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Good fun, believe it or not! He read the entire work, all 20 volumes and 21,000+ pages. Each of his 26 chapters (not numbered, but lettered) begins with whimslical and/or insightful reflections on his year of reading. Chapter "O," for example, considers the "Library People," that subset of our species that apparently inhabits the stacks, and maybe makes you wonder--and he suspects he may be thought to be one of them. Then follows, in each chapter, a selection of 5-20 words of that letter that particularly caught his interest, with his own creative commenary.
I recommend his book. It teases me to maybe read the OED, too...
I recommend his book. It teases me to maybe read the OED, too...
