Book Lust - Nancy Pearl

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Title: Book Lust
Author: Nancy Pearl
Genre: Non-fiction
Rating: 2.5/5
# pages: 256
Date read: December, 2011

What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised 170 thematic reading lists that cater to every mood, occasion, and personality. These annotated lists cover such topics as mother-daughter relationships, science for nonscientists, mysteries of all stripes, African-American fiction from a female point of view, must-reads for kids, books on bicycling, "chick-lit," and many more.

I stumbled across this book in the gift shop at NYC public library, and it seemed like a must-have for a bookworm like myself. Unfortunately it ended up being a very disappointing read indeed. In part because Nancy Pearl and I obviously don't really share a taste in books at all, but mostly because she didn't manage to 'sell' the books she did recommend. I realize that it's not possible to make a lengthy explanation/summary about each book when you want to list as many as she did, but just a single line or two would be helpful.

It's definitely not a book to read through from A-Z, but people with less of a TBR-mountain than I have might find it handy for quick ideas.