So Many Books, So Little Time - Sara Nelson

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Title: So Many Books, So Little Time Author: Sara Nelson Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 9/10 # pages: 242 Date read: February, 2008

Summary: Sometimes subtle, sometimes striking, the interplay between our lives and our books is the subject of this unique memoir by well-known publishing correspondent and self-described "readaholic" Sara Nelson. From Solzhenitsyn to Laura Zigman, Catherine M. to Captain Underpants, the result is a personal chronicle of insight, wit, and enough infectious enthusiasm to make a passionate reader out of anybody.

Review: Heh! I didn't even know this book existed when I thought up the subtitle to bogormen. Guess I'm no where near as original as I'd like to think ;-)

I can't say exactly why I loved this book so much. Perhaps because it's the kind of book I've always wanted to write myself, but never thought anybody would be willing to read? I hadn't read too many of the books she mentioned, but would probably have loved the book even more if I had. As it was, I got a lot of ideas for new books that I want to read.

As Sara wrote: "When things go right, I read. When they go wrong, I read more." It's like she read my mind. And that is the main theme of this book. She's a book-addict, I'm a book-addict. We understand each other.

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