I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne BogelMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I am a huge fan of Anne Bogel -- her blog, her podcast, and her book club. I bought this book when it was first published and read it quickly at the time. Now that I'm retired, a member in four book clubs, and spend an inordinate amount of time each day reading, I wanted to re-visit the book and savor it again. It was even better the second time around!
She has such insight about all aspects of reading, and she reads an incredible amount of books each year. This enables her to give "what should I read next" recommendations to her podcast guests, make such spot-on suggestions in her annual winter, spring, summer, and fall reading guides, and also to select such wonderful books each month for her book club. She writes about her reading life when she was growing up, as a recently married young woman living right next door to her public library (envious!!), and her life now being fully immersed in everything bookish. I would highly recommend anyone who loves reading and is NOT familiar with her work to read this book, but also to go to her website and explore -- you won't be disappointed! https://modernmrsdarcy.com/
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