Twenty-five Books That Shaped America: How White Whales, Green Lights, and Restless Spirits Forged Our National Identity | 
Post 2/2 - here‘s the rest of Foster‘s list, for anybody interested. I‘ve read a few, have a few more on my shelves to read eventually, added a few to my to-get list, and a few I have zero interest in reading.
pickPost 1/2 - Foster, of How to Read Literature Like a Professor fame, explains the importance of 25 books (plus a few rapid-fire at the end) to American identity - not just American literature. Interesting, if not the best book about books I‘ve ever read.
Okay, now I have to get out TKM and check, because I‘m pretty sure it‘s not a Halloween party. Isn‘t there some sort of pageant at Scout‘s school they‘re coming from? Not to say she wouldn‘t have chosen a ham costume for Halloween, but I don‘t think it‘s the case. I could be wrong.
“Any book that can outrage so many people can‘t be all bad.”
The book in question is The Grapes of Wrath, for the record.
Bookworm problems: I started The Farthest-Away Mountain this morning and am already more than halfway through it. I‘d planned to read the tagged book a chapter-a-day but hadn‘t started it yet, so I grabbed it to take along to my doctor‘s appointment. Well, an hour later I‘m still waiting, have read intro and first two chapters and don‘t really want to read more and didn‘t bring anything else! 😩
Fantastic read for American Literature teachers!
Well looks like my TBR just got longer.
pickWhile not as compelling as his first work, this is an interesting history of how literature leaves its imprint on history.
