The Great American Read: The Book of Books: Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels

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A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read The Book of Books is the gorgeously produced companion book to PBS s ambitious summer 2018 series What are America s best loved novels PBS will launch The Great American Read series with a 2 hour special in May 2018 revealing America s 100 best loved novels, determined by a rigorous national survey Subsequent episodes will air in September and October Celebrities and everyday Americans will champion their favorite novel and in the finale in late October, America s 1 best loved novel will be revealed The Great American Read The Book of Books will present all 100 novels with fascinating information about each book, author profiles, a snapshot of the novel s social relevance, film or television adaptations, other books and writings by the author, and little known facts Also included are themed articles about banned books, the most influential book illustrators, reading recommendations, the best first lines in literature, and Beautifully designed with rare images of the original manuscripts, first edition covers, rejection letters, and other ephemera, The Great American Read The Book of Books is a must have book for all booklovers. Best Download The Great American Read: The Book of Books: Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels [ author ] Jessica Allen [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I thought this was a wonderful collection of America s best loved novels You can really see the effort that was put into making this appealing However, I m giving it 4 stars purely because I didn t agree with all the books that were chosen Especially ...I ve been flipping through this one over the past few weeks and it is perfectionjust the idea of it makes me happy Lists are always subjective and this purports to be a collection of America s best loved books What I will say... 5 Stars Wow I didn t expect all this goodness I love the insight given to each great books To included books I have already read, and ones I now want to read I also loved reading the best first liners of a book s Call me Ishmael I m an invisible man.There was a wealth of information of why the 100 books inside The Great American Read did well, and that was awesome There were a lot of classic s books inside, and few fantasy books which are the love of my life Yet, I now have a 5 Stars Wow I didn t expect all this goodness I love the insight given to each great books To included books I have already read, and ones I now want to read I also loved reading the best first liners of a book s Call me Ishmael I m an invisible man.There was a wealth of information of why the 100 books inside The Great American Read did well, and that was awesome There were a lot of cl...I am kind of excited to review the Top 100 Novels Curious as to how many I have read and inspired to tackle those I haven t.Any of my fellow bookworms looking forward to thisAnother of those books to take to lunch with you and read a few pages at a time It is a reference to the world s great books as seen on PBS as The Great American Read It provides 2 pages to each book and author with pictures and some little known facts about both Everyone will say that their favorite book was omitted.why aren t The Guns of August or The Oxford Book of English Verse not included But this is just sampling of great literature which the editors explain in the forward Also Another of those books to take to lunch with you and read a few pages at a time It is a reference to the world s great books as seen on PBS as The Great American Read It provides 2 pages to each book and author with pictures and some little known facts about both Everyone will say that their favorite book was omitted.why aren t The Guns of August or The Oxford Book of English Verse not included But this is just sampling of great literature which t...Nobody issurprised than me by my rating of this book At first, I was just angry that shit like Left Behind and Atlas Shrugged showed up in a best novels book But I then realized that this is not a best novels book it s best loved, which includes a whole bunch of shit along with the great stuff, because it s basically a popularity contest Even the author wishes she could include Mrs Dalloway as do I , but she wasn t allowed bywho The editors Must be a scary bunchAnyway, Nobody issurprised than me by my rating of this book At first, I was just angry that sh...UPDATE Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys don t appear here And for that reason alone, this book is highly suspect Besides, I haven t even heard of 22 of the authors, and I m a voracious reader, not that I m the arbiter of books people love BUT, there isn t a single statistic, data point anywhere, someone coulda pulled every book out of their a , or maybe they have a Mary Poppins magic traveling bag.ORIGINAL REVIEW Oh, where to start 1 John Updike s Rabbit Tetrology isn t here, consists of 4 UPDATE Nancy Drew and...The Book of Books had fabulous, in depth information about the 100 books on the Great American Read list Interspersed between the novel information pages are short sections about literary analysis I read with interest the section on the best first lines in literature, as well as the most compelling charactersScarlett O Hara is quite possibly the most famous female character in American historyAGREED There is also a great chart in the middle of the book that analyzes what genre The Book of Books had fabulous, in depth information about the 100 books on the Great American Read list Interspersed between the novel information pages are short sections about literary analysis I read with interest the section on the best first lines in literature, as well as the most compelling charactersScarlett O Hara is quite possibly the most famous female character in American historyAGREED There is also a great chart in the middle of the book that analyzes what genre categories you should read based on your favorites novels I have found this PBS project to be a wonderful testament to the power of books of all genresSo can black marks on a wh...The book is composed of the 100 best loved books in the United States The books are organized alphabetically, and has two pages dedicated to it The first page is primarily a cover photo of the book and an author portrait Some books have an extra little tidbit thrown in The second page is an overview of the book Some of these pages are rife with spoilers As an overall book compilation, it s okay There are extra informational pages on variou...One of the wildest arrays of books on a list you ll ever find The American Public Broadcasting System PBS gathered 80 English teachers and professors as well as 20 sheepherders from the hills of Kazakhastan, divided them into 2 groups of 50 The first group was told to pick their most favorite book they d like to cuddle with ever, the second group, the most absurd book they could think of, whether they ve ever read it or not And that s how they came up with America s best loved novels One of the wildest arrays of books on a list you ll ever find The American Public Broadcasting System PBS gathered 80 English teachers and professors as well as 20 sheepherders from the hills of Kazakhastan, divided them into 2 groups of 50 The first group was told to pick their most favorite book they d like to cuddle with ever, the second group, the most absurd book they could think of, whether they ve ever read it or not And that s how they came up with America s best loved novels Each author bo...

The Great American Read: The Book of Books: Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels
  • 19 October 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 288 pages
  • 0316417556
  • Jessica Allen
  • The Great American Read: The Book of Books: Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels