These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users. Bold what you have read, italicize those you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. Add an asterisk to those you've read more than once. Underline those on your to-read list.
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( benthamite )

Two recent topics (list of high school cliques and defining the internet/watercooler news story) resulted in another phenomenon. Certain topics present the nearly irresistable urge to respond personally with an opinion or experience, even if that's not the original intent of the discussion ( Read more... )

There should be a word for news items which you know, the moment you see them, will be all over your LiveJournal and blogroll and feeds for the next 48-72 hours and will then become part of the permanent library of events referred to in these media ( Read more... )

1. Type your first name into Google followed by "had better stop" . Then go to hip_domestics and post whatever you got as advice to the current question ( Read more... )

But I was able to get the cat right. Although she wouldn't be happy were I to take her to the coffee shop, nor would they.

( meez thing )

I seem to be sliding back into my childhood again.


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The "Mozart Effect", which has been a cultural phenomenon since the 1990s, is horseshit. It followed the same path as every urban legend, but the original study was never replicated, nor was the study about babies. The meta-study looks interesting, as does the researcherSTANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - Scientists have discredited claims that ( Read more... )