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When Bad Books Happen to Good People

Allison Hill | Posted 10.28.2012 | Books
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Allison Hill

I admit that for many years I subscribed to the policy that a book, any book, was always better than no book. In recent years though, I have come to believe that it is the dirty little secret of the bookselling world that some books just suck.

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Literary Seductions

Allison Hill | Posted 11.29.2011 | Books
Read More: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The Future of Reading, Books, Haruki Murakami, Literary Seductions, The Future of Books, Seduction, Amazon Kindle, Vroman's Bookstore, Bookstores, Fitzgerald, David Sedaris, Joan Didion, Mark Danielewski, Digital Content, Allison Hill, Reading, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Books News
Allison Hill

I once slept with a man because he gave me a copy of Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Before you judge me, read the book. It's lyrical and seductive and changes the way you think about reality, about life.

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Writing a Life

Allison Hill | Posted 08.09.2011 | Books
Read More: Book News, Book Soup, Story, Dad, Heroes, Books, Writing, Allison Hill, Father's Day, Vroman's Bookstore, Reading, Books News
Allison Hill

Over the years, my father demonstrated to me that books offer us solace and escape when nothing else can. He taught me a deep appreciation and gratitude for a good story.

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