Here’s an interesting guide to reading: Books That Make You Dumb. Virgil Griffith has made a graph of based on the 10 most popular books listed for Facebook at certain universities. The basic equation that he uses is Books <=> Colleges <=> Average SAT Scores. Much of this is predictable: For instance, Lolita, 100 Years…
One of my favorite pastimes is reading hilarious reviews of bad products, and one of the best I’ve come across in a long time is this review of the tenth book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. This is especially classic: Part of what really makes Mr. Jordan’s worlds so unique are the wonderful…
Last night, my wife and I decided to take advantage of the unusually warm weather by visiting Myopic Books in Chicago’s Wicker Park, a favorite haunt for both of us in the wild days before our marriage. (We had originally started in the direction of nearby Quimby’s, but, finding it empty, we made our way to the old standby.)…
Leif Johnson 