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The Unread

September 20, 2012

Yet there they sit, day after day, gathering dust & inducing guilt. They are...the unread. Comic by Eve Corbel, 2012.

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Eve Corbel has in fact read _How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read_. You can read her review here: http://www.geist.com/reviews/how-talk-about-books-you-haven%E2%80%99t-read

Geist contributor Alberto Manguel has also weighed in on the book: http://www.geist.com/articles/how-talk-about-books-we-haven%E2%80%99t-read

Posted by Web Editor November 02, 2012 11:58:53
The Unread

Try Pierre Bayard's excellent 'How to talk about books you haven't read', for tips about how to handle the anxiety - You would have to read that one though...

Posted by BobJones November 01, 2012 15:48:20
ha ha ha ha ha ha sooooo true

In every room I am haunted. The Last Policeman, The Guardians, The Partial History of Lost Causes, The Pregnant Widow, The Way the World Works, Mortality, Winter Journal, Disaster was My God, Clouds and Eclipses, Being Flynn, Alys,Always, A Difficult Woman, etc, etc, etc,

Posted by Phil Menger September 20, 2012 17:34:50