I haven't done much reading aside from blogs so far during this Thankfully Reading Weekend - tomorrow will be my big day for that - but I'm taking part in the first mini-challenge anyway. The assignment:
Write a post about the book you are most thankful for. This could be a book released this year or twenty years ago. Your post should include why you are thankful for that book.
There are many books that I am thankful for and probably would take me a long time to state them all and the reasons as to why. But I suppose the book that I am the most thankful for is Jane Eyre. While it may seem slightly cliched, it is probably one of the first books that I feel in love with as a young adult. Okay, I was a young teenager at the time (about 13), but it was probably the first book that truly entranced me and made me really love reading. There had been many times I had tried to read a classic, but when I started reading Jane Eyre, I really became enthralled with the story and finished it within a week of starting. It is also one of the first books that I can truly say that it was a match made in heaven and was the first book that really stayed with me and has stayed with me for the last 17 years.
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Jane Eyre is, by far, my most favorite classic. I don't know what it is about this book. I read it in high school and couldn't stand it. I re-read it a decade or so ago and fell in love with it.
That is a fantastic choice!
This is an awesome selection. I really have a hankering to read that one again.
Jennifer @ The Literate Housewife Review
I read Jane Eyre this summer and loved it. I wasn't taught many classics in high school, so I try to read a few a year. This was a great choice!
Wow! I haven't read JANE EYRE in quite awhile. Might be time to hunt this one down on audio and do a re-read.
I'm reading this book RIGHT NOW. I absolutely love it. Jane Eyre is such a wonderful character.
Can you believe that I've never read Jane Eyre, or that it was never required reading (in high school or in any of my English Lit courses)?? I really want to read it.
I really need to reread this one. Love the Bronte sisters...
A few weeks ago, I FINALLY picked up Jane Eyre for the first time in my life. It was the copy that has been floating around my bookshelves since I was in high school (we won't talk about how long that's been). I opened it up, only to find there were notes - in my sister's handwriting - ALL over it. At first, I thought it would be a neat experience reading her thoughts. After the fifth page, the notes were distracting, and I have not yet gotten around to buying myself a clean copy.
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