Since I’m a very important person, I get sent free stuff in the mail (I even have a PO Box now which I call my “Free Stuff Because I’m Important Box”). More often than not, I don’t do anything with it… especially books. Luckily, a publisher sent me an e-mail asking if it would be okay to send me books and saying I’d be under no obligation to even mention them.
Coo’.
So now I have Menace in Europe : Why the Continent’s Crisis Is America’s, Too by Claire Berlinski which will be available to unimportant people like you on February 28th. I had it sitting around for about a week now, but I finally sat down and read the press release and the first couple pages this morning as I had my coffee. The first chapter was entitled “Europe on Five Dollars a Day and a Flamethrower” which was a good start. Apparently, the author is an American who has spent a lot of time abroad (especially in Europe) and the book is about how European Muslims are a growing threat and that Europe’s culture is not helping (and, when she says Europe, she means Western Europe). Early on, Berlinski predicts that another attack will occur in America soon and that the perpetrators will be Muslims from Europe.
Well, the first few pages have enticed me to read more. I don’t know very much about Europe other than broad generalization (e.g. the French like to surrender and don’t bathe), and the writing style of the book is quite entertaining while promising to be quite educational. I’ll tell you as I read more (or if I end up getting bored).
Yay to free books I may or may not read!
Reading’s hard, so I’ll wait for your synopsis.
Please let us know first thing.
I’m looking forward to reading her new book. She also wrote a novel called “Loose Lips” which is laugh-out-loud funny. So funny that people stare at you on the subway when you’re reading it, because you just snorted.
Reading is tough. In fact, could you start verbally recording your posts and saving them as a downloadable mp3 for me?
Thanks to Frank J. I too can draw Mohammed.
I want free stuff in the mail tooo…..
Send me someeeee!
I got mail once.
when the a/c guy was here, i read the first 5 or 6 pages. it was very good and interesting. then i needed a nap.
Free books? Is that because of that “My blog is worth $204,176” icon all you trendy dodecabloggers had on your sidebars last year? Do you have to keep track of how much free stuff you’ve gotten and deduct it from your blog’s value?