"For the Love of Books" was such a fun, quick read, just little snippets of book history neatly packaged up.
I've been meaning to read "Bright Lights, Big City" forever, it always appears on those lists of books for Gen Xers to read (along with Bret Easton Ellis and Douglas Coupland, two authors I also enjoy). This one was pretty good, it was very short and went quick. It was also written in the second person, and I don't think I've read an adult book written in the second person before, so that was interesting. The unnamed protagonist spends his days drudging along in a fact checking section of a magazine and his nights snorting cocaine and drinking with his friend. It was written in the 1980s, but it really didn't feel dated (unless you count the lack of cell phones).
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