Sara Nelson (1) (1956–)
Auteur van So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
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Over de Auteur
Sara Nelson is a senior contributing editor at Glamour and the publishing columnist for The New York Observer.
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- 1956
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- female
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- New York, New York, USA
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- Yale University (BA ∙ Latin American Studies)
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, USA - Beroepen
- editor-in-chief (Publishers Weekly)
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book reviewer
consultant - Relaties
- Nelson, Liza (sister)
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- Publishers Weekly
The Daily Beast
O: The Oprah Magazine
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Disclaimer: I am about to have so many meltdowns about this book and for various reasons. Please excuse my childish temper tantrums.
Rant #1: even the dust jacket states that Nelson chronicles a year's worth of reading in So Many Books, So Little Time. Indeed, there is a section at the end of the book called "What I Actually Did Read" and it lists twenty-one books. Even what she planned to read is vague (she lists twenty-three books by name). What happened to the fifty-two? The Heartburn (March 22) and the Bird By Bird (April 6) chapters were how I thought the entire book would read. I was really looking forward to that. Here's the weird thing. In the appendix of books actually read, Heartburn and Bird By Bird are not mentioned. And if you look a little closer she only read nineteen books, reread another, and skimmed another. Again I ask, what happened to fifty-two?
Rant #2: I didn't understand her freaking out when someone didn't share her opinion about a book. What is the big deal if you disagree? That is what makes books and people interesting. Imagine how boring a book club would be if everyone had the same opinion about a book?
Rant #3: Nelson will reread a book if she loved it. With so many books and so little time I move on from a reread unless I don't remember the plot or it doesn't take that much time. Why spend so time on something you already know?
Rant #4: What was her deal with Mitch Albom? I honestly feel she was a little jealous of his relationship with a mentor. Tuesdays with Morrie was not just an "All I Really Needed to Know" kindergarten lesson. It was about human (re)connection with a person who was dying; squeezing out as much time as possible with someone. Also, what was her deal with making excuses about reading Mary Higgins Clarke? It was if she was embarrassed to read something non-academic. Everybody needs some fun now and again.
Rant #5: The chapter on Anthony Bourdain was less about Kitchen Confidential and more about Nelson's personal feelings towards the man. I found myself asking what was the point exactly? Maybe I am a little sensitive because the man committed suicide since the publication of So Many Books...
All is all, I felt So Many Books, So Little Time was an opportunity for Nelson to rattle off all the books she has either read, partially read, read and given up on, or only skimmed. In the end I found myself finishing just to see what books we had in common (202).… (meer)