Hmmm, well if I counted right I've only read 14 of *this* list. But then, how does not having read Alice in Wonderland balance with having read L. Frank Baum's Oz books? (14 of them - Glinda of Oz is my fav) Then there's not quite *all* of Shakespeare but a bunch of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. And so on and so on ... This is an interesting, diverse selection here though. I figure if I can look at this list and start arguing with it, I'm in good shape literacy-wise! :) And yes, I'm all for strapping folks down and Booking them if they are in the "6"! Thanks for sharing it
Yeah, I had some moments of wondering who put this list together, along similar lines. It's a good conversation-starter, though! Some of my favorite books aren't here: T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" at the top of my list.
Skip Phillip Pullman, I can't figure out what the fuss is about. They are awful. The world doesn't hang together, the heroine is unbelievable. The externalized demon thing is cool, but that is it. Nothing else about the book pleases and I am an avid reader of the genre.
Given the other stuff you liked and knowing you don't miss...
The Anne of Green Gables books - she's a pretty spanky heroine for that day and age
Harry Potter - all of them! Totally fun.
Memoirs of a Geisha - absolutely fabulous
and Watership Down - well worth the time, brilliantly written but not a super cheerful book
Thanks. I think I started the Pullman book a while ago, and wasn't pulled in so dropped it. I've read the first two Harry Potter books, was waiting for Kaylin to be interested so we could read them together (I still read aloud to him at night, he still loves that at age 13, partly, I think because being somewhat dyslexic he avoids reading himself) but he has announced that he doesn't want to read them so I guess I'll just have to read the rest myself!
It's nice that my son doesn't like to go along with the crowd (it's a point of pride with him), but sometimes that means he misses out on some cool stuff.
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But then, how does not having read Alice in Wonderland balance with having read L. Frank Baum's Oz books? (14 of them - Glinda of Oz is my fav)
Then there's not quite *all* of Shakespeare but a bunch of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. And so on and so on ...
This is an interesting, diverse selection here though. I figure if I can look at this list and start arguing with it, I'm in good shape literacy-wise! :) And yes, I'm all for strapping folks down and Booking them if they are in the "6"!
Thanks for sharing it
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Given the other stuff you liked and knowing you don't miss...
The Anne of Green Gables books - she's a pretty spanky heroine for that day and age
Harry Potter - all of them! Totally fun.
Memoirs of a Geisha - absolutely fabulous
and Watership Down - well worth the time, brilliantly written but not a super cheerful book
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It's nice that my son doesn't like to go along with the crowd (it's a point of pride with him), but sometimes that means he misses out on some cool stuff.
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