i guess there’s something called the
50
book challenge

that’s been making the rounds. maybe i should use it as a way to
add a little more discipline to my

bookworming streak

.

i’m only about half-way done with

autumn of the moguls

which has its high points, scattered throughout pages of
tediousness. as the

the observer observed

, michael wolff is a quite the witty one, but he can alternate
between a showy wittiness and flagrant self-loathing in a way that
detracts from his astute observations of those with their hands on
the controls of the “media establishment”.