The Allure of the New Books Section

The other day someone sent me a pin that reads: “So many books…so little time.” Hardly a new idea, but it's a gentle reminder of a couple of things. First, not even the most fastidious or resolute librarian can hope to keep up with the 50,000‐plus American books published every year. Second, there's always the suspicion that in a new book one will find answers to such bother‐some conundrums as the meaning of life, how to keep off weight, or deliverance from interchangeably dull people.