Entries Tagged as 'Books'

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

#66: Don’t Die. Or Even Consider The Possibility of Dying.

During the three or four hours I spent last night at the emergency room (Don’t ask: You know I am forbidden by the Rules of Not Acting Old to talk about my health), I read a really great passage in a novel called In The Woods by Tana French that goes like this: “We think [...]

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

#42: Torch Your Books

If you don’t want to act old, you’ve got to stop reading. Everything except Harry Potter, of course. And whatever is this season’s DaVinci Code. And of course, my books. But studies show that reading books is in decline among people in all age groups, though most especially the young. Fiftyish women are the most [...]

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