{"id":108290,"date":"2003-03-27T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2003-03-27T15:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=108290"},"modified":"2015-10-18T11:12:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T15:12:39","slug":"oprahs-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=108290","title":{"rendered":"Oprah’s Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oprah’s Book Club is back, but this time she is going to recommend classics. Can I TELL you how much this thrills me? I wasn’t a big Oprah’s Book Club reader myself, because I always have a reading list a mile long, and pretty much follow my own path. However, I do not underestimate her contribution to the population, in terms of getting people to read. She has been an evangelist on the topic, and I always loved her for it. And her books, regardless of what the snobs of the world may think, were good solid novels, by new authors, focusing on topics which Oprah responded to. After all, it was her book club. I find that thrilling. In the same way that I find the spectacle of 9 year old kids reading Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire<\/em>, an 800 page book. There are certain adults who won’t read a book beyond 175 pages! So this is very exciting. I, too, am an evangelist on the benefit of reading. And not just reading for information … but reading for pleasure, as a pasttime, as a way to expand your mind.<\/p>\n

But now, Oprah is going to focus on the classics. Shakespeare, William Faulkner … Oh my God. So many people, as unbelievable as it is to me, have not read a Shakespeare play, have all kinds of opinions about “classic” books based on their own ignorance and fear. So if Oprah can get her viewers to start reading those books … now that would be revolutionary. <\/p>\n

Good for her! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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