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url 2018-04-26 19:51
The Great American Read: America’s 100 most-loved books
Anne of Green Gables Novels #1 - L.M. Montgomery
I, Alex Cross - James Patterson
A Separate Peace - John Knowles
The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White,Garth Williams,Rosemary Wells
Moby Dick - Herman Melville,Frank Muller
The Martian - Andy Weir
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

Voting starts May 22 and ends October 2018.  See link for more of the 100 nominees.

 

I'm about this but do wish they had done it by categories or even time periods (I.e., published before 1900, before 1950, before 2000, type of splits).  I agree that those are 100 of the most read, most popular and even most influential books.

 

I just mean it's weird seeing beloved childhood books like Charlotte's Web and Anne of Green Gables up against Carch 22, Then There Were None, and long running contemporary series like Alex Cross and Wheel of Time?

 

Then the hordes of fans for Twilight, Fifty Shades of Gray, Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter  ...

 

(I am not at all disrespecting Harry Potter; frankly I think those books are responsible for an entire generation of readers.  It's just weird to see it up against the other nominees.)

 

How would you vote -- a childhood favorite that made you a reader or your favorite recent read?

Source: www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/books/#
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url 2014-09-18 02:13
Celebrate Banned book week (21-27 Sept 2014) by reading banned books
The Adventures of Captain Underpants - Dav Pilkey
The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie,Ellen Forney
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl - Tanya Lee Stone
Looking for Alaska - John Green
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Bless Me, Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya
Bone - Jeff Smith

The 10 most challenged titles of 2013 were:

 

1. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
2. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison

3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
4. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
6. A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone
7. Looking for Alaska, by John Green
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
9. Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
10. Bone (series), by Jeff Smith

 

How could Looking for Alaska by John Green. John Green is one of the nicest person ( from his many videos on YouTube) 

 

I've read John Green's books and nothing in it would trigger this book banning challenge. It is so strange that this book made into top 10 in 2013. 

 

Captain Underpants books are fun. Why challenge this? I've also read this and it is funny. 

 

The Bluest Eye is literature. Read that too. 

 

I hate Fifty Shades of Grey, the only book that I really dislike. But still banning it is going too far.


The Perks of Being a Wallflower is on my to-read pile. 

 

People who hate books should stay away from bookstores and library. They should not be so mean as to ban books that other people like to read. 

 

Books reading is a freedom. It is a right. 

 

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url 2014-06-14 19:04
15 Book-to-Film Adaptations Coming in 2015

Get a sneak peek at some of the most highly anticipated book adaptations coming to movie theaters next year.

 

Been waiting for Seventh Son for a while now. They were at Comic-Con last year promoting it. Which is rather worrisome, if they keep putting it off so much. Then again, I'm still waiting for that adaptation of Joe Hill's Horns to make it to theatres or DVD, sighs.

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review 2013-10-28 06:30
Book Review: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
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review 2013-10-28 06:26
Book Review: Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
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