National Public Radio, wonderful for so many reasons, provided me with one more reason to cheer last week.
The station currently hosts the program "All Things Considered", and within that program there is a recurring feature - "Three Books" - which is bound to appeal to book lovers of all types. "Three Books" invites writers to recommend three great reads on a single theme. For example, last week was "Mining the Classics for Laughs", in which author Jack Murnighan swears that the secret to finishing- and actually enjoying - Moby Dick, Ulysses and The Sound and the Fury is to realize how much humor is packed into each, and let laughter get you over the humps.
Other past themes, each as intriguing as the next, have included:
- Stone Soup: Three Cookbooks For Lean Times
- For Night Owls Only, Books That Shine After Dark
- Three Books Explore Lincoln's Complex Genius
- 'Lost' Literature: Not Just for Desert Islands Anymore
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