In a Nutshell

McSweeneys has posted a short series of , entitled "Lit 101 Classin Three Lines or Less." The half dozen haiku-like book summaries cover such chestnuts as 1984, Moby-Dick, and The Great Gatsby. For example:Paradise LostADAM: Paradise has arbitrary dietary restrictions?DEVIL: They're really more like guidelines.GOD: Incorrect.Enjoy them with an undergraduate.--David E

6. “Almost preachy in tone”

Quality Nonsense has lived up to its name and posted a list of excerpts from readers' reviews of the Bible, posted on a bookselling website whose name I will not mention.Check it out here.--David E

Road Reading

From the Baltimore Sun's (via the Used Books Blog) comes this map of boosktores around the US. There is also a link to a similar map covering Europe, if you're venturing overseas soon.--David E