Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books, (Paperback)

from butterflybaby

This book is actually a collection of essays so it was easy to put down and pick back up. The title and the introduction were what connected me with this book. I was able to use the essays in this book to pick out a few books I might not have otherwise picked up.

from glade1

Finished this one yesterday. It was a fun look at one reader's life, and it caused me to spend some time thinking about how literature has affected my own life. Her chapter discussing the stories she read in childhood and how they might have shaped her was interesting. I've always been a reader b...

from bellalibrarian

I wasn't able to make it all the way through this book. I enjoyed the main idea of the book and picked it up because I would always rather be reading; however, I found my mind wandering after the first 50 pages or so. I enjoyed Corrigan's personal stories regarding her experiences with books as o...

from LouCypher

Superb writing skills are definetely one of her skills, but I found some parts to be dreadfully dry and had to force my way through them. The best thing about the book would definetely be that I learned of about a hundred new books I would like to read from this book.

from SamSattler

I sometimes read while waiting in line amongst strangers for my lunch order to be ready. And on more than one occasion, one of those strangers has asked me what I was reading. Sometimes I find that to be a bit irritating because of the way that it interrupts my whole train of thought, so I kept w...