Easy to read in small doses, which works for me these days. The book discussed some interesting women that I was not that familiar with, but there was a rather glaring error mixing up the plots of Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility in the Jane Austen bio that I'm surprised a "woman who loves books too much" would make.

Interesting survey of the reading preferences of famous women in history.

Mini-bios and bits of poetry and prose from some of the best women authors. This gave me more books to add to my list.

Okay read.. She seemed to focus on women who were really liberal. I really didn't want to know who was in love with whom.... Good long list of people though. I wish the author would have mentioned why she chose these specifically or included longer list of titles the women authored.

this was a funny read...

It was pretty amusing and has reminded me of authors I should check out. She gets some facts wrong, but on the whole, interesting.

Women Who Love Books Too Much: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings, and Prolific Pens from the Algonquin Hotel to the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Brenda Knight (2000)

An excellent listing of women writers.

I am glad to have been introduced - or reminded of - some great women authors through this compilation. The concise overviews of many writing careers were perfect small snippets of inspiration. However, the layout of the pages was consistently confusing - with some odd notation on each page that was simple the title of the book but kept fooling me into thinking it was some key fact highlighted on the side of the page. My eye kept traveling there each time I turned the page. Also, I was disappointed not to have born and deceased dates outside of the text of each description. It was often hard to situate where each author fell unless they were someone I was familiar with. It is clear that Knight's passion is the salon - hosting group as they have much longer descriptions than other authors. I was also sometimes disappointed that when Knight cross-referenced other famous authors that any particular writer hung out with it was almost always a circle of men instead of highlighting women who interacted with other female authors.

Interesting and fun mini-bios of women writers throughout history.

I better read more faster! There are authors I never heard of in this little book. A handy little reference and summary of amazing women authors.

This was a really cool book. It allowed me to indulge my obsession with books and discover some new writers.