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London bookstores have named the most popular ones around the world
I’m a bit suspicious of the methodology here (allowing LLMS troll trip-dare reviews), but both timeouts and I get it: Daunt Books Marylebone might be the most romantic version of the bookstore. With a charming, quirky old building on a gill-packed, winding, bustling, Plato-walking (read: really expensive) street, this bookstore is ready to browse much of a weekend afternoon. I was there a few summers ago and I like a little more edge in my bookstore, but I leaned over the balcony in the back and said, “Yeah, it’s there.”
Lifetime Reading Plan
Ted Gioia, as I once said on the internet, is a goal. He has built his next/community/professional life to get him to do what he wants and how he wants it. It is no surprise that his curiosity and drive is not new, and that the product of decades of hard work and cultivation is not new. This essay on his lifelong reading plan is as inspiring as it is daunting.
View inside the slash pile
I don’t want to ruin Laura McGrath’s data points… Let’s call it a calm analysis of the very long probability discovered from the Slush Pile. I was hoping for the possibility of being in danger, but my brows weren’t prepared for the sudden elevation changes that occurred several times here. McGrath’s newsletter TextCrunch is in the zone for readers of this newsletter and we recommend subscribing immediately.
Gilead’s adaptation is authentic, and news from this week’s book, including Metastreisand itself, Powell’s Event Debrief and more
Riot Podcast of the book, Rebecca Schinksy and I will be recording a bit about Powell’s live recordings before talking about Meta Streisanding itself, Scorsese’s exciting/scary news for Gilead’s adaptation of real life, and their live recordings before talking about this week’s top book news.
