Reading Rainbow Part Deux

I have been brought to task and must give credit where credit is due.

While Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" has definitely gotten a whole new bunch of adults excited about reading, Oprah Winfrey and her book club accomplished this task much earlier.

While I may not always love her choices, Oprah has encouraged the average American housewife to turn off "The Young and the Restless" and crack open something with words. And on occasion, she'll even choose something well written (like "The Corrections"...despite the hubbub that followed)

However, I would like to point out that the DVC managed to get men reading as well, not just housewives. And although the occasional manly man might have found himself reading something from Oprah's booklist, I think we'd be hard pressed to find any who'd admit to it.