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Joel J Miller
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Joel J Miller writes MILLER’S BOOK REVIEW 📚, a personal blog at millersbookreview.com about writing and culture. Since 2024, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 31 times, most often “The Vital Necessity of Very Old Books (2023)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Joel J Miller's book review newsletter, which covers reading and focus, such as a piece on what monks know about focus and an article on the value of old books.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Celebrating All Things Literary.
Most-linked posts?
- The Vital Necessity of Very Old Books (2023)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-03-09
- Books Are Not Remotely Too Expensive2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-20
What Hacker News says?
The linked article on the value of old books is a really nice read too. Great writing. https://www.millersbookreview.com/p/vital-necessity-of-very-...
Comment linking /p/vital-necessity-of-very-old-books
on “What Monks Know about Focus”Submitted What Monks Know about Focus as a story · 239 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cormac McCarthy's Sideline: Freelance copy editor as a story · 91 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Vital Necessity of Very Old Books (2023) as a story · 62 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bookish Diversions: Do Audiobooks Count? as a story · 50 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bookish Diversions: Reading as Help for Living as a story · 35 points
HN discussionSubmitted Arrested for a Late Manuscript: Seicho Matsumoto's 'Tokyo Express' as a story · 27 points
HN discussionSubmitted Simple Ways to Nourish Your Mind as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fighting with Words: Richard Wright's Memoir, 'Black Boy (American Hunger)' as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Books Are Not Remotely Too Expensive as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted No Mystery: The Enduring Appeal of Inspector Maigret as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Organizing 3k books in my personal library as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Preventing the Naomi Wolf Problem as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Protesting the decline of reading as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Vital Necessity of Old Books as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Vital Necessity of Old Books as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tips to Read More This Coming Year as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bookish Diversions: Bound in Human Skin? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Long Till Death Revokes Your Library Card? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reasons to Write in Your Books as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Bits We Usually Ignore: Dedications, Acknowledgements, Footnotes, More as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What's My Point? Consider the Pencil as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Books Are Not Remotely Too Expensive as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Wandering Mind: What Monks Know about Distraction as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted King's English: The Making of a Writer as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hug the Robot? AI and the Humanities as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Want a Creative Boost? Let Your Mind Run as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Book Borrowing, Book Stealing: What's the Difference? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted When Science Went Global as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted In Your Ear: Audiobook Pros and Cons as a story · 1 points
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