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What book have you ever faked reading to look smart? Okay, you can name up to three.

I never faked to read a book. It's going to take more than that to make me look smart!

The Bible.

I read alot of it. But not the whole thing.

Got to Revelations and freaked out a bit.

Figured I would understand it, hahahahahaha.

Still want to read the whole thing. Next time I will start with the 2nd Testiment first.

Barb

As a young teen I attempted "Gone With the Wind." I really wanted to read it at the time, though, not to look smart but to enjoy the book. I don't think I was ready for it, it seemed daunting to me.

Another that was over-my-head, although I wanted to read it and liked the first half, was "One Hundred Years of Solitude." Too many people with similar names, and very strange.

Hmmmm. I'm still thinking about the original question. I don't think I chose something for that reason, although I bet I'll remember something later, like in the middle of the night. I'll try and write it down so that I remember!

I honestly never faked reading a book. I love to read to much and I don't mind 'fessing up to a book I might not like either. That's what makes reading so interesting and our different opinions about how each book can affect us differently. But to fake reading a book to impress someone, nope, that's not me.

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When I took Multicultural Concepts in Education I asked JJ to read the Malcolm X book for me, and together we wrote the report or answered the questions or whatever the assignment was. I felt that I knew a good deal about the Black Panthers and Malcolm X before he read the book and a lot more after we discussed it. I had so many books for that course, and I was teaching full time and I knew I could not do it all.

JJ did such a good job of pointing out the important events in Malcolm X's life story that when I read the book later, I felt like I had already read it. So I learned from him.

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Another that was over-my-head, although I wanted to read it and liked the first half, was "One Hundred Years of Solitude." Too many people with similar names, and very strange.

LeeAnn, you are so smart I am surprised that you thought it was over your head. I bet you were over-analyzing it. With magical realism I think you have to just accept that it is real to the person who is living it, even if it is not 'real' to our culture. The ghosts and spirits surround them in their culture. It is a fairytale that is real to them.

I do understand how all of the characters could be confusing. I wish we had read it together.

Are there many Hispanics around your area?

LeeAnn,

When Oprah went on and on about One Hundered Years Of Solitude, I gave it a try and I was just

Never faked reading a book before, besides if I tried I'd probably end up holding the book upside down or something which would blow any idea of brainy right out the window.

I did try to read War & Peace two separate times but kept being foiled by the weird custom of Russian names having several different variations and not being able to keep people straight.

~Katherine

Hi Zorro and Merty. Zorro, in my previous neighborhood, there were many cultures, but not here, and I miss that part of my neighborhood so much.

I never understood the spiritual part of it, that they were actually there, which is where a lot of my confusion must have been! I remember reading the 1st part and being just blown away by the writing, and I was so disappointed when it was drifting from my understanding. I finished it, though, just to finish it. Perhaps I will read it again at some point!

I never faked reading a book to impress anyone but I did read cliff notes for Crime and Punishment in HS instead of the book and passed the test. The teacher even warned us that she would be able to tell by our answers if we read only the cliff notes....fooled her...I remember not having the patience to sit with a book back in HS because I was so busy living life....tried C & P again as an adult but still had trouble getting into it...too many characters with difficult names..

Another book that I read just to finish it but never really caught the gist of was one Oprah gushed over.....Paradise by Toni Morrison...haven't attempted any of her other ones...

To me, Toni Morrison is another author I just don't get.

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LeeAnn,

When Oprah went on and on about One Hundered Years Of Solitude, I gave it a try and I was just

I did it with BB, and we did a very good job of discussing the book. At first I really did not like it, but as I continued I got more into our discussion then liking the book. To this day I am glad that I did finish the book, and when I think of the story I think how well suited the term magical realism define that book.

BG as to faking reading a book, I am sure I probably pulled this off in HS, after all I was majoring in NuF then. But rarely because literature was always a FuN for me.

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Great poll question!! Thanks, BG! I love the different answers!
I've never fake read a book to impress anyone,but yes, in high school, I tried to fake it for the teacher. Never quite got away w/ it.

Never faked reading a book.

Not to mention any specifics here but, there are a few books that I could have done without reading.

Lynne