First, if you love the Kindle and it works for you, it isn't problematic, and you should ignore all my criticisms and read the way you want to read. Nicholson Baker criticismignorekindle Change image and share on social
Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays. Nicholson Baker essayessayistgood Change image and share on social
Spoon the sauce over the ice cream. It will harden. This is what you have been working for. Nicholson Baker creamhardenice Change image and share on social
I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree. Nicholson Baker afflictionblushdegree Change image and share on social
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you. Nicholson Baker applyfriendhave Change image and share on social
The music wasn't going to happen, and I realized I had read so little. I didn't know my way around any century. I was very under read. Nicholson Baker centuryhappenmusic Change image and share on social
That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before. Nicholson Baker daymakepick Change image and share on social
I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I was urged to buy one. Nicholson Baker amazonbannerbuy Change image and share on social
True, the name of the product wasn't so great. Kindle? It was cute and sinister at the same time - worse than Edsel, or Probe, or Microsoft's Bob. But one forgives a bad name. One even comes to be fond of a bad name, if the product itself is delightful. Nicholson Baker badbadlybob share on social