I have decided to feed a little of the rebel in me, and kick the lazy butt of that literary aficionado that's been dormant inside me for far too long. A friend of mine recently showed me a post by a private (catholic) school kid who - in the face of some rather ludicrous bans - run a small library of illicit books out of his school locker. Ironically, once banned, the kids interest picked up.
I wonder if they ban them for that reason. If that's the case they should ban Shakespeare.
Anyways, there were a few on the list I've already read and enjoyed, but the following I plan to delve into one by one this winter:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer
My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
The Divine Comedy, by Dante
Interview with a Vampire, by Anne Rice
Sabriel, by Garth Nix
Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
I think that should get me off to a good start. Any other suggestions?
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