Anonymous
Post 09/26/2024 10:06     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.

But I agree... my kids read because they have to ... not for pleasure.

I literally go through 6 to 8 books every two weeks.. but I'm Gen X ; )


What is the Gen X brain rot that makes Gen X think being Gen X is a relevant fact at all times. People in all generations like to read books.


Dp, but also GenX. We love ourselves. I think that’s a good thing .


We just like to remind Boomers and Millennials that we exist.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2024 09:34     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.

But I agree... my kids read because they have to ... not for pleasure.

I literally go through 6 to 8 books every two weeks.. but I'm Gen X ; )


What is the Gen X brain rot that makes Gen X think being Gen X is a relevant fact at all times. People in all generations like to read books.


Dp, but also GenX. We love ourselves. I think that’s a good thing .
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2024 08:53     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Dante's "Divina Commedia," there is just so much in there; it is fascinating.


In the original Tuscan I presume


Latin, actually. DP


No, famously not written in Latin. Intentionally choosing the vernacular Tuscan language, much as Chaucer chose the language of the people for his most famous work. It was later translated into Latin.

It's also a narrative poem, not a novel, but I posted it anyway because I'm enjoying it. And I am reading a version that has English and modern Italian, bot not the original Tuscan.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2024 08:45     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I liked Persepolis as well.

Through my middle schooler, I'm reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. It's been good for dinner conversations. I'm not sure if I'll read the series.


Don't read the series, you will be disappointed. The next three books are absolutely awful!


I thought Gathering Blue was fine but the books after that were not great. Should’ve left it at The Giver.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2024 01:59     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.

But I agree... my kids read because they have to ... not for pleasure.

I literally go through 6 to 8 books every two weeks.. but I'm Gen X ; )


What is the Gen X brain rot that makes Gen X think being Gen X is a relevant fact at all times. People in all generations like to read books.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2024 00:24     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Dante's "Divina Commedia," there is just so much in there; it is fascinating.


In the original Tuscan I presume


Latin, actually. DP
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 19:26     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
I enjoyed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.

But I agree... my kids read because they have to ... not for pleasure.

I literally go through 6 to 8 books every two weeks.. but I'm Gen X ; )
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 18:35     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Anonymous wrote:Dante's "Divina Commedia," there is just so much in there; it is fascinating.


In the original Tuscan I presume
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 18:22     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Dante's "Divina Commedia," there is just so much in there; it is fascinating.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 18:16     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Anonymous wrote:I liked Persepolis as well.

Through my middle schooler, I'm reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. It's been good for dinner conversations. I'm not sure if I'll read the series.


Don't read the series, you will be disappointed. The next three books are absolutely awful!
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 10:43     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
I liked Persepolis as well.

Through my middle schooler, I'm reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. It's been good for dinner conversations. I'm not sure if I'll read the series.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2024 16:26     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
I tried reading Things Fall Apart and hated it.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2024 02:15     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else enjoying reading some of the novels your high school children are reading that you have never read?

I'll start with two I had not heard about but really enjoyed:

Things Fall Apart written in 1958 by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It's about a man and his Igbo community both before and after British missionaries and government officials arrive in his community.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi. It is a graphic novel about the Iranian Revolution.






Forgot to add - Sadly, while I was a voracious reader in high school, my sons tend to only read books that are assigned for school. So maybe I should have added "books assigned for high school".
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 23:17     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Fahrenheit 451- loved it !

The Grey King series by Susan Cooper- enjoyed reading it.

My DD read both these in MS though.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2024 22:56     Subject: Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying
Is anyone else enjoying reading some of the novels your high school children are reading that you have never read?

I'll start with two I had not heard about but really enjoyed:

Things Fall Apart written in 1958 by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It's about a man and his Igbo community both before and after British missionaries and government officials arrive in his community.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi. It is a graphic novel about the Iranian Revolution.