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A carregar... My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012)por Ronald Rice (Editor)
   Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Yes, I love books, libraries and bookstores. I often order books online. Does that make me evil? I’ve enjoyed most every bookstore which I have been in, and spent my money at each, but I don’t have a personal favorite. Most of the stores which I’ve enjoyed have closed. (  ) dirving57 | Sep 21, 2021 |  When you think of your favorite bookstore, what comes to mind? Is it the physical space? Books stacked in rows and piled high, labeled with staff recommendations? Do you think of the owner who knows each of her customers by name and can always press into your hands the perfect book that you're sure to love? Or is it the intangible thing that draws you there: the anticipation of a new discovery, or the feeling of community or of being at home? In My Bookstore, 84 of our favorite writers put all of these thoughts and feelings into words in a one-of-a-kind collection that expresses their adoration and admiration for bookstores and booksellers all across the country. (  ) jepeters333 | Apr 9, 2018 | Good essays from writers about favorite and beloved independent book stores; what they mean to them and their families, how the owners and staff are well-read and supportive of many a new writer. I especially enjoyed the following essays: The Odyssey Bookshop, a love story to books and those who adore them Book Passage, a wow of a shop that made me jealous, Politics and Prose, supportive of its customers and everything word related, Boswell Book Company, an ode to Daniel Goldin 'saving the world' with his love of books, Quail Ridge Book and Music because Nancy Olson has made it into a community hub, University Book Store, a magical place, The Regulator Bookshop, historic store in former middle-class black neighborhood, Mayers and Quinn because of a smart date between Louise Erdich and her future husband, and the support she gets to start her OWN bookshop Fiction Addiction, 'Book Your Lunch' promotion to have readers meet writers over lunch Chaucer's Books, because of how deeply bookstores affect Pico Iyer, author Bunch of Grapes, I can identify with the feeling of memory while browsing Bank Square Books, who wouldn't be moved by this essay of a distrustful child saved by a book Powells, hysterical, outrageous, unexpected; more story than essay Anderson's Bookshops, Urrea's essay is touching because it shows how his love of books transferred to his daughter Becky And many more. What all these shops have in common are owners and staff who love books, education, learning, and people, their sense of intuition in providing customers and writers just what they need, their untiring efforts to create comfortable surroundings, and a community of readers, and extensive 'hand-selling' to promote local writers. I grew up in the Bronx; and unfortunately didn't have an independent book store like any of these gems. I do remember my mother taking me to the Kingsbridge Branch of the New York Public Library when young, and later walking to the Van Nest branch a few times each week. I loved both of them and DIDN'T KNOW what I was missing. ( ) Bookish59 | Sep 17, 2017 | Interesting eclectic read of various writers and their favorite bookstores. A bit inside, to be sure, but interesting in how each person perceives the worth of a bookstore and what (s)he gets from it beyond just books. (  ) SESchend | Sep 6, 2017 | Book lovers like to flock to bookstores. Bookstores that stand out as that ‘something special’ and something extra can win permanent places in a reader’s heart. I have fond memories of bookstores I’ve visited that I never got to see again, or who have now gone on to the bookstore-beyond, but they will always stay special to me. Thankfully the ones in my town still exist, waiting to be visited and cooed over all over again. When reading Pat Conroy’s half memoir last year, My Reading Life, he praised a bookstore that meant a great deal to him, covering the bookstore owned in several chapters, discussing the people he met in the store, how he helped work in the store and would spend hours hanging out there, how it helps advance careers, and how that bookstore branched out through parties, word of mouth, and how it exists today. That got me thinking of other writer’s experiences, which led to me ordering this book. Each chapter has a drawing of a rendition of a bookstore mentioned by the author. It opens on a promising note - Be still my heart...the first essay from Martha Ackmann, on The Odyssey Bookshop, brought not only the bookstore to life but its creators. Romeo, who took his tea at 4 and was obsessed with Middlemarch. The bookstore that started on fire, was rebuilt, and started on fire again, to be taken over by a daughter who kept it flourishing. The Phoenix effect. It comes alive in this essay - wish I could visit. Some of these don’t dwell on the charm of a specific bookstore, but instead take their chances to whip out a soapbox. Wendell Berry mentions not one bookstore but emphasizes the full magic of a book cannot be duplicated by reading a story on an impersonal screen. His quote matches my own view here: ”I still own books that have remained alive and dear in my thoughts since I was a boy, and a part of the life of each one is my memory of the bookstore where I bought it and of the bookseller who sold it to me.” On a funny muse, Rick Bragg starts his essay by saying cats and bookstores go together like Peanut butter and Jelly but that he likes his bookstore withOUT cats, thank you very much! But it all ties in anyway, funny humor describing a favorite no-nonsense bookseller. I had other notes that I jotted down while I slowly read this, but I can’t find them. If I do one day, I’ll add to this review, but overall it’s a great book that contains interesting essays in it, mixed with some that are generic and impersonal. One or two essays is fine, but reading this many takes time as you can only take in so much at once. It’s a good coffee table book to randomly open and browse. ( ) ErinPaperbackstash | Jun 14, 2016 | sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookstores and booksellers, 84 well-known writers pay tribute to the bricks-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second home. Writers include: Isabel Allende, Wendell Berry, Rick Bragg, Dave Eggers, Louise Erdrich, Fannie Flagg, Ian Frazier, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., John Grisham, Pete Hamill, Ann Hood, Stephanie Kallos, Laurie R. King, Kate Niles, Ann Packer, Chuck Palahniuk, Ann Patchett, Francine Prose, Tom Robbins, Lisa See, Brian Selznick, Lee Smith, Nancy Thayer, Terry Tempest Williams and more. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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