rayuelita's review against another edition
4.0
Me lo he leído porque se lo voy a prestar a una amiga y quería releerlo. Es una joya si te gusta Bowie. La edición de Blackie Books es preciosa.
rumbledethumps's review
3.0
Really great for a list of interesting books to read, but too much speculation as to how these books might have actually influenced Bowie.
mauxbs's review
4.0
I've listened to a lot of books lately that were not well suited to audio, but this landed just on the right side of that line.
As background, David Bowie released a list of 100 books that were important to him. O'Connell goes through the list and ties each title to an aspect of Bowie's life or work that illustrates his likely interest in the book, ending each with a song to "Read while listening to..." and a suggestion for further reading. In that sense, Bowie's Bookshelf becomes an interestingly disjointed biography of the artist.
The downside of the audio format was that it wasn't easy to stop and make a note of some of the books I'd like to follow up and read. The list, however, is reprinted so many places online ('cause David Bowie) that it isn't really a problem.
Assuming you're at least a casual fan of Bowie, I recommend this book for when you're looking for something interesting that you can easily pick up and put down as time allows.
As background, David Bowie released a list of 100 books that were important to him. O'Connell goes through the list and ties each title to an aspect of Bowie's life or work that illustrates his likely interest in the book, ending each with a song to "Read while listening to..." and a suggestion for further reading. In that sense, Bowie's Bookshelf becomes an interestingly disjointed biography of the artist.
The downside of the audio format was that it wasn't easy to stop and make a note of some of the books I'd like to follow up and read. The list, however, is reprinted so many places online ('cause David Bowie) that it isn't really a problem.
Assuming you're at least a casual fan of Bowie, I recommend this book for when you're looking for something interesting that you can easily pick up and put down as time allows.
mdevrieze's review
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.5
Drie jaar voor zijn dood (vandaag 7 (!) jaar geleden) lijstte #DavidBowie de 100 belangrijkste boeken uit z'n leven op.
+: Je leert Bowie nog beter kennen omdat O'Connell elk boek linkt met het leven en/of werk van de zanger. Hij raadt ook telkens een song aan om tijdens het lezen te beluisteren.
+: Mijn ‘to read-lijst’ is weer langer geworden.
-: O'Connell schrijft veel in de voorwaardelijke wijs.
3,5 ⭐
+: Je leert Bowie nog beter kennen omdat O'Connell elk boek linkt met het leven en/of werk van de zanger. Hij raadt ook telkens een song aan om tijdens het lezen te beluisteren.
+: Mijn ‘to read-lijst’ is weer langer geworden.
-: O'Connell schrijft veel in de voorwaardelijke wijs.
3,5 ⭐
a8bhatia's review
3.0
I would actually rate this a bit closer to a 4, especially if you are a David Bowie fan. I however, don't really know much about Bowie and I think I digested this book a little too fast. I would otherwise take it a bit slower.
espectrosocial's review against another edition
4.0
Me ha gustado mucho conocer las lecturas predilectas de Bowie. Eso sí, ¿hasta qué punto estaría de acuerdo con las opiniones de O'Conell? No lo sé, hay mucho de investigación y otro de suposición. En todo caso, no solo he aprendido cosas sobre Bowie que me han parecido muy interesantes para poder entenderlo mejor, sino que ahora tengo muchas lecturas añadidas a mi lista de pendientes.