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Book Smart: Your Essential Reading List for Becoming a Literary Genius in 365 Days
Jane Mallison
#UB9162
Paperback, 294 pages; 2008
$14.95
 Members' Price: $12.71
English teacher and, need we say it?, avid reader Jane Mallison has assembled a year of reading for you, from January to December. (Actually, it's several Januaries through Decembers, in that each month lists quite a few major works.) Her goal is not only to lead the reader to 120 important books that just happen to be "good reads," but also to suggest a system of reading "more and to greater effect." Her monthly suggestions have in common a loose theme—January offers Towering Works to Read in Translation; February, Notable Biographies; March, Young Men on a Quest; all the way through to December, Winners of Major Awards. One of the reasons I like Book Smart is that I agree heartily with almost all of its recommendations! Jane Mallison's writing epitomizes the style we aspire to here at Bas Bleu: she writes about some very serious, important books but in an easy, conversational tone that demystifies them.
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