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The earliest books I remember reading were these illustrated childrens books, that were suppoed to teach you lessons. They would have a title like "Sharing", "Stealing", etc.

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  • The Secret Garden
    by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
  • Pride and Prejudice
    by Austen, Jane
  • Through the Looking-Glass
    by Carroll, Lewis
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    by Carroll, Lewis
  • The Phantom of the Opera
    by Leroux, Gaston
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• Nicholas Nickleby 57% complete
• Paradise Lost finished
• Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz finished
• Ozma of Oz finished
• The Marvelous Land of Oz finished
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz finished

  OZ I think my fifth grade teacher read this to us when he was the Tin Man in a stage production. Since then, I have been getting bits of plot mixed up with "Return to Oz" from the eighties. I am glad I got to read it for myself, and I want to read the other books. I wish I had them when I was little. I posted this on 15 September 2009
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• Persuasion finished
• War of the Worlds unread
• Romeo and Juliet unread

  Read it in ninth grade I should probably read it again, I'm not sure whether or not we finished it. Although Romeo and Juliet annoy me sometimes, it's filled with wonderful (yes, I'm going to use this overused word) prose. Even when I was 13, I thought Mercutio was super cool. I should probably read "Hamlet" again also, because the teacher had us read the "easier modern" version, which is stupid. I posted this on 09 September 2009
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• Hamlet unread

  2nd review? Seriously? Liked it way more than "Romeo & Juliet". It's hard for me to feel sorry for the couple. I think Ophelia is much more deserving for sympathy. Totally reccommend "Hamlet" for great monologues and backstabbing, etc. Read it in eleventh grade English, I think I was the only student who enjoyed it. I posted this on 09 September 2009
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• Through the Looking-Glass unread
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• The Secret Garden unread
• The Phantom of the Opera unread

  Yay, first review I loved this book, and everything related to it. It's translated from French, I probably would have gotten much more from it if I understood French and read the book the way it was originally published.
  
  I love how the book is written as if Leroux were documenting a case. I don't know if the footnotes are added with the installments.
  
  I read it while in the hospital, made it much more tolerable. I also reccomend Susan Kays book, though it's not on this website. I posted this on 09 September 2009
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Paradise Lost - Very difficult language

I've had some trouble with it too. The parts with Adam and Eve are a little easier to understand, but then he gets to the Greek mythology and it throws me off.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - OZ

I think my fifth grade teacher read this to us when he was the Tin Man in a stage production. Since then, I have been getting bits of plot mixed up with "Return to Oz" from the eighties. I am glad I got to read it for myself, and I want to read the other books. I wish I had them when I was little.

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Romeo and Juliet - Read it in ninth grade

I should probably read it again, I'm not sure whether or not we finished it. Although Romeo and Juliet annoy me sometimes, it's filled with wonderful (yes, I'm going to use this overused word) prose. Even when I was 13, I thought Mercutio was super cool. I should probably read "Hamlet" again also, because the teacher had us read the "easier modern" version, which is stupid.

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Hamlet - 2nd review? Seriously?

Liked it way more than "Romeo & Juliet". It's hard for me to feel sorry for the couple. I think Ophelia is much more deserving for sympathy. Totally reccommend "Hamlet" for great monologues and backstabbing, etc. Read it in eleventh grade English, I think I was the only student who enjoyed it.

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Question of the Week - Question of the Week #41: Back to School

In 8th grade there was "The Outsiders" of course. My 5th grade teacher read us the first three "Harry Potter" books and "Wizard of Oz" out loud, in one year. I think we also read either "Matilda" or "James and the Giant Peach" in that same 5th grade class. In grade four maybe, we read a book called "Bunnicula" about an evil rabbit or something. In highschool we read: Catcher and the Rye, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Of Mice and Men, Great Gatsby, etc. I think we were supposed to read "To Kill A Mockingbird" in grade ten, but that teacher was so incompetant. We did read a couple of books, but never finished them.

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The Phantom of the Opera - Yay, first review

I loved this book, and everything related to it. It's translated from French, I probably would have gotten much more from it if I understood French and read the book the way it was originally published.

I love how the book is written as if Leroux were documenting a case. I don't know if the footnotes are added with the installments.

I read it while in the hospital, made it much more tolerable. I also reccomend Susan Kays book, though it's not on this website.

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