Half-Eaten Animals.

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safron Foer has been on my reading list for a few months now. That isn’t saying much

Eating Animals by JSF.

because my (like everybody else’s) reading list is infinite and I haven’t made much of a dent into it this fall; I’ve only read one novel–Let the Great World Spin– outside of class this semester.

I finally decided to buy a copy (because it’s been checked out of the Fordham library for months) because of a conversation I had the other day. I’ve been reading it between classes and within minutes from the start of my Poetry class had two people ask me about it.

P1: “Oh, is that the new Jonathan Safron Foer book? How is it? He’s like one of my favorite authors.”

E: “Yeah I just got it yesterday and I like it a lot, burned through a hundred pages in a day.”

…moments later.

P2: “Cool, I just finished Everything is Illuminated. It was awesome.”

E: “Wow, what a great conversation starter. (jokingly) Do you guys all wanna hang out?”

(laughs?)

(and then group work that none of us wanted to do haha).

Animals’ extremely loud green cover makes it easily recognizable. Its ostentatious flair reminded me how much I love books, books, not literature. I obviously value the words and insights of what’s inside but there’s just something about the individuality of a good book cover that can never be translated to the platinum, sleek, razor-thin and extra long battery life of an eReader.

 

eReader by Sony.