better the first man in ostia then the second man in rome. [laughter] so i stayed in ostia. other questions? >> i want to ask you how are the titles reviewed how do you select them. >> the question is how are the titles i review selected? for many years, when when i was an editor and writer, and staffer at the post i was able to pick books i was pretty sure i was able to like. if i didn't like it i would put on my editors had an assignment to someone else. for the past ten or 12 years as a contract writer i'm able to suggest books to my editors that i would like to review. for the most part they will indulge me. every so often they will ask me to do a book that i hadn't thought about writing about and i almost always say yes to keep the balance going. when i write for other places, they will send me a book and say i hope you'll want to write about this for us. i always want to write about it for him. they are the the best paying market in the country. so for other magazines other than the post, i am usually offered books. for the post 80% are ones i choose myself. >> in fact