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I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers
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For anyone who'd rather be reading than doing just about anything else, this ebook is the ultimate must-have. In this visual ode to all things bookish, readers will get lost in page after page of beautiful contemporary art, photography, and illustrations depicting the pleasures of books. Artwork from the likes of Jane Mount, Lisa Congdon, Julia Rothman, and Sophie Blackall is interwoven with text from essayist Maura Kelly, bestselling author Gretchen Rubin, and award-winning author and independent bookstore owner Ann Patchett. Rounded out with poems, quotations, and aphorisms celebrating the joys of reading, this lovingly curated compendium is a love letter to all things literary, and the perfect thing for bookworms everywhere.
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Reviews for I'd Rather Be Reading
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Short but sweet. Lots of eye candy for readers.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very entertaining if you're as much of a bookworm as I am. Loved the illustrations. My one complaint is that it's too short.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Some lovely art, some essays that were interesting an dine I just want to argue with (the one about reading slow and reading literary only)
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The book I needed to remind myself why I read and why I should re-develop my reading habits.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I just loved this little book about books. Any bookworm would love the cute pictures and reading ideas from author