bibliomania bi:bli,o,mei.nia. [f. biblio- + Gr. mania madness, after Fr. bibliomanie. ] A rage for collecting and possessing books.
1734 T. Hearne Diary 9 Nov. (1921) XI. 389, I should have been tempted to have laid out a pretty deal of money without thinking my self at all touched with Bibliomania.
1750 Chesterf. Lett. 220 II. 348 Beware of the Bibliomanie.
1809 Dibdin (title) Bibliomania, or Book-madness; containing some account of the history, symptoms, and cure of this fatal disease.
1835 T. Hook G. Gurney (1850) II. i. 153 The bibliomania which appeared to engross my friend.
Bibliomania
Thursday, May 04, 2006 Uglies, Scott Westerfeld - this has gotten so much good press, I feel guilty for disliking it. You'd think a book that begins "The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit" would at least hold interest, but it quickly demonstrates itself a collage of various other popculture flash sf. Don't get me wrong - as YA sf it acquits itself well enough; it's marketed to the 6th grade + set, which means 4th and 5th graders will want to read it, and as a late elementary school title with just a bit of edge, it's fine. But I've gotten so used to young adult books that are every bit as original and clever as their older counterparts; I don't want regurgitated juvies crossed with a bit of geneng and The Lost Boys.
Emily pontificates @ 10:59:00 AM
About: I'm a former library worker (6+ years) currently employed as a secretary. I've a degree in English Literature, a certificate in Medieval and Renaissance studies,
and I dabble in medival and renaissance texts, comics, SF of all sorts, and the odd history/sociology book. This is my self-important record of what I read.
