paurw's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Fue una lectura interesante, aprendí muchos datos nuevos y curiosos.
No es para leerlo de golpe, sino más bien para de vez en cuando revisar una de las listas que están aquí. Hay listas de todo tipo, incluso de libros que no existen o de títulos alternativos para obras muy famosas.
También los libros que la gente dice haber leído y no lo ha hecho jajaja.
Recomendado para divertirse un rato.
No es para leerlo de golpe, sino más bien para de vez en cuando revisar una de las listas que están aquí. Hay listas de todo tipo, incluso de libros que no existen o de títulos alternativos para obras muy famosas.
También los libros que la gente dice haber leído y no lo ha hecho jajaja.
Recomendado para divertirse un rato.
helenephoebe's review
5.0
I really liked this book. I wanted it since I saw it in the British Library. It was full of really interesting lists like University Reading Lists, Books Left in Hotels, Books on the International Space Station, Books IKEA uses as decoration, and Books Burnt by the Nazis.
Some of the lists were partial, but this has really encouraged me to look into the complete lists and other book-related lists, more than just 101 Books to Read Before You Die. There was also plenty of description and extra little tit-bits about the lists and the authors included on the lists.
Lists in the book are broken into sections including:
1. Reading Lists
2. On the Move
3. In the Library
4. Junior Choice
5. Unwanted
6. On the Screen
7. Lists Yet to Come
8. Adventures in Books
For any bibliophiles this is a fantastic little reference book that you will keep coming back to again and again.
Some of the lists were partial, but this has really encouraged me to look into the complete lists and other book-related lists, more than just 101 Books to Read Before You Die. There was also plenty of description and extra little tit-bits about the lists and the authors included on the lists.
Lists in the book are broken into sections including:
1. Reading Lists
2. On the Move
3. In the Library
4. Junior Choice
5. Unwanted
6. On the Screen
7. Lists Yet to Come
8. Adventures in Books
For any bibliophiles this is a fantastic little reference book that you will keep coming back to again and again.
uncle_remus's review
3.0
An interesting eclectic book of book lists.
It's not a goodreads list, but a bizarre collection of lists. Some lists offer a window into the thoughts of places (eg. space station, Kansas City parking ramp), nations (eg Nazi Germany banned books) and lots of people (eg. David Bowie). Some are non-existent books fabricated from lists gathered from novels... and lots of curious lists.
One of favorite book titles: The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Field Guide to Identification
A fun, off-topic and quirky book.
It's not a goodreads list, but a bizarre collection of lists. Some lists offer a window into the thoughts of places (eg. space station, Kansas City parking ramp), nations (eg Nazi Germany banned books) and lots of people (eg. David Bowie). Some are non-existent books fabricated from lists gathered from novels... and lots of curious lists.
One of favorite book titles: The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Field Guide to Identification
A fun, off-topic and quirky book.