random book post, go!

[DragonyCat]

Alright guys, something different!

For those of you who don't know me very well (100% of MPGH), I'm a Harry Potter fan. Read all the books in two languages (Dutch & English), saw the movies (a lot), read fan fiction, played the games, discussed theories with others. List goes on.

But. I never had a Fantastic Beasts book. Saw the two movies 3 times now. I saw them both yesterday again, but after the last movie, something felt off. Why? Well, I had like nothing related to the FB side of HP.

So, I ordered this book today: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Hogwarts Library Book (English-Hardcover).



I'm pretty stoked! Like I explained in another recent post, there will be a lot of rainy days (especially in the Netherlands) the following days/weeks/months. Combined with less school in a week and our autumn break coming soon.. Awesome for reading fun books.

Genres I like are fantasy and romance.

Questions:
- Do you like reading? If so, what genres?
- Did you enjoy an interesting book recently? If yes, which one, and why was it interesting?

Random fun fact: this font I'm using is called Book Antiqua. Suits the subject quite nicely.

bye ~

[Bernard]

Can't remember the last time I willingly picked up and read a book that I couldn't put down since 8th grade when I read Night by Elie Wiesel. Remember I finished it in 1-2 days cause I'd just be reading all day cause I kept wanting to know what the ending was. Now Im wondering what books people were required to read for school and their thoughts on it.

[DragonyCat]

Can't remember the last time I willingly picked up and read a book that I couldn't put down since 8th grade when I read Night by Elie Wiesel. Remember I finished it in 1-2 days cause I'd just be reading all day cause I kept wanting to know what the ending was. Now Im wondering what books people were required to read for school and their thoughts on it.

Isn't that quite a heavy book to read at that age?

[Bernard]

Isn't that quite a heavy book to read at that age?

Lol ask the school system. It was an 8th grade required reading book.

[DragonyCat]

Lol ask the school system. It was an 8th grade required reading book.

very interesting man

[Bernard]

very interesting man

Books I remember reading in high school (cause I barely ever read books in college lul):
The Giver (7th grade)
To Kill a Mockingbird (7th grade)
Romeo and Juliet (7th grade)
The Great Gatsby (I think this was 11th grade)
Lord of the Flies (7th grade)
Animal Farm (8th grade)
Macbeth (10th grade)
The Catcher in the Rye (9th grade)
Hamlet (10th grade)
The Scarlet Letter (12th grade)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Dont remember what grade)
1984 (8th grade I think)
Odyssey (9th grade)
Anne Frank (I think 8th?)
Pride and Prejudice (9th)
Fahrenheit 451 (8th)
Jane Eyre (9th)
The Crucible (12th)
Night (8th)
Julius Caesar (8th)
Great Expectations (9th)
Midsummer Night's Dream (7th)
Beowulf (10th)
Death of a Salesman (12th)
Slaughterhouse 5 (8th)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (I think 11th)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (7th)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (8th)
Heart of Darkness (12th)
King Lear (10th)
The Things They Carried (8th)
Les Miserables (8th)
The Stranger (12th)
The Joy Luck Club (11th)
Island of the Blue Dolphins (7th)
Bible Stories (7th)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (don't remember grade)
My Antonia (8th)
Holes (7th)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (8th)
Maus (11th)
The Hunger Games (7th or 8th)
Twelve Angry Men (11th or 12th)
Kite Runner (think this was 8th grade? don't remember)
The Chocolate War (7th)
Hatchet (7th grade)
Brave New World (8th grade)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (7th)
Mrs. Dalloway (12th)
Oedipus (12th)
Raisin in the Sun (some time between 7th-9th grade)
Othello (8th)

Now that I think of it, 7th grade had racism as a theme. 8th grade revolved around themes of totalitarianism, censorship, and utopia. 9th grade was just English/British literature. And one of the topics in 12th grade was existentialism. And as you can see we had to read Shakespear every year.

