considering advanced english

so i’m in s5 and recently got my prelims back and it was a fairly mixed bag but i’m pretty happy considering i didn’t really study for them. biggest win was probably an A in english getting bang on 70%. with picking subjects around the corner, advanced english is something i’m considering. anyone that’s done it, how did you find it and do you have any book recommendations as i haven’t been doing as much reading as i used to years ago and i’ll need to get back into it again if i’m gonna take it lol. i’m considering getting blood meridian cause i’ve heard great things and think it may be a good one for a dissertation. i also loved the no country for old men movie so will probably get the book for that as well (written by same author). thank you!