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Did you miss school the week that they discussed "To Kill A Mockingbird?" Or maybe you always meant to read "Frankenstein," but for whatever reason you never got around to it. What about "Pride and Prejudice?" Or "The Scarlet Letter?" Missed them all? Well, here's your chance - read a classic - share why you chose to read it (finally!) and share what you loved about it.

I have read lots of John Steinbeck, but never the book considered his finest. I went to the shelves only to find a beat up copy of "The Grapes of Wrath". I withdrew it,paid for it, ordered a new copy, and will take the beat copy to Florida with me. I'll let you know what I think!

I recently re-read "The outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. My next door neighbor was reading it for her 8th grade English class and I thought it was time to read it again. It is a great and powerful read. And, I can't wait to watch the movie again. Interesting fact about the author; she wrote the book when she was in high school and it was published when she was in college.

I remember this book I Loved it but now its been so long I can't remember much about it

Cindy wrote: "I have read lots of John Steinbeck, but never the book considered his finest. I went to the shelves only to find a beat up copy of "The Grapes of Wrath". I withdrew it,paid for it, ordered a new c..."

I loved that one but my favorite is East of Eden. :)

I just read Fahrenheit 451. I felt like I must've read it at some point, being a librarian, but I hadn't. I love Bradbury's Martian Chronicles and this one didn't disappoint. One thing I really love about Bradbury is how his books written in mid-century are so prescient. They read like they were written today!

One of my all time favorite quotes is from an essay in Irving Townsend's Separate Lifetimes: "We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan."

I have been searching for this book for quite a while, either to buy or borrow. Apparently only 12 libraries in the entire U.S. have a copy, and up until a few days ago the least expensive copy I could find online was $50++. Then I struck gold! A Goodwill Store in Texas had a used but still readable copy for $11!! Should arrive next week and I am so excited to finally read it!

I finished reading The Last of the Mohicans recently and was not really wowed/impressed by it. Cooper could describe scenes and settings beautifully, but often he didn't know when to stop. I did appreciate that he illustrated how the Indians were caught between two warring foreign powers and were pretty much forced to choose sides. Either way, they were going to lose. Has anyone seen the movie version of this? Is it better than the book, in this case?

Currently I am working on To Kill A Mockingbird, which I've also never read, and it's pulled me in so quickly. It's absolutely fascinating.

I am so bad about reading classics. I can never get into them! The Outsiders has been a favorite since middle school (first young adult book written!) and of course I love To Kill A Mockingbird. For this I'll read Of Mice and Men! For some reason I've never read it.

I have a shelf of things I haven't read. I would like to read Wuthering Heights and Anna Karenina soon.

Mallory, we had to read Last of the Mohicans in college for American Lit. I hated it, but I did read it (I hated most of the books in that section of the class, I guess I'm a post-Civil War book girl). A bunch of my classmates got so fed up, they just watched the movie instead. Not a good idea at quiz time. I haven't seen the movie, but the soundtrack is great!

I just finished listening to A Study in Scarlet, the first Sherlock Holmes adventure by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is set up a bit strangely, the case is introduced as expected but then there is whole part with the back story of one of the characters involved. It isn't bad but it is a definite change of pace and seems a bit out of place. It does come back around to the case and it wraps up quite well. Any fan of Sherlock's adventures will enjoy this introduction.

I love the PBS version of Jane Austin works but noticed that I haven't actually read many of them. Therefore, I chose to read Jane Eyer. I liked the more gothic feel to regency era.

I finally got around to reading "Night" by Elie Wiesel...even though I am a student of history it is always shocking to read first hand accounts of the Holocaust. Books like this are so important! Especially as holocaust survivors age we need to keep their stories alive for future generations. If my kids were a little older I would've had them read it but I certainly intend to in the future. We need to remember. I'm looking forward to reading more by Wiesel.

Mine childhood book must be BLACK BEAUTY by Sewell. I had never realized that animals could be treated so harshly. This book helped to begin animal protection groups which help improve animals' lives still today.