Max Fenton

The Beverly Rogers

Max found the poetry editor of the Believer magazine to be insightful.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Max enjoyed reading The Great Gatsby and found it to be a classic American novel with captivating characters.

Harper Lee

Max did not like To Kill a Mockingbird, feeling it was overrated and lacked depth in its storytelling.

Jane Austen

Max really enjoyed Pride and Prejudice, found it to be a classic masterpiece.

Charles Dickens

Max mentioned Great Expectations in comparison to Pride and Prejudice.

Harper Lee

Max highly recommends To Kill a Mockingbird, a powerful and thought-provoking novel.

Peter J. Carroll

Max stopped the project due to not wanting to know too much about other people's shelves.

Rick Riordan

Max is nervous about the hardback-on-hardback crushing of the top spine.

Erin Morgenstern, Jim Dale

Max thinks Night Circus is so perfect.

Andrew Leland

Max is still listening to the audiobook of Andrew Leland's 'The Country of the Blind' which is expanding understanding of accessibility and feels like a long answer to the question 'so what's been going on?'

Sheila Heti

Max is excited for the new Sheila Heti book that's in the mail.

Melissa Bond

Max loves the fantastic design of the 'Blood Orange Night' paperback.

David Fromkin

Max is trying to read A Peace To End All Peace, a history of the middle east post World War 1.

Deb Chachra

Max is very excited about the publication of How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra.

Peter J. Carroll

Max didn't mention any specific book.

Jeff VanderMeer

Max loved the movie 'Annihilation' but hated the books.

Emily St. John Mandel

Max loved the adaptation of Station Eleven.

Gary Null

Max recommends Housing Works on Crosby as the best bookstore in the city, especially on a Sunday.

Miranda James

Max highly recommends Pawful Truth, a delightful read for pet lovers.

Peter J. Carroll

Max appreciates Tertulia and canceled Amazon pre-orders for books by friends to support this co-op.

Peter J. Carroll

Max mentioned the renewal cost being $25 compared to Bookshop's shipping costs.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Max enjoyed reading The Great Gatsby. It was a captivating and beautifully written story.

Harper Lee

Max compared To Kill a Mockingbird to The Great Gatsby. Both are classic novels worth reading.

James Bridle

Max is really loving the audiobook of Ways of Being

Suzanne Collins

Max enjoyed reading The Hunger Games and thought it was a thrilling adventure.

J. K. Rowling

Max mentioned Harry Potter but did not provide any specific comments about it.

Peter J. Carroll

Max finds the book on his desk _dangerous_.

Nigel Slater

Max enjoyed reading Nigel Slater's Appetite and found it insightful.

Όμηρος

Max really liked Emily Wilson's translation of the Odyssey, more than any other version. The story totally bores Max.

Όμηρος

Max is excited for the release of The Iliad on Sept 26th.

Joanne McNeil

Max listened to the audiobook of Lurking by Joanne McNeil over the break.

James Bridle

Max just bought the audiobook of Ways of Being by James Bridle.

Avram Davidson

Max enjoyed the intricate plot and unique characters in The Phoenix and the Mirror.

Avram Davidson

Max found Or All the Seas with Oysters to be an interesting read.

Rachel Renée Russell

Max is grateful for the godson's effort to make ebooks free and spread the relatively unknown author's work more widely.

Tamara Kingsley

Max recommended a book about hospice nursing.

Peter J. Carroll

Max considers ratings below five stars as negative and only rates things as really up or really down.

Peter J. Carroll

Max was mentioned in comparison to Jason Polan and Charles Burns in relation to illustrations editor and job responsibilities.

Andrew Leland

Max enjoyed listening to The Country of the Blind's audiobook.

Ethan Marcotte

Max recently purchased a paperbook of You Deserve a Tech Union.

Robert C. Martin

Max owns a paperbook of The Clean Coder.

David Allen

Max is considering re-reading Getting Things Done.

Wendy MacNaughton

Max is excited about Wendy MacNaughton's book How to Say Goodbye

Andrew Leland

Max is excited about Andrew Leland's book The Country of the Blind

Peter J. Carroll

Max mentioned his old friend Rick Easton who is passionate about simple foods, particularly bread, and is running a successful bakery in Jersey City.

