I just finished Dave Eggers' "The Circle", and it is an amazing read. He tackles the subject of online life and is fearless about his dark view of what it brings. The Circle is a Google-like company and a young woman, Mae, is hired there due to her college friendship with Annie, who is a star in the company. It reads like a mystery or Stephen King, but Eggers is serious about his concerns about the commercializing and privacy erasing effects of online culture. I can't recommend it enough. I almost didn't buy it because I thought I knew the drawbacks, but I learned a lot and kept seeing hints of these dangers in events today.
I am such an admirer of Dave Eggers. He's a terrific writer, and an amazing person doing so much good in the real world for people. He began a program for children writing that is now all over the world. "Zeitoun", his non-fiction book about Katrina and Louisiana, brought it all home for me. I love "Hologram for a King" and "What is the What" and "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" as well. He runs a publishing company, "McSweeney's", a magazine, and publishes public interest books. He's a whirlwind of activity.
Today I have my foster granddaughter and we'll be doing stuff around the house, given my foot. I'm thinking of making tree ornaments out of felt.
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