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The Bibliophile's Devotional: 365 Days Of Literary Classics (2009)

by Hallie Ephron(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1605501050 (ISBN13: 9781605501055)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Adams Media

review 1: This was just okay. Maybe I’d have enjoyed it more if I’d read one entry a day, rather than reading the book straight through, but I’m not a “passage a day” type reader. Frankly, while the content is very interesting, each entry is only slightly longer than what could be included in a day at a glance calendar, and I enjoyed reading a bit about some of my favorite books, but for books I haven’t read, I’d rather get information about those books from Goodreads’ members, book description fields, etc. This is kind of a nonessential work, in my opinion.
review 2: I did read the entire book as intended, beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31. It introduced me to many books I'd never heard of and told me enough about all the books that I have... more a pretty good idea of what they're about. In this case, I'm not likely to pursue most of the books mentioned, simply because Ephron's taste in books is different enough from mine that I'm just not interested in most of her choices. I enjoyed how she arranged her summaries: if something about a book tied it to a particular date, the book was listed on that date. But her book gets only three stars from me mainly because in the end, it's a collection of 365 plot summaries (no, not set up for a leap year!) and that's as deep as it gets. Also, I wish she had listed the original publication date for all the books, which would've helped me get a feel for them. But overall, it was an interesting way to get through a year and I'm glad I read it. less

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