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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
by Anne Fadiman
my friend lindsay always recommends the loveliest little reads. this is a collection of tightly written (every single word, sentence, is perfect), dryly funny little essays about anne fadiman's love of books. among my favorites: she and her husband combining libraries (although i couldn't relate- beloved and i only had one overlap- "the lion, the witch & the wardrobe") the one about "his'er" (especially wallace shawn NOT making fun of her for mispronouncing "ms.") and all mentions of her wonderfully nerdy family.
i don't remember which essay mentioned this, but she talks about friends who work in bookstores who get tired of books and stop being excited about being surrounded by them. she says something along the lines of books without owners not really being books. i was surprised by this. i've spend the last 8 years working in libraries, and when i see all those books (which technically don't have owners except for The Community) all i see is lovely, endless possibility. maybe it's different in a bookstore.
anyways. i'm sure i'll be picking this one up again.
i don't remember which essay mentioned this, but she talks about friends who work in bookstores who get tired of books and stop being excited about being surrounded by them. she says something along the lines of books without owners not really being books. i was surprised by this. i've spend the last 8 years working in libraries, and when i see all those books (which technically don't have owners except for The Community) all i see is lovely, endless possibility. maybe it's different in a bookstore.
anyways. i'm sure i'll be picking this one up again.