The year of reading dangerously

This was pretty good. Less about the books than I would've liked. And I'm not sure what “reading dangerously” means. But as a fan of Backlisted, it was fun to read Andy's book (I could hear his voice as I read). It's very rambling and a bit self-indulgent, but overall, fun.

This book is a mix bag of emotions.
On one hand, it dealt with real dilemmas that book readers/lover face. Of whether it's okay to abandon a book, reading a challenging book, interacting with the classical works that feel intimidating. While on the other end, it also alienated me by going on and on about certain niche of cultural references that seem exclusive to the writer.

The memoir plus book review style was new and fun to read but there were few chapters that felt a bit too much. Nonetheless, this book had some wonderful quotable lines and a brilliant suggestions of “books to read” or as Andy would say “List of Betterment”. Worth a read, once.

Not quite laugh-out-loud funny, but witty. Discovered this book after spending a full day (I have a cold) listening to the podcast Backlisted. It (the podcast) was recommended to me by my British friend, Matt, and I recommend it to you.

First, let's make a few things clear: Andy Miller does not read dangerously. He does not save his life by reading. And he only reads fifty great books (and ONE not-so-great one).

Now that the lies in the title are set aside, I can tell you what this book really is: Andy Miller is a funny guy and you will love his yearlong trip through fifty classics. (Though, for truth-in-advertising reasons, I feel compelled to warn you that I completely disagreed with his opinions on every book: War and Peace is not an easy read...Middlemarch is not daunting...and, most of all, I loathed his favorite read of the year, Under the Volcano.) Take the trip with Andy and I suspect you will organize your own Year of Reading Dangerously soon.