What was your favorite novel in high school or college?

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   abbykorinneleeposted 11 years ago

   What was your favorite novel in high school or college?

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   supreme upbeatposted 11 years ago

   A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man.

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I have never heard of that one, mine was probably a tie between the Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby

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      supreme upbeatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      It is a novel written by James Joyce  is a semi-autobiographical novel   The story describes the formative years of the life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology, Daedalus.

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You know I have never read anything like that in my life, and it sounds very interesting!  I will have to check it out, did it impact your life in any way after you read it?

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      supreme upbeatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I do not know.But certainly and passively I think. Here somethings I learn  as Epiphany ,I think you know what is Epiphany  or epiphanic moment - a moment of recognizing   something that is very crucial in your life but what you did not know till thi

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yes I know those moments, my life has been full of them actually and I am pretty young to have had all of them I think.  That's why I think I might read it.

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      Chris Nealposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      It's a good book but it's a little heavy. In between the priest's sermon on the thickness of the walls of hell and the stream of consciousness chapter at the end, it can get wild.

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Well for awhile I was obsessed with the book of Revelations in the bible and that is heavy, scary, and mysterious so does it compare to that?  I haven't read heavy reads in awhile, and I think its time I chose one again.

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   Rosie writesposted 11 years ago

   I remember John Grisham's, The Firm.  Everyone was reading it and talking about it in college.  It seems like the movie came out much later, starring Tom Cruise.  It was a very suspenseful book, caused a lot of people to become John Grisham followers.  His new line of mystery books aimed at middle school students seems to be very popular, even among some elementary school students.

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I loved John Grisham novels when I was in my early twenties and had gone back to community college when I was newly married to a Marine.  He didn't read but heard me raving about the Firm, so on drives to L.A. he would have me read it to him outloud

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   multiculturalsoulposted 11 years ago

   In high school it was John Gunther's Death Be Not Proud, the true story of his dying son. It was a powerful reminder of life, not death.
   
   In college, I must admit an affinity for Stephen King, especially The Stand. I read that 1500-page epic three times and found new nuances each time. His entire "Gunslinger" series was fairly "literary" as well.

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I will have to also check out the one you read in high school, sounds like something that I would enjoy.  The stand is one of my favorites...so is IT and many others.  I have a passion for the holocaust, slavery, and historical events like that now

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   AaronHubb89posted 11 years ago

   The Lord of the Rings was my favorite series of novels.

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I read the hobbit in the fifth grade..my favorite book up through junior high.  I bought a copy for my 13 year old son who hates to read for Xmas...I think he will learn that reading is an enchanting activity after reading it.

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   miscellaneaposted 11 years ago

   It's Dorian Gray, A portrait of a Lady, Moon Tiger, Heart of Darkness. But the best of all was Dorian Gray and Wuthering Heights.

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      My dad is currently reading Wuthering Heights for the first time, I never even saw the movie.  That is one I added to my list for next summer.  As for the rest I have never heard of them.  You all have me intrigued to the ones that are new to me

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   J. Biazaposted 11 years ago

   I loved reading Mark Twain.  He wasn't too heavy of a read, had humor, a lot of symbolism, and he had some really great stories.

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Are you kidding??? Excellent choice.  Maybe not comprehension on a basic level a heavy read but there is a lot of analysis that can go into Twain.  Love the humor, always laughed through it and imagery I would add as well.  Great choice I am impresse

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   Chris Nealposted 11 years ago

   The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. To this day, the story of the lonely, patient old man who (proverbially speaking) bit off a bit more than he could chew has struck a deep, deep chord within me.

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Never read it but just the way you describe it and what I am going through lately, it already hit a chord.  I have never read much by Ernest Hemingway and I am ashamed to say that actually.  I have to probably add one favorite is Edgar Allen Poe

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   StephanieBCrosbyposted 11 years ago

   I know you asked for either high school or college, but how is a girl to choose?
   
   So for high school it would have to be Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan (sp?). It was not an assigned book, but rather one a classmate got from our dorm leader (yes, it was a boarding school). Each of us vied for a turn with the book and then would stay up past lights out reading as much as we could. It was a true page turner for us at that age.
   
   For college, it would have to be William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. I can't get enough of this shorter novel of his (as you can tell from some of my hubs).

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      abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Both I have not read and indeed plan to add to my evergrowing list of winter break reading.  I used to read in high school through probably the end of my first marriage in my late 20s a novel a week at least...now its only if its hmwork I am so busy

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    Donna Kay Bryanposted 11 years ago

    In high school I fell in love with Carlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.  I admired Jane's character very much and hoped to grow up to have her quiet strength and resilience.

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       abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       In high school I liked it, I just read it in Women's LIterature again this semester and I didn't like it as much anymore.  I think its due to how I have evolved but in five years I want to read it again so I am keeping the copy I had to buy for class

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    Frank Atanacioposted 11 years ago

    To Kill a Mockingbird has to be my favorite of all time.. I enjoyed it in High School...  but  even after that beyond college and  just reread it again this past summer...

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       abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Def two thumbs up on that choice.  I loved that book, read it my freshman year of high school. We have two copies in my home actually and I am going to have my oldest, 13, read that next month when he is due for a new novel.  Wonderful book

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    oceanuniverseposted 11 years ago

    SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS, love that series, there was a movie made out of them. But the books are so much better then the movies, I still watch them, but the books have so much more detail in them that the movie does not have or they leave out.

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    Pavlo Badovskyyposted 11 years ago

    The catcher in the rye. I loved it. There were other novels as well, but this was my favourite!

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       abbykorinneleeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Everyone I know has read that and I never have.  I have to say another one I just remember was Flowers for Algarnon.  The movie I think was called Charly.

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