1900s” “Well, last year I read a book about Louisa May Alcott and her mother, so this year I am reading a book about Lousia May and her father.” She thinks I read strange books. Wonder what she will think of the book I just bought about Eleanor of Acqutaine and the four kings.