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What about “The New Classics”?

The recent post about books I wished I’d read reminded me of something that gained a bit of attention during the summer. As you may have heard, Entertainment Weekly came up with The EW 1000, a list of the “1000 best movies, TV shows, albums, books, and more of the past 25 years.” I have […]

Open Letter becomes my foreign travel agent

Just because I this week listed a number of new books in which I was interested and said I was going to add “classics” to my book diet doesn’t mean I shouldn’t make sure I have a reliable supply of other books. Thus, to ensure a steady source for my foreign literature appetite, I also […]

Five I really should read some day

Prompted by a post at the WaPo book blog, I started wondering what would be on my list of five books I really should read. At first, I thought the original post was a little strong in saying not having read the books was embarrassing. Now I’m not so sure.

Here’s the five I decided […]

September bibliolust

Prompted by similar posts I’ve seen at other blogs, this is the inaugural edition of what I hope to be a regular monthly series (or perhaps more frequent). It is basically a list and brief description of recently released and forthcoming books that have attracted my attention. So, here’s a summary of the books I’m […]