As Gilbar writes in his introduction, "The essays in this book are not so much about books as about reading. Most of the pieces speak of the writers' personal experience as readers. Some are more... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Being a confirmed bibliophile and borderline biblioholic and bibliomaniac, I have to say I really relished the pieces included in this collection - it feels like a session of "The Biblioholics Anonymous"! The fly in the ointment and an irksome annoyance is the haphazard copy editing! This really detracts from an otherwise wonderful book. Was "spell check" not available to the editors, then? I found several pages where there were more than a couple of spelling errors! But a great 'pillow book' just the same!
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