Amazingly enough, a fairly large number of people read this site. And many of them send me emails. One of the most common questions I receive (Second to: you realize you’re a self-obsessed, pretentious asshole, right? Answer: yes.) is: how do you have the time to do all of the things you do? Mainly, my secret lies in having given up sleeping and going to the bathroom. But I also try to squeeze additional minutes out of the day through sheer effectiveness. Which is why I was thrilled to discover Book-a-minute, the “ultra-condensed” book summary. Sure, we all want to read the classics. But most of us don’t even have time for Cliff’s Notes. Hence these beautiful summaries. Say you want to read Ken Kesey’s modern classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Here’s what Book-a-minute has boiled it down to:

Nurse Ratched: I destroy my patients psychologically so I can have power and control.
Randall P. McMurph: But freedom and happiness are good things.
Nurse Ratched: Lobotomy time for you, buster.
(McMurphy DIES but inspires HOPE so OTHERS may LIVE.)

THE END

Be sure to visit the similarly indispensable Movie-a-minute. With all the time these sites save, you can finally take up macram