Books Enhancement

Caught you there, didn't I?

Mom finally saw through the fog and apprehend the impetus for my struggle. She finally came to terms with the reality that I had long assented. Upon this cognizance, she uttered the six tinkling magical words, "You have to read more books."

Despite the sting of acknowledgement of my faltering English, my inward sly smile could not have been broader >:) Ah, the luscious sensation of tasting the words on the tip of my tongue again (not that I haven't been secretly reading all this while). There was one thing though...

"You should try and read a wider variety of books. Not just those fairy magic books you keep reading. Go read some classics. Good for improving your English."

Ugh. How distasteful. Twice I attempted Pride & Prejudice, both times I couldn't surpass the 5th chapter. Excerpts of classics were fine, like those we were acquiesced to read for the English class my mom sent me to during high school (LoL. I remember how my teacher used to stress she was not giving us English tuition, which follows shallow school crap, but English class using American syllabus. I find it kind of weird though, writing our essays/speeches/dramas in British English but studying Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream and the likes in American English. Pretty confusing sometimes, if you ask me).

I guess I don't have much choice, do I? Plus, she might not fund any of my new novels save classics *gasp* Nah. But still. So, erm, suggestions? I know classics-enthusiast Eu-know-who has a lot to contribute.