[DragonyCat]

Books I remember reading in high school (cause I barely ever read books in college lul):
The Giver (7th grade)
To Kill a Mockingbird (7th grade)
Romeo and Juliet (7th grade)
The Great Gatsby (I think this was 11th grade)
Lord of the Flies (7th grade)
Animal Farm (8th grade)
Macbeth (10th grade)
The Catcher in the Rye (9th grade)
Hamlet (10th grade)
The Scarlet Letter (12th grade)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Dont remember what grade)
1984 (8th grade I think)
Odyssey (9th grade)
Anne Frank (I think 8th?)
Pride and Prejudice (9th)
Fahrenheit 451 (8th)
Jane Eyre (9th)
The Crucible (12th)
Night (8th)
Julius Caesar (8th)
Great Expectations (9th)
Midsummer Night's Dream (7th)
Beowulf (10th)
Death of a Salesman (12th)
Slaughterhouse 5 (8th)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (I think 11th)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (7th)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (8th)
Heart of Darkness (12th)
King Lear (10th)
The Things They Carried (8th)
Les Miserables (8th)
The Stranger (12th)
The Joy Luck Club (11th)
Island of the Blue Dolphins (7th)
Bible Stories (7th)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (don't remember grade)
My Antonia (8th)
Holes (7th)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (8th)
Maus (11th)
The Hunger Games (7th or 8th)
Twelve Angry Men (11th or 12th)
Kite Runner (think this was 8th grade? don't remember)
The Chocolate War (7th or 8th)
Hatchet (7th grade)
Brave New World (8th grade)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (7th)
Mrs. Dalloway (12th)
Oedipus (12th)
Raisin in the Sun (some time between 7th-9th grade)
Othello (8th)

fascinating wow. thanks for the list!

[Bernard]

fascinating wow. thanks for the list!

What do schools over in Europe make you read?

[Steve]

Books I remember reading in high school (cause I barely ever read books in college lul):
The Giver (7th grade)
To Kill a Mockingbird (7th grade)
Romeo and Juliet (7th grade)
The Great Gatsby (I think this was 11th grade)
Lord of the Flies (7th grade)
Animal Farm (8th grade)
Macbeth (10th grade)
The Catcher in the Rye (9th grade)
Hamlet (10th grade)
The Scarlet Letter (12th grade)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Dont remember what grade)
1984 (8th grade I think)
Odyssey (9th grade)
Anne Frank (I think 8th?)
Pride and Prejudice (9th)
Fahrenheit 451 (8th)
Jane Eyre (9th)
The Crucible (12th)
Night (8th)
Julius Caesar (8th)
Great Expectations (9th)
Midsummer Night's Dream (7th)
Beowulf (10th)
Death of a Salesman (12th)
Slaughterhouse 5 (8th)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (I think 11th)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (7th)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (8th)
Heart of Darkness (12th)
King Lear (10th)
The Things They Carried (8th)
Les Miserables (8th)
The Stranger (12th)
The Joy Luck Club (11th)
Island of the Blue Dolphins (7th)
Bible Stories (7th)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (don't remember grade)
My Antonia (8th)
Holes (7th)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (8th)
Maus (11th)
The Hunger Games (7th or 8th)
Twelve Angry Men (11th or 12th)
Kite Runner (think this was 8th grade? don't remember)
The Chocolate War (7th)
Hatchet (7th grade)
Brave New World (8th grade)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (7th)
Mrs. Dalloway (12th)
Oedipus (12th)
Raisin in the Sun (some time between 7th-9th grade)
Othello (8th)

Now that I think of it, 7th grade had racism as a theme. 8th grade revolved around themes of totalitarianism, censorship, and utopia. 9th grade was just English/British literature. And one of the topics in 12th grade was existentialism. And as you can see we had to read Shakespear every year.

Bruh that's a lot of books, don't remember having to read more then 5 lmao

[DragonyCat]

What do schools over in Europe make you read?

Well (: we got to choose from a lot of books. We had to pick books that suited our grade, but, if we found the right grade/level, we had the freedom to pick whatever we wanted! So HP books or random romantic books - you name it.

[Banana]

Read this when I was in primary school, bought a whole collection back then but donated them few years later. Memories... :')

[DragonyCat]

Read this when I was in primary school, bought a whole collection back then but donated them few years later. Memories... :')

Indeed the memories..

[[MPGH]Austin]

Laziness/ADHD prevents me from reading all that much. I reread animal farm a couple months back, and I've been reading Dostoevsky's the idiot on and off for the past like 2 years, same with tinker tailor soldier spy and watership down.

[DragonyCat]

Laziness/ADHD prevents me from reading all that much. I reread animal farm a couple months back, and I've been reading Dostoevsky's the idiot on and off for the past like 2 years, same with tinker tailor soldier spy and watership down.

Most important thing is that you enjoy whenever you get the chance. And reading stuff online is also reading (:

[OnlineMarket]

I wouldn't even check them until covid came.. but later i am interested