Just interested what people remember from their childhood.
2007-01-13 12:56:37 · 41 answers · asked by kimbo 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Our Town. Yuck.
2007-01-13 12:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aside from being forced to read Romeo and Juliet the worst book I was ever forced to read in high school was by far Silas Marner. I know a lot of people like that book but it bored me to death.
2007-01-13 13:01:31 · answer #2 · answered by Mutly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich". Awful. A whole book about this guy's life in prison. I distinctively remember reading about 8 pages on a shovel. A shovel. Describing the wood and metal. Where he buried it. It was so boring. I will say though that I'm biased against most Russian literature that is translated. I think so much is lost in translation (at least that's what I'm assuming because most of my favorite authors are Russians who wrote in English!)
2007-01-14 11:58:48 · answer #3 · answered by hotdoggiegirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmmm....
There are so many boring ones!
the winner for most boring: (drumroll)...
Grapes of Wrath
other nominees included:
Tale of two cities (it was the best of times when I finished it, it was the worst of times when I started it)
Catcher in the Rye, which I actually read in German (yes, my freaky German teacher had us reading a translated copy of Catcher in the Rye - instead of just assigning us a german book. I just sat down and read the english version instead. Stupid book in any language.)
going back to middle school for the other nom: Johnny Tremain
My boyfriend's vote is for the book "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko, which i actually like (and read on my own.)
2007-01-13 21:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by lalabee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mrs. Dalloway, what a stupid book. Then at the end we had to watch that horrible movie The Hours which was based on the book. What a wais of ink and film.
2007-01-13 13:00:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Siddartha by Hermann Hesse
Walden by Thoreau
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne
I hated those books.
2007-01-13 13:52:16 · answer #6 · answered by WillLynn 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watership Down - no question.
If you are lucky enough to have not read it, it's about rabbits and the characters are rabbits. They use some "rabbit words" in the book, so theres a glossary in the front where you have to translate all these rabbit terms to english to know what the heck they are talking about. It was terrible... but I will never forget it :)
2007-01-13 13:01:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catcher in the Rye. A lot of people enjooy this book but I did not like it the two times I had to read it.
2007-01-13 13:24:17 · answer #8 · answered by venus_maria_1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silas Marner
2007-01-13 13:01:17 · answer #9 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not High School, Middle School, but Beowulf and Tom Sawyer
2007-01-13 12:59:48 · answer #10 · answered by The Sun Still Sleeps... 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, because my English teacher stunk so bad we only read one book my senior year of AP (advanced placement, cha right) English - "Lord of the Flies." It was awful.
However, in college the reading (when I chose to read it, that is) was much better. Some of the titles mentioned above were part of my college reading. Mrs. Dalloway, if I remember, was one I skipped. LOL
2007-01-13 13:33:49 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