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The mirage of “best” books lists

As has been evident recently, I get a kick out of lists of books perceived to have been the “best” or “greatest” of a particular time period, genre or overall. Yet over the weekend, I was again struck by something I’d pondered a while ago. Specifically, a “best” list is a mirage to a certain […]

Weekend Edition: 8-8

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Welcome Prairie Home Dysfunction to the SD blogosphere. Jeffrey, what took you so long?

Blog Headline of the Week

Mass Hysteria As Twitter and Facebook Slowdowns Cause People to Have to Talk to Other Real People!

Bookish Linkage

“The Lost Art of Reading” speaks to many of us in today’s modern society — […]

Friday Follies 1.9

Layoffs and pay cuts at law firms are one thing but “ratcheting up the cost of my soda by 150% is where I draw the line!”

You’ll be happy to know Korean restaurants (as in restaurants actually in Korea) will no longer be able to reuse food — although there are some exceptions.

Those in […]

A “white-washed” book cover gets replaced

You may recall last week’s post about a so-called “white-washed” book cover. It stemmed from a forthcoming YA novel whose main character is “black with nappy hair which she wears natural and short” but whose cover pictured a Caucasian girl with long straight hair. Common sense has prevailed.

At left is the new cover. Author […]

Booking Through Thursday: Recently serious

What’s the most serious book you’ve read recently?

Again, I’m too picky with words as my response depends on the definition of “serious.”

I consider the just-reviewed The Challenge a serious book because it deals with serious issues. If the term is meant in a more cerebral context, then it would probably be […]