Story on NPR:
Reading a book evokes solitary images of lying in bed late at night or sitting beneath a beach umbrella lost in a fantasy. But BookGlutton.com, a Web site that permits readers to chat about books as they read, may be transforming a lone activity into a communal one.
The site was born out of co-founder Travis Alber’s desire to talk about books with friends who had moved away. Her solution? A Web site that allows multiple users to write in the margins of an online book.
I’ve been doing that in the movie theater for years…
but unfortunately, most people don’t appreciate my chats.
“who’s that guy?”
“is that Lance Henrickson?”
“oh, I like him. did you see that other movie he was in?”
“is this a dream sequence?”
“I bet that guy’s the killer.”