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What We’re Reading: Help, I’m lost in a maze of books about books

I’ve been reading new books about books. Even a few books about books about books. Frankly, it got out of hand, got away from me — became a whole thing, as the kids say. Like trying every pizza within a single ZIP code, or watching every episode of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” in eight days. When I got a PlayStation 20 years ago I played through the night, until the morning glowed ...

I’ve been reading new books about books.

Even a few books about books about books. Frankly, it got out of hand, got away from me — , as the kids say. Like trying every pizza within a single ZIP code, or watching every episode of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” in eight days. When I got a PlayStation 20 years ago I played through the night, until the morning glowed behind sad lowered window blinds and I sat, disoriented. Maybe you have a subject you read about over and over. Whales, World War II, witches. Maybe you read anything about Wisconsin. Whatever. Eventually, you raise your head, the sun rises and you wonder how you arrived here. For me,

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