minimetoo26 wrote: I just bought Silas Marner (got a bunch of books on a list that my son had to do a report on, and made sure he had some fallbacks in case he struggled) so I may read it myself.
My short-attention-span self has a bunch of half-finished books in the bathroom. I just finished I Am America (And So Can You!), and I'm re-reading The Mouse That Roared and The World According to Garp. I'm also halfway through Rigged, by Ben Mizrich. None is compelling enough to drag me away from American Idol tonight!
I've never read "Silas Marner," but I recall being surprised that it's the book Ralphie's class is supposed to be reading in "A Christmas Story". I thought "Whoa, 'Silas Marner' for the 4th grade???"
I also have a B&N Classics copy of "Oliver Twist" sitting in my "to be read" pile. I'll get to it one of these days.
BTW, "The Mouse That Roared" is one of my all-time favorite books. So incredibly absurd, yet...plausible. Especially nowadays. And the movie is hilarious.