<p>@aomama Yeah, I know… To be honest, I was so busy with other stuff that I didn’t really have time to get into it…I read the final pages of the book which were pretty good! I doubt that counts for anything, though…</p>
<p>Meh, it’s the stuff towards the end that matters. So you were close.</p>
<p>Normally, I do, but I’ve been kind of behind lately. I agree though, class discussions are way more interesting if you actually read the thing. </p>
<p>I’m planning on rereading Anna Karenina for one of my AP lit books. We’re not reading all of Paradise Lost, merely part of it, but I need to catch up on that. Also, a Picture of Dorian Grey is gathering dust…</p>
<p>We began with Beowulf, earlier in the year and our teacher literally gave us the worst possible translation ever. It was awful. I managed to get a PDF of Seamus Hanley’s translation and then I loved it. I really just dislike Poetry, or rather-long pieces of poetry that are supposed to double as stories. That’s probably why I really did not enjoy the Cantebury tales.</p>
<p>I’m curious, but which translation did you read? We just read that (Beowulf) in our Brit Lit class and the translation was…okay. </p>
<p>I’m already cringing in anticipation of the Canterbury Tales.</p>
<p>Also, I can’t not read my books for Asian Lit because class is 100% discussion based, which are really fun. We just got Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress today, which is pretty short and seems interesting already.</p>
<p>I read all my books freshman and sophomore year, but I had no time last year. I think we read 4 or 5 books? I know that I only read like 1/5th of Scarlet Letter, a good bit of Invisible Man…I did read all of Great Gatsby and Beloved. This year I was doing good, I read the first 2 we had to read…but we had to read Hamlet and I never once picked up the book. I actually just had my essay today so I hope I was able to pull something together well enough hahaha.</p>
<p>Unpopular opinion, but I loved the Scarlet Letter!</p>
<p>I always read the books for my English classes, even if I’m speed-reading like crazy the day before the assignment for the book is due. I just hate the idea of not having a complete conception of the book during class discussions, missing little tidbits that might end up on the tests, and usually a lot of the books are decent reads from a philosophical standpoint. I do always refer to Sparknotes afterward though, just for ideas and to make sure I have a well-rounded perception of the book.</p>
<p>Eh, not really. Out of the 2 books we read in AP Eng Lang I didn’t finish them. I read the first two chapters of turn of the screw and then gave up. And I read only half of Freakonomics.
But this year in AP Lit I actually read Othello, Death of a Salesman (love!), and Master Harold and the boys. Hopefully I finish all the books throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>I always read the books (I actually like reading). But because of my busy schedule I usually can’t make time read, but if its for school then I have to make time!</p>
<p>I have to read the books. IB program you get a lot of foreign texts that don’t have quality summaries online.</p>
<p>Welp, in my English class, if you want to even have the chance to stay in the class for the first 9 weeks, you darn well better read…</p>
<p>Most of the time I read the assigned parts of the book then I sparknote it after I read to make sure everything is clear. Although I didn’t even finish The Scarlet Letter and I managed to do the essay :P.</p>
<p>How can you quote properly if you haven’t read the book?</p>