. >> host: marin coragan, that sound like a deconstruction to me but i won't quibble. holiday howe didout yao get to be the book critic on "fresh air. ." >> guest: i listened to "fresh air" when it was in philly in the grad school writing my dissertation, and at that time" fresh our" was three hours live. i heard it was going national. i had been doing book reviews for the village voice. sent "fresh air" my reviews and they said no thanks, and then i did an expo say what it was like to be a reader for the ap english exam. and "fresh air" contacted me, and john leonard, the book critic then, who i think of as the greatest book critic in the latter part of the 20 numb century in america, was general news enough to say bring her onboard as the second book critic there's more than enough books to go around. >> host: how many books do you read a week? >> guest: i'm reading at least a week. i get over 200 delivered to my small row house in washington, dc every week. and about 50 more delivered to my office at georgetown. there's no shortage of books in america. >> host: what