Category Archives: Book Talk

List of Lists

Reed’s Next Reed points us to the NY Times’ 100 Most Notable Books of 2007.

It’s a mammoth list that makes me feel very much so out of the loop. There are too many on that list that I have never heard of! So I started poking around and found a few more lists:

The Telegraph
The Times

The Guardian

I guess it’s always fun to see what the “pros” are saying around the world, but I find a lot more enjoyable lists when seeing what’s hot on LibraryThing and BookMooch…  and blogs! Let me know if you compile your own “Best of 2007” book reading list. I’d like to check out your list!

Just in time…

Now that Summer is half over and school starts in just two weeks… Birmingham’s local Black and White city paper has released its Summer Reading issue.

Better get cramming!

Just a big ‘ol mob scene

I drove around town a little this evening taking in all the Potter Pandemonium. I’m always amazed at how many people come out for these releases. But I was no where near as excited as Line # 72 (pictured below) at Barnes and Noble at the Summit.

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He came walking out of that store whooping it up like he’d just won the lottery. And what was funny was…

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Reading 5 books a day

According to this cool article/interview, Amazon’s most prolific customer reviewer has posted 12,000 reviews in 7 years. That’s unbelievable and a lot of folks in the industry have been taking note. Though an English professor interviewed for the article admits that she has, on occassion, read 5 books in a day!

I don’t think I can drink enough coffee to get me to that pace.