Party trick I wish I'd thought of

Laura Miller's Salon column on recommending books points me to The Biblioracle, a Morning News feature where you give a guy the last 5 books you've read and he spits out a sixth recommendation. There's a little preening but a lot of useful ideas down there.

I am always striving to improve my own recommendations. Why just recently I polled you on whether to recommend THEN WE CAME TO THE END to coworkers who might see a little too much of our workplace in theirs. I try to tread lightly. I think my biggest problem is recommending too many, out of enthusiasm.