Okay, so I don’t generally do Top Five Wednesdays, but I really liked this week’s topic so I’ve just decided to do it (also, I know I’m late, but I was sick yesterday so just give me a break).
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1) Lord of the Flies by William Golding – I read this one my freshman year of high school. It’s kind of a gruesome story, as I’m sure most of you know, but for some reason I found myself really liking it. It’s not that I liked all of the violence and suffering, but I liked imagining what I would do in that situation and kind of getting a glimpse into the human mind a bit.
2) The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway – I read this my second year in college. My husband and I (then just engaged) decided to take an American Lit class together and this was one of the assigned readings that we had. It was just a beautifully written story and my first exposure to Ernest Hemingway.
3) The Prince by Machiavelli – I read this in a Poli Sci class my senior year (I took classes at the local community college junior and senior year). I’d heard a lot about it, but had never read it for myself when it was assigned. I don’t know what it is about it, but I really enjoyed reading it! Maybe because it just all…kind of made sense to me. It seemed logical in some ways.
4) The Odyssey by Homer – I read this in my sophomore English class. We read a ton of books that I absolutely hated in that class, but this wasn’t one of them! I have always been interested in Greek mythology so reading The Odyssey was fun and interesting to me.
5) Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan – I (mostly) read this for my Econ 110 class my first year of college. I say mostly because I haven’t actually managed to finish it yet, but I definitely plan to! It’s a fun way to look at Economics as a subject just from a casual point of view. The author does a good job relating Econ terms to every day life. Just a fun read even (maybe especially) if you don’t know anything about Economics!
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