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118 reviews for:
My Ideal Bookshelf
Thessaly La Force, Thomas Keller, Nancy Pearl, Miranda July, Michael Chabon, Dave Eggers, Chuck Klosterman, Jonathan Lethem, Alice Waters, James Franco, Alex Ross, Patti Smith, David Chang, Maira Kalman, David Sedaris, Nico Muhly, Jennifer Egan, Thurston Moore, George Saunders, Rosanne Cash
3.71 AVERAGE
118 reviews for:
My Ideal Bookshelf
Thessaly La Force, Thomas Keller, Nancy Pearl, Miranda July, Michael Chabon, Dave Eggers, Chuck Klosterman, Jonathan Lethem, Alice Waters, James Franco, Alex Ross, Patti Smith, David Chang, Maira Kalman, David Sedaris, Nico Muhly, Jennifer Egan, Thurston Moore, George Saunders, Rosanne Cash
3.71 AVERAGE
Cool concept for a book - get people from various creative endeavors to compile a list of books that would comprise their ideal bookshelf, write a short explanation, then have an artist paint the shelf. For the concept alone, I give it four stars.
The accompanying short essays by the participants were often more about themselves and their lives than about the books they chose. But that was okay. Some I particularly liked (the essays, not particularly their shelves) were James Patterson, James Franco, Zachary Kanin, and Andrew Sean Greer.
The accompanying short essays by the participants were often more about themselves and their lives than about the books they chose. But that was okay. Some I particularly liked (the essays, not particularly their shelves) were James Patterson, James Franco, Zachary Kanin, and Andrew Sean Greer.
I love the idea of a collection of blurbs from people I admire about the books that helped shape who they are. A very quick read that leaves you with lots of homework. The hand drawn book spines is a nice touch on each page—my neck is a little tense after reading this one.
I'm a reading fool so it's always fun for me to read what other people like me enjoy reading, what made them who they are. One of the shelves (from a violinist no less? random) was almost identical to shelves I have at home. The author's, artist's, chef's, and director's pages were interesting. Even when they weren't explaining their choices for the shelf, their descriptions on literature informing life and vice versa were succinct and beautiful. The artistic element was really impressive too, not one for your Ereader, friends!
Fun and fascinating, plus the lovely paintings of all the shelves! Of course, it will grow your TBR list…
Neat idea, but sorta boring in execution. Maybe it would be interesting if knew more NYC designers and literati. As is, I didn't know the majority of the folks in this book.
Call me a bookshelf stalker, cause that's who this book is for. Didn't read most of it, just looked thru the shelf art.
What a fantastic idea, to ask various creative-type people what would be on their ideal bookshelf! I would not necessarily have chosen all of the particular folks who were included in this, but I was interested to find out what several authors whom I admire would select, and it got me thinking about what would be included in mine!
This is a great little coffee table book. It gives you a glimpse of a few books chosen by authors, editors, chefs, artists, designers, and other New York intellectual types (not true for everyone because they even include popular Utah author Stephenie Meyers).
It gives you a glimpse of their favorite books, whether it's for right now or of all time. It's a bit fun to see what books keeping popping up, like What Is the What by Dave Eggers. They write a short explanation of why they choose some of the books on the shelf. Some times it makes sense, sometimes you want to find the books and read them for yourself, and some times you know it's personal reasons and you couldn't care less. It's a book that you will want to come bakc to again and again for reading suggestions. Sure, I'll probably never read any of the books listed by chefs or artists, but I can tell I will always find some inspiration in these pages. The illustrations of the shelves are also interesting because it's lovely to see the spines of different editions of the same book. It would also make a great gift for any book lovers you know.
It gives you a glimpse of their favorite books, whether it's for right now or of all time. It's a bit fun to see what books keeping popping up, like What Is the What by Dave Eggers. They write a short explanation of why they choose some of the books on the shelf. Some times it makes sense, sometimes you want to find the books and read them for yourself, and some times you know it's personal reasons and you couldn't care less. It's a book that you will want to come bakc to again and again for reading suggestions. Sure, I'll probably never read any of the books listed by chefs or artists, but I can tell I will always find some inspiration in these pages. The illustrations of the shelves are also interesting because it's lovely to see the spines of different editions of the same book. It would also make a great gift for any book lovers you know.
I do love lists of books people like, doesn't matter who the people are, there were a lot I'd never heard of here, but that's fine. The essays were awfully brief and sometimes barely mentioned any of their books. The artwork was cute enough...I enjoyed reading it.