Shout out to that feeling you get when your child... - MoTO #TeamMonique

Of course I'm old and out of touch. But I've picked up a couple of things along the way. #dammit - MoTO #TeamMonique

Does she like them when she does read them? I'm still recovering from my niece's declaration that To Kill A Mockingbird is the stupidest book she's ever read. - Katy S

so far, yes Edit: let me qualify that. I would say "mostly"... there have been one or two (the titles escape me) that she has abandoned because (I think) there was just too much exposition and/or the writing was too formal. - MoTO #TeamMonique

That's good. I've decided to be happy that my niece reads, since her mother (my sister) does not. Her dad really doesn't, either. - Katy S

So, which books are on the list? - Katy S

Can't recall them all but "Out of The Silent Planet" and "Pride and Prejudice" were two of them. - MoTO #TeamMonique

#ooh and "Invisible Man" I think - MoTO #TeamMonique

"The Grapes of Wrath" scenes still haunt me to this day in certain images I see. The last time I read this was in HS and I would venture to say in 10th grade. My fuzzy math says 37 years ago. Books are powerful! - Janet:#TeamMonique

I love Invisible Man. I need to reread it sometime soon. It sounds like her school has much more impressive reading lists than the one I attended had. This is good. - Katy S

I always got a deep sense of satisfaction and joy when one of my kids would read a book that read (and loved) at their age, and then told me they thought it was a good book too! Actually, I still do to this day, even though they're young adults. I guess it validates one's own perspective when your children feel the same way about things (certain things, anyway. I understand if they don't find Helen Mirren as sexy as I do.) - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

I am so grateful for the books I had to read in English. Opened up so much more of the literary world to me. - Headless Gnad Kicker

Our niece (12) was able to find 4 of her summer reading books from my parents house (grandma) still on the shelves from our childhoods. - Surprisingly Monstrous