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Originally Posted by Jintster
Mice & Men really is a terrific book. I'm not sure that you really need to know the historical context - I think the main point is the psychology.
Interesting that you have a goal. Does this affect your selection - e.g. do you pick Mice & Men over War & Peace?
It doesn't affect my selection, but it makes me feel like I'm cheating even though I didn't intend that.
For example, probably half of the books I've read have been adolescent literature. I have been reading that because I had a class last semester on it and I got some favorite authors and other interests that I wanted to check out. I read a Gossip Girl novel, two Zusak novels that were short, The Pigman, and a couple others. They're so short that they don't take as long as something like World War Z.
It doesn't have any influence on my decision, but it does make me feel a little dirty. It's just pure coincidence though that most of what I've read lately has been shorter. I think I'll make the goal easily because I read a ton in the summer compared to when I have classes.
diddy, I read 35 from mid May (summer) to the end of 2007. If I can hit that again this year I can take a month and a half off.
I just read a lot during the summers because I enjoy it. I only set the goal to make sure I didn't slack.
Plus, I have this overwhelming feeling that I need to educate myself on the "canon" more before I get into high school classrooms. That's a big part of why I read Steinbeck's Mice and Men again.