Rating: 
Summary: Incredibly comprehensive and useful.
Review: This is a must-have resource item for anyone who reads, and would be incredibly useful for teachers, students, booksellers, and ANYONE who comes in contact with books. Strouf offers info on poetry, plays, journalism, classics, contemporary fiction and nonfiction, fables, Shakespeare, literature references, and so much more. It's all arranged in a perfectly easy format and style for reading straight through, or for browsing, or for looking up specific information on just about anything that's ever been put into a book. This is definitely the most useful resource tool I've come across for understanding and enjoying the written word. There are a few typos that are mildly distracting, but the phenomenal wealth of information contained in this book really make it a something that you will go back to again and again. Buy four copies - one for yourself, one for your reader/friend, and especially one for any student about to enter middle school, high school, or college. (That's three, but I guarantee that you'll find someone else in your life who absolutely has to have this book once they see yours!)
Rating: 
Summary: Handy, but not overwhelmingly impressive
Review: This is an interesting book - there are a few intriguing lists in here. However, some of them seem a bit arbitrary. It's not overwhelmingly easy to use, either. If you're looking for a very academic book about books, don't get this one. If, on the other hand, you want a general refrence on reading and books, or are looking for reading lists and don't know where to find them, try this out. Don't expect too much.
Rating:
Summary: Handy, but not overwhelmingly impressive
Review: This is an interesting book - there are a few intriguing lists in here. However, some of them seem a bit arbitrary. It's not overwhelmingly easy to use, either. If you're looking for a very academic book about books, don't get this one. If, on the other hand, you want a general refrence on reading and books, or are looking for reading lists and don't know where to find them, try this out. Don't expect too much.
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