December 2008
36 posts
“Print book lovers are not the only ones who are turning to e-books. People like...”
– I get that downloading is faster than waiting for the book to be shipped, but how does that make for more time to read?
Letters - Does the E-Book Have a Promising Future? - NYTimes.com
““This book helped me create my identity,” said Naina Syed, 14, a high school...”
– The power of the right book in the right hands.
Young Muslims Build a Subculture on an Underground Book - NYTimes.com
“Thank you, 2008, for initiating the chronic threat of job loss. It was a great...”
– Lauren Fry
2008 by The Writers - The Morning News
“Every life, Epifanio said that night to Lalo Cura, no matter how happy it is,...”
– Roberto Bolano, 2666
“We’re subsidizing the least healthy calories in the supermarket — high fructose...”
– Michael Pollan for Secretary of Food, a position that ought to exist, but doesn’t.
Op-Ed Columnist - Obama’s ‘Secretary of Food’? - NYTimes.com
Sometimes I’m intimidated by a new notebook.
“One night, while the kid was scanning the shelves, Amalfitano asked him what...”
– Roberto Bolano, 2666
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Life-Changing
The term gets thrown around a lot with regard to book recommendations, but how often do we really mean it? When was the last time you read a book and changed something about your life because of it?
I can think of only one book to have anything like that kind of effect on me: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. In a matter of weeks, it changed how I thought about food, eating,...
“As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a...”
– James Gleick - How to Publish Without Perishing - NYTimes.com
