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The Year of Reading Dangerously
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The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books Saved My Life by Andy Miller
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Feb 15, 2015 07:07AM
"A heartfelt, humorous, and honest examination of what it means to be a reader, and a witty and insightful journey of discovery and soul-searching that celebrates the abiding miracle of the book and the power of reading." Sounds like a memoir I would enjoy!
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Oh I really want to read this one! Let me know what you think of it :)
This seems a perfect fit for this year of making lists of books
How is it? I'd love to try it someday.
The Lit Lover wrote: "How is it? I'd love to try it someday."It was enjoyable but I had built up so much anticipation before reading it that I felt a little disappointment. Too many footnotes, for one thing. What I liked best was reading his thoughts on books I'd already read. I did add a few of his choices to my to-be-read pile as well. He does not write about all 50 of the books he read that year so that was a bit of a letdown too--there were several more that I would have liked to read his review of.
I couldn't help thinking that any of us doing this '2015 reading challenge' could write our own book after this year, lol. (Duh! Head thump!)
