Fun and witty...a little more about the writer than the reader. ( )

BOOKSHELF is a lot of fun, notably when the early focus is on Readers and Books.

Writers will welcome the change of pace.

Illustrations brilliant! ( )

Started off very strong as an ode to books and reading, then trailed into a "writing is hard" complaint. Good enough, though, that I'll look into his other stuff.

(Side note to all writers: yes, writing is hard. But so are many, many, many other jobs, most of them harder than writing. Nobody cares about how hard writing is, except maybe other writers who write about how hard writing is.) ( )

This is a delightful and insightful collection of comics about books, reading, and writing. Almost every page contains a well-illustrated and cleverly worded gem that will resonate with and appeal to anyone who has found themselves up too late reading, or pulled into an interesting bookstore or library, despite the teetering pile already on the nightstand, or pulling out their hair, looking for the best word. ( )

The sequential art in this book is sort of structured around a preliminary "confession," which supplies its lines as subject titles for the sections of the volume, like "I confuse fiction with reality" and "I care about punctuation -- a lot." Most of it is expressed in pages of nine to sixteen panels, with each page detailing or iterating a distinct idea in the general space of reading, writing, and book husbandry. Less often, but more enjoyably to me, a page bears a single Scarry-esque drawing with a host of minutely annotated features, such as "The National Department of Poetry" (89). The art is stylized and dynamic, with a naïve air, but obvious skill at efficient communication.

The "humor" of the affair is chiefly created through wordplay and relatably-depicted states of bibliophilia. I don't think I had a laugh-out-loud moment in reading the book, but I was often smiling.

I found this book to be greatly illustrated although a lot of the writing comics did not relate to me and fell short. I thoroughly enjoyed the comics about books and reading. ( )

This collection of cartoons works for both readers and writers. For me the reader jokes were great, but the writer jokes dragged a bit since I’m a reader and not a writer. A fun book for either to take the time to read. ( )

A humorous turn of the continuous effort of introvert writers to create and to exist.
Learned so many Latin phrases from this one, since I don't usually read classics and English is not my main language.
Definitely gonna read this again when in need of literary inspiration. ( )

This is a great coffee table book full of humorous comics all go do with reading and writing. I really enjoyed it. ( )

I found this book hilarious and so me. I can relate to the author of this book as a book hoarder myself. I'm a self-punisher and guilt ridden if I don't finish a book or do anything besides reading. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a book nerd like me. ( )

Cute, But Nothing More

This book is clever, cute, mildly humorous and fairly accurate. It describes various types of readers and writers rather accurately, if somewhat cynically. It is full of visual puns such as a ‘beat poet’ shown being beaten with a club or a ‘concrete poet’ shown wearing cement boots and headed for the ocean. Late in the book, there is a catalog of various types of readers which pretty much describes all of us who happen to enjoy reading.
Beyond those clever and creative moments, the book is pretty superficial.
I am not a fan of graphic novels or books filled with graphics and comic book drawings but decided to give this book a try, hoping to make me more open to that kind of book but I am no more open to it now than when I started the book.
I believe that you really can tell a lot about a person by looking at what’s on his bookshelf. In fact, sometimes looking closely at a person’s bookshelves is a rather intimate act. It can tell you things about a person you might not otherwise have found out. This book, however, does nothing to reveal or discuss the insights a sleuth might acquire by looking closely at what’s on a person’s bookshelf. If you were to look at mine, for example, I think you might be astonished and even more astonished if you had known me a while.
It is a clever book, but really a simplistic volume of escapism. ( )

