Lost Time

"Whenever there's a book that gets on camera, there's usually a purpose." - The Lost Book Club

"It's a show that really rewards continued viewing." - again, from The Lost Book Club, a special feature of the DVD collection of the third season

The past couple weeks, I've spent a lot of my spare time relaxing and watching the entire third season of the TV series Lost. During this time, I've been somewhat surprised to see my youngest son reading a number of books that I never would have predicted. I was intrigued to see him taking books to work and for reading on the bus, trying to figure out what the common thread might be.

But as I started watching the third season myself, it became apparent to me that he was joining The Lost Book Club, following along with the book covers that appeared, perhaps only for a second or two, during the third season.

Whatever the motivation, it's great to see a television series fostering enjoyment of reading.

The Lost Library (a partial list):

• Ann Rand's The Fountainhead


• Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz


• Stephen King's Carrie, The Stand


• Gary Troup's Bad Twin


• Richard Adam's Watership Down


• John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men


• Henry James's The Turn of the Screw


• Joseph Heller's Catch-22


• Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time


• Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time


• Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov


• Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman


• Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend


• Judy Bloom's Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret

A more complete list is available here.