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As the twilight of another year beckons, so share your reading lists and thoughts. My list (so far): 43. Vox by Nicholson Baker 42. Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 by Schulz 41. The US-Mexican War by Christensen 40. Heidegger's Being and Time by William Large 39. East, West by Salman...

A book has to be unimaginably putrid for me to put it down. I've read through some real stinkers due to bulwark tolerance. Don't let it happen to you.

Good stuff is being written in the USA, no doubt, but the culture doesn't really provide support for "literature," per se. What Europe does have over the US is a sense of literature as a part of society and culture (and this can get snobby). For example, some years ago a French newscast out of...

Heh... The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember

I was not a great reader in high school, mostly because I had this "attitude" against the whole thing (translate: youth). College changed everything. Nonetheless, I do remember some high school reading: Camus, The Stranger Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter...

You can also "publish" your book on a website and hope someone finds you. This has happened to more than a few now published authors (probably not so true with fiction, though).

Happy Canada Thanksgiving!!! Whooo Hoooooo!!!!! :D

Uhhhhhh... I'm still recovering from the debate hangover... who won...

To enjoy reading, you don't have to understand every word or sentence down to the phoneme. In fact, doing so can actually throw you into a regressive vortex of meaning. That seems to be where you're at. If you really want to understand and enjoy a book then read it twice. Once for the gist and...

So he not only won the "The Booker," but "The Booker of Bookers" AND "The Booker of Bookers of Booker of Bookers." Whoa.

I use paper maps also, but if a cheap and easy GPS were to come out I'd give it a try. I also recently took the iPod plunge. Disbelief has followed me ever since. I love it and cannot imagine going back to CDs, records, tapes, 8-tracks, or whatever other medium the industry tries to toss our...

I had a decent reading month in June: 1. The Pursuit of Attention by Derber 2. Imaginary Homelands by Rushdie 3. How to Move To Canada by Kreuzer 4. Berkeley by Berman 5. The Overspent American by Schor 6. Pascal by Rogers

I have no idea (I didn't start keeping track until recently) but it's at least 300. But the number of books isn't as important as the quality or the experience of the reading. Some people consider "reading" merely scanning the pages of a book. You ask them about it 10 minutes later and they can...

Hmmm... I doubt VHS will make a comeback... :D ...at least I hope not...

I will always prefer paper over microscopic diodes, chips and LEDs.

"This book could not have been written without the generous help of several dozen people." Thrilling.

I've read Midnight's Children and loved it. It's not an easy nor leisurely read, and those not familiar with India or Pakistan may struggle in places. Nonetheless, a very worthwhile read. And, yes, very likely it will win out by the law of induction alone.

Books printed on modern paper stock are not eternal. The books we have from 200 years ago persevere largely because they were printed on animal parchment or more robust materials. I'd hate to see a typical rag stock Penguin Classics book in 200 years. Like 1950s Barbies, they won't look too...

I also highly recommend "Reading Literature like a Professor." Very informative and enjoyable.

Reading doesn't warp my mind as much as TV. Unless I read movie novelizations. Those leave my mind in a state of abject goop.