SFist Reads
How do you decide what to read? We admit that we sit down each week with the New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly and the SFPL's online reserve system. In addition, we get a lot of referrals from friends (especially our fellow SFist, who always seem to be reading something interesting), and we do a lot of browsing at our fine local independent bookstores. How about you?
SFist Mary Lynn is reading Candyfreak by Steve Almond which, in a freakish turn of events, is actually making her not want candy. Go figure. Also, he grew up in Palo Alto, which she didn't expect and the local references are kind of freaking her out. Also, she's reading the September Vogue, but it's slow going as her arms get tired holding it up after a while. Tips: Black is the new black and Russian is the new ethnic.
SFist Rain is in the middle of reading Jay Mohr's Gasping for Airtime, which details the actor/comedian's two-year stint on "Saturday Night Live," as well as his battles with panic disorder. Backstage books about "Saturday Night Live" are nothing new, but this is the first book she's read that was written by a former cast member. That said, so far, she's a little disappointed in it. It's not nearly as funny as she knows Mohr can be, and he tends to go into great detail about seemingly comedic moments, and that kind of sucks the funny out if all. (A five page description of his wrestling match with Chris Farley being one example.) She just wishes there was a book-on-tape version in which Mohr read the entire book as Christopher Walken.