{"id":32816,"date":"2018-06-04T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=32816"},"modified":"2018-06-01T11:36:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:36:02","slug":"the-great-american-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-great-american-read\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great American Read"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>What is your favorite book of all time? If a cross-section of Americans voted on their favorite book and made a list of the top 100, would\u00a0your\u00a0favorite\u00a0make the list?\u00a0Time to find out!<\/p>\n

PBS has launched a program called The Great\u00a0American Read which producers say is “designed to spark a national conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved, and shaped us.”\u00a0 The first of eight episodes aired on\u00a0May 22, 2018.\u00a0 It\u00a0featured some famous people like George R.R. Martin, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Venus Williams, Wil Wheaton, Chelsea Clinton, and Jenna Bush Hager\u00a0and\u00a0Barbara Bush\u00a0sharing what they love about their personal favorites –\u00a0The Lord of the Rings, Gulliver’s Travels, The Chronicles of Narnia, Dune, Where the Red Fern Grows<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Book Thief,<\/em>respectively.\u00a0If you missed it – don’t worry.\u00a0You can watch\u00a0it\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The final episode is scheduled to air some time in October 2018, according to the show’s official website<\/a><\/strong>. Until that time, Americans are encouraged to go online and vote<\/a><\/strong> for their favorite book. One vote per day is allowed.<\/p>\n

If you are curious about how many books from the list you’ve read, download the checklist<\/a><\/strong> and start counting! (I’m at 23 so far.) My personal favorite is To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> by Harper Lee. I first read it in 9th grade English class and have loved it ever since. If you, like me, are eager to check more titles off that list, be sure to look for the displays we have at each of our three locations where you can easily find and check one out.<\/p>\n

As the show’s host Meredith Viera says, “The Great American Read is happening all across the country, all summer long. So invite your friends to share in the celebration!” I urge you to post a comment to tell us which book is your favorite of all time. We at the library are curious to see how\u00a0QCA voters will compare to the nation as a whole\u00a0when\u00a0the book with the most votes is\u00a0revealed later this fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is your favorite book of all time? If a cross-section of Americans voted on their favorite book and made a list of the top 100, would\u00a0your\u00a0favorite\u00a0make the list?\u00a0Time to find out! PBS has launched a program called The Great\u00a0American Read which producers say is “designed to spark a national[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,15,1,8],"tags":[1777,4556,2831],"class_list":["post-32816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-library-displays","category-reference","category-staff-picks","tag-pbs","tag-the-great-american-read","tag-to-kill-a-mockingbird"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-8xi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32816"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32849,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32816\/revisions\/32849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}