The Borrower
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"Lucy Hull, a young children’s librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, is unsure where her life is headed. That becomes more than a figure of speech when her favorite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home and Lucy finds herself in the surprise role of chauffeur.
The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy’s help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes with celebrity Pastor Bob. Lucy stumbles into a moral dilemma when she finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a knapsack of provisions and an escape plan.
The odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip from Missouri to Vermont, with ferrets, an inconvenient boyfriend, and dubious family history thrown in their path. But who is actually running away? And from what?"
Acquired via PaperBackSwap. (Unabridged on 8 CDs; read by Emily Bauer)
The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy’s help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes with celebrity Pastor Bob. Lucy stumbles into a moral dilemma when she finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a knapsack of provisions and an escape plan.
The odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip from Missouri to Vermont, with ferrets, an inconvenient boyfriend, and dubious family history thrown in their path. But who is actually running away? And from what?"
Acquired via PaperBackSwap. (Unabridged on 8 CDs; read by Emily Bauer)
This sounds like a book that would appeal to me: a young librarian bonds with a young boy, a patron of the library. When she finds him camped out overnight in the library, on the cusp of running away from home, she knows she should return him to his parents. But somehow they find themselves in her car, fleeing their Missouri town together.
I made it about one-third of the way through this one, then decided to put it aside, probably for good. Despite the initial appeal, it just wasn't doing it for me. It was slow-moving and I found myself not looking forward to picking it back up. I used to be the type of person who persevered through a book, no matter the struggle, but as I get older, and there are SO, so many books waiting for me to read, I want to make sure I enjoy the ride. So with a new year (2019), if I find myself not particularly engaged with a book, I think one of my resolutions will be to move on without the guilt.
Sidenote: I do still want to read Makkai's The Great Believers, as I've heard great things about that one.
I made it about one-third of the way through this one, then decided to put it aside, probably for good. Despite the initial appeal, it just wasn't doing it for me. It was slow-moving and I found myself not looking forward to picking it back up. I used to be the type of person who persevered through a book, no matter the struggle, but as I get older, and there are SO, so many books waiting for me to read, I want to make sure I enjoy the ride. So with a new year (2019), if I find myself not particularly engaged with a book, I think one of my resolutions will be to move on without the guilt.
Sidenote: I do still want to read Makkai's The Great Believers, as I've heard great things about that one.
Sending off to PBS member. Enjoy! :')
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