This entry starts with a reposting of a comment I made on the entry titled “Theft!” It’s in response to a joking comment made by my youngest sister, who has been visiting with us this weekend. (What a joy….more to come on that!)
“Sniff!??? And, do you not qualify as a “Baby Boomer,” too?
What’s really eating you is that YOU are the teacher of English and Literature in our family, and as such, you feel that you should have by-passed me on this, as you do in SO many other things! *G* I think I just had the benefit of schooling in a different high school, and I have a few years on ya.
I’ve printed a copy of the list and checked seventeen books that I will begin to add to my book orders, to expand my reading. And this morning, the editor of the crossword puzzle blog that I visit suggested a book by Amos Oz: “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” which I might look into.
Heck…this is turning into an entire entry, so I’ll just go post.”
Frankie and I chatted (very briefly) about the list of books in the last entry. She’s right in that it is not a definitive list of literature from the past several hundred years. I have no idea how this particular list came to be. I’ve seen others like it, or perhaps even this list in past years, and just accepted it as a list of suggestions gathered on someone’s blog. I know the American Film Institute has lists of the 100 best movies, or the 100 best dramas, or the 100 best comedies, and so forth. I wonder if there is a site that gives a similar compilation for literature?
As Frankie pointed out, there are genres which are not adequately represented here, but a “Personal Favorites” meme would not be concerned with that issue. I was astonished to find any science fiction, and that classic children’s stories were on the list.
We both, Frankie and I, need to learn more about “memes,” from how the word is pronounced, to a definition of the term, to how one gets started and passed around. Can anyone fill us in?