A review by paperbackstash
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl
3.0
Full review to come, but quick notes:
This second volume is not a repeat of the first - it covers new ballparks. Unusual categories I wouldn't have thought of, like The Family of Clergy, are included. Fiction for Foodies isn't a surprise to me since so many cozies are food themed. Even geography plays its part like with Florida Fiction, Japan, Tibet, Egypt, etc. I was especially delighted to see sections like Fractured Fairy Tales, Maiden Voyages and Ms. Mystery. I've never heard of "Dick Lit" but thanks to this book, I now have a new genre to name.
As always Nancy Pearl shies away from darker fiction from the most part, so you won't find much in the way of horror, thriller or darker mysteries here - but she definitely gives an exhaustive list of valuable resources and possibilities to open your mind and explore.
Used more as a reference guide and list more than you'd sit and read it like a novel, it's a worthy book to keep revisiting.
This second volume is not a repeat of the first - it covers new ballparks. Unusual categories I wouldn't have thought of, like The Family of Clergy, are included. Fiction for Foodies isn't a surprise to me since so many cozies are food themed. Even geography plays its part like with Florida Fiction, Japan, Tibet, Egypt, etc. I was especially delighted to see sections like Fractured Fairy Tales, Maiden Voyages and Ms. Mystery. I've never heard of "Dick Lit" but thanks to this book, I now have a new genre to name.
As always Nancy Pearl shies away from darker fiction from the most part, so you won't find much in the way of horror, thriller or darker mysteries here - but she definitely gives an exhaustive list of valuable resources and possibilities to open your mind and explore.
Used more as a reference guide and list more than you'd sit and read it like a novel, it's a worthy book to keep revisiting.