What book should be required reading for all

[Nutty_ZA]

Originally Posted by Mike

Ive only read one of those books ops:

Mike...

Let me guess.... The Lord of the Rings Right????

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Nutty_ZA

Let me guess.... The Lord of the Rings Right????

LMAO , Er No it was the Bible ;-)

There is a gret episode of Red Dwarf in which they find the first page of the Bible


Mike...

even i ve read Hamlet, Macbeth.
we had a whole subject dedicated on shakesphere's plays
and we were also assigned to enact these plays it used to be great fun
and
i liked the christmas celebration, we had competions for best crib decoration, for enacting the story of the three kings.

i am a hindu but i studied in a mission school(convent), we used to regulary attend the sunday mass.

AHHHHHHHHHHH those good old days
i just love them

[Hyno]

Originally Posted by Mike

LMAO , Er No it was the Bible ;-)

There is a gret episode of Red Dwarf in which they find the first page of the Bible

Mike...

"To my darling Candy. The characters in this book are ficticious....."

You MUST read "The Prince". It's the fascist dictator handbook. :twisted:

As the Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia are 3 and 6 books respectively I'll let you off the hook. ;-)
The only other book I'd recommend is Robert Rankin's "Knees Up Mother Earth" where Brentford FC wins the FA Cup.

[Nutty_ZA]

Originally Posted by Mike

LMAO , Er No it was the Bible ;-)

There is a gret episode of Red Dwarf in which they find the first page of the Bible


Mike...

Errrmmmm !
I wasn't trying to insinuate you hadn't read the bible, just don't know of anyone who has actually read it from cover to cover... and the only book I've read in full from the above list is LOTR

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Nutty_ZA

Errrmmmm !
I wasn't trying to insinuate you hadn't read the bible, just don't know of anyone who has actually read it from cover to cover... and the only book I've read in full from the above list is LOTR

I thought that you where insinuating that the only book I had read was the LOTR I thought that you where implying that I was an anorak


I have read the bible a few times, I used to be religous (many years ago).

Im now diagnostic

Mike...

[Hyno]

[quote="MikeI thought that you where insinuating that the only book I had read was the LOTR I thought that you where implying that I was an anorak
[/quote]

Are you???

An anorak that married a Goth - there's a match. ;-)

[mcauleyab]

Hmm...being a 'recent' high school graduate (2001 ) I can still remember all the books we were made to read. Such timeless classics as: 'Shane', 'Z for Zacharia', 'The Journey' by John Marsden, 'A Night to Remember', and my personal favourite, 'Cloudstreet'. :-x

Admittedly, we had a lot of great books too - 'Lord of the Files', 'Heart of Darkness', 'Catch 22', 'Catcher in the Rye', 'Macbeth' and 'Day of the Triffids'.

To be honest, I'm not sure I would make any books 'required reading', as what one person finds great, another person might see as nothing more than a 250 page sleeping pill. Having said that, any initiative which gets kids into reading (regardless of what exactly is being read) should totally be encouraged. Which is why 'Harry Potter' is so great. Despite the fact that I HATE Harry Potter myself, I think J.K. Rowling's done a wonderful job of getting kids interested in books again. (and I guess the same goes to a lesser extent to Lord of the Rings)

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Hyno

Are you???

An anorak that married a Goth - there's a match. ;-)

Im not an Anorak

We are a really good match though

Mike