Gawker ponders shrinking book review sections in the L.A. Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and other top newspapers. Apparently, "the only book review in the country that will not be affected is the one that comes in the New York Times."

Yeah, Californians may not read book reviews, but don't forget that they've got literary cred with 826 Valencia and San Francisco's City Lights bookstore.

Wait a minute, that's just northern California...

-Janet Fitch, Paint it Black

-Sean Wilsey, Oh the Glory of It All

-Dr. Connie Guttersen, The Sonoma Diet