From the “errr, I don’t think so” mailbag comes this blurb from the Daily Star via Ananova which says, “The fantasy novels are a big turn-off for girls, warns a new survey by publishers Penguin, who say Potter and The Lord Of The Rings books are the worst reads to pack in your suitcase this summer.” [More]

Thanks to Rebecca for sending in the link!

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holbytla writes: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is on a new list compiled by the American Library Association of the most re-read fiction works (novels, plays an short stories). Other books on the list, which was not ranked, include:

• “The Color Purple”, Alice Walker
• The Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
• “Pride and Prejudice”, Jane Austen
• Shakepeare’s plays
• “The Great Gatsby”, F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee
• “Little House on the Prairie”, Laura Ingalls Wilder
• “A Christmas Carol”, Charles Dickens
• “Winnie the Pooh”, A.A. Milne

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• Return of the King
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Two Towers

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