News October 12, 2007 (mp3 file, 4:05 min.)
Book Reviewed by Marcia This Week:
Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults by Mary K. Chelton
A few "Books About Books" (borrow through SILO interlibrary loan!):
So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson. Nelson's entertaining look at the experience of reading -- Why does a book suddenly grab you the third time you pick it up? Does the setting in which you are reading change the book's impact? -- would make for interesting discussions for a book club.
Bound to Please by Michael Dirda. A collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize winner who many consider to be the best book critic in the country.
The Book Group Book by Ellen Slezak offers lots of book club ideas. In particular, it will help your group choose a theme to make its discussions more interesting (and allow members to read different books at the same time!).
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. This book includes discussions of works by Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, etc. If you look up this book on Amazon, you will find a list of all 47 books mentioned by Nafisi.
Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman.
The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading by Michael Dorris.
Reading in Bed by Steven Gilbar.
Ruined by Reading: A Life in Books by Lynne Sharon Schwartz.
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