Every so often my local librarians put up a display of books of the same color, not reader preference color, but based on the primary color of the book cover, book jacket, or book cover illustration. It's visually stunning and totally random, so browsing the choices is the most anti-algorithm process ever. Even kids' books are mixed in. Librarians are subversive.
At a bookstore on vacation, I very nearly bought the new kitten-squisher Twain biography by Ron Chernow. But, I know I’m a green reader, and I know that Chernow biography is more aspirational than practical, so I put it down, saving it for another time possibly, and picked up the new Matthew Pearl nonfiction, Save Our Souls, which is giving David Grann’s “The Wager” vibes and which I know I will devour. You are saving me money Mr. Reese!
Every so often my local librarians put up a display of books of the same color, not reader preference color, but based on the primary color of the book cover, book jacket, or book cover illustration. It's visually stunning and totally random, so browsing the choices is the most anti-algorithm process ever. Even kids' books are mixed in. Librarians are subversive.
At a bookstore on vacation, I very nearly bought the new kitten-squisher Twain biography by Ron Chernow. But, I know I’m a green reader, and I know that Chernow biography is more aspirational than practical, so I put it down, saving it for another time possibly, and picked up the new Matthew Pearl nonfiction, Save Our Souls, which is giving David Grann’s “The Wager” vibes and which I know I will devour. You are saving me money Mr. Reese!
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