Why We Read

This was more of a memoir/tongue-in-cheek nonfiction about the reasons the author reads, with some bonus advice about how we can use her experiences to improve our own reading. It's basically a series of essays about various topics related to reading--everything from the author's early experiences in a library to how to read horror if you're a scared reader to teaching a classroom of students how to appreciate Lincoln in the Bardo to a lot more diverse topics.

Not a lot connects one essay to the next except the author's life and reading, but it was an interesting listen none-the-less. It was a great audiobook for me to listen to, as I feel like if I were reading it I would start getting bored of the meandering-ness of the book. I did get some things out of it, and really liked her approach to working in poetry that I might consider doing, but not a lot will stick with me now that it's done.

I do think the author has a great sense of humor and outlook on life though. It was an amusing book to listen to, if nothing else.

It's true that this book should more accurately be titled Why I Read, but despite it being more author-centric than I expected, I still felt seen. This is for all of us who consider the public library our second home and suffer from acute abibliophobia (fear of running out of books).