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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
I could literally tag this book with every single tag I have for my books. Books-about-books? Yes, of course. Manguel's format is to take a book a month and write down quotes and his thoughts and other people's thoughts on the same subjects as the book. Then he takes off from there and shares anything and everything that seemingly comes into his mind, and, trust me, his is a brilliant and thoughtful mind. So I could easily tag this book for Happiness and Philosophy and Justice and just about eve ...more
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