In the original dustsheet. Grey cloth binding with black title on the spine.

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Julie Rugg returns with a second anthology of literary extracts, quotations and bon mots concerning every aspect of bookish behaviour: reading, buying. borrowing, recommending, hunting, even defacing. This anthology includes diaries, memoirs, novels, plays and letters by authors from Samuel Pepys to Iain Sinclair, from Robert Louis Stevenson to Nick Hornby, from Laurence Sterne to Lucy Mangan. A perfect gift for the book-obsessive in your life.

Review

• If you’re an obsessive reader, stroke this book lovingly, listen as you riffle through the pages and be proud that you are in good company. –Yorkshire Ridings Magazine

• A fabulous compendium of writing about literature… Anyone with half an interest in reading should invest at once. –Sunday Express

• This is a book for people whose love of literature is much more than a nightly flick through the book closest to the bed. This fun and frothy homage will delight and enthral that member of your family who always has their head stuck in a book. Buried in Books is a wonderful way to spend a free afternoon. –Suffolk Magazine

• Julie Rugg has enthusiastically trawled through the works of hundreds of famous (and not so famous) writers to produce this anthology about the joys of reading and owning books. The numerous quotes are grouped together in 14 chapters covering virtually every aspect of bibliophilia, from the entertainment that reading books can bring, and of their educational value, through where, when and how to read, examining book recommendations and the care of books, pausing to throw light onto the beauty of book design, exploring the fun of rooting around in second hand bookshops, exposing with dry wit the obsessive compulsive behaviour of some book collectors, and ending with the despair of finding yourself without a book to read. All in all this book is an appetite whetting gem for bibliophiles, best enjoyed by dipping into the extensive quotes rather than reading through end to end in one sitting.

The Author, Julie Rugg lives in York with her husband and daughter. An early memory is winning a bet at the age of twelve to read the full 888-page Warren Commission report of the assassination of John F. Kennedy (he dies in the end), but failing in the subsequent challenge to read The Silmarillion (much less compelling). The episode taught her that life is too short to read Tolkien. However, she continues to read largely indiscriminately, and a current favourite is Ten Minutes to Bedtime.