Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

Anne Fadiman

162 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Description

Anne Fadiman is —by her own admission— the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill, whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over her roommate's 1974 Toyo...

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lighthearted 72%
funny 70%
reflective 70%
relaxing 53%
informative 50%
inspiring 38%
emotional 15%
hopeful 10%
challenging 4%
adventurous 3%

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fast 24%

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