What a great idea for a book! I flipped straight to the entry for my birthday, then went back to the beginning to read the whole thing through. A Reader's Book of Days is stuffed with interesting little stories about authors and their books, and there's a lot that's been added to my to-read list.

My one criticism is the lack of diversity. Obviously I didn't count or make a spreadsheet or anything, so I'm guessing ratios here, but it seemed like 90+% of authors mentioned were from North America or Britain, and 70+% were men. There are a lot of great writers out there, and I would have liked to see more of a range. Instead, some of them - Ernest Hemingway, for example - really hog page space, and this can make the book seem a bit repetitive at times.