Ex Libris

I was really excited to read this book. It's beautiful, and I love finding new books I haven't read yet. But if I could get my money back for this one, and the wasted time, I would. First, it's more a collection of college newspaper book reviews than a love letter to great books. Reading it, I thought the author was some 22 year old. Come to find out, she's supposedly some highly acclaimed New York Times book critic who is old enough to know better. Second, it's boring. I wasn't inspired to add a single book to my reading list, and found myself just wanting it to be over. Third, too many quotations and too many name drops. And finally, more write ups mention Trump than don't. It's out of place in a book like this, and leaves us feeling as if the author is a petulant child - and an uneducated one at that. She needlessly inserts her political beliefs in her summaries, and with a complete unawareness of the irony. Don't waste your time on this one.