Throughout this school year though, my english teacher has made my class read "the classics", such as The Crucible by Arthur Miller, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (I think she has a thing for him), Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville and we have just finished The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Not to say I didn't like those books, but I hate being forced to read something on a timed schedule. You read differently when you need to meet a deadline than if you were reading for leisure. I find myself, when reading for school, missing important details, getting bored, skipping around to find answers for questions, and ultimately just reading the sparknotes instead of the actual book. I find that fact rather depressing, really. These books were written to transport the reader to a different world for a short time, but have turned into nuisances for the average high school student. Many of my classmates find it to be a waste of time, unlike the other wastes of time the occupy themselves with *cough* video games and tv *cough*
Anyway, the stack of books on my nightstand are from a range of genres, starting with biography to fiction and comedy, realistic and historical fiction, and mystery. My limited budget made me stop at these, but the spring and summer months bring more time and more money for the books awaiting me on my barnes&noble wishlist.
On that note, I should go over some Great Gatsby stuff because I have to write an in class essay tomorrow. That'll be so much fun.
Talk to you later,
-Karin xx
