Search - So Many Books, So Little Time : A Year of Passionate Reading

I think this is one of those books that you either like it or you don't. I happened to love it. She was insightful as to how readers often act and feel toward their books. I love how she called her books " my books are my secret lovers, the friends I run to to get away from the daily drudgeries of life, to try out something new and yes, to get away, for a few hours, from him (her husband). He doesn't need to know that my books are the affairs I do not have." I don't know about other readers, but I found this to be sooooo true in my life. LOL

This book is not about the books the author read in 1 year, it's about the process of choosing a book and the emotions you associate with a book and the way you life influences a book. Overall, I thought it pretensious and filled with name and book dropping. I was actually annoyed that this woman never provides you with an actual list of what she read during that year. She is just the type of person who would use the phrase "unwashed masses" on a regular basis. I will say that there are 2 entries in the entire book that make it worth paying for. I'm only taking the time to add one book to my TBR pile from this book.

I think the author's definition of what qualifies as a good book didn't jibe with mine, but in any case I really didn't like this book! I stopped halfway through, which I almost never do. Ironically, it was one of the tenets of the author that prompted me to do it: she says that a sign of maturity and freedom is to be able to set a book down that you don't like, no matter how much or little time you have invested in it. So I got some good advice after all!

I had high hopes for this book for I'm a passionate reader. I love books. I know I'm preaching to the choir because why would you be at Paperbackswap if you didn't love books too. I expected more. The best thing I can say is the author has a breezy, easy to read style of writing. The negatives - This book didn't have anything new or interesting. It was a series of essays. I tried to get through it, but I couldn't bring myself to finish this book. It just didn't catch my interest. And as the title says "so many books so little time", I decided to give this away so that I can concentrate on other books.