Can anything good come out of New York City? Well, yes. Fuse #8 has two lists (and you know how I love book lists): The 25 Best American Picture Books Written in the Last 25 Years and The 25 Best American Children’s Fiction Books Written in the Last 25 Years. At the risk of sounding like a snob, I must ask one question. Captain Underpants???? The rest of the “blogger-compiled, librarian-enthused,” list is much better than the superhero-in-underwear book.

Becky at Farm School lists some dangerous, and handy, books for boys. See, I’m not opposed to guns and knives and explosive devices in books for boys. I just don’t like books about heroes in underwear.

Jared’s new favorite novel. I tried a Graham Greene novel once. I didn’t like it. I was probably too young for it. I must try again.

The Common Room has the Brothers Judd’s list of the 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. I may copy the list over here sometime and go through it, but in the meantime check it out over there if you’re interested in that sort of thing.