Monday, July 27, 2020

leftovers: reading review - 100 essays i don't have time to write

I tip my cap to whoever courageously titled this collection. I think a healthy strategy for naming books should mirror that for naming children - don't give the bullies anything. I'm sure some brilliant genius, fully realizing the potential suggested when he coined nicknames like 'Smelly Shelly' on the schoolyard, has reviewed this book by calling it "100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Read". Like all forms of bullying, such a comment says far more about the speaker than it does the intended victim; I recommend making good use of the moral high ground, and cutting off the foreseen threat at the pass.