I feel a little silly giving 5 stars to a children's book, but honestly this really was an amazing story!

What I love about the good books in this series is what they have to say about books and how reading them can take you places and show you things that you might otherwise never get to see. And that's never been as well done as in this book (of the ones I've read yet, at least).

From the prologue where it's made clear that the treehouse could take them places in the books, very clearly drawing a parallel with imagination, to the books that guide them and the books that "rescue" them, I've not yet encountered a children's book that makes it so clear the magic that books contain.

Especially brilliant in this one is the contrast between Jack, Annie, and the other Librarians who are working so hard to preserve books and the knowledge and stories they contain and the book-burning Dragon King. Equally brilliant was the way the scholar-in-disguise called our time where all children go to school to learn how to read a paradise. In our culture, books and reading are taken so much for granted, and I LOVED the reminders here of how fortunate we are. I especially adored that these reminders never came across as condescending or pedantic, even though aimed at very young children.

Any celebration of books and reading deserves praise, and one this well done deserves 5 stars.

Do you feel shivers when you enter a bookstore? Does your heart beat faster and faster when you receive long awaited book? Can’t you decide which book to pick and finally you pick up a high pile of them?

 

Having all the symptoms? Yes, you've got it. It’s not contagious, as far as we know, but may have an effect on your surroundings. It can be acquired but usually it’s innate and develops along with bigger bookshelves. It’s called book addiction.

 

But don’t worry, BookLikes provide help, comfort and support :-) And we don’t hinder your bookish need. We fuel it with more books - books about books for book addicted (shelved at BookLikes bookshelf).

Recently Falvorwire presented 10 essential books for book nerds which are here:

But we decide to add some more reads where books as themselves are main characters. So grab them, read, squeeze and get to know your books little better (they know a lot about you already ;-) ).

 

 

 And so we’ve got  the book about reading and book collecting obsession (The House of Paper), bookmobile story (Parnassus on Wheels), the book with book burning temperature (Fahrenheit 451), magical story of book seeker (The Shadow of the Wind), uncommon confessions of a common reader (Ex Libris), a memoir about book-reader relationships (Phantoms on the Bookshelves), insights into book world from point of view of a writer, book award winner and reader (Books), story about beauty of reading (The Book of Lost Things) and book rescuing (Too Loud a Solitude)          

 

... and more (also more titles to be found at BookLikes bookshelf).

 

If you have a feeling that we've forgotten about some awesome bookish books, just let us know and share them in comments :-) 

Very nice short read indeed. Although there were some slower places, I liked the book. Well, the idea is just brilliant.

The book tells the story of people who are in love with books (sounds familiar? ;) ) but this love has no boundaries or limits. Readers devote their lives for book categorization, they change their living space, they create special rooms and special conditions for book collections. And that wouldn't be so weird. 

But one avid reader decided to treat book as his life companions. He ate with them (a book had its own a plate and a glass of wine...), sleep with them (he created a person made of books on his bed) , finally he decided to build a house made of books (books were used instead of bricks). 

The story shows that each passion or maybe obsession can be dangerous - it can lead us to insanity or even death - the book starts with a fatal accident of Ms. Bluma who was hit by the car while passionate reading one of the classics. So all book lovers be careful !! ;) 

The book is quite short but it has a strong load of info and emotions. It's quite an art to create a nice complete book on not so many pages. Nowadays writers seem to like writing "bookish spaghetti". "The Paper house" is a delicious, nice, tasty, full "one-palate dish".

Enjoy!

***Bookish Insanity Very nice short read. Although there were some slower places, I liked the book. Well, the idea is just brilliant. The book tells the story of people who are in love with books (sounds familiar? ;) ) but this love has no boundaries or limits. readers devote their lives for book categorization, they change their living space, they create special rooms and special conditions for book collections. And that wouldn't be so weird. But one avid reader decided to treat book as his life companions. He ate with them (a book had its own a plate and a glass of wine...), sleep with them (he created a person made of books on his bed) , finally he decided to build a house made of books ( books were used instead of bricks). The story shows that each passion or maybe obsession can be dangerous - it can lead us to insanity or even death - the book starts with a fatal accident of Ms Bluma who was hit by the car while passionate reading one of the classics. So all book lovers be careful !! ;) The book is quite short but it has a strong load of info and emotions. It's quite an art to create a nice complete read on not so many pages. Nowadays writers seem to like writing "bookish spaghetti". "The Paper house" is a nice, tasty, full "one-palate dish". Enjoy!