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A review by michaelnlibrarian
Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited by Jonathan Yardley
4.0
I borrowed this from the public library but one could easily have a place to look for ideas about something to read from time to time.
This is a collection of relatively short essays published in the Washington Post Book World - as they appear in this book, they are usually four to six pages. The author is commenting on the pleasures (or lack) of re-reading the sixty books described, but alas I had not read most of them even once.
I had a checklist approach to this book, looking through the table of contents. Had I heard of the author? Most I had heard of, anyway. If I had heard of the author, had I read the particular book described? Or had I read anything by this particular author? Alas I am apparently not very well read because I had read books by less than half of these authors.
I read a selection of essays - mostly those about authors and books I had read, and a few that seemed intriguing for one reason or another. I will order several I have not read from the public library.
The book was exactly what I expected - the essays were not meant to be read sequentially, so I just paged around and read what caught my eye. Generally once I started and essay I would through to the end. They are all good.
The web site Neglected Books has incorporated some of Yardley's Washington Post stories into its site that were not published in the book, however it is not obvious to me how to group them as a set.
This is a collection of relatively short essays published in the Washington Post Book World - as they appear in this book, they are usually four to six pages. The author is commenting on the pleasures (or lack) of re-reading the sixty books described, but alas I had not read most of them even once.
I had a checklist approach to this book, looking through the table of contents. Had I heard of the author? Most I had heard of, anyway. If I had heard of the author, had I read the particular book described? Or had I read anything by this particular author? Alas I am apparently not very well read because I had read books by less than half of these authors.
I read a selection of essays - mostly those about authors and books I had read, and a few that seemed intriguing for one reason or another. I will order several I have not read from the public library.
The book was exactly what I expected - the essays were not meant to be read sequentially, so I just paged around and read what caught my eye. Generally once I started and essay I would through to the end. They are all good.
The web site Neglected Books has incorporated some of Yardley's Washington Post stories into its site that were not published in the book, however it is not obvious to me how to group them as a set.