Non so quante volte, parenti, amici e conoscenti, al vedere i miei libri, che sono sempre tanti e sempre in crescendo, hanno esclamato: "Ma li hai letti tutti?" Ed io, ogni volta ho dovuto ripetere la stessa risposta, partendo dal fatto che sono nato e cresciuto in una tipografia, e sono figlio di una famiglia di tipografi. Se dovessero dare una risposta a questa considerazione che dà il titolo a questo libro, sono sicuro che non saprebbero dire chi sono io davvero. Non so dirlo nemmeno io stesso ogni qualvolta guardo i miei libri, li consulto, li ritrovo. Ho detto "li ritrovo" perchè sono in luoghi diversi e lontani. Ma questo è un discorso che mi riprometto di fare in un post specifico sull'argomento legato alla identità di un bibliomane. Per ora mi basta dire che da questo libro non mi aspettavo più di tanto. La versione originale suona piuttosto diversa, "I will judge you by your books" ma l'idea è la stessa anche se con prospettive diverse. Sono coinvolte due parole che procedono in parallelo ma possono anche convergere: identità e giudizio. Ci si riferisce, ovviamente, sempre a chi dei libri ne fa una questione quanto mai speciale e personale. ( )

Non so quante volte, parenti, amici e conoscenti, al vedere i miei libri, che sono sempre tanti e sempre in crescendo, hanno esclamato: "Ma li hai letti tutti?" Ed io, ogni volta ho dovuto ripetere la stessa risposta, partendo dal fatto che sono nato e cresciuto in una tipografia, e sono figlio di una famiglia di tipografi. Se dovessero dare una risposta a questa considerazione che dà il titolo a questo libro, sono sicuro che non saprebbero dire chi sono io davvero. Non so dirlo nemmeno io stesso ogni qualvolta guardo i miei libri, li consulto, li ritrovo. Ho detto "li ritrovo" perchè sono in luoghi diversi e lontani. Ma questo è un discorso che mi riprometto di fare in un post specifico sull'argomento legato alla identità di un bibliomane. Per ora mi basta dire che da questo libro non mi aspettavo più di tanto. La versione originale suona piuttosto diversa, "I will judge you by your books" ma l'idea è la stessa anche se con prospettive diverse. Sono coinvolte due parole che procedono in parallelo ma possono anche convergere: identità e giudizio. Ci si riferisce, ovviamente, sempre a chi dei libri ne fa una questione quanto mai speciale e personale. ( )

Loved it! A celebration of books and reading and the creative spirit. ( )

A delightful collection of cartoons for book lovers, writers, and poets by Grant Snider. Are there t-shirts? Because I want a t-shirt. ( )

Great fun!
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book-related comics/humor.

some 120+ pages of comics about book addicts and writers. They're very creative but feel very repetitive after a while and as you might imagine, not terribly funny or exciting.

recommend instead: books by Tom Gauld

For years, I have clipped some of the cartoons published by Grant Snider on the back page of The New York Times Book Review, as they are amusing. I have even framed some and given them as holiday gifts. I have a recent one (Reading Goals) taped to the wall, next to my computer. They are about reading and/or writing and will be appreciated by anyone on Goodreads. Light stuff, but appropriate for readers/writers of all ages. ( )

Love this humorous series of cartoons about the lives of avid readers. So true. ( )

This had vignettes which really clicked with my flavor of book enjoyment and it had some which didn't click, mostly ones about owning copies of books, since I usually get books through libraries (i.e. poor college student). Nonetheless, I love the art and the vibe. Super highly recommend! ( )

This is a fun collection of bookish and author comics, some single page and some multiple page, I felt quite seen by several of them and it really did appeal to me. Laughed out loud a few times and squirmed a bit by how close it came to my truths.
I have been known to find a book at parties and be found several hours later with it finished. ( )

Funny, original comics about readers, reading, writing and poetry.

This is the perfect escapist antidote to pandemic isolation and political chaos.

Many of the cartoons are available as posters on the author’s website. ( )

Humorous cartoons for bibliophiles, which while hit and miss like any humour, are very good when they work. What more need be said! ( )

Fun comics illustrate wise, thoughtful, humorous words about reading and writing. ( )

Beautiful illustrations. This book is about... BOOKS! And writing. It was funny to see all the thoughts I have of book-loving put on paper with a cute little drawing. This book is silly and good for relaxed and quick reading. ( )