Kids/Teens Book Club discussion

By classic books, I mean books like Fahrenheit 451, of mice and men, Moby Dick, the scarlet letter, etc. Whenever I try to read them I get bored. Maybe it's because of the way it's written and it's hard for me to understand.
Other people read them without any issues so I don't know why I can't

So I've read most of those with school, and what I've found helps is to read them in little spurts. Like pick up the book and read 10-20 pages, then put it down for a few hours. I've got that same issue though: old writing doesn't particularly lend itself to long reading session.

Whispering wrote: "By classic books, I mean books like Fahrenheit 451, of mice and men, Moby Dick, the scarlet letter, etc. Whenever I try to read them I get bored. Maybe it's because of the way it's written and it's..."

Maybe you can try listening to them as audibooks! Or you could read them and have the audio playing and read in your copy simultaneously so you won't be distracted. Apps like librivox have audiobooks in the public domain for free which anyone can access. :)

Alabaster wrote: "So I've read most of those with school, and what I've found helps is to read them in little spurts. Like pick up the book and read 10-20 pages, then put it down for a few hours. I've got that same ..."

Yes, agreed. That works for me as well.

Alabaster wrote: "So I've read most of those with school, and what I've found helps is to read them in little spurts. Like pick up the book and read 10-20 pages, then put it down for a few hours. I've got that same ..."

Yeah, that makes sense. The type of writing they use in those books doesn't hold my interest for long. But I have read some of them and I found out that they are kinda interesting when you get past the old English

Bhavya wrote: "Whispering wrote: "By classic books, I mean books like Fahrenheit 451, of mice and men, Moby Dick, the scarlet letter, etc. Whenever I try to read them I get bored. Maybe it's because of the way it..."

I love audiobooks! I listen to them when doing things around the house and it makes time go by faster

I love audiobooks too!

I know that Moby Dick is available as a graphic novel. Maybe some of the other ones are too.

I read them after/ before a really action-y book to balance it out.

*raises hand* Me, Meeeee!!

I have an answer!

I don't.

I don't read them.

I'll go now

buy the abridged version I guess. I read David Copperfield abridged version when I was a preteen.

I don't know what I'd say for me I pick specific ones that I think I'll like. Or I just read through them in a day. It just gets easier to understand them the more you read that type of book.

Classic books are written in a much different style from today's books, so a modern audience sometimes struggles with them. Ones that might be a little more entertaining may be books by the Brontes, Baroness Orczy or Daphne DuMaurier.

Jane Austen and L.M Montgomery are really entertaining too.