Isaac Israels – Girl Reading on Sofa, 1920
My early Saturday morning reading is fun! I am reading two books about books, and both came into my possession without any planning at all. My husband preordered one of the books as a lovely surprise for me, and it arrived in the mail this week. 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List, by James Mustich, weighs a ton and is filled with wonderful information about authors and books. It’s like an encyclopedia for readers, a wonderful resource to have and an enjoyable read! With 948 pages and small type, I don’t know when or if I will ever read it all the way through, but I will certainly use it a lot over the years, if I can wrestle it away from other family members!
The other book is from the library, found while perusing the shelves this week. A serendipitous find, considering that I didn’t know my husband had ordered the other book for me. This book is called Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury, A Personal Tour of Some of the World’s Best Books, by Robert Kanigel. For many years, the author wrote a newspaper column for the Baltimore Sun called “Vintage Reads.” This book is an extension of those articles, and is full of fun and very readable essays on classics that appealed to him.
I love reading books about books, and these two are both fun reads and excellent resources!
A Fondness For Reading 
I can never resist books about books, and they always end up adding even more books to my lists and stacks!
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Lisa, I’m exactly the same! My TBR list extends into infinity!
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I love books about books and lists of books too!
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Cathy, me too!!
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I love books like these. I have a book similar to your first title and should pull it out and see if I can check off any more titles since I first got it several years ago!
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Iliana, I love these kinds of books, too. I’d be interested in what the title is of the book you have on your shelf! Just in case I don’t have it on my own shelf!
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I have the Mustich book on my library list but it sounds like I might need my own copy! We’ll see!
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Kristen, I’m afraid it’s really one to own! There’s so much in it…so much information about the authors and their other books. It’s an endlessly pleasurable read.
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Good to know!
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