Book Lust : Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (Paperback)

from DeltaQueen50

Book Lust by Nancy Pearl is more of a catalogue, listing as it does some of her favorite books on just about any subject, both fiction and non-fiction. I have spent the last couple of days absorbed in scanning her cleverly titled lists and making some lists of my own. I admit to at least two trip...

from Marliesd

This is one in a series of amazing books. A librarian started making lists, and now they are best selling book suggestion guides. Nicely done. This is the only one I've read so far.

from girlunderglass

I devoured this book in a single day. Of course, this isn't one of those books that you read once. It's one of those books that you go back to again and again, for consultation. I was hesitant to buy any "books about books" in the beginning because I was worried that my taste wouldn't coincide wi...

from Katie_H

I'm a huge fan of booklists, and this was a good example of one. Most of the books chosen by Pearl aren't bestsellers or award winners, but are more obscure options that you probably haven't read yet. She arranges the collection into 175 useful, creative, and humorous lists. The lists are named s...

from LisaMorr

I bought this book before discovering LibraryThing, and even after the LT discovery, I'm glad I picked it up. This is a book about books. Nancy Pearl has put together 172 short chapters, arranged alphabetically, that list books, some described, and some not. I placed a ton of colored tabs through...