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August 6, 2008

Free books for Read Streeters

Nancy and I were so busy over the weekend that we did not notice an approaching milestone: comment #300, which we had planned to celebrate with a book giveaway. Well it came and went, in a flurry of confessional comments about unread books. So now we're setting a semi-milestone. To show our appreciation, we'll give new books to commenters #330, #331 and #332. Choices include Books by Larry McMurtry, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, and The Condition by Jennifer Haigh. To honor this week's theme of unread books, we will also offer a new 1,376-page translation of Les Miserables. (We are not responsible for injuries sustained in trying to lift it.)

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 5:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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I have never read Les Miserables, or any of the other books on the block today. Does that count for anything?

Posted by: Thomas Bechtold | August 6, 2008 9:31 AM

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.

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