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"Like the bodies of dancers or athletes, the minds of readers are genuinely happy and self-possessed only when cavorting around, doing their stretches and leaps and jumps to the tune of words." This is just one of the many quotable insights Schwartz offers us, acknowledging that "readers are thrill-seekers." Those who read in bed will understand when she describes her bedside as being stacked with "books I was reading . . . or planned to read . . . or thought I ought to read." Since we just added two rambunctious Siamese kittens to our house, our stacks of bedroom books have become more like a readable carpet.
"Browsing through a bookstore is a feast for the eyes," Schwartz exclaims. Her book adds to the festivity, for along with the title and the topic, the whimsical biblioart cover will help her books jump off the bookshelf.
George Meadow Bauman has been joyfully ruined by reading. He may be reached at bookman@aol.com.
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