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In reply to the discussion: Whether it was college or high school, what was the book you hated to have to read? [View all]LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)141. One of my favorites. I know Holden is
considered a pain in the ass by many, but I found his ability to cut through bs and his disdain of phonies refreshing.
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Whether it was college or high school, what was the book you hated to have to read? [View all]
OmahaBlueDog
Aug 2012
OP
OBKid1 has to read that too -- it's part of what inspired me to ask the question.
OmahaBlueDog
Aug 2012
#2
I'm not a writer at all so if it wasn't well written it would be lost on me. I think
applegrove
Aug 2012
#137
Cooper has scored 114 offenses against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.
OmahaBlueDog
Aug 2012
#30
I was also not a fan of Great Expectations. Suffered through it in 9th grade. Boring as hell.
LibDemAlways
Aug 2012
#140
Alastair Cooke (Masterpiece Theater narrator, writer, etc. ) said that he spoke with Burgess...
OmahaBlueDog
Aug 2012
#49
Don't even recall the name of it. But it was already in Readers Digest Condensed books.
alphafemale
Aug 2012
#29
It seems to be a high school English standard--and I hated it, too, when
Lydia Leftcoast
Aug 2012
#139
I didn't say it wasn't an excellent book. It just didn't grab me. I may give it another shot. n/t
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#93
Nikia, I hate to tell you this - Ernest Hemmingway wrote "The Old Man & The Sea"
OmahaBlueDog
Aug 2012
#124