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A review by debz57a52
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015 by 826 National, Adam Johnson
4.0
When I first heard that these Nonrequired Reading compilations were determined by the 826 Valencia students, I was immediately intrigued, and I've bought several of the collections (or asked for them for Christmas) for the last decade.
This 2015 edition is the one I've read the most from, ever. I don't know if my reading interests are briefer, as the rest of my life is chaotic and I don't have a lot of extra bandwidth to read a long novel, but these selections were also just really good.
I was pulled in with Wells Tower's account about elephant shooting, held there with the excerpt from 780 Days of Solitude (which I had read about), laughed and cried during "The Christmas Miracle," told other people about the interesting results of "Wear Areas" (and want to construct my own), get sympathy for "Isaac Cameron Hill," added Brown's graphic novel about Andre the Giant to my to-read list, and sat on the edge of my seat while reading "Fear Itself."
I admit I tried but turned out skipping a few of the excerpts, for various reasons. But overall, really liked the compilation and look forward to reading the 2016 edition.
This 2015 edition is the one I've read the most from, ever. I don't know if my reading interests are briefer, as the rest of my life is chaotic and I don't have a lot of extra bandwidth to read a long novel, but these selections were also just really good.
I was pulled in with Wells Tower's account about elephant shooting, held there with the excerpt from 780 Days of Solitude (which I had read about), laughed and cried during "The Christmas Miracle," told other people about the interesting results of "Wear Areas" (and want to construct my own), get sympathy for "Isaac Cameron Hill," added Brown's graphic novel about Andre the Giant to my to-read list, and sat on the edge of my seat while reading "Fear Itself."
I admit I tried but turned out skipping a few of the excerpts, for various reasons. But overall, really liked the compilation and look forward to reading the 2016 edition.