<b>Pamela Paul</b> is the editor of <i>The New York Times Book Review </i>and the author of <i>By the Book</i>; <i>Parenting, Inc.</i>; <i>Pornified</i>; and <i>The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony</i>. Prior to joining the <i>Times</i>, she was a contributor to <i>Time </i>magazine and <i>The Economist</i>, and her work has appeared in <i>The Atlantic, The Washington Post</i>, <i>Slate</i>, and <i>Vogue</i>.
[Pamela Paul] is reflective, open and at times achingly funny. My Life with Bob is the book that she was put on this Earth to write. --The Economist Pamela Paul recalls the stories that have given shape to her own narrative in her appealingly roving memoir.... which includes...undersung marvels that boldly take measure of the world--and challenge us to write our own story. --Vogue An engaging and...funny memoir.... a delightfully gushing love letter to books -- books as a medium that can connect us, transport us and transform us. --Washington Post A rollicking, intimate expedition through a brilliant booklover's heart, mind, and life.... 'My Life With Bob' is a fun, accessible, well-written bookalogue; the kind of memoir Pamela Paul would have raved about in the venerable New York Times Book Review if she hadn't written it. --The Christian Science Monitor A heartwarming reminiscence of the books that reflected and shaped her state of mind at every stage of life. By the end, you'll be hard pressed to not start keeping a 'Bob'...of your own. --Harper's Bazaar A bibliophile's treasure trove of insights. --O, The Oprah Magazine Reading Paul, I began to see how much the books you gravitate towards reveal about your truest loves, your most instinctive urges, as well as more thoughtful, curated appetites.... She displays true bravery by listing all of the books she's finished reading... [it's] a baring of one's soul that merits respect. --Financial Times The ultimate book about reading books.... an intimate look into [Paul's] interior life and the ways in which the stories she has read have changed her own story. Clever and heartfelt, My Life With Bob will appeal to anyone with a deep love for reading. --Buzzfeed Downright delightful.... a thoroughly agreeable voice to spend time with: energetic, resolute, self-ironic and always passionate about books.... A plot really does ensue -- and it's not strained for -- in the form of Paul's life. And what a life that has been. --San Francisco Chronicle A smart, beautifully written memoir about the relationship we have with books and how the books we read frame our lives. This charmer is a must for every beach bag this Summer. --PopSugar Compelling, authentic, and every dream of every woman who puts reading before eating, the stories offer a perspective on life.... Perfection in a book, My Life with Bob is a love story for readers and woman who love books too much! --The Review Broads Pamela Paul's My Life with Bob is absolutely essential for those of us to whombooks are more or less everything. This is a book I was born to read! --Robert Gottlieb My Life with Bob is a sweet and heady book that casts a serious charm. Our lively and fetching heroine's journey becomes more thrilling by the page as Pamela Paul perfectly captures the joys of a lifetime devoted to books, as well as the attendant pressure, doubt, and insecurity. Reading this memoir is pure pleasure -- funny, brainy, far-reaching-- but more than anything, it feels like a call to arms to recommit to our best self: the book person. --Maria Semple In this hilarious, wise, and elegiac account of a life led half in the world and half in books, Pamela Paul writes with courage and exuberance about the bumpy road to maturity. Her voice--tender, moral, madcap, nostalgic, generous--will captivate all but the most stony reader. My Life with Bob is full of hope, full of love, a joyful and poignant reflection on the well-written sentence and the well-lived life. --Andrew Solomon Any book that helps me remember reading the Betsy-Tacy-Tib series as well as A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, is a book I like. Pamela Paul's My Life With Bob is an absorbing, delightful amalgam -- it's a recommended reading list, a personal reflection, and a paean to reading. I'm sorry I never wrote down all the books I read (or even practically any), but I'm so glad Pamela Paul did. --Meg Wolitzer Paul is inspired to question why we read, how we read, what we read, and how reading helps us create our own narratives. Readers will be drawn to this witty and authentic tribute to the extraordinary power of books. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A witty, heartfelt, deeply optimistic narrative...Titles about reading and books abound, but this memoir stands in a class by itself. Bibliophiles will treasure, but the addictive storytelling and high-quality writing will vastly increase its audience. --Library Journal (starred review) Intelligent, unique, and wise, Paul's book not only remembers a life lived among and influenced by books. It also reveals how the most interesting stories existless as words printed on pages and more as 'stories that lie between book and reader.' A thoughtfully engaging memoir of a life in books. --Kirkus Reviews -[Pamela Paul] is reflective, open and at times achingly funny. My Life with Bob is the book that she was put on this Earth to write.- --The Economist-Pamela Paul recalls the stories that have given shape to her own narrative in herappealingly roving memoir.... which includes...undersung marvels thatboldly take measure of the world--and challenge us to write our own story.- --Vogue-Pamela Paul's My Life with Bob is absolutely essential for those of us to whom books are more or less everything. This is a book I was born to read!