I like to read book reviews — it’s a good way to learn about a lot of miscellaneous things quickly — and my favorite is the Times Literary Supplement or, as it proclaims in large type on its cover, the TLS. It’s British and as fluent and well edited as you might expect and, unlike every American book review I’m familiar with, doesn’t limit its contributors to people of the political left.

I’m catching up on back copies and was particularly taken with the TLS’s review of Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,” which got a lot of attention when it came out in the U.S. a few weeks ago. Sandberg’s book, which I have no intention of reading, is evidently a guide to how women can have it all — a hugely successful corporate career and a happy family life — and should definitely try to. She is apparently dismayed that more women don’t strive to be CEO or COO of some major company.