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Bezig met laden... Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life (editie 2017)door Annie Spence (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkDear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life door Annie Spence
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An, engrossing love letter to libraries and books of all descriptions, an excellent source for recommendations on subjects you didn't even know you needed ("Books that Lead to More Books", "Good Books with Bad Covers", "Books about Librarians" etc.), and a just plain funny, relatable read, this book has anything and everything you could ask for. Read it to hear the author's thoughts on some of your own all time favorites, read it to find a new series, novel, or memoir to be obsessed with, or read it just to appreciate the wonders of the Public Library, whatever your motivations you need this book in your life. "Dear Fahrenheit 451" is insightful without being stuffy, humorous without being absurd, cathartic for librarians yet universal enough to speak to any reader who has ever lost themselves in an especially brilliant novel, story, or biography. Do yourself a favor, before your next visit to the library or trip to Barnes & Noble, peruse this brief love letter to literacy and I promise you'll have new titles to add to that ever expanding "to read" list, a renewed sense of joy in your reading, and a fresh appreciation for your local library. ( ) I love the library and I love librarians and I love books about libraries and librarians. Probably because I’m a librarian, but whatever. I don’t often quote books in my reviews, but there are three passages I need to quote here, which illustrate why I love this book. The first is: “Dear Pulitzer Prize-winning books, is it PULL-itzer or PEW-litzer? I never know. I hope it’s not the latter. It’s hard not to sound like a dick when you say it like that.” This quote sums up exactly how I feel about that word, which is also how I feel about the word “culinary.” The next thing I have to quote is: “Most of the books I truly love aren’t even on my shelves, because I loan them out to other people or get them from the library and have to return them.” This is totally me too! Especially fiction. I was at the annual book sale for my local public library recently and I didn’t even bother looking at the fiction even though I’ve mostly been reading fiction lately (present company excluded) because I pretty much always get fiction from the library. It takes a pretty special novel (or, usually, novel series) to make me buy it. And the last thing I’ll quote is: “Reading can get you more hot and bothered than a Tinder date, without the cost of drinks and with a lower frequency of unwanted dick pics.” I finished online dating well before Tinder was invented, but I have had my share of dick pics. This quote is from the section of the book that shares suggestions for what to tell people when you don’t want to go out and do stuff with them, but would rather stay home and read. Also relatable (as the kids today would say). And yes, I realize that two of my quotes have the word “dick” in them. Don’t read too much into it (heh). Anyway, all this by way of saying that Annie Spence is a very smart and witty librarian writer and I loved this jaunt through her personal literary history. It was a thrill when her reading tastes intersected with mine—which wasn’t often, but that’s okay. Although her many book lists became a little hard to read all at once, her suggestions are intriguing and make sense, so I will definitely keep this one around for when my holds list becomes depleted and the bottom drawer of my bedside table is empty, and I need something new to read. Dear Spence: You are hilarious and I had so much fun reading your letters to books you've loved and hated. With your passion for reading, finding the perfect book for others, and your snarky sense of humor, I think we would be friends if we met. The letters were perfect to read in small bites, a few at a time. You made me snort out loud with laughter while grocery shopping. Thanks for the giggles. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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If you love to read, and presumably you do since you've picked up this book, you know that some books affect you so profoundly they forever change the way you think about the world. Some books, on the other hand, disappoint you so much you want to throw them against the wall. Either way, it's clear that a book can be your new soul mate or the bad relationship you need to end. In Dear Fahrenheit 451, librarian Annie Spence has crafted love letters and breakup notes to the iconic and eclectic books she has encountered over the years. From breaking up with The Giving Tree (a dysfunctional relationship book if ever there was one), to her love letter to The Time Traveler's Wife (a novel less about time travel and more about the life of a marriage, with all of its ups and downs), Spence will make you think of old favorites in a new way. Filled with suggested reading lists, Spence's take on classic and contemporary books is very much like the best of literature sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes surprisingly poignant, and filled with universal truths. A celebration of reading, Dear Fahrenheit 451 is for anyone who loves nothing more than curling up with a good book...and another, and another, and another! Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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