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GreenStormCloud

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71. Everything fits into some genre or another.

Reply to theKed (Reply #64)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 06:03 PM

Jan 2013

I included some because they were pioneers in establishing a specific genre.

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Are you as well-read as a 10th grader? Take our quiz. [View all] steve2470 Jan 2013 OP

Interesting list of books... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #1

There is a trend to let kids read more narrative Non-fiction these days. FSogol Jan 2013 #9

I loved this book, both from a historical and an ecological prospective. N/T Big Blue Marble Jan 2013 #85

My Results: FSogol Jan 2013 #2

Same here. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #8

I got that too, despite never having heard of some of the books. yardwork Jan 2013 #27

Ditto. DreamGypsy Jan 2013 #50

same here, the shame ! :) nt steve2470 Jan 2013 #52

Same sakabatou Jan 2013 #83

That's the result I got. HappyMe Jan 2013 #88

yes I am but then I grew up in a house with tens of thousands of books cali Jan 2013 #3

True that.... AnneD Jan 2013 #79

My results: The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #4

That was me, too. I've read all the older stuff but not the newer non-fiction. Shrike47 Jan 2013 #26

I suspect that many of those books were written after I left high school and college wryter2000 Jan 2013 #68

Apparently not. Scuba Jan 2013 #5

My results: RebelOne Jan 2013 #6

Same here. I've read a lot of books, just not those... Mass Jan 2013 #7

Exactly n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #14

I'd read everything by dead white males sweetloukillbot Jan 2013 #16

I got the same result SouthernLiberal Jan 2013 #18

Same here. sdfernando Jan 2013 #59

Same here n/t wryter2000 Jan 2013 #70

Ditto drmeow Jan 2013 #81

My results ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #10

Yes mine as well... Agschmid Jan 2013 #17

Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #19

Love the book! Agschmid Jan 2013 #21

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #22

That's what I was wondering mcar Jan 2013 #33

I feel the same way! RiffRandell Jan 2013 #58

That's weird - I just got this video petronius Jan 2013 #11

Mixed bag. On the one hand, it depends on which state.... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #12

Banning "To Kill a Mockingbird" because it contains the "n" word is the absolute dumbest, Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #45

I don't know that it's been banned so much as taken off the reading list.... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #53

My results: Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #13

They say I am pretty well read, JitterbugPerfume Jan 2013 #15

I got bored with that quiz after 8 questions. CE5 Jan 2013 #20

I'd imagine your not well read then, huh? n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #38

I am. I just don't fall for gimmicky internet articles. CE5 Jan 2013 #46

Well... Agschmid Jan 2013 #49

is the list available in non-quiz form? Enrique Jan 2013 #23

I have no idea, sorry nt steve2470 Jan 2013 #24

Yes, it is. Link below: MineralMan Jan 2013 #61

thank you! Enrique Jan 2013 #86

Humbug! GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #25

I couldn't help but notice that your list has only one woman author on it. yardwork Jan 2013 #29

I don't choose books by the sex of the author. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #32

Broaden your horizons. You might like some of the works by women, too. yardwork Jan 2013 #34

I don't care what sex writes the book, only about the book itself. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #51

Toni Morrison was missing as well... Agschmid Jan 2013 #39

self delete wryter2000 Jan 2013 #74

I've read stuff by ALL of them. I feel so much better. Shrike47 Jan 2013 #30

Yeah, where's Hawthorne, & Dostoevski, & Dylan Thomas, & Yukio Mishima, & Stephen Crane & ... patrice Jan 2013 #42

Exactly. N/T GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #54

I mean, I can see them skipping Mark Twain, though he IS Great, because everyone reads Twain. patrice Jan 2013 #66

A lot of those theKed Jan 2013 #64

Everything fits into some genre or another. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #71

Oh I know theKed Jan 2013 #76

This is what I get for wasting my time with cheeseburger fiction: Xyzse Jan 2013 #28

What I've got... Scootaloo Jan 2013 #31

My results were fairly well read MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #43

My shelves are piled with tomes... Scootaloo Jan 2013 #48

checked all the questions but did not get a score of any sort. oh well nt msongs Jan 2013 #35

Uh, yeah, but there's an issue here: MineralMan Jan 2013 #36

Wow! For real? That's crazy! n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #41

Pretty funny, huh? MineralMan Jan 2013 #47

No. I am not as bored as a 10th grader. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #37

There were quite a few books MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #40

It's not a bad list, but it's heavy on late 20th century black history MineralMan Jan 2013 #44

Gave up on the quiz after 20 questions Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #55

That reminds me of this joke: FSogol Jan 2013 #57

You can see a complete list of Common Core "Text Exemplars" MineralMan Jan 2013 #56

The quiz isn't BS, it is showing how diverse modern English class has become. FSogol Jan 2013 #60

The implication by the CS Monitor is that students MineralMan Jan 2013 #63

Yep. It is bullshit, alright. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #62

It is only a list of examples of the quality of material MineralMan Jan 2013 #67

My brother tried to read drmeow Jan 2013 #82

Yeah- Didn't do too well on that WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #65

Meh, it says I'm sort of well read. I'd say I'm alternatively read. Xipe Totec Jan 2013 #69

I read more biographies and histories than novels, but here is my result: WI_DEM Jan 2013 #72

My results aristocles Jan 2013 #73

Got that too marions ghost Jan 2013 #91

I take umbrage with this idea that I would rather talk about sports WCGreen Jan 2013 #75

100% of what? Locrian Jan 2013 #77

And what about UncleYoder Jan 2013 #78

Core Standards... AnneD Jan 2013 #80

Where's Fifty Shades of Grey? llmart Jan 2013 #84

well thumbed, but in the trash marions ghost Jan 2013 #89

My results... cynatnite Jan 2013 #87

I'm pretty well read. LWolf Jan 2013 #90

internet slideslhow: worst information format in the history of ever Orrex Jan 2013 #92

No Walt Whitman, no Philip Roth, No Silivia Plath, No John Updike, No Leo Tolstoy? Drahthaardogs Jan 2013 #93