{"id":36228,"date":"2018-08-30T10:14:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=36228"},"modified":"2018-08-30T10:14:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:14:53","slug":"join-uc-libraries-for-the-great-american-read-and-vote-for-your-favorite-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2018\/08\/join-uc-libraries-for-the-great-american-read-and-vote-for-your-favorite-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Join UC Libraries for \u201cThe Great American Read\u201d and Vote for Your Favorite Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-36231\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/TGAR-EventDates-UCweb.png\" alt=\"Join UC Libraries for \u201cThe Great American Read\u201d and Vote for Your Favorite Novel\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/TGAR-EventDates-UCweb.png 600w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/TGAR-EventDates-UCweb-141x141.png 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>The Color Purple<\/i>, <i>Harry Potter<\/i>, <i>Gone Girl<\/i> \u2013 is one of these your favorite novel? Did you enjoy or struggle reading <i>The Grapes of Wrath<\/i>, <i>War and Peace<\/i>\u00a0or <i>Heart of Darkness<\/i> when assigned for class? Did you sneak read <i>The Stand<\/i> or <i>Twilight<\/i> when your teacher wasn\u2019t looking? These favorite, or not-so-favorite, books are amongst the 100 best-loved novels up for consideration as \u201cThe Great American Read.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The University of Cincinnati Libraries and CET are partnering to host three screenings of \u201cThe Great American Read,\u201d 8-9 p.m., Tuesdays, Sept. 11 and 25 and Oct. 9 in the Digital Commons Space on the fourth floor of the Walter C. Langsam Library. The PBS series features some of the 100 best-loved novels with testimonials from celebrities, authors, notable Americans and book lovers across the country talking about their pick for \u201cThe Great American Read.\u201d Fresh popcorn and refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>The themes of the three screenings will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 11 &#8211; <b>The Great American Read Fall Kick-Off<\/b><br \/>\nJoin host Meredith Vieira in the search for America\u2019s best-loved novel.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 25 &#8211; <b>Heroes<\/b><br \/>\nTake a journey with some literary heroes to examine what makes them complex and relatable.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9 &#8211; <b>What We Do For love<\/b><br \/>\nFall in love all over again with some of literature&#8217;s most beautiful romances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RSVPs not required, but attendees are encouraged to mark &#8220;going&#8221; on the Facebook event: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/298457014220539\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/298457014220539\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t join us for the screenings? Visit \u201cThe Great American Read\u201d at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/the-great-american-read\/home\/\">http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/the-great-american-read\/home\/<\/a> to learn more and vote for your favorite novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Color Purple, Harry Potter, Gone Girl \u2013 is one of these your favorite novel? Did you enjoy or struggle reading The Grapes of Wrath, War and Peace\u00a0or Heart of Darkness when assigned for class? Did you sneak read The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2018\/08\/join-uc-libraries-for-the-great-american-read-and-vote-for-your-favorite-novel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,31,13],"tags":[641,814,11,1638],"class_list":["post-36228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-langsam-library","category-uc","category-uclibraries","tag-books","tag-events","tag-interesting","tag-partnerships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}