A colleague just called the binder I keep of national polls my “magical book.” That’s certainly a coincidence given my newfound avidity to Harry Potter and the debut of the third movie today. Perhaps I should label my upcoming state poll binder “State Book of Spells.”
Bookroll
- Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel
- David Rakoff

- 3 wds: Rhythmic Raw Rakoff
- The Signal and the Noise
- Nate Silver

- 3 wds: accessible, insightful, broad
- The Casual Vacancy
- J.K. Rowling

- 3 wds: captivating, political, believable
- The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War against al-Qaeda
- Neil Shah

- 3 wds: Captivating, informative, redacted
- The Blank Slate
- Steven Pinker

- 3 wds: Rant, lengthy, correct
- The Trial
- Franz Kafka

- 3 wds: Disheartening, linear, skippable
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Does this mean that you’ll soon have a “Care of Magical Candidates” binder? And of what enchanted substance is your hard drive made?
Yes, sometimes to the candidates do seem like creatures…
It’s enchanted with something a lot of muggles wouldn’t understand (electro-magnetic force).