Favourite classic book…
This is another of the easier posts on the blog challenge for me to write…
Don’t judge me for what I’m about to say!
I HAVE NEVER READ THE CLASSICS!!!!
I know, I know, shame on me and so on!
I know what I like to read, and period drama just isn’t it. I’m sure they’re wonderful, if you like that sort of thing, but I don’t.
Back in school, we had to study Wuthering Heights. I’ll be honest, I can’t even remember which Brontë wrote it. I’ve had to google it, apparently it’s Emily.
Now, this version looks beautiful, I can’t deny that. I will put my hand up and say I didn’t even read it in school when we were supposed to. I got bored of it very quickly, so I just used the Internet to find out what I needed to know to pass my exams. When I hear Wuthering Heights mentioned, I think Kate Bush, not Emily Brontë!
This leads me to my next question…
Am I not well read if I haven’t read Austen, Brontë(s) et al?
I have read hundreds of books. I’ve read Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Louisa May Alcott among many contemporary authors.
Am I still not well read just because I don’t enjoy literary sagas?
I understand plenty of people love the classics. I don’t judge anyone based on the books that they read.
Reading is reading.
And here was me eagerly looking forward to seeing what you had chosen! Of course it doesn’t matter if you haven’t read the classics. Who decides what a classic is anyway? Lots of more current books are bound to be considered classics of their time so just consider yourself ahead of your time! For the record, my favourite classic is Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen (and I love the Emma Thompson film version too).
Thanks Joanne 🙂 maybe when I’m older I may try read them but for now I like books that capture my attention immediately! In saying that, I have watched Emma!
Conor judges people on the books they read. I have wickedly varied tastes so he likes to pull the lowest of the low and judge me by literally a handful of books I have read.
He must love my choices so! 😂😝 I wouldn’t worry about it! As I said, reading is reading! Who is wolfetone anyway?! 😂
I’m the same as you read some of the classics at school, that was 30 odd years ago and haven’t picked one up since! I read what I want and enjoy 😱
Me too! 😂 I just can’t bring myself to read what I don’t enjoy!
I read the Great Gatsby recently but otherwise than that i may have read a book by one of the bronte sisters when i was at school but cant say i remember, goes and hangs head in shame lol x
Lol! Glad it’s not just me x
I’m not interested in old classics, i read what I want 🙂
Yay! Me too! 🙂