Reviews

Shelf-Love by Ben Dolnick

yung_sch0lar's review

4.0

I want to love an author as much as Dolnick loves Munro. I want to love Munro as much as Dolnick loves Munro. I'm a sucker for books that are about loving books and I was especially sucked in by the author's breakdown of just what it is that makes Munro as an author and her stories so important and thrilling to read.

ljbentley27's review

3.0

What a strange little collection. Don’t get me wrong, I am all about shelf love as a concept. Lord knows I love my shelf so much that I ran out of room. Shelf-Love, the short collection by Ben Dolnick is all about his love for Alice Munro; a perfectly respectable love. I think that Ben Dolnick, to justify the existence of Shelf-Love and to make himself seem a little less fan-boyish should make this a series and celebrate other writers he loves as well. I really enjoyed Shelf-Love but it did leave me feeling that there could be more to this.

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theresidentbookworm's review

3.0

This was an interesting Kindle Single. I had never read the author Ben Dolnick was raving about, but I thought it was interesting perspective of a fan about an author and stories in general. Maybe I will read Alice Munro... And another piece by Ben Dolnick... We'll see.