Since we're going over embarrassing threads and moments (oh, and to think there's an entire thread dedicated to that! Goes to show how smart we people actually are...

), perhaps a brief 'guide' to a good "The Books" topic, or any type of good topic, would be quite nifty.
Here's one question to start off that I've wondered about
: is it better for the topic to be more general, or more specific?
(I would say a good "The Books" post, but I think that's far too difficult, since that could be so many things.)