Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 5/26/2018
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 5/26/2018 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I got this hardcover after reading a Book Threat review. Subtitled "A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life", this looks like a very entertaining book!
Later: Definitely lots of fun, especially for the bits on books I've loved or hated. The librarian's-point-of-view blends with that of the book-loving reader, and the old-style-card-catalogue embellishments are fun too.
The entries are mainly in the form of notes from the librarian to a specific book, sometimes as a breakup note (for an out-of-date book on "Fun and Games with Your Pocket Calculator" she opens with "You are REALLY not getting out much these days"), sometimes as fanmail (the entire oeuvre of Agatha Christie, tagged "Ladies, Old 'N' Sassy), as love letters (Time Traveler's Wife: on a re-read, "I fell in love all over"), and more. There's the "you broke my heart" response to The Giving Tree (I was pleased to see that her reaction to that bizarrely popular children's book matched my own, the amusing note to The Yellow Wallpaper which the author encountered in the (yellow-wallpapered) room at a B&B (!),
Some entries deal with the results of making a recommendation to a library patron that didn't turn out well - apologies to the book! Then there's an extracurricular event, a party in which the author finds herself scanning the host's decorative bookshelves in the vain hope of finding something actually readable. There's an entry on To Kill a Mockingbird in which the author admits to never having actually read it, and vows to correct that - if only so her sister, who adores the book, won't kill her next time they talk {wry grin}. Oh, and the section "I'd Rather Be Reading," with "excuses to tell your friends so you can stay home with your books". And good books with bad covers (she doesn't care for movie-tie-in covers either). And much more!
Later: Definitely lots of fun, especially for the bits on books I've loved or hated. The librarian's-point-of-view blends with that of the book-loving reader, and the old-style-card-catalogue embellishments are fun too.
The entries are mainly in the form of notes from the librarian to a specific book, sometimes as a breakup note (for an out-of-date book on "Fun and Games with Your Pocket Calculator" she opens with "You are REALLY not getting out much these days"), sometimes as fanmail (the entire oeuvre of Agatha Christie, tagged "Ladies, Old 'N' Sassy), as love letters (Time Traveler's Wife: on a re-read, "I fell in love all over"), and more. There's the "you broke my heart" response to The Giving Tree (I was pleased to see that her reaction to that bizarrely popular children's book matched my own, the amusing note to The Yellow Wallpaper which the author encountered in the (yellow-wallpapered) room at a B&B (!),
Some entries deal with the results of making a recommendation to a library patron that didn't turn out well - apologies to the book! Then there's an extracurricular event, a party in which the author finds herself scanning the host's decorative bookshelves in the vain hope of finding something actually readable. There's an entry on To Kill a Mockingbird in which the author admits to never having actually read it, and vows to correct that - if only so her sister, who adores the book, won't kill her next time they talk {wry grin}. Oh, and the section "I'd Rather Be Reading," with "excuses to tell your friends so you can stay home with your books". And good books with bad covers (she doesn't care for movie-tie-in covers either). And much more!
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Fieldstone Dr in Westford, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, July 21, 2018
GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Fieldstone Dr in Westford, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, July 21, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (7/21/2018 UTC) at Little Free Library, Fieldstone Dr in Westford, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library on this lovely day; hope someone enjoys it![See other recent releases in MA here.]
I found this book still in the LFL, so I decided to take it back and release it elsewhere.
Journal Entry 4 by GoryDetails at Drum Hill Laundry, 1264 Westford St. in Lowell, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, February 23, 2019
GoryDetails at Drum Hill Laundry, 1264 Westford St. in Lowell, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, February 23, 2019
Released 5 yrs ago (2/23/2019 UTC) at Drum Hill Laundry, 1264 Westford St. in Lowell, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book on a window ledge in front of the laundromat; hope the finder enjoys it![See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2019 Heads Shoulders Knees Toes release challenge, for the embedded "ear" and "heart" in the title. ***
