Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Preaching to a Very Big Choir

On the Love of Books
Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize winner for Lonesome Dove, recently delivered his semi-autobiographical title, Books: a Memoir. Between the covers, the author reveals his life-long love affair with books and reading.

If you are asking yourself "What's different about this book?" -- as opposed to legions of others proclaiming a similar reverence -- we're here to say McMurtry's book is written with a holistic perspective. McMurtry not only writes books, he's navigated the publishing industry for over 50 years and also owns book stores that deal with collectible and hard-to-find titles. His experience makes for interesting opinions on book plates, audio books, popular book culture, and everything in between...

Click here for short list of other titles written by book-lover extraordinaire, Larry McMurtry.