I'm reading BNW at the moment, enjoying it so far. It's quite a good book. It's the best dystopia imaginable!

Huh. I didn't like Brave New World. 1984 is better, imo. Just finished Mother Night for summer reading, and I thought that was pretty good too.

If the literature we read in AP English was any indication of college reading, I can feel your pain.

Laka

I cannot bring myself to read Tom Sawyer again. I fell asleep reading it three times, and got multiple headaches from reading it. The only reason why I kept on reading was for school. If not that, then I would've stopped reading after the first chapter. It was just so... boring.

So true.

Granted, so are things like... The Giver

We read The Giver in class back in grade eight. It was a good book, but all those assignments to prove comprehension of language and themes just ruined it for me.

Anyway, you are correct: most books assigned in school are old and, more often than not, boring.

I read The Giver back then because I wanted to, and loved it. We were not required to at all, or do exercises. My brother had to read it for school and I was sad because I feared he would then not like it because it was required. Having to examine every bit of detail and read it at a pace faster than you would like is another reason why a lot of the required reading for school ends up stinking when I think back at what I liked...or didn't.

-CF

I was so disappointed to find out that Nineteen Eighty-Four wasn't required reading for my Grade 12 english class. The more sci-fi dystopian the better.

-Janus

I finished Little Women, Good Wives, and Ballet Shoes, handed my Bionicle Books into the school library