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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Publishers are convinced that readers want unsubstantial books for summer reading, but I’m not sure where that comes from. Sure, winter’s cloistered depths are a great time to read Kafka and Tolstoy, huddled under heavy blankets locked in cold rooms inside, but who says that warmer temperatures mean that we can’t use our brains?
Granted, [...]
Books on my nightstand…
Friday, June 6th, 2008The following books are on my nightstand, all currently being read. What can I say? I like to mix things up, depending on my mood:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Details of a Sunset and Other Stories by Vladimir Nabokov
Strong Opinions by Vladimir Nabokov
A+ Certification for Dummies (I might be the [...]
Who writes this stuff?
Friday, June 6th, 2008Yesterday our e-mail queues were assaulted by several e-mails which we believe to be pranks. Please see a sampling below and let us know if you have any clues about the perpetrator…
“i think you guys should have a mascot or something: BiblioMan. and he could visit classrooms and stuff, always fighting ignorance with [...]