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The goodness of the unread books currently in the house is almost unbearable

We went on one of our sprees last night. In other words, we had spent so much on used and remaindered books at Harvard Bookstore that we hit 20% discount time. We knew that going in: spree time involves a combination of careful planning (the need to have lists of “check for” titles ready) and [...]


It would be cool if there was a Tomorrowland library

I posted a couple of photography book reviews tonight. But because I have separate book review blog, they don’t “count” for NaBloPoMo.
You’ve probably already guessed that I’m telling you about that now because the telling you about it here part does count for NaBloPoMo. I feel like this is sort of, but not really, [...]


Smugness, anticipation, and procrastination

Nick Hornby writes a column for The Believer where he lists the books he buys and the books he reads every month. (If you are a book person, you’ll understand how this isn’t the exact same list.) I don’t actually read Hornby’s column: Lisa tells me about it, and reads me the really good bits. [...]


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