false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178681770m/821708.jpg 821708 2 A selection of the best writing, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and comics, published in American periodicals during 2006 aimed at readers 15 and up. 2845176 10 10 2007 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 total:1120|5:222|4:548|3:300|2:46|1:4| 1120 4298 1832 219 4 4 false false Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 10:44:32 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 11:15:19 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 5 6 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 21:25:40 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 21:26:28 -0700 2007 4 2 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 07:33:20 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 18:36:55 -0800 2008
Favorite quote, for it's ability to make me laugh out loud. "If Barry Bonds were a vegetable, he'd be the biggest, reddest juiciest tomato that ever made your daughter bleed before her time." by Lee Klein. I ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 22 21:41:49 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 07 22:18:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 11:34:06 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 16:01:58 -0700 2008
Essays I love...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 10:18:35 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 10:32:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 28 01:41:50 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 26 13:56:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 11 08:48:33 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 10 11:52:42 -0700 2008
I loved the endearingly silly opening section, a collection of "top ten" lists culled from online and print zines, ranging from the best names for racehorses to the best headlines from trad...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 11:10:10 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 08:59:29 -0700 2008 Best American Nonrequired Reading is interesting: take a group of bright high school students, have them read everything published during the year, and let them decide what is to be included in the book. Essays, short stories, non-fiction articles, comics - as long as it can fit in...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 06:00:35 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 06:09:41 -0700 2008 also, eggers said they try not...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 08:53:37 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 11:37:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Feb 06 19:02:16 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 19:38:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 17 20:33:53 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 20:34:20 -0800 2008
I really liked the collection of information that these kids collected: new words in 2007, best first sentences of 2007, most interesting titles, etc. It was fun to...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 15:11:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 23:12:43 -0700 2009 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 avoids both these pitfalls with a stro...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 26 20:35:25 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 08 20:45:45 -0800 2009
There are so many st...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 15 22:10:34 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 04 08:46:19 -0700 2009 years, BANRR was not that bad! That alone is enough to merit three stars, since as you might recall the 2006 edition took me literally about six months to slog through. In spite of the insufferable Dave Eggers' continued insistence on letting pretentious San Francisco high scho...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 09:48:53 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 10:59:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat May 17 08:33:43 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 08:00:36 -0700 2008
The best bits? The opening...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 11 05:36:16 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 08:30:26 -0800 2008 Recommended for times when you can't decide between fiction and non, laughing and wincing, bbq and honey mustard. The choices aren't all that different, but they're just different enough. Most of the pieces made me pa...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 30 12:33:14 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 12:33:14 -0800 2007
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