Bookwi.se Reader Survey

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Bookwi.se has grown significantly this year.  The average daily visits to the site are six times higher than last year.  And in the last couple months RSS and email views are about three times that of the visits to the actual site.  In order to make Bookwi.se the best site it can be I would … Read more

Misguided Copyright Protection

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I saw a quick post at BoingBoing today that linked to a short article on the Atlantic.  Both were centered around this shocking graphic of Amazon books sold by decade. A law professor from University of Illinois prepared this chart. What it is showing is that the expanding copyright has actually limited the sale of … Read more

When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson

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When I Was a Child I Read Books: EssaysMost of the time I finish books that I start.  Sometimes it is months for me to finally work through a book.  But I usually do eventually finish.

But this week I stopped reading two books. I was bored and just didn’t want to struggle through these books that were no longer interesting.  I had already given them a good trial.  I was about half way into both books (11 hours of audio between the two of them).

I picked up When I Was a Child I Read Books at the same time I picked up Gilead.  I started When I Was a Child first.  And pretty quickly switched to Gilead.  I loved Gilead.  It is a wonderful novel written a lot like a memoir.  It is honest and real and a bit sad but still hopeful for the idea that a pastor can still make a difference in the world.

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