i would read as much jane austen as possible, which means everything she wrote except maybe with north and gravity. but jane austen needs to be read and what is so wonderful about austin is the fact that there are marvelous movies on her novels. absolutely marvelous and there is nothing wrong with movies and if you want sentences ability or pride and prejudice, do it about 150 times. that is what we did at our house. you will be trained to love only a great movie. as you will be trained only to love a great novel. that is, it will form a new a distaste for what is voelker, cheap and thoughtless. and the bulger and the chief and the thoughtless is what rules us now that is of the condition of those who are moving from extreme democracy anto tyranny. and on that happy note, i leave you. [applause] >> it's a great privilegeo be able to talk to the next generation of conservatives about what books to read. i am echoing to actually give you a list, partly because this book, "the politically incorrect guide to english and american literature," is essentially full of reading less. eight of th

from jane austen to modern titles like "harry potter." >> i think when you read you can live so manylives than just your own.@+i ♪ >> reporter: and she could be changing a lot of lives by getting her fans to read books. for "teen kids news," i'm siena. >>> that's a wrap for this edition of "teen kids news." >> thanks for watching, and have www.vitac.com announcer: every child needs good nutrition and physical activity. atta boy, pinocch. visit mypyramid.gov to learn more.

i think i thought i wouldrow up to the jane austen but that did not work biden said -- instead i became lois lane. i always had a formula which was very operative in the newsroom of all persuasion. especially the internet news room and it was four for them and one for me i would do for stories which ty assigned to me and the fifth was t one that i really cared passionately and deeply and it was always about the underdog, stvationshining a light on the injustice, that is the part that keeps us going and that is the fuel r all of us that we're always looking for the other side. that is why it will not go away. too quickly answer the future of journalism questio there a future. ma not a healthy futur at thisomento comment journalism is fi maybe not as well but we are in a state of evolution and things are changing. we are kindf like the darman features coming out of the sea trying to decide if we will ha legs are wings or beaks or heads. or maybe all of them at once which is charming. it would bnice if we could have a crystal ball priction. i really do believe community journasm will not g

they say i don't read a romance, but his books are is witty as jane austen and similar tohem, d it is a shame to dismi such bks without really havg tbied them, so the point of this book, "classics for pleasure" is to eourage people to try different kind of classics because i think there's a lot of pleasureo be had from those. >> you been a writer at "the washington post" book world for nearly 30 years,nd you have for prior books about reading. when did you, wha was your reading habits as a kid? >> guest: well, my motr taught m to read before i was in kindergarten t they came from a very working-class steel town. my parents were not readers. my parents, my father was a steelworker and i grew older, i read more and more. he would get occasionally annoyed by this and would order me down to the basement to build something or outside to play. was not qui sure he liked his only so becoming such a boish sort. so they have mixed feelings about it but the more he what sort of critical of my reading, the more you want to do it. with your parents don't like it must be cool so i did more and more