Reading this Week
It's a nice Tuesday morning, and my summer here(I am done grading papers and have posted grades), I am ready to blog, read, and write. I have made Tuesday my official library day (because that's when the two Sacramento libraries in my neighborhood open for the week and I get to see what new stuff they have, what books are on sale in the Friends of Sacramento Library store, etc). Of course, I go to the library on other days too, but Tuesday has become important as it is also the day of premiers of books, magazines, videos, and CDs at places like Barnes and Noble and Borders. It's time to read all the books that have accumulated throughout the academic year, and as I look at them, it's hard to decide which one to start with. I was going to start with How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom, but realized I have been reading parts of it throughout the year (it's a good starting point if you want to do informed reading, biased, of course, to Bloom's taste, but if you kn...