![]() I loved these little books and will be purchasing every one for my personal collection. Since that number gets smaller and smaller as we get older and older, our big reward is that when we turn 100, we can judge a book by its cover! If you’re over fifty, which is when time gets even shorter, subtract your age from 100-the result is the number of pages you should read before making your decision to stay with it or quit. If you’re fifty years of age or younger, give a book fifty pages before you decide to commit to reading it or give it up. What I love is that she gives you permission to stop reading a book when you are not enjoying it. One is the “rule of fifty” which I have used recently when an abandoning a book (Pride and Prejudice – sorry Jane). I spent hours perusing these books, enjoying her fun and interesting recommendations.īetter yet, Nancy has a variety of philosophies which she labels “Pearlisms”. With her “lust” of reading, Pearl shares with the reader the books she loves and those which she knows about, creating more desire and adding to your ever expanding book list. The books are small and easy to handle with a soft cover. Inside the categories are enticing snippets of the books in a very readable format. Thoughts: Nancy Pearl, librarian extraordinaire, has created this series of books (with the fourth to be released in a few days - its one for travelers) which contain organized collections of book recommendations, labeled under catchy little categories. More Book Lust: Reading Recommendations for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason Each recommends books which are organized into themes, with great little descriptions all are softbound, small and easy to read.īook Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason ~ by Nancy Pearl If you love books and lists, and are an eclectic reader, you will adore this series. Original series review posted at Layers of Thought. Both a valuable reference and a vastly enjoyable read, More Book Lust offers a wealth of enthusiastic, quirky reading recommendations. Once again organized by topic, this sprightly follow-up includes an array of titles in nearly 150 eclectic categories, including Plots for Plotzing (highly unusual storylines), Animal Love (in which humans fall in love with animals), The Autobiographical Gesture (memoirs about complex lives), Child Prodigies (child characters who are called on to perform great and sometimes heroic acts), Nagging Mothers, Crying Children (true tales from the frontlines of parenting), and Libraries and Librarians. Readers everywhere welcomed Pearl's encyclopedic but discerning filter on books worth reading, and her Rule of 50 (give a book 50 pages before deciding whether to continue but readers over 50 must read the same number of pages as their age) became a standard MO. The response to Nancy Pearl's surprise bestseller Book Lust was astounding: the Seattle librarian and winner of the 2004 Women's National Book Award even became the model for the now-famous Librarian Action Figure. ![]()
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