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 | From Megan Romer, your About Books & Literature Editor It's fairly easy to motivate yourself to read whatever's new and hot, but motivation to read classics can be harder to come by. Why not make a mid-year resolution to read a couple of great pieces of classic literature before the year ends? | |
Why We Don't Read
Far too many of us are guilty of wanting to read more, but never quite accomplishing that task. Learn about some common reading roadblocks and how to overcome them!
| Great Classic Novels That You Should Be Reading
Okay! We're motivated! Here we go! It's time to read some classics! But which ones? There are only about eleventy kajillion to choose from. Don't worry, we've got you covered. Here's a short list of great novels -- pick one of these and make it easy on yourself!
| Shakespeare's Sonnet #1
No time to read great novels? Okey dokey. Surely you can squeeze 14 little ol' lines into your day, though, right? And if you're going to read sonnets, you might as well get right to the good stuff -- Shakespeare's Fair Youth series, right from the beginning.
| Classic Quotes from Books
If you still can't find time (or motivation), why not print out a list of great short quotations from famous books? You can tuck it into your wallet and pull it out as you wait in line at the bank, and get just a little bit of lit into your busy day. It can't hurt, right?
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