{"id":355,"date":"2007-12-11T09:54:01","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T14:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/11\/i-did-not-want-read-this\/"},"modified":"2007-12-11T09:54:01","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T14:54:01","slug":"i-did-not-want-read-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"I Did Not Want to “Read This!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the first of a series of “Read This!” surveys designed to encourage debate. We asked staff what books they were assigned to read in high school that they absolutely hated. Next week we’ll post the results of the second part of the survey in which we asked staff to choose a book they wished they had to read in high school. We hope that this will spark some interesting discussions because some of the books that people hated were other people’s favorites. If you want to join the discussion please leave a comment.<\/p>\n

Books hated by at least two staff members:<\/p>\n

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Ethan Frome \u2013 Edith Wharton
\nSilas Marner \u2013 George Eliot
\nMetamorphosis – Kafka
\nGrapes of Wrath \u2013 John Steinbeck
\n*Red Badge of Courage \u2013 Stephen Crane
\nLord of the Flies – William Golding
\nAs I Lay Dying \u2013 William Faulkner
\n1984 – George Orwell
\nBridge of San Luis Rey – Thornton Wilder<\/p>\n

Here are the rest:<\/p>\n

Canterbury Tales
\nRed Pony \u2013 John Steinbeck
\nThe Pearl \u2013 John Steinbeck
\nGood Earth \u2013 Pearl Buck (I ended up loving it)
\nFarewell to Arms \u2013 Ernest Hemingway
\nWuthering Heights \u2013 Emily Bronte
\nOld Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
\nSeize the Day \u2013 Saul Bellow
\nDeath of Ivan Illych – Tolstoy
\nMoby Dick – Herman Melville<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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