---Robert Gottlieb-Paul is inspired to question why we read, how we read, what we read, and how reading helps us create our own narratives. Readers will be drawn to this witty and authentic tribute to the extraordinary power of books.---Publisher's Weekly starred review-Intelligent, unique, and wise, Paul's book not only remembers a life lived among and influenced by books. It also reveals how the most interesting stories exist less as words printed on pages and more as 'stories that lie between book and reader.' A thoughtfully engaging memoir of a life in books.---Kirkus Reviews-My Life with Bob is a sweet and heady book that casts a serious charm. Our lively and fetching heroine's journey becomes more thrilling by the page as Pamela Paul perfectly captures the joys of a lifetime devoted to books, as well as the attendant pressure, doubt, and insecurity. Reading this memoir is pure pleasure -- funny, brainy, far-reaching -- but more than anything, it feels like a call to arms to recommit to our best self: the book person.---Maria Semple-In this hilarious, wise, and elegiac account of a life led half in the world and half in books, Pamela Paul writes with courage and exuberance about the bumpy road to maturity. Her voice--tender, moral, madcap, nostalgic, generous--will captivate all but the most stony reader. My Life with Bob is full of hope, full of love, a joyful and poignant reflection on the well-written sentence and the well-lived life.---Andrew Solomon-Any book that helps me remember reading the Betsy-Tacy-Tib series as well as A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, is a book I like. Pamela Paul's My Life With Bob is an absorbing, delightful amalgam -- it's a recommended reading list, a personal reflection, and a paean to reading. I'm sorry I never wrote down all the books I read (or even practically any), but I'm so glad Pamela Paul did.---Meg Wolitzer -[PamelaPaul] is reflective, open and at times achingly funny. My Lifewith Bob is the book that she was put on this Earth to write.- --The Economist-Paul is inspired to question why we read, how we read, what we read, and how reading helps us create our own narratives. Readers will be drawn to this witty and authentic tribute to the extraordinary power of books.---Publisher's Weekly starred review-Intelligent, unique, and wise, Paul's book not only remembers a life lived among and influenced by books. It also reveals how the most interesting stories exist less as words printed on pages and more as 'stories that lie between book and reader.' A thoughtfully engaging memoir of a life in books.---Kirkus Reviews-My Life with Bob is a sweet and heady book that casts a serious charm. Our lively and fetching heroine's journey becomes more thrilling by the page as Pamela Paul perfectly captures the joys of a lifetime devoted to books, as well as the attendant pressure, doubt, and insecurity. Reading this memoir is pure pleasure -- funny, brainy, far-reaching -- but more than anything, it feels like a call to arms to recommit to our best self: the book person.---Maria Semple-In this hilarious, wise, and elegiac account of a life led half in the world and half in books, Pamela Paul writes with courage and exuberance about the bumpy road to maturity. Her voice--tender, moral, madcap, nostalgic, generous--will captivate all but the most stony reader. My Life with Bob is full of hope, full of love, a joyful and poignant reflection on the well-written sentence and the well-lived life.---Andrew Solomon-Any book that helps me remember reading the Betsy-Tacy-Tib series as well as A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, is a book I like. Pamela Paul's My Life With Bob is an absorbing, delightful amalgam -- it's a recommended reading list, a personal reflection, and a paean to reading. I'm sorry I never wrote down all the books I read (or even practically any), but I'm so glad Pamela Paul did.---Meg Wolitzer My Life with Bob is a sweet and heady book that casts a serious charm. Our lively and fetching heroine's journey becomes more thrilling by the page as Pamela Paul perfectly captures the joys of a lifetime devoted to books, as well as the attendant pressure, doubt, and insecurity. Reading this memoir is pure pleasure -- funny, brainy, far-reaching -- but more than anything, it feels like a call to arms to recommit to our best self: the book person. --Maria Semple In this hilarious, wise, and elegiac account of a life led half in the world and half in books, Pamela Paul writes with courage and exuberance about the bumpy road to maturity. Her voice--tender, moral, madcap, nostalgic, generous--will captivate all but the most stony reader. My Life with Bob is full of hope, full of love, a joyful and poignant reflection on the well-written sentence and the well-lived life. --Andrew Solomon Any book that helps me remember reading the Betsy-Tacy-Tib series as well as A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, is a book I like. Pamela Paul's My Life With Bob is an absorbing, delightful amalgam -- it's a recommended reading list, a personal reflection, and a paean to reading. I'm sorry I never wrote down all the books I read (or even practically any), but I'm so glad Pamela Paul did. --Meg Wolitzer Paul is inspired to question why we read, how we read, what we read, and how reading helps us create our own narratives. Readers will be drawn to this witty and authentic tribute to the extraordinary power of books. --Publisher's Weekly starred review Intelligent, unique, and wise, Paul's book not only remembers a life lived among and influenced by books. It also reveals how the most interesting stories exist less as words printed on pages and more as 'stories that lie between book and reader.' A thoughtfully engaging memoir of a life in books. --Kirkus Reviews