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   Here we go. . .books   
      
   100 years ago, in 1921 (save you doing the math; I'm cool like that)   
      
   The number one book, per Goodreads, was:   
   The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, #1-8)   
   L.M. Montgomery   
      
   I have read none of these, nor seesn any episode of the TV series, apparently   
   about a    
   loveable redheaded moppet living in Prince Edward Island, in Atlantic Canada.   
      
   Now, 50 years ago (1971--you're welcome!), per Goodreads:   
      
   Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas   
   Hunter S. Thompson   
      
   Have not read it, but after reading the blurb/description on Goodreads, I   
   marked it on    
   my to read list. . .   
      
   Have you read the above books at all, or authors?   
      
   Name a couple of your favorite old books; Google "number one book in 19xx   
   goodreads"    
   to get thetop book for your birth yreasr & post it here -- let's see who's   
   resd what. .    
      
   My 1967 book was:   
      
   The Outsiders   
   S.E. Hinton   
      
   This one I did read, as madatory grade 5 reading in 1977.   
      
   I'm still PO'ed that I was not given "Animal Farm" to read at all in my school   
   years.   
      
   Well, they might've had it in grade 9-12; I graduated after 8th grade was half   
   done.   
      
   (yup 13 years old & done with High School -- they had nothing to teach me, so   
   I taught    
   them  instead & teachers HATE that!   
      
   I didn't read any others by S.E. Hinton. I think I classified the novel as   
   "adequate" but    
   nmot worth chasing others by the author (some books, I read 1 or 2, then I   
   hunt down    
   & read the author's entire oeuvre -- I love that!)   
      
   Tell me of your interest, ifg any, in classic(20+- years old) or even   
   classical(branded as    
   such by most libraries & schools, like "War & Peace") reading.   
      
   I read one classical novel; "The Naked & tthe Dead" in 1979(grade 7) as I was   
   told to    
   write a book report on any novel I wanted from the school library, so I went   
   down the    
   stacks & picked the thickest book they had & it was Norman Mailer's WW2   
   classic.   
      
   Most of the topics were a bit heady for me, but an interesting read. The   
   protagonist sure    
   liked to say "fug" a lot is my main memory! :D   
      
   Haven't been tempted to seek out other Mailer works.   
      
   Let's TALK memories, people!   
      
   one way posts aren't what Fidonet was intended for -- you're thinking   
   newsgroups.   
      
   Always recall: if you can see it & hit reply, you're allowed to join the(any)   
   convo. . .   
      
   These are public forums let's bring some life back into them; come on, fellow   
   creaking    
   nerds. . .   
       
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