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  • A lively and entertaining contribution to the shelf of books about books.

    Kirkus Reviews

  • *River of Books* is as exhilarating as a first date, and it delivers: The memoir of a lifelong book lover who brings us her keen, engaging perspective on her own reading and the larger world of books, it will warm you and delight you and make you realize how fabulous reading can be.

    Susan Orlean
    Author of On Animals and The Library Book

  • Readers know the feeling that is equal parts escape and appreciation. Book groups, especially those that read classics and demanding books, would have a terrific time discussing *River of Books* Donna’s writing about her reading life is sure to inspire readers to contemplate their own and lead to lively discussions.

    Booklist

  • Donna Seaman reads with her whole body, and *River of Books* is a hymn to her vocation, a testament to her immersions, the story her transports. The surface is calm, but the water runs deep in this memoir of intense responses, of enchantments and ecstasies.

    Edward Hirsch
    Author of Stranger by Night and editor for 100 Poems to Break Your Heart

  • *River of Books* is a beautiful memoir. Deeply personal, it is moving, dazzling, and spiced with touches of Seaman's slantwise sense of humor.

    Sarah Paretsky
    Author of Pay Dirt and other V. I. Warshawski novels and the memoir, Writing in an Age of Silence