What novels (& plays) did you have to study while at school?

- The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

- An Inspector Calls

- Macbeth

- Romeo and Juliet

- Lord of the Flies

- Room 13

- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

- Holes

BQ: Not really. I was a swot at school and my favourite subject was English Lit, so I didn't mind reading them all. It was fun. I was the only one in the class who'd read the whole of The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, although we were only asked to read the first chapter or two. I got carried away :P

BQ2: Best was Lord of the Flies. Kind of creepy, but interesting. Also Holes. I got the movie for it from the library after reading it. Worst was Shakespeare. He's a good writer, but at the time it was a bit too boring to read with the old language. I his work now though.

Henry v

Antony & Cleopatra

As You Like It

Far from the Madding Crowd

Mansfield Park

and loads more because I went on to study a degree in Eng Lit at uni. I'm a real bookworm and I loved them all! Studying books at school opened a whole new world for me.

Worst books of all had to be Robinson Crusoe and Moby Dick. Really difficult to read.

Hard to choose a best one - probably Lord of the Rings, or The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George. I've read those two so many times.

The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck was my favorite book that I was forced to read in school-

it is completely different because it is about Chinese culture and history and was completely different than anything else I was forced to read- Pearl Buck has been a Jeopardy final question/answer numerous times and I always get it right- so that may add to it :)

Fools Crow- by James Welch - Great book - probably second for me on the list

Canterbury Tales-terrible- as in I would like to dig up Chaucer just so I could punch him in his face terrible-

Beowulf- overrated- but ok

Macbeth- ok - but still not that great-

1984- liked it-

Brave New World- liked it

To kill a Mockingbird- boring

Of Mice and Men- Break those necks Lenny

Scarlet Letter- Boring- the girls in my class were bigger whores than she was

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry- not bad-

Lord of the Flies- never liked it- piggy annoyed me

Where the Red Fern Grows- NO that's not a tear- there is something in my eye!

Red Badge of Courage- liked it

Tom Sawyer- tricked my sister to do work for me afterwards

Huck Finn- did they just use the N word?

Johnny Tremain- not as good as red badge

The Crucible-excruciatingly bad

Sure there was more I cant remember

I do not think studying a book in school ruins it because it allows you to discuss a book you read- just like you would in a book club- I just hated when the teacher tried to force symbolism down your throat like everything the author said had a hidden meaning-

I've had to study Of Mice and Men, A View from the Bridge, Animal Farm, and A Christmas Carol.

Studying them didn't really ruin my enjoyment of them, but that might be because I just love books a lot. I know it ruined them for a lot of my friends.

My favourite was Of Mice and Men (I actually cried whilst reading it), and my least favourite was A Christmas Carol.

The Guide by R.K. Narayan

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw.

No, Hardy became one of my favourite authors. Narayan was always my favourite. And Shaw is timeless.

I was very good in English, so not one was bad. The library teacher would hand over keys of the cupboards to borrow any book (this bonus for best answer).