I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers

Name: I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers
Price: 2.99 USD
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Rating: 4 (166 reviews)
Author: Guinevere de la Mare

by Guinevere de la Mare

Nonfiction Memoir

4.0 (166)

4.0 stars from 166 reviews

96 pages~1.6 hr readPublished by Chronicle Books LLCPublished 2017-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You spend more time thinking about books than actually reading them, and you want something beautiful to admire whilst procrastinating. You follow bookish Instagram accounts and have a shelf dedicated to displaying your prettiest editions. You give thoughtful gifts to other readers and need something that celebrates the culture you're part of.

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You don't care much about book aesthetics or the performative side of reading. You're looking for practical reading recommendations or writing advice, not artistic reflection. You find essays and poetry tedious and want narrative-driven content instead.

About this book

A compendium of delightful essays, poems, photos, quotations, and illustrations for book lovers. For anyone who'd rather be reading than doing just about anything else, this ebook is the ultimate must-have. In this visual ode to all things bookish, readers will get lost in page after page of beautiful contemporary art, photography, and illustrations depicting the pleasures of books. Artwork from the likes of Jane Mount, Lisa Congdon, Julia Rothman, and Sophie Blackall is interwoven with text from essayist Maura Kelly, bestselling author Gretchen Rubin, and award-winning author and independent bookstore owner Ann Patchett. Rounded out with poems, quotations, and aphorisms celebrating the joys of reading, this lovingly curated compendium is a love letter to all things literary, and the perfect thing for bookworms everywhere. Read more

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