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Originally Posted by mgrunk
I loved to read - read everything I could get my hands on - until jr high literature through high school - absolutely sucked the life out of the books - Charlotte's Web, Tess de Urberville, Wuthering Heights, a couple of Jane Austin, Moby Dick - and I'm still traumatized.
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Was it the books, or the teachers?
Some of the books you mention are ones I'd consider great reads.
I was lucky to have some wonderful Eng Lit teachers - they really made the books fascinating, and I'll be forever grateful to them.
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Originally Posted by mgrunk
I did like Grapes of Wrath ...
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My all-time favourite US novel - heartbreaking!