Friday, July 23, 2010

Don't Take My Word For It

I have many bad habits--nail biting, nose picking, uncontrollable homicidal tendencies--but none worse than my compulsive need to recommend books to other people. It leads to exchanges like this...

Bereaved: My mother just died.
Me: May I suggest Camus' The Stranger?

Which is why this article, on "The fine art of recommending books," is so useful. I recommend you read it. I also recommend any book by Jon Krakauer, but that's neither here nor there.

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