“So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading” by Sara Nelson
Reviewer: linda
It’s not really a year of passionate reading, but it is a wandering, meandering discussion of books and life and so forth. I loved reading it and I got lots of books from it.
And here are the quotes that pulled me in:
“Explaining the moment of connection between a reader and a book to someone who’s never experienced it is like trying to describe sex to a virgin. . . .. For me, the feeling comes in a rush: I’m reading along and suddenly a word or phrase or scene enlarges before my eyes and soon everything around me is just so much fuzzy background. . . . The book–this beautiful creature in my hands!–is everything I’ve ever wanted, as unexpected and inevitable as love.”
Here’s a quote about stopping a book partially completed, that I love:
“Allowing yourself to stop reading a book–at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end–is a rite of passage in a reader’s life, the literary equivalent of a bar mitzvah or a communion, the moment at which you look at yourself and announce: today I am an adult. I can make my own decisions.”
A fun, quick read for the book lover only!
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