tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782055319383851617.post1425510460938718158..comments2024-02-19T02:16:23.162-08:00Comments on A Fangirls View: Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Should Be Required Readingfantasylover12001http://www.blogger.com/profile/01143467052003907228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782055319383851617.post-43086387553912396112013-09-03T14:13:58.374-07:002013-09-03T14:13:58.374-07:00Yes! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!Yes! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971605367068544136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782055319383851617.post-86146586128715255152013-09-03T13:57:55.376-07:002013-09-03T13:57:55.376-07:00I'm so happy that Speak is on so many lists. I...I'm so happy that Speak is on so many lists. It mine this week too! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782055319383851617.post-40404971529970282082013-09-03T13:26:41.258-07:002013-09-03T13:26:41.258-07:00Oh my god I literally could not agree with your li...Oh my god I literally could not agree with your list more. Seriously, as I was reading this I was like...yes...yes...OH MY GOD YES (that would be when I hit Hitchhiker's).<br /><br />Sorry this is going to be a long comment as I totally fangirled over everything, so I'm apologizing in advance.<br /><br />I LOVED The Handmaiden's Tale. I am with you about female authors - and this book is easily on par with 1984, so why don't you ever find Margaret Atwood on required reading for school? And books like 13 Reasons Why and Speak absolutely should be in our curriculum. Classics are getting outdated. Yes, there is still plenty to learn from them, but we're not getting books that deal with important issues teens deal with today, like suicide, bullying, and rape. Rape in classic novels is not dealt with in a way that I would want to use as a model in class (I'm looking at YOU Tess of the D'Urbevilles!)<br /><br />And then there's Hitchhiker's. I agree with you so much! Why isn't humor a thing in our reading? Books don't have to be HEAVY to be relevant or have literary importance. Why can't we have FUN and learn at the same time? And I was lucky enough to read Midsummers in one of my lit classes - I totally agree with you! I'm definitely more of a Shakespeare comedy sort of girl.<br /><br />In any case I've written so much haha - but your list is seriously like the list of my soul. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058009271288566400noreply@blogger.com