Jane Wagner | 06/19/2009 10:40 pm

What Lurks Beneath Jane Wagner's Kindle

In response to: What book that you know you should read – but haven't gotten around to yet – haunts you from your bedside table?

A book that has been staring me in the face (which I soon hope to reverse) is The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Time magazine said it’s "a provocative macro-trend tome in the tradition of The Tipping Point." Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired, said it’s a masterpiece, and that’s enough for me.

My Kindle is on top of The Black Swan. So you can imagine how truly haunted I really am about all the books in there that I haven’t gotten around to!

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Ms. Jane,

How do you like your Kindle? I don’t have one myself, and I had thought about buying one, but I think I’d miss holding a real book. You know? Something about a book. :)

I’ve been staring at a copy of "Blood Done Sign My Name" by Timothy B. Tyson—sitting on my nightstand, just waiting.

By Serena . on 06/20/2009 7:04 am

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I have a kindle and I love it…I still do love holding a book and that smell of a book but trying to be very "eco" by swapping books and not buying more or getting books and audiobooks on my kindle…it’s great for travel too only have to take a kindle and not a few books you can get newspapers and such as a subscription also….I fell in love and now they have a newer one out which I would love but that’s a one of these days things and I’ll give my older one to my mom who loves reading also.

By L. P Sodano on 06/20/2009 7:22 am

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Hi there, L. P. I know what you mean about the smell of a book—can’t beat it. :)

By Serena . on 06/21/2009 6:30 am

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Hi, My Dear Miss Jane,

I"ve been wanting to read T.S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats" but I’m having a hard time maneuvering the pages. I’ve been waiting for one of my human companions to read it to me. But, maybe I should try a Kindle. That might be easier than flipping pages since all you do is touch the screen to tell it to do things! How modern!

Love, DtN

By Dice the Nice on 06/20/2009 1:31 pm

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Hey there, sweet, handsome Mr. Dice! My Jordan could help you with the pages—he has "thumbs." :)

By Serena . on 06/21/2009 6:32 am

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Please, please don’t read Black Swan. Read Taleb’s previous book, Fooled By Randomness instead. It has all the originality and brilliance with much less of the arrogance and ego that’s in Black Swan. Fooled By Randomness is available on Kindle.

By Lil sKim on 06/20/2009 7:36 pm

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Lil sKim, no offense dear, but I think it’s better to allow people to make up their own minds about what books they like. Don’t you think? Ms. Jane is a big girl. :)

By Serena . on 06/21/2009 6:34 am

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Ms. Jane,

Are you ever going to come out and play again? :(

By Serena . on 06/26/2009 1:29 pm

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Oh My God, Jane, this is totally off topic but I met you at Ann Richards’ wake at Shultz’s Beer Garden in Austin and I was thisclose to getting your e-mail address (I offered you $12 cash) and that mean old Anna Deavere Smith warned you that I might stalk you or otherwise turn out to be a creep in spite of my fine feminist pedigree.

It has taken me this long to find you! I will up that offer to $17 for your e-mail address, and I promise not to stalk you.

I am Bettie Naylor’s lover in law. You can ask her.

By Karen Littleton on 07/08/2009 3:12 pm