Unabridged Audiobook
At first I enjoyed the witticisms and wry comments about being a bibliomaniac. The writer spoke about the first book he loved. It seemed then the premise was towards the end of relating some of the books he loved. But after a while, his writing seemed to be repeating the same thing over and over. It became tedious and I stopped listening for sometime. Eventually, I decided to give the rest another go. Again though, it became utterly boring! Not that there wasn’t the clever sentence or two which cause a smile. So, I sped up the recording so as to get on with it quickly. I did enjoy the chapter about Pilgrim’s Progress, as Mr. Field spoke about the appeal of books with illustrations. Which then led to discussion about the libraries or attitude toward books by great men. But mostly the book wittered on to much to keep my attention. I really wouldn’t recommend it. Perhaps for an aide to sleep? But that may be slightly too harsh. The readers were good, especially the main reader. It couldn’t have been easy to read in any interesting way.
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