Book Nerd

This past Sunday afternoon Most Attentive and I were forced to wait over 45 minutes for a table at what is fast becoming our favorite brunch spot in Brookline (this is most likely because we are unoriginal and our favorite brunch spot is also the world's favorite brunch spot). To kill time we did the same thing we've done in the past - sat at the Barnes & Noble next door reading to kill the time.

Of course, as soon as I walk into Barnes & Noble a section of my brain begins to wildly orgasm at the sight of all those virgin spines, so untouched, just ready to be broken (Yes. I love the written word in a slightly sexual way. So sue me.)... and, much like Veruca Salt, I want it now. But instead of a goose that lays golden eggs, I want a personal library that includes all my old tomes as well as the following new:

Title: Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory in Quantum Physics.
Why?: I know nothing about quantum physics except that it scares me. You know what I do know about? Alice in Wonderland. I think that if some dude has the ability to introduce me to quantum physics then more power to him.


Title: Frantic Transmissions to & from Los Angeles
Why?:Because I love her writing style and would read anything shes written. This includes a grocery list, an application form for a job at McDonalds, and a card to her brother's wife's sister in-law.


Title: Love is a Mixtape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Why?: Really, guys? Really? Don't you know me at all? When I walk down the street, I'm mentally thumbing through my music collection, choosing the perfect song. I keep my important memories tied to songs; my personal history is remembered by lyrics and beats, not sounds and sensations.

Title: Why Beauty is Truth: The History of Symmetry
Why?: It's a book about math... through the lens of its historical and sociological background. I actually can't quite put my finger on why I want to read this book.



Title: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs*
Why?: Again, do you really not know me at all? This is literally the Kix of literature: Kid tested, Mom approved -- it feels like it should be rotting your brain along with all those Devil Wears Prada-types when it's actually expanding your modern sociological intelligence.... this is at least what I like to tell myself.

Title: The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Why?: Written by the same psychologist who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment, this book explores how power can corrupt even the best of people. The experiment is used as a guide to explore the inherent human ability to abuse positions of power, deserved or handed over.