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As World War II explodes, Ava is safe and cozy in her job at the Library of Congress. Ava's experience as a librarian is the reason she is recruited for work in Lisbon, but the work she does I listened to The Librarian Spy as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?

mentioned library programs in which librarians tailor book recommendations to patrons, and I was hooked Do librarians find such specific requests charming or just irritating? I have a guess! If you're a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library member--or if your local library system offers a similar feature Through Find Your Next Read, a librarian recommended The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers And have you read any of my Personalized Recommendations from Librarians, hmmm?

The Personal Librarian is historical fiction about the real-life figure of Belle da Costa Greene, J.P Morgan's personal librarian who was Black and who hid her heritage in order to hold her position in early The Personal Librarian is Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray's historical fiction based on I listened to The Personal Librarian as an audiobook.

In Jojo Moyes's The Giver of Stars, it's Depression-era America, and a call has gone out for librarians who can deliver books for Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library. Margery is independent and strong-willed; and together with three other women, they make up the Packhorse Librarians The traveling librarians were all irresistible variations on “tough as nails with hearts of gold” characters Another book I loved about traveling librarians was The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.

Blaylock's story centers around a packhorse librarian in 1930s Appalachian Kentucky and adds layers like Light to the Hills , it's 1930 in the Kentucky Appalachians, and Amanda Rye is a traveling packhorse librarian Other books I've loved about traveling librarians include The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek and The

outlier in the largely corrupt police force, and his unlikely assistant in investigating Ma Coker, former librarian

Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming power of a rural librarian Rural librarian? Check. Fascinating implications of a rare genetic condition? Check. Bluet is a librarian through the Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky (side note: there is nothing

In this satisfying story by the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda Holmes offers sweet, funny dialogue; a complicated reunion between old flames; and a hometown return that's both heartwarming and fraught. Flying Solo has been on my to-read list all summer. Because I was back in my old stomping grounds of Maine last week, seeing family and old friends in my former hometown, it seemed like the perfect time to read Flying Solo, Linda Holmes's Maine-set title about returning to a childhood safe haven and reconnecting with old friends and an old flame. In Flying Solo, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown, stinging from her recently canceled wedding, facing being on the cusp of forty, and ready to dive into the massive job of dismantling her beloved, recently deceased, never married great aunt Dot's collectible- and memento-filled house. Who, she wondered, are all these people who live in the place where I once felt like I knew everyone? Then an unusual antique she finds in Dot's attic and an old love letter send her on a wild caper through her own past, back to her first love and her oldest friend, as well as into the hands of con artists and antique dealers eager for what she's got. I adore Holmes's excellent ability to set up and develop a rom-com with depth. Her wonderful dialogue, appropriate and satisfying sentimentality, and the thrill of connection--I love all of it. I wasn't sure I was going to be in for the antique caper angle here, but Holmes layers it into her story without jarring or disrupting the affectionate feel of the old-flame reunion and the true-friendship bedrock that I loved. Regarding the love story, Holmes inserts the reader directly into the joy and heartache of two people who adore each other and who feel perfect for each other in most ways, but who continue to want different things from their lives. There aren't forced misunderstandings here, nor is there a manufactured failure to relay key information to each other, or any other manipulative element. This is a sometimes gut-wrenching exploration of whether deep love can overcome disparate life plans without subsuming one person's desires and priorities into the collective relationship. Flying Solo is complex and beautiful as Laurie and Nick circle around each other, knowing themselves, wanting each other, yet recognizing that their differing life plans may not intersect in any long-term way. ...she had spent the last few years chasing the feelings of comfort and trust, and the magnetic and uncomplicated drawing together, that she'd felt with him.... But that feeling that she was connected like the sides of a locket to the other half of herself, that feeling had never returned. Maybe that feeling belonged to being younger, and not to him, but what if it did belong to him? I appreciated that Laurie's desire for independence and solitude weren't swept away in a convenient, abrupt sea change. Holmes digs into a complicated, messy situation that's far more interesting than that. I loved this. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and is also the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, a light fiction story I loved. I received a prepublication digital edition of this book courtesy of Ballantine Books and NetGalley.

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This historical fiction story in two timelines introduces the little-known real-life figure of librarian I love a book about scrappy librarians , and Janet Skeslien Charles's historical fiction novel Miss Morgan's takes that setup farther into favorable Bossy territory by sending an idealistic, headstrong young librarian The past timeline is based on the real-life NYPL librarian Jessie Carson, and Charles tracks Carson's The more modern timeline introduces Wendy, a NYPL librarian in the 1980s.

Brigade , Janet Skeslien Charles's historical fiction in two timelines, focused on a World War I-era NYPL librarian and The Traitor . 02 Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles I love a book about scrappy librarians takes that setup farther into favorable Bossy territory, by sending an idealistic, headstrong young librarian of discovery that allows for context beyond the original sequence of events) on the real-life NYPL librarian Janet Skeslien Charles is also the author of The Paris Library . 03 Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Annie

Charles This historical fiction story in two timelines introduces the little-known real-life figure of librarian I love a book about scrappy librarians , and Janet Skeslien Charles's novel Miss Morgan's Book Brigade takes that setup farther into favorable Bossy territory by sending an idealistic, headstrong young librarian The past timeline is based on the real-life NYPL librarian Jessie Carson, and Charles tracks Carson's The more modern timeline introduces Wendy, a NYPL librarian in the 1980s.

