I was really excited when I saw this book at the library. I'm always looking for books to add to my queue, and one of my librarian friends recommended the book to me. The problem, for me, with this sort of book, is that it all comes down to taste. My tastes don't really line up with the author's ...
It is worthwhile and I did add some books to my list. I wish she had at least provided published dates, several I looked up were too old to be of any interest to me and most of the fiction was just mysteries.
Nancy Pearl aims to offer selections for all reading tastes and topics rather than saying "these are the best of the best and everyone should read them." With that in mind, I don't rate her books based on whether I liked the books she suggests. Instead, I rate them for the feeling of possibility, an...
This is also a revisited book. I found that I inconsciously got the McCall Smith and Jacqueline Winspears from this. It confirmed that I need to try Josephine Tey and start on rereading Batay Gur's police procedural.
I revisited the recommendations offering of Nancy Pearl Book Lust to see how much I had read in the last four years since I got the book. This is the kind of book I write in. I don't write in books unless it's a book that recs others books. So, I've discovered Dorothy Sayers, reread Maupin's Tales o...
I frequently remind myself of these great words of wisdom when I need to give myself permission to stop reading a book I'm not enjoying: "The point is, reading should be pure pleasure. You haven't failed the author by not enjoying the book. Instead, the author has, at that moment in your life, fai...
I have very much enjoyed perusing this book full of possibilities. Nancy Pearl's true love of books permeates every page, and her categories are unconventional and sometimes amusing.
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