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matthewwester 's review for:
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
by Anne Fadiman
The right kind of person is going to love this book (a bibliophile who has spent hours in a used bookstore and has thought significantly about how to organize books upon his/her home bookshelves). I could easily see a non-bibliophile hating this book so I was slightly surprised to see such a high star rating from everyone. It's a niche book for a niche crowd but it's good stuff.
It's hard not to like a book that talks about combining two person's libraries into one, discovering new sesquipedalians, typos on restaurant menus, and purchasing nineteen pounds of used books during a single visit to a used bookstore. Sweet.
It's hard not to like a book that talks about combining two person's libraries into one, discovering new sesquipedalians, typos on restaurant menus, and purchasing nineteen pounds of used books during a single visit to a used bookstore. Sweet.