Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Anne Fadiman) 2000
This is a collection of short essays on books and reading. The essays cover such things as how a couple can merge their book collections; individual habits of marking books, and the joys of finding unusual books in used bookstores. Fadiman comes from a literary family and its interesting to read about her family's influence on her. Rating: B+.
