Mar
20
2010
This Week’s Bestsellers
Oh my. Last week saw six new books added to the list of bestsellers. I managed to read four of them and to review three. That left me with two pretty thick books on my reading list (The Pacific and No Apology) heading into the weekend. And then I saw the New York Times list of bestsellers for this week and was somewhat shocked to see another five books added to it.
Going straight to the top is Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler. The book is a collection of essays by Handler, a comedian. I’m a mite concerned it’s going to be an ugly read. But we shall see.
Start out at #2 is Courage and Consequence by Karl Rove. The book gives President George W. Bush’s senior adviser and deputy chief of staff an opportunity to explain why he did what he did during his years serving the President.
At the #3 spot is Change Your Brain, Change Your Body by Daniel G. Amen. The one-line description goes like this: :”Using the brain-body connection to lose weight and avoid depression.” Can’t say that I’m particularly looking forward to reading that one.
New at #6 is Jesse Ventura’s American Conspiracies. “The former Minnesota governor questions the official explanation of events like the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.” At the very least it ought to be interesting.
And way down at #15 is Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. I do believe Foer, a novelist, is going to try to convince me not to eat any of those delicious, delicious animals that I so enjoy. I don’t like his chances, though lately, just for sake of variety, I’ve been eating vegetarian quite regularly.
And there we have it. Five new books added which brings my “to read” list up to seven titles. Interestingly, most of this week’s titles are not available in Kindle format. It seems to me that many publishers are treating the Kindle format a bit like paperbacks, allowing the hardcover to stay in print for a while before bringing out the Kindle version. I suppose there must still be more money in hardcover than in e-books.