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Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure Of Books (2014)

by Wendy Lesser(Favorite Author)

3.16 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0374289204 (ISBN13: 9780374289201)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

review 1: I was almost done with my review when I touched some part of the screen of the iPad by mistake and made it disappear. Rather than attempt to recreate what I had written, I will simply complete the thought I was writing when I lost my screen: I loved the fact that the author admitted she often wanted to say, "stop reading this and go read the book" but the fact is that her book is so good, I was happy to put off reading the original while enjoying her thoughts on it. In fact, I am not sure I want to read some of the books under discussion, but still very much enjoyed her thoughts about them. In other cases, I am glad to add titles she discusses to my reading list, further reason to love this book. In short, a highly recommended good read!
review 2: Wendy Lesser ... morewrote a nice book on writing, literary pursuits that everyone can appreciate. She created a place and atmosphere that made me want to read Henry James and not want to read Dostoyevsky. I always feel guilty about not spending much time with old Fyodor but Lesser helped me get over that. I also have zero desire to go back to the Greek plays and even Edith Wharton is a ho hum. So all in all, enjoy reading - whoever it is and wherever it takes you. A good book for people who neither majored in English Lit or are professional writers. less

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