Ruined by Reading : A Life in Books
If you aren't much of a reader, you probably won't like this book.
Lynne Sharon Schwartz takes you on a very literary tour of her reader's mind. The books she's read, her impressions of them, her memories of them. How her life has involved books. She lets us see that she's not a very thorough reader -- she forgets a major plot element from a Melville novel, for example.
This is a brief book, but you will want to savour it. Every word feels like it has been chosen with care. You will also want to keep a notebook nearby, so you can make note of books she mentions to read later.
# Posted by ayse