Don’t tell me what to read…

I have a love-hate relationship with the NY Times Book Review: I’d love to see an author I know and respect be featured in it, and I hate that I don’t! Of course, I don’t need the Times to validate my reading choices either, so I just hate that they try to tell me what to read in their usual biased manner, neglecting to consider about 90% of the books published. Am I to believe the 10% they do consider are better than that 90%? No! My reading experience says otherwise.

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