Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Reviews! Retief: Emissary to the Stars: I read a set of Retief short stories by Keith Laumer. I borrowed them from Leonard in a hasty "find something to read on the BART" snap. They're rather …
The past few days, I've had great times hanging out with friends and celebrating my birthday. I've seen Zed, Adam, Seth, and Zack, among other people. Zed appreciated Leonard's and my suggestion that the Bible's …
Excerpt from No More Dead Dogs -- page five -- that sold me on reading the whole book:[Our hero hated a book that his English teacher forced the class to read. Our hero said so, …
I just heard The Cure for the first time earlier today. Neat! Like Belle and Sebastian meets Ben Folds with a dash of TMBG, I say, trying to analogize to the five musicians that I …
I haven't even finished 21 Dog Years yet -- even though it's less than 200 pages -- because I only read it during breaks at work. Still, I can wholeheartedly recommend it if only for …
Current reading: 21 Dog Years by Mike Daisey and The Chain of Chance by Stanislaw Lem. I'm not sure what the Lem is about yet. 21 Dog Years is a text version of a one-man …
Shill: I got to read an advance copy of a little book, Afterglow, a long interview with Pauline Kael conducted a bit before her death a year back. Good stuff. When it comes out, read …
I have to wash my hands every few hours when I work the register. I guess that's what happens when you handle filthy lucre. Primary reading, about fifty pages per day: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. …
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are." I should read Penny Arcade more often. I finished Nicole Krauss's Man Walks Into a Room. Good writing in general, if sometimes indulgent, and …
Anirvan stopped by the Cody's information desk today. I asked him: "Can I help you find a book?" He replied: "I think my bookfinding needs are pretty much taken care of, thanks." Funniest thing I'd …