The pleasures of reading
Subtitle: a booklover's alphabet
By: Catherine Sheldrick Ross
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, An imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781591586951; 9781610694339
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Books and reading; Buch; Popular literature; Library & Information Science; Social aspects; Reading interests; Reading Skills; Literatur; General; Public services (Libraries); Lesen; Reading; Libraries and community
Description: "Based on years of ground-breaking research, this book supplies a look at the unique relationship between each text and the individual reader that results in a satisfying, pleasurable, and even life-changing reading experience"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: 30 ways of looking at the reading experience; title: A. ABC and counting books; title: Alexia; title: B. Bad reading; title: Before reading; title: Books about books and reading; title: C. Changing lives; title: D. Detective, mystery, and crime fiction; title: E. E-reading; title: F. Five-foot shelf of books; title: G. Gothic; title: H. Horror; title: I. Important books versus indiscriminate reading; title: J. Jackets and book covers; title: K. Kindred readers; title: L. Literary logrolling; title: M. Marginalia; title: N. Nonfiction; title: O. Only the best; title: P. Plots; title: Q. Questions about reading; title: R. Rags to riches; title: Romance fiction; title: S. Self-help; title: T. Titles; title: U. Unreadable books; title: V. Vampires, zombies, and the undead; title: W. Westerns; title: X. X-traordinary readers; title: Y. Year of reading; title: Z.Z to A, A to Z reading.