What makes someone a capital-R Reader? What appeal factors draw us in to a special book ? Reed, an essayist, teacher, and voracious reader, shares memories from her life as a bookworm as well as charming stories about the ways in which books have impacted the generations of students she's worked with. Readers will be smitten with this introspective, humorous, and lovely book.
As a reader who finds such joy in books (go figure, the librarian who loves books), I found this book so much fun to read. In the past I have incorrectly assumed certain characteristics of a person’s reading habits were needed to qualify them to be a True Reader. I’ve since dismissed that notion, but reading this book has me even more converted to the idea that everyone can, and should be a reader and that every reader is unique. There’s no right way to be a Reader and so much joy can come from sharing your love of reading with others. Reed's writing was candid and each essay was engaging and witty. One of the essays included in the book was about the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program. If you know, you know.
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If you love to read, you know that some books affect you so profoundly they forever change the way you think about the world. Some books, on the other hand, disappoint you so much you want to throw them against the wall. Either way, it's clear that a book can be your new soul mate or the bad relationship you need to end. In Dear Fahrenheit 451, librarian Annie Spence has crafted love letters and breakup notes to the iconic and eclectic books she has encountered over the years. From breaking up with The Giving Tree (a dysfunctional relationship book if ever there was one), to her love letter to The Time Traveler's Wife (a novel less about time travel and more about the life of a marriage, with all of its ups and downs), Spence will make you think of old favorites in a new way. Filled with suggested reading lists, Spence's take on classic and contemporary books is very much like the best of literature sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes surprisingly poignant, and filled with universal truths. A celebration of reading, Dear Fahrenheit 451 is for anyone who loves nothing more than curling up with a good book ... and another, and another, and another!
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