Throughout social media and interacting with online friends, it's fascinating to read how different our school book curriculum for English classes are selected around the world. It differs so much when the class has a focus on English literature or it's mainly EFL (English Foreign Learners) classes where other areas like listening and speaking are prioritised too.

What ideal book do you want to add to the English class book curriculum? Or what your ideal book curriculum look like from scratch? I've also added a couple of other questions to broaden the discussions:

• Are there any books/genres in your English class from your school experience that you'd like to keep?
• Which book genre needs to be explored more in an English class?
• What is the intended audience behind your book choice? Is it for a native class on English literature, for an EFL class, a humanity-focused class that aims on diversity, etc.?
• On what school level do you recommend your book choice to be read (primary school, middle school, high school, etc.)?
• Do you count translations in your ideal curriculum?

Dw, no one will judge cuz I’ve DNFed books or stayed away from books for the dumbest reasons sometimes. So I’ll go first. I think the pettiest reason I’ve ever DNFed a book was cuz there weren’t enough paragraph breaks. Most pages would just be one big paragraph, and I just couldn’t handle it, I would just randomly get lost between sentences.

I have just finished Part One and I have to say I am really thoroughly enjoying this book. The brothers are fascinating in their differences and the story moves quickly, I cannot wait to read more

How is this book so beautiful and clever and heartbreaking? And so human? 😭

Just got through with the prologue. While the MC’s inner dialogue is intriguing, I’m not completely hooked onto the book quite yet. Feels a bit rigid and overly formal…I’m curious how this will all unfold.