Here Goes!

Last night, as I was trying to decide what book to read for my AP Lit Summer Independent Reading, I had a pretty crazy idea. What if, instead of trying to decide what book to read, I just read the whole reading list. Keep in mind, this is a two-columned, double-sided list in size ten font, which adds up to 223 books.
I knew I'd never make it through the whole list without some sort of external motivation, so that's why I'm here, blogging. I invite you along for the ride as I plow my way through the classics and rate them from one to five stars. I'll try to update you weekly or whenever I finish a book, whichever comes first.
Going through the list, I've already read a few of the books, so I might as well get them out of the way.

• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: I had to read this last summer and let me tell you, I hated it. There is nothing I hate more than testosterone-fueled coming-of-age stories. Okay, so maybe it's not testosterone-crazy, but it's certainly no feminist novel. Rating: two stars.
  
• Civil Disobedience: I read Walden and Civil Disobedience in APLANG for independent reading and it was one of my worst decisions ever. Thoreau needed a lesson in conciseness. No, Mr. Thoreau, I do not want to spend thirty pages reading about how you built your house. And he's so frigging pompous too. "I'm so awesome and if everyone was just like me, life would be sooooo perfect." After three hundred pages of that, I was ready to vomit. He was very observant, though; I'll give him that. Rating: one star.
• The Great Gatsby: Now this was one book I actually enjoyed. Fitzgerald's writing flows beautifully and his ability to create characters, emotion and mood is astounding. Although, this "flowiness" does make his books a little confusing. I kept getting characters and plot events confused (I B.S.'d my essay test over this one). Rating: four stars
  
• Jane Eyre: This is one of my favorite books of all times. Slightly unbelievable storyline, but altogether stunning. Rating: five stars.