PBS has launched its eight-part series about 100 of America’s most loved novels/series (chosen by a survey of readers), tonight with a two-hour special. I know I’m late sharing this, but c’mon! Stop whatever you’re doing right now and turn on your local PBS station! If you can’t, more themed episodes will be airing in the Fall. This summer the host of Read, Meredith Viera, will be traveling all over the country visiting authors and bibliophiles. There will also be a multi-platform initiative which is to involve social media, live public events, and national book clubs. And, you can vote for your favorite fiction novel(s) from the top 100 finalists by visiting PBS every day, all summer long!
http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/vote
The list is truly eclectic ranging from children’s classics like Anne of Green Gables, by LM Montgomery; and Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White, to popular modern novels like Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer; The Stand, Stephen King; Beloved, by Toni Morrison; Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline; and Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon. And of course there are beloved and respected classics like Another Country, by James Baldwin; Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell; The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien; and Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. And for rabid fandoms there’s Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James (Please don’t vote for that! Just kidding!); Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling; and Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin.
So let’s go my fellow book enthusiasts! This is the ultimate talent show, only instead of singers or dancers, we have the unique opportunity to vote for the novel(s) that had a huge impact on our lives. VOTE!
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Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
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You’re welcome. I’m sorry I got this up halfway through the first episode.😒
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Better late than never. 🙂
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Thanks.🤦🏻♀️
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Sounds like someone imagined your ideal TV show, then made it for you! Happy watching, Kim.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Right Pete? Eat your hearts out American Idolm The Voice, and Damcing With the Stars!
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Oooh I’ve never heard of this before! Unfortunately I can’t vote because my laptop knows I’m currently in England, but I’m voting in spirit 🙂
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We should have a Hreat International Read Holly!
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Yes have fun! Can’t believe how many of those I’ve read!
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I was surprised at how many I’ve read as well Fraggle.
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This sounds pretty amazing, Kim. I must see if I can find this on the DSTV.
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It’s so exciting Robbie! Nothing like this has ever been done here before.😊
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What a fun list. Feeling inspired to re-read Asimov’s Foundation now. It’s been over 25 years (!) since I had to read it for middle school and I don’t remember it very. I’m also sure I didn’t appreciate it at the time because, well, I was a kid and I generally hated everything I had to read for school (mostly just because it wasn’t for fun). Notable exceptions are the The Jungle (which should have made the list IMO) and The Pirates of Penzance.
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I actually haven’t read Foundation, but I’m hoping to sometime this summer. And I was disappointed at some books that didn’t make the list either like Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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Great post, Kim! 🙂
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Thanks Taven!
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Oh my, so many wonderful books…What to do…Why read as many of them as possible of course. 😉
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👍🏻👍🏻
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So many great books!!!
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Right?!
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Yeah, I wouldn’t be able to make up my mind to make an entire list, how in the heck am I supposed to narrow these down to vote?? LOL
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You can vote for all your favorites once per day.😁
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I really enjoyed this! I did not realize it will be eight parts 🤗
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I can’t wait to see the other episodes in the fall/
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This sounds awesome! 🙂
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I’ve been voting every day. I can’t wait to see who the winner is in the Fall!
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Omg! I haven’t heard about this yet! I get PBS for free so this is super cool. Thanks for sharing about this Kim!!!😍💙💚
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This is so great Dani!
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Yay!!!💚💚💚 I must check this out!😘
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I wouldn’t have voted for 50 Shades of Grey! Ugh!😕
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Well, I think you know my feelings on E.L. James’s writing by now.🤦🏻♀️
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Yes ma’am, I do and I completely agree.😕
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A great way to celebrate reading and terrific to see a bit of CanLit in the list!!!
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👍🏻👍🏻
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If only America’s/Britain’s Got Talent consisted of YAs reading their own stories/poems instead of wailing other peoples’ songs? If only!
Kim would be hooked to her TV set and we would be deprived of so many groovy book reviews!
Btw, out of the selection listed above (ok, u already know this) Lord of th Rings gets my vote! 🙂
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Oh! You wouldn’t be able to tear me away Brad!😁 And LOTR is the first book I vote for every day!🤜🏻🤛🏻
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Ah yeah! Can’t beat a good trip to Rivendell!
Or just The Shire!
Don’t know where I’d be without Tolkien! 🙂
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I’d love to live in either!☺️
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“You can search far and wide
You can drink the whole town dry
But you’ll never find a beer so brown
As the one we drink in our home town
You can drink your fancy ales
You can drink em by the flagon
But the only brew for the brave and true…
Comes form the green dragon!” 😉
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☺️☺️☺️
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