Awesome! I feel I've read War of the Worlds around the same time I did The Time Machine and Day of the Triffids. Neither of those were through school, just random perusing of Dad's book shelf.
We did do Shakespeare once in highschool, but we didn't do Shakespeare. We generally had a summary of the play and were forced to act out a scene in small groups and then it was like "phew that's done, now for something we want to do". Ya know? All I remember is having to cackle like a witch and say "bubble bubble boil and trouble" or some such. Heh.
There was a recent BBC version of Tess d'ubervilles and I stopped watching after ep one in which she is stalked and then raped. Lovely stuff that! I had nightmares.
I shall definitely look for Phantom of the Opera. Jane Eyre and TKaMB are already on the rec list and I'll have a look for Little women and Anne of Green Gables. I have a feeling my sis has copies of AoGG in her bedroom. hmmm.
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We did do Shakespeare once in highschool, but we didn't do Shakespeare. We generally had a summary of the play and were forced to act out a scene in small groups and then it was like "phew that's done, now for something we want to do". Ya know? All I remember is having to cackle like a witch and say "bubble bubble boil and trouble" or some such. Heh.
There was a recent BBC version of Tess d'ubervilles and I stopped watching after ep one in which she is stalked and then raped. Lovely stuff that! I had nightmares.
I shall definitely look for Phantom of the Opera. Jane Eyre and TKaMB are already on the rec list and I'll have a look for Little women and Anne of Green Gables. I have a feeling my sis has copies of AoGG in her bedroom. hmmm.
Thanks! \o/