Books about books are some
of my favorite reads, and this compilation by Sally Allen is no different. Unlocking
Worlds: A Reading Companion for Book Lovers is a must for those who spend
their days at the library and have their E-readers well stocked with the latest
finds.
This is the perfect
selection to peruse while you’re reading other books on the side. It’s
organized such that you don’t even have to start at the beginning – you can
just page through and see what interests you that day. The author’s
recommendations are broken into topic lists such as “Novels & Memoirs About
the Reading Life” and “Novels About the American Experience.” What I liked most
about Allen’s work is that she doesn’t pigeonhole. For example, Lauren Oliver’s Before I Fall is classified as young
adult novel, but it’s in the “Novels That Play With Time & Space” list. One
only needs to look to the Twilight, Harry Potter, and Hunger Games series to know that grown adults read “young adult” a
lot.
Unlocking Worlds isn’t all lists, however. Allen also includes well-written chapters
about the joy of reading itself, such as “Let Reading Change You” and “The
Reader and Her Book.” But literary lovers will adore the book as a whole and maybe
even get some new recommendations for their TBR list.
MY RATING - 4
