I posted at the beginning of January about the challenge I decided to embark on this year, and my theme for the month was "A book you should have read in school." You might remember I chose William Golding's Lord of the Flies for that category. And guys ...
... it was terrible. I mean, I know I teach English and everything, but no. In fact I texted my sister Erin about it on Saturday, and it went a little something like this:
Me: You know what is so boring? Lord of the Flies.
Erin: OH MY GOD I KNOW. It's all about stupid boys.
Me: Why am I reading this? I selected it for myself for January, and now I have one day to finish it. God.
Erin: I really think that was a bad choice for you.
Me: Yeah. The theme was "book I should have read in school" and it was on my shelf.
Erin: It sounds more like "book about rampant misogyny."
I mean, I guess the point of this challenge it to branch out and read books I might not otherwise read, but Lord of the Flies was so, so, so boring. (No disrespect to any of you out there who love it! But come on. :) ) And what's killing me is I have this kid in class right now who's not the world's best reader who chose it to read for Accelerated Reader. And I want to try to find a covert way to see how that's going and to see if he likes it while hiding my lack of a poker face. I'll try and report back.
Incidentally, on a related matter, would anyone like a copy of Lord of the Flies? :)
And now it is February. A short month. (Although longer than most Februarys are!) After looking through the categories and my bookshelf, I decided on a category and a title.
The category I'm choosing for this month is: A book you own but have never read.
And the title I've selected is: My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas
In a way, I guess this is cheating because I don't own this book, it's my dad's, but it's been on my shelf for quite some time, and he hasn't asked for it back, so ...
I'm excited to make this happen! Even though my challenge is off to a rough start, I'm still really glad I'm doing it!
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