Hazem Kharbeet Kharbeet من عند ناشفيل، أوهايو، الولايات المتحدة من عند ناشفيل، أوهايو، الولايات المتحدة

This is the book to which so many consummate bibliophiles aspire to write. No mere lover of books, Manguel is a philologist (literally, a lover of learning). The Argentinean turned French author poetically recounts libraries, readers, and collectors from history and literature; he inspired "radio reading" in me. ("Radio reading" is the practice of turning away from one book to materials that it calls to mind; in this case, Borges's Ficciones and my vellum Montaigne Essais). Keep it on your bookstand; when doldrums strike, awaken yourself by paging through a chapter such as "Library as Space," a light dalliance with architecture.

I passed up 4 really good endings before this thing finally ground to a halt.