Avram Davidson, Robert Silverberg, Grania Davis, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison

Max is celebrating the launch of The Avram Davidson Treasury and giving away eBook versions for five days. Help keep Avram's legacy alive.

Tom Robbins

Max is involved in promoting Skinny as part of keeping Avram's legacy alive.

Avram Davidson, Grania Davis

Max is showcasing The Boss In the Wall in honor of Avram Davidson's 100th birthday.

William Gibson

Max finished reading Spook Country and is now starting Zero History as part of a chronological Gibson reading group.

William Gibson

Max has just started Zero History as part of a chronological Gibson reading group.

William Gibson

Max is reading Pattern Recognition by William Gibson with a book club, finding it still relevant and mind-bending after 20 years.

Peter J. Carroll

Max Some friends worked with a grower and did a coffee release in 2018; let me know if the book’s good.

J. K. Rowling

Max enjoyed the magical world of Harry Potter and was amazed by the incredible imagination of J.K. Rowling.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Max found the epic tale of Lord of the Rings captivating and praised J.R.R. Tolkien for his detailed world-building.

Peter J. Carroll

Max is stoked about a library book that anyone without shelves of cookbooks would appreciate.

Ursula M. Franklin

Max recommends listening to The Real World of Technology.

Peter J. Carroll

Max mentions using Kindle to organize books by year read and tagging them upon completion.

Peter J. Carroll

Max received new books in the mail today.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Max praised The Great Gatsby for its captivating storyline and rich character development.

Herman Melville

Max mentioned Moby Dick in comparison to The Great Gatsby but did not provide any specific comments.

Peter J. Carroll

Max enjoys using these eReaders as they last long, require minimal battery, and aid in reading a book bit by bit.

Peter J. Carroll

Max mentioned Book Thug Nation in Williamsburg and questioned if it still exists.

Peter J. Carroll

Max recommended indie stores including BookCourt, Books Are Magic, McNally Jackson, Community Books, and Greenlight.

Peter J. Carroll

Max mentioned bread CSA days.

Peter J. Carroll

Max rates books on a three-point scale, either loving it, recommending it, or actively warning people away. Their letterboxd reflects this as well.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Max did not know about Chloé Cooper Jones's memoir.

Peter J. Carroll

Max imagines life with a single-digit number of hardcovers as very relaxing.

George Gissing

Max opened the Grub Street homepage by accident and thought a drawing looked like Rick.

Peter J. Carroll

Max thinks it is a bad book with bad ideas that certain people like because they make those bad ideas sound good.

Peter J. Carroll

Max is unsure about the cost of membership.

Peter J. Carroll

Max mentioned Rick considering working for Roberta's and requesting to redo things from scratch.

Peter J. Carroll

Max mentions a book that is totally pervasive in Silicon Valley.

Avram Davidson, Robert Silverberg, Grania Davis, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison

Max recommends Avram Davidson Treasury for science fiction fans.

Peter J. Carroll

Max recommends a book about hospice and nursing in a French hospital, written in a choral first person with multiple characters telling stories.

Ridwan Abubakar

Max definitely recommends spending the extra dollars for a Kindle without ads.

Leslie H. Nicoll, Harvey Chute

Max mentioned that the ad-free Paperwhite is currently $30 off, which is $15 more than black friday, but probably as low as it will get before post-holiday sales.

Peter J. Carroll

Max opines that not much was missed.

Peter J. Carroll

Max Fenton's bookshelf article doesn't feel like 10 years ago.

Abbi Waxman

Max discovered <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookish> was acquired by NetGalley.

Tim Burton

Max found <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_(company)> was acqui-hired by Google Books.

Gary Null

Max mostly knows her as a customer at bookstores where she worked and met her father once who seemed like a decent man.

Peter J. Carroll

Max mentioned early Digital Humanities and working for McSweeney's, also keeping a list of books he finishes to stay honest about pacing.

Peter J. Carroll

Max started a tumblr to see how other people shelve their books.