Book Review: Bibliophile by Jane Mount

Why should you get this book?

I don’t know how to say this any other way: you need Bibliophile by Jane Mount! I lost count of how many messages I’ve received asking me about this book when I shared it on my Instagram stories. Because, yes, it’s that gorgeous, that interesting and that perfect for a book lover!

Not only the book itself is gorgeous (the illustrations are breathtaking and vibrant) but Bibliophile will also allow you to tour the world’s most beautiful bookstores, test your literary knowledge with quizzes, peek inside the workspaces of many brilliant authors and lead you to your next favorite read! All we dream of, right?

Besides, I think it makes the perfect gift!!

I’d like to thank Chronicle Books for sending a review copy. You can buy the book here.

Summary

Searching for perfect book lovers gifts? Rejoice! Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany, is a love letter to all things bookish. Author Jane Mount brings literary people, places, and things to life through her signature and vibrant illustrations. It’s a must-have for every book collection, and makes a wonderful literary gift for book lovers, writers, and more.

Readers of Jane Mount’s Bibliophile will delight in:

Touring the world’s most beautiful bookstores
Testing their knowledge of the written word with quizzes
Finding their next great read in lovingly curated stacks of books
Sampling the most famous fictional meals
Peeking inside the workspaces of their favorite authors

A source of endless inspiration, literary facts and recommendations: Bibliophile is pure bookish joy and sure to enchant book clubbers, English majors, poetry devotees, aspiring writers, and any and all who identify as book lovers.

If you have read or own: I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life; The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization; or How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines; then you will want to read and own Jane Mount’s Bibliophile.