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balletbookworm's review against another edition
5.0
Too many books. Too little time to read them. Waaaahhh!!!!
dairine's review against another edition
5.0
My favorite bookstore, Maria's Bookshop in Durango, CO is featured in this little tome.
And it's full of lists.
What else do I need to say about it?
And it's full of lists.
What else do I need to say about it?
vanessakm's review against another edition
5.0
Perhaps a book needs to strike at the right time, in the right place, but of all the things I have lost, how much in shunning these authors, these stories? For the first time I find that I am not reading as a form of posturing, but reading because it is so deeply comforting to me. Escape? Sure, but I don’t know where others find strength if not in a few classics.
—Contributor Neil Strandberg, formerly of Tattered Cover Books, on reading the classics
I hardly need any more “to read” recommendations, if judging solely by my current TBR. But books about books and why people love books and why people love the books they love is endlessly fascinating to me (what else is Goodreads for?)
This is a collection of recommendations (50 per store) from select independent bookstores across the country. It’s a book small enough to fit in a purse or a pocket-it’s designed to be carried along on your next bookshopping adventure. Despite its small size, per the statistics in the back there are 1194 recommendations in total, 993 of which are unique.
(And several of them are for DeLillo’s White Noise, which is a book I despised yet I still loved this book.)
This was a Half Price Books find and I love it. It’s a keeper for me, both for reference and the short essays by the contributors, some of which are lovely.
Also, if you regularly visit BookRiot or listen to their All the Books podcast*, interesting fun fact: Liberty Hardy is one of the contributors (she worked at RiverRun Bookstore at the time.)
(*You should also listen to this podcast....)
—Contributor Neil Strandberg, formerly of Tattered Cover Books, on reading the classics
I hardly need any more “to read” recommendations, if judging solely by my current TBR. But books about books and why people love books and why people love the books they love is endlessly fascinating to me (what else is Goodreads for?)
This is a collection of recommendations (50 per store) from select independent bookstores across the country. It’s a book small enough to fit in a purse or a pocket-it’s designed to be carried along on your next bookshopping adventure. Despite its small size, per the statistics in the back there are 1194 recommendations in total, 993 of which are unique.
(And several of them are for DeLillo’s White Noise, which is a book I despised yet I still loved this book.)
This was a Half Price Books find and I love it. It’s a keeper for me, both for reference and the short essays by the contributors, some of which are lovely.
Also, if you regularly visit BookRiot or listen to their All the Books podcast*, interesting fun fact: Liberty Hardy is one of the contributors (she worked at RiverRun Bookstore at the time.)
(*You should also listen to this podcast....)
courtney_mcallister's review
4.0
I really enjoyed going through these lists! My to-read stacks weren't exactly dwindling, but how can I say no to potentially awesome books?! I thought the book store profiles were a nice touch, as well. Independent book sellers contribute so much to their communities, and it's great to see them get some well-deserved recognition.
laurabb's review
4.0
A great book, even though it's added more to my "want to read " list than before! Dangerous!
tlbob53's review
3.0
A book to buy, rather than to check out from the library...there's a short section on each bookstore, and then some Q&A from the store owners. But the best part is the lists for all my fellow list-lovers out there.
raggedymom's review
5.0
LOVED this book because it was like being in a room filled with fellow bibliophiles.
HATED this book because my "to read" list just quadrupled in size. :-)
HATED this book because my "to read" list just quadrupled in size. :-)
jennereads's review
4.0
I love hearing about books people love. I love lists of books people love. I love checklists. Booksellers from Indie bookstores around the U.S. list their top 50 books and YOU can check off the ones you've read too. My own check marks were pretty sparse, although there are a bunch on my to-read list. It's funny, though, there were some lists that I started down and I would quickly realize that I don't have common tastes with this person, and others were just the opposite. The most recommended book? The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brian. (This one just happened to make its way onto my to-reads list a few days ago.) Good fun!
featherbooks's review
4.0
"Over imbibed on books" according to Stefan Moorehead, Buyer and Manager of Unabridged Bookstore in Chicago, I careen through this little book like a lush at happy hour. We had to buy two copies of it for $12 each at our local independent bookstore (alas not included), one for each of us to annotate and check off and order from. All of you need a copy unless, per chance, you know exactly what to read next or your To Read List has a cap. Many familiar authors are here but so are lots you don't know yet.
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