The book, Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life
by Annie Spence, is read for 15 minutes in the video above.
by Annie Spence, is read for 15 minutes in the video above.
Go ahead and catch the Introduction. Get a sense of the humor and sparkle in this book written for other bibliophiles like Spence herself. Spence writes book reviews in various unusual formats: as love letters and Dear John letters (when having to "weed" the old books from the library's shelves). In the final chapters she has a number of lists of books that I have begun to request from my own library-- not all of them, because I actually have read some of the books she reviews.
As I read books from the following lists, I will probably review them myself on Good Reads. Please join me there where I review under my name, Cynthia Zirkwitz. If you have read any of the books on the following lists, please let me know what you thought of them in the Comments section below. I'd appreciate that!
I also have a granddaughter who works after school in a library, and volunteers in her high school library. I think she is living my life that never was!
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| In the Stacks |
BOOKS ABOUT LIBRARIANS
The Uncommon Reader by Allen Bennett
In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians
by Michael CartJade Dragon Mountain: A Mystery (Li Du Novels Book 1)
by Elsa HartIn One Person
by John IrvingLove and the Art of War
by Dinah Lee KüngWhen Tito Loved Clara: A Novel
by Jon MichaudThe Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Book of Speculation: A Novel
by Elrika SwylerMayumi and the Sea of Happiness
by Jennifer TsengHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki MurakamiIf you have read a recent book about librarians that isn't on this list, please share in the comments!
Here is a group of Books that were formative for Annie Spence in growing her love of books in general (remember: she advises that we read from a wide range of book genres and subjects)
Here is a group of Books that were formative for Annie Spence in growing her love of books in general (remember: she advises that we read from a wide range of book genres and subjects)
The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
by Donna Tartt
by Donna Tartt
Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Novel
by Walter Mosley
by Walter Mosley
The Fledgling
by Jane Langton
by Jane Langton
Just Kids
by Patti Smith
by Patti SmithFollow the author-librarian Annie Spence on Twitter at https://twitter.com/annieaupence
HOW BEING READ ALOUD TO SHAPED MY LIFE
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