Quickies: Waiting for the Barbarians & Taco USA

Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture by Daniel Mendelsohn Publisher/Year: New York Review Books, 2012 Format: ebook Pages: 440 Source: Publisher via NetGalley What it is: An eclectic collection of essays that analyzes everything from Greek mythology, to people’s endless fascination with memoirs, to the endless praise bestowed upon Mad Men. Why I read