Without Pizza Hut’s Book-It program, you’d probably be functionally illiterate.
– this is probably more true than most of us realize
Without Pizza Hut’s Book-It program, you’d probably be functionally illiterate.
– this is probably more true than most of us realize
You’re an idiot if you’re not gonna read everything you can get your hands on.
books to read
i have quite a few in the hopper but i also have a feeling i’ll forget and pick up something completely random. so, mostly to remind myself and stay on track, here’s what needs to be read coming up:
- super sad true love story (almost done)
- blood, bones and butter (need to finish. yes, i read two books at a time)
- catcher in the rye (for the first time!)
- instant love (because i met Jami last month and she seemed lovely)
- a visit from the goon squad
- metropolitan life (learning to be more like Fran)
what else should be on this list? what are you reading?
I don’t really use anything to survive. I don’t seek information or guidance from media. I don’t read magazines, go to websites, listen to podcasts, and I barely watch TV or movies. I read newspapers out of habit, but even then it’s mostly, as I’ve stated, for the sports pages and the pictures of pretty girls. I guess I could live without newspapers, but as a bachelor who eats almost all of his meals alone, a newspaper is a boon companion. So is a paperback novel, but I tend to prefer to read newspapers while eating and I save novels for soothing my mind for sleep, putting a dream of fiction into my brain before it shuts its meaningless self down for the night.
(via The Atlantic Wire)
via @newyorker: Inside Amazon’s Best-Read Cities
1. Cambridge, Mass.
2. Alexandria, Va.
3. Berkeley, Calif.
4. Ann Arbor, Mich.
5. Boulder, Colo.
6. Miami, Fla.
7. Salt Lake City, Utah
8. Gainesville, Fla.
9. Seattle, Wash.
10. Arlington, Va.
11. Knoxville, Tenn.
12. Orlando, Fla.
13. Pittsburgh, Pa.
14. Washington, D.C.
15. Bellevue, Wash.
16. Columbia, S.C.
17. St. Louis, Mo.
18. Cincinnati, Oh.
19. Portland, Ore.
20. Atlanta, Ga.
does this actually mean they’re more literate (read: smarter)? or perhaps these towns simply just order more of their reading from amazon.
please also notice the majority of these are college towns, heavily-populated with kids who order their textbooks on the cheap from the internet. an interesting thought
