all your Reads in Here

It's Thursday! I'm excited about the book I'm going to share today. My best friend, Donna, pointed this one out to me. I bought it as a gift to myself. It's a perfect gift for book lovers. It's called  Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany by Jane Mount. She illustrated books, bookstore cats, beloved bookstores. There are all kinds of lists, quizzes, and gorgeous pictures. This is scary, though. The first line of her introduction says, "The goal of this book is to triple the size of your To Be Read pile." Ha! I'd be in trouble. This is a browsing book. I even bought a box of notecards with piles of books. The notecards include classics, children's picture books, mysteries. (Don't tell Donna, but she's getting the first notecard.) What are you reading today? And, what's your weather? As I'm writing this on Wednesday night, we're expecting over three inches of snow through tomorrow. If any of you know me well, you know I hate sn...

One of my book loving friends, Kay, blogs at Kay's Reading Life . She also comments on this blog on Thursdays when we do "What Are You Reading?" Kay recently suggested a book of essays called  I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel. She mentioned it here, but she also reviewed it on her blog. I had to stop reading her review. I'll go back after I write this piece. But, she's right. This is such a perfect book for those of us who are avid readers that I bought four copies for friends. Bogel opens by talking about this librarian's favorite question, "Can you recommend a good book?" The answer will be different for every reader, but it's a challenge to find your way to success. In chapter after chapter, she lists and addresses feelings readers share. Take the chapter "Bookworm Problems". Do you recognize any of these? "Your library holds all come in at the same time.""Your To ...

I couldn't wait to share my new book with all of you! And, I'll probably be reading it for the rest of my life, but I won't post it every week - promise! I bought the new book by James Mustich, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List . And, I've actually read some of the books in it! I'm a genre reader who reads for pleasure, not a literary reader. But, this book has not just classics, but children's books and popular titles. I just started it, but I've read two of the first seven titles. And, it has a checklist at the back so you can check what you've read. The author also includes referrals. Add this to the couple thousand books in my house, and I'm set for a couple lifetimes! It's also beautifully illustrated. Here's one paragraph from the Introduction. "And true readers talk and listen to one another, recommend and contend, make lists in the service of their search for another volume; it's all part of the dance o...