Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home

by Susan Hill

Book Overview

Early one autumn afternoon in pursuit of an elusive book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, or forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time. The discovery inspired her to embark on a year-long voyage through her books, forsaking new purchases in order to get to know her own collection again.

A book which is left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing, but it is also a chrysalis, packed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846682665
• ISBN13: 9781846682667
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

There is hope for us Tsundoku people!

For those of us who love books, buy books, and then let them sit on our shelves unread (the term is Tsundoku), this author gives us hope. I was inspired to read a book a week by Susan Hill who did this herself. Her journey to read the neglected books on her bookshelves showed me I can do the same and give my much loved books the same respect she gave hers. After reading this, I discovered more books she mentions that I want to read -- but not until I finish what is on my bookshelf first! Thank you Ms. Hill.