I was just talking about with with the 6 yr old the other day. We both agreed we had no idea why people didn't want to read. I wonder if a lot of it is that people have no idea of the variety of stuff available. Good grief, there're even books on NASCAR (Go figure.) The guy with the pool probably just hasn't got the imagination to know how to pick a book he might actually like, and has never been in a "real" book store long enough to find a bookseller good at recommendations.
My reading stats are skewed high by the 3-4 bks/wk for PW. The two big new Einstein bios (Isaacson, Neffe) are definitely worth a read. I was fortunate enough to get a galley of Jo Walton's forthcoming Ha'penny (sequel to Farthing), which was Great. There were a couple of good books on pirates whose titles I can't remember right now... I have The Mirador by Sarah Monette, Joe Haldeman's The Accidental Time Machine, and Emma Bull's Territory sitting on in a priority spot on my TBR shelf, and I'm having a blast with Spook Country right now, though I'll have to re-read it again when the urchin is back in school; that one does't taste as good read in short, short bits.
Oh, and stepping across to mysteries, I have the new Janet Evanovich/"Stephanie Plum" book on loan from the library, and I ate nearly all the Martha Grimes "Inspector Jury" books this summer, and can't wait to reread them, too.
How do people live without reading--and interlibrary loan) ???
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Date: 2007-08-30 12:42 pm (UTC)My reading stats are skewed high by the 3-4 bks/wk for PW. The two big new Einstein bios (Isaacson, Neffe) are definitely worth a read. I was fortunate enough to get a galley of Jo Walton's forthcoming Ha'penny (sequel to Farthing), which was Great. There were a couple of good books on pirates whose titles I can't remember right now... I have The Mirador by Sarah Monette, Joe Haldeman's The Accidental Time Machine, and Emma Bull's Territory sitting on in a priority spot on my TBR shelf, and I'm having a blast with Spook Country right now, though I'll have to re-read it again when the urchin is back in school; that one does't taste as good read in short, short bits.
Oh, and stepping across to mysteries, I have the new Janet Evanovich/"Stephanie Plum" book on loan from the library, and I ate nearly all the Martha Grimes "Inspector Jury" books this summer, and can't wait to reread them, too.
How do people live without reading--and interlibrary loan) ???