and its predecessor are for you. Pearl casts a wide net and dredges up half-forgotten authors as well as more popular ones you might have missed. She seems to like pretty much all books, though, so I find her recommendations a little hit-or-miss. On the other hand, her rule of 50 lets you off the hook for any books that don’t work out. ( )

This book and its predecessor are highlighted and underlined and starred in the margins to a fare-thee-well. Since I was a YA media specialist, many of her recommendations are beyond my scope of experience. But I have lots of starred titles I want to read. ( )

I read Book Lust when it was first published, madly highlighting the author's names and book titles for future reference and internalizing the author's "Rule of Fifty" wherein you allow yourself to chuck a book if it's not grabbing you after 50 pages, perhaps to come back to it later--or not. Reading More Book Lust, however, especially after spending time on LT threads, is a bit like a drunken frat guy leaving a kegger to go bar hopping. It's overkill. I read "More" with less fervor and despite some peculiar categories (Nagging Mothers, Crying Children? Parrots?). ( )

Excellent source for what to read next!

I must hide this from Susan – who mocked me for reading Book Lust cover-to-cover – that I once again have read the Action Figure Librarian’s book of reading lists cover-to-cover. I didn’t even mean to, I meant to browse and soon I was reading it all highlighter in hand. More than anything it makes me joyous about reading and mournful that I will not have time to read everything that is out there to read. So many books so little time. ( )