The Quotable Book Lover

I worked all 4 years of high school as a page at my local public library. That’s when I fell in love with Libraries. Went on to volunteer at the kids school library for years.Was a trustee for our local public library. When I ordered this book, I had no idea it would be coming from a library and wound be library, bound, and inside~ oh my~the pocket and the card for check out! What a treasure~made me cry. Thank you so much!

There are many of the standard book quotes here, but quite a few missing, or perhaps is was post print? Where is Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett on their love of books and libraries to name just two. I loved seeing Robertson Davies a couple of times, but I have so many ‘better’ quotes from him. Ditto Atwood! Books are personal of course, and book lovers and writers are an interesting quirky bunch. It is an enjoyable read.

I have been a lover of quote books all my life and I have a large collection of various kinds of quote books. I purchased this one (The Quotable Book Lover edited by Ben Jacobs & Helena Hjalmarsson with a forward by Nicholas A. Basbanes) on Amazon for a bargain price.This 241 page soft cover book is a fantastic volume of numerous kinds of quotes all focused on writers, readers, collectors and other lovers of the written word. This text is organized into ten sections and includes quotes on the following topics: In praise of books, on writing, autobiography and biography, reading, libraries, literacy, censorship and the destruction of books, publishing and publishers, literature and collecting books. There are quotes from a wide range of individuals such as Ernest Hemmingway, George Orwell, Ezra Pound, Woody Allen, Maya Angelou, William Faulkner, Thomas Jefferson and numerous other legendary people.If you are a writer and a lover of books, especially quote books, this volume is for you. It is a keeper.Joseph J. Truncale 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Zen Poetry Moments: Haiku and Senryu for special occasions).

Don't bother. You've seen many of the quotes a hundred times before, and those you haven't aren't that interesting to begin with, which is why you haven't seen them before.

Physical copy of this book might be better -- Kindle version not well laid out to easily find quotes if you just want to peruse.

I love books of quotes! This one is fantastic!

Delightful! Love browsing it! Almost every page has something you want to remember to quote. A gem of a book.

If you are looking up a book like, "The Quotable Book Lover," you are the curious sort. You chase randomness in Wikipedia. You follow links that are filled with interesting, but not necessarily useful facts. Now you want to read quotes by famous people about books. Many of these are forgotten in the great pile of great books these men and women have written, but each is fantastically delicious."I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It's about Russia." -Woody Allen"Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing." -Sylvia Plath"There are books of which the backs and the covers are by far the best parts." -Charles DickensYou get the idea.These are well organized, section-by-section, cleanly designed. Leave a copy of "The Quotable Book Lover" in the bathroom, and leave each morning feeling smarter.--Anthony Trendlanthonytrendl.com

Totally fascinating essays from around the world on the meanings, memories and importance of libraries from a great variety of contributors including many well known people.

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