The Top Ten Books Everyone Lies About Reading - Page 4

OKPrincess · ‎03-10-2013

@Laura14 wrote:
It's actually comforting to know I am not the only person on the face of the earth who has never read To Kill a Mockingbird.

You’ll have plenty of time to read it when you go to the Pen. 😎 @Laura14

wilma · ‎03-13-2010

@beckyb1012 wrote:
Mice and Men and 1984 I have not read. As far as the Harry Potter series read them twice. They were wonderful. A friend who has three daughters told me to trust her and read them, she was so right.

@beckyb1012

I also haven’t read those 2. I started reading Harry Potter when my students were reading them. I really like the series and have reread it a few times.

dawg lover · ‎03-15-2010

I've read all ten, at different points in my life. No lie.

LoriLori · ‎03-12-2010

@smoky22 wrote:
@LoriLori I thought it was odd about Romeo and Juliet too. That's why I said it was on the internets. I have never read Proust.

I actually think I lied when I said I had never read Harry Potter. I think I read the first one and it just didn't interest me. I had a co worker who loved the books and wanted to lend me every one. I felt bad telling her I didn't find the first one all that interesting. I'm pretty sure I finished it (it was a long time ago). I have nothing against any of the themes in the Potter books. Call me unimaginative. I know a lot of kids credit Harry Potter with starting their love of reading and I know the Potter books are always on the best seller list. I think it's wonderful that they're so popular.

Me too, I lied!!! Hahahahahaha. Made a mistake but still it's a lie.

I didn't notice "Of Mice and Men." Couldn't bring myself to read it and -- English major here (actually half of a double-major) -- was never asked to read it in high school or college. But Smoky, you may remember me telling you I got the gist of it from the parody on "Family Guy."

smoky22 · ‎05-30-2010

@LoriLori I've watched a few more episodes of Family Guy and have come to appreciate their parody Of Mice and Men. You're right, not understanding the characters, I didn't really get the parody. Family Guy is sort of like CliffsNotes (haha).

icezeus · ‎10-30-2010

I will admit it. I have only read three of the books on this list and only because they were required reading while in H.S. I am not sure why people would lie about reading them, either you have or you have not.

LoriLori · ‎03-12-2010

@smoky22 wrote:
@LoriLori I've watched a few more episodes of Family Guy and have come to appreciate their parody Of Mice and Men. You're right, not understanding the characters, I didn't really get the parody. Family Guy is sort of like CliffsNotes (haha).

I love it. My favorite episodes I've seen a zillion times. Like The Simpsons they've been on so long they've mostly run out of new ideas so the literature parody was a great idea, I love it.

And you know how much I love how right they got Gatsby. They nailed the green light and then made a really funny joke about it LOL. And the billboard. Those two things for me (and probably everyone who loves the book) are the soul of Gatsby: the green light and the billboard.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

I've read eight of them. Almost all of them in high school literature classes.

songbird · ‎03-21-2010

If it hard to lie about reading them. Some like the To Catch a Mocking Bird/Harry Potter books were fashionably something to read. Apart from the Potter books, all are required reading in school from middle-high school. Maybe they skipped/skimmed chapters? Even skipping chapters would give the laziest student some idea about the plot in the book. Required reading is more homework then an exam. I doubt they would risk failure over a book. It's not exactly Trigonometry.