Daphne is a children's librarian and is always early. She hates surprises. Henry offers up lots of book love, as usual: Daphne is a dedicated children's librarian.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong, a recently published historical 01 The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong Addison Armstrong's recently published historical fiction The War Librarian is inspired by the real-life stories of the first female volunteer librarians during World young woman at the Dead Letter Office bravely embarks on a dangerous journey to France to serve as a librarian

I'm reading Bonnie Blaylock's Appalachian-set 1930s historical fiction about a traveling packhorse librarian Light to the Hills , it's 1930 in the Kentucky Appalachians, and Amanda Rye is a traveling packhorse librarian

lengths he'll go to to try to avoid coping with the difficulties of life; and I'm listening to The Librarian Check out this link for my review of Andrew Sean Greer's Less. 03 The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin As World War II explodes, Ava loves her job at the Library of Congress. I'm listening to The Librarian Spy as an audiobook.

I'm listening to The Personal Librarian, historical fiction with race and art at the heart of it, set 01 The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray The Personal Librarian is

of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction about a traveling rural Kentucky librarian Cussy is a librarian through the Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky, and she rides her mule Eugenia

story that centers around feminism and building new perspectives; historical fiction about a traveling librarian Bright Haven . 04 Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock Blaylock's story centers around a packhorse librarian Light to the Hills , it's 1930 in the Kentucky Appalachians, and Amanda Rye is a traveling packhorse librarian

outlier in the largely corrupt police force, and his unlikely assistant in investigating Ma Coker, former librarian Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming power of a rural librarian Rural librarian? Check. Fascinating implications of a rare genetic condition? Check. Bluet is a librarian through the Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky, and she rides her mule Eugenia

“I heard about her from one of the top librarians at the public library, this girl from Avenue A who

She uses a different last name and poses as a librarian rather than a physicist in order to stay anonymous

Madeline Martin is also the author of The Librarian Spy and various romance series.

Daphne is a children's librarian and is always early. She hates surprises.

01 The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore Sloane is an underappreciated librarian running things

In the small Southern town of Troy, Georgia, a lending library and a battle over banned books pits nemeses Beverly Underwood (on the school board) and Lula Dean (determined to rid public libraries of "inappropriate of Southern prim-and-proper ladyhood and over-the-top frills and flowers, Lula sets up a Little Free Library The reality of the open-minded, empowering, honest content in Lula's personal library seems destined I listened to Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books  as an audiobook.

Sloane is an underappreciated librarian running things and doing all the behind-the-scenes work without

wisest adult in Alex's life offers wisdom, savviness, and kindness, and I loved that she was a powerful librarian

she finds herself transported to an in-between state that is not life and not death, in the form of a library A trusted figure from her childhood serves as her guide to the library, advising her to review her Book I read The Midnight Library at the same time my mom did; as part of an online book club for March; and

Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming power of a rural librarian Rural librarian? Check. Fascinating implications of a rare genetic condition? Check.

Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, a science fiction book I've had on my to-read list since a smarty librarian

Henry offers up lots of book love, as usual: Daphne is a dedicated children's librarian.

Henry offers up lots of book love, as usual: Daphne is a dedicated children's librarian.

Henry offers up lots of book love, as usual: Daphne is a dedicated children's librarian.

outlier in the largely corrupt police force, and his unlikely assistant in investigating Ma Coker, former librarian

outlier in the largely corrupt police force, and his unlikely assistant in investigating Ma Coker, former librarian

Henry offers up lots of book love, as usual: Daphne is a dedicated children's librarian.

Henry offers up lots of book love, as usual: Daphne is a dedicated children's librarian.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Kirsten Miller's entertaining novel about a lending library and banned books in a small Southern town, Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books ; I'm reading 01 Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller In a small Southern town, a lending library Lula generously (she believes) sets up a Little Free Library full of appropriate books. I'm listening to Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books as an audiobook. 02 A Language of Dragons

Meanwhile, I give you photos of my annual visit to the most funky and fabulous library I know.

Dave's, and when Dave is invited to stay with the family during school breaks, he is fascinated by the library Alan Hollinghurst   is also the author of The Swimming-Pool Library; The Folding Star; The Spell; The

I'm usually an all-Libby (library app; free) audiobook listener, but I wanted to read Michelle Obama's newest book The Light We Carry without waiting to move up the sizable library wait list, so I listened

I'm not sure why it took me so long to get through this book, but I apologize to all library patrons

Press. 02 Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes) by Mindy Kaling I'm usually an all-Libby (library but I wanted to read Michelle Obama's newest book The Light We Carry without waiting on the sizable library

Alan Hollinghurst is the author of The Swimming-Pool Library; The Folding Star; The Spell; The Line

James is secretly teaching other enslaved people to read; sneaking to delve into the library of books

why "gut feelings" and intuition often drives moral judgments, and why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians

Kimmery Martin is a local-to-me North Carolina author who is also a trustee of our local library. After she spoke at our library foundation event last year, my book club read this book together.

collection by Keegan, despite its having sat on my bedside table as a half-read reminder for months while library

which will be out March 9, 2021, courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NetGalley. 03 The Midnight Library She finds herself transported to an in-between state that is not life and not death, in the form of a library A trusted figure from her childhood serves as her guide to the library, advising her to review her Book