I don’t mean to be presumptuous, but might it be fair to assume that you’re glancing at the Book Reviews because you like to read books? Well, have I got an offer for you: Would you like to help write the Book Reviews? I don’t mean to subject you to too much peer pressure, but just take a gander at the articles below. Wouldn’t you want to be like these cool folks?
Also, sometimes we request books from publishers because we feel certain that somebody is going to think that a particular book is awesome. For instance, an exceptionally nerdy book about the chemical composition and historical applications of every single plant ever used in beer making recently arrived at our house. I have a friend from graduate school who would’ve loved this, but he’s not a teacher, and given that I rarely imbibe anything stronger than SleepyTime tea, I’m...