More book lust - BookWyrm

286 pages

English language

Published Aug. 27, 2005 by Sasquatch Books, Distributed by Publishers Group West.

ISBN:: 978-1-57061-435-4

(1 review)

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. 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. 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. …

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. 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. 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. Both a valuable reference and a vastly enjoyable read, More Book Lust offers a wealth of enthusiastic, quirky reading recommendations.

2 editions

A. Rivera reviewed More book lust by Nancy Pearl

Review of 'More book lust' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

This one was not as good as her first one. In part because it seemed to pick a good share of very obscure items (she frequently recommended books that were likely out of print). Some of the categories seemed to be stretching a little. And in my case, it seemed a bit more slanted to female readers. For instance, the section on Space Opera was pretty slim. Having said that, I still found a few ideas of new things to read, but I had to dig for them. Overall, it is a book for browsing and finding something for a particular mood.

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Best books.
Books and reading -- United States.