I received this book as a belated (since it came out shortly after Christmas) holiday gift and I'm slowly and blissfully making my way through it. I've been making books more or less on my own for a number of years and have read lots and lots of books on making handmade books, so I was a little worried that this one would be somewhat redundant.
Happily, I was so wrong. I'm paging through it slowly, but I've done enough peeking ahead to see that there are dozens of gorgeous book forms here that I've never explored. In fact, just reading the first chapter taught me a number of useful new things about tools and techniques. Throughout the book, instructions are clear and include lots of practical tips for executing them, and the illustrations of finished books by Golden herself and by other artists are inspiring without being too intimidating. Golden's book is getting a permanent place on my art book shelf, and I can't wait to wade all the way in and start trying some new bindings.