English AP

So I never took English AP. I never liked the idea of being forced to read books. I am a free spirit! Plus I read more than any english class ever required in high school.

But one of my dreams has always been to be in a class that assigned books to me that I WANT to read. It's like getting paid to read! Except...usually I'm paying them? Anyways, that's how it feels! But now I've been assigned 10 books that I have to read within the next 4 month period and I'm so excited!!! Why? Because I was assigned to read the following...

Pere Goriot by Balzac

I have no idea what this book is about, but in the Music Man they refer to it as an ever so scandalous book! (It's in the pick-a-little talk-a-little song) Ever since I've been DYING to know if it is or not! I mean, they said Chaucer was bad and I happen to like Chaucer...but I guess he did have some scandalous things in the Canterbury Tales...which is the only thing of his I've read of his so far.

Civilization & Its Discontents by Freud
Leviathan by Hobbes
The Communist Manifesto by Marx
Gulliver's Travels by Swift

Ok...I'm only excited for these books because I recognize their name and/or author. You know? Those books you always feel like you should read but don't cause you find other things to do?

Utopia by More

The sole reason I want to read this is because of Ever After. If it can fill her with such inexplicable joy I imagine I might like it in some degree.

The Prince by Machiavelli

I've always liked to understand manipulation and allegedly this book is the core doctrine of manipulation and political intrigue. Yay!

The other books I'm not too excited for. But 7 out of 10 books is perty good odds in my mind.