Steve McCurry posts some beautiful pictures of people reading from all over the world. The long list for the 2012 Man Booker Prize is announced, featuring “goodness, madness, and bewildering urban change.” This article from Rolling Stone on climate change is blowing up. NPR asks us to vote for our favorite young adult novels, choosing 10 from their list of 235. My votes:
- The Call of the Wild, Jack London
- The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
- Dune, Frank Herbert
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
- Harry Potter (series), J.K. Rowling
- His Dark Materials (series), Philip Pullman
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (series), Douglas Adams
- Lord of the Flies, William Golding
- The Lord of the Rings (series), J.R.R. Tolkein
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The absence of Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quartet is a travesty. Easily in my top 5. What else got left out?
