Ruined By Reading : A Life in Books (Paperback)

from realbigcat

Being an avid reader and book collector I was naturally drawn by the title "Ruined by Reading." What could that mean? I can't really say that Schwartz really answered that question. Her approach is a memoir, essay type of work that fully shows her literary talent but at sometimes goes much to dee...

from polywogg

PLOT OR PREMISE: Schwarz starts with a commentary by a Chinese scholar that some people are handicapped by reading too much, and not thinking enough about what they read. From there, she looks at the books she has read in her life and the role they have played. It is not a heavy analytical tone t...

from TimBazzett

I am a bibliophile, an unrepentant booklover, so I was really looking forward to this book. I was disappointed. Not only did Schwartz reveal very little about herself, it also seemed we didn't read many of the same kinds of books. Frankly, we just didn't "connect." There was a lot more about Heid...

from MarthaHuntley

I recently read Disturbances in the Field by Lynne Sharon Schwartz and was enthralled by it. I wanted to know more about its gifted author, and this memoir of her reading life is about as biographical as anything I've been able to find. Her mind is so fine and facile, that it is a delight to spen...

from tloeffler

A long essay about Ms. Schwartz' life of books. Sometimes interesting, and some great book recommendations, but no chapter breaks, and there was quite a bit of bouncing from subject to subject. It was a good read, but not as well put together as I would have liked.