ATLANTA — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is making the most of his voracious reading habit and love of the Internet by writing personal reviews of books he likes and posting them on Amazon.com.
With 47 posted, Gingrich ranks 473rd among Amazon reviewers. As one of the "Top 500," he has his own page on Amazon.com, with a biography, photograph and a list of books he has critiqued.
"I do it for the fun of it," the former Republican congressman told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Friends were always asking me what I was reading, and so I thought it would be nice to write reviews.
"Half the things I read are light fiction, while the rest relate to politics, technology and warfare," Gingrich said. The 58-year-old said he usually reads three or four novels a week.