William Grimes has a funny piece in the New York Times today about the lengthy 1,001 Books to Read Before You Die. I'm all for lists, but this book does seem to be oddly put together. Seven Don DeLillo novels?!

And this line made me laugh: "Not only is it not necessary to read Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice before you die, it is also probably not necessary to read it even if, like Lestat, you are never going to die."