I'd Rather Be Reading : The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

from kamoorephoto

This little book is a love letter to the joys of reading, and EVERY bookworm should have this one on their shelves. I picked this book to fulfill my 'reminds you of your happy place' book choice for my #LitsyBooked2019 Challenge, and I absolutely couldn't come up with a more apt choice for someth...

from adam.currey

A tiny little thing (it won't take more than a couple of hours of your time,) this book is all about the life of a reader, that is, someone for whom reading is a lifestyle, or as Anne puts it, the reading life. If you can identify with that, you'll identify with her story and be smiling and noddi...

from mstrust

Bogel is best known as the host of the What Should I read Now podcast, so I heard her soothing voice as I read this. In this book she discusses so many aspects of being a reader, from packing a stack of books for vacation to having an acquaintance, someone you hardly know, ask for book recommenda...

from lycomayflower

Anne Bogel of the blog Modern Mrs. Darcy and the podcast What Should I Read Next? has collected here a series of short essays about the reading life. This is mostly a quiet, pleasant collection that doesn't really ask many tough questions but rather lays out recognizable touchstones for bookish p...

from kevn57

I love books about books and this one hit the nail right on the head. My favorite essay is the one where she talks about when here house was right next door to the library, and I could fantasize that my house was right next door to my favorite library too. Even though I'm lucky enough to be easy ...