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Pearl, Nancy. Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason.(Book Review)
Oct. 2003. 288p. Sasquatch, paper, 516.95 (1-57061-381-8). 011
Pearl is the director of the Washington Center for the Book at Seattle (WA) Public Library, and she is the author of a two-volume readers'-advisory reference set, Now Read This (1999, 2002). This latest book is a much more "personal" one, Yes, like her previous books, it is helpful to the readers'-advisory librarian, but that usage should not prevent library patrons who desire recommendations for further reading from consulting the book themselves. Pearl knows about what she speaks; as she indicates in the ...
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