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emilykate08's review
5.0
Anyone who's ever been the the kid in the library wishing they could escape inside their fantasy book, or anyone who's ever wanted to give that kid that book, you deserve to read this short story.
alissa_doucet's review
5.0
(There have only ever been two kinds of librarians in the history of the world: the prudish, bitter ones with lipstick running into the cracks around their lips who believe the books are their personal property and patrons are dangerous delinquents come to steal them; and witches).
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(There have only ever been two kinds of librarians in the history of the world: the prudish, bitter ones with lipstick running into the cracks around their lips who believe the books are their personal property and patrons are dangerous delinquents come to steal them; and witches).
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(There have only ever been two kinds of librarians in the history of the world: the prudish, bitter ones with lipstick running into the cracks around their lips who believe the books are their personal property and patrons are dangerous delinquents come to steal them; and witches).
irenecas's review
5.0
Increíble todo lo que expresa en 30 páginas. Me recuerda tanto a las tardes de verano que iba a la biblioteca a ver qué libro me elegía.. es una pasada
jflo717's review
5.0
I was in the mood to read ad began with a short story. I found the latest winner of the HUGO award, and found this little gem. What a wonderful story.
kittymamers's review
5.0
see lühijutt (Hugo Awards võitja omas kategoorias 2019) on üks parimaid asju, mida ma viimasel ajal, aga võibolla ka üldse elus lugenud olen. 4900 sõna ja mitte ükski neist ülearune; puudu pole ka ühtegi. pea iga lause või lõigu tahaks alla joonida, käsivarrele tätoveerida, loojangupildi taustal postitada.
siin on raamatud ja raamatukoguhoidjad ja maagia, aga see pole teil mingi Nähtamatu raamatukogu; ei sõideta lohede seljas ega võidelda haldjatega, vaid tehakse tõsist raamatukogutööd. elud on ikkagi ohus.
ja see kõik on veebis vabalt saadaval ja 4900 sõna ei võta eriti aega ka, tõesti soovitan lugeda. https://www.apex-magazine.com/a-witchs-guide-to-escape-a-practical-compendium-of-portal-fantasies/
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I do my best to give people the books they need most. In grad school, they called it “ensuring readers have access to texts/materials that are engaging and emotionally rewarding,” and in my other kind of schooling, they called it “divining the unfilled spaces in their souls and filling them with stories and starshine,” but it comes to the same thing.
siin on raamatud ja raamatukoguhoidjad ja maagia, aga see pole teil mingi Nähtamatu raamatukogu; ei sõideta lohede seljas ega võidelda haldjatega, vaid tehakse tõsist raamatukogutööd. elud on ikkagi ohus.
ja see kõik on veebis vabalt saadaval ja 4900 sõna ei võta eriti aega ka, tõesti soovitan lugeda. https://www.apex-magazine.com/a-witchs-guide-to-escape-a-practical-compendium-of-portal-fantasies/
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I do my best to give people the books they need most. In grad school, they called it “ensuring readers have access to texts/materials that are engaging and emotionally rewarding,” and in my other kind of schooling, they called it “divining the unfilled spaces in their souls and filling them with stories and starshine,” but it comes to the same thing.
caitcoy's review
2.0
A witchy librarian meets a young boy from a rough background who desperately needs to escape.
I think your enjoyment of this will be dependent on a) whether you've worked in a library before and b) if you have, how you feel about that job. There's a lot of magic in the books feeling in this story and I really liked the idea of books knowing who their readers are or being smug about getting read vs getting dusty on the shelf. But I found myself getting annoyed, as someone who's working in libraries and facing burn-out, at some of the witchiness of the librarian. As much as I'm able to recognize that it's fiction, it felt too conveniently simple for the librarian to step in and fix things for the boy. That annoyance made it difficult for me to get sucked into the story.
I think your enjoyment of this will be dependent on a) whether you've worked in a library before and b) if you have, how you feel about that job. There's a lot of magic in the books feeling in this story and I really liked the idea of books knowing who their readers are or being smug about getting read vs getting dusty on the shelf. But I found myself getting annoyed, as someone who's working in libraries and facing burn-out, at some of the witchiness of the librarian. As much as I'm able to recognize that it's fiction, it felt too conveniently simple for the librarian to step in and fix things for the boy. That annoyance made it difficult for me to get sucked into the story.
jorgefernandez's review
4.0
Descubriendo el hype por Alix E. Harrow. El relato, sin ser nada del otro mundo, es bastante emotivo y evocador. Veremos que tal se desenvuelve cuando crece el número de páginas.
kandicez's review
5.0
All the stars! There have been a few books, fewer short stories, that I really feel deserve every star in the sky and this was one of those.
I have been a user of libraries my whole life. When I was a child we couldn't afford books, so not only did I spend as much time in the library as possible, but I looked forward to the Book Mobile coming to our hollow monthly. If it couldn't for some reason, weather, flat tire, sick call, I was bereft.
This little gem gives us the slant that there are librarians and then there are librarians, the latter being magical beings that not only know how to find the book you ask for but also how to know what book you actually need. I have met librarians like this in my life. I promise! They see you wandering the stacks, strike up a conversation and somehow end up handing you just what your heart was yearning for, but your tongue didn't know how to ask.
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All the stars! There have been a few books, fewer short stories, that I really feel deserve every star in the sky and this was one of those.
I have been a user of libraries my whole life. When I was a child we couldn't afford books, so not only did I spend as much time in the library as possible, but I looked forward to the Book Mobile coming to our hollow monthly. If it couldn't for some reason, weather, flat tire, sick call, I was bereft.
This little gem gives us the slant that there are librarians and then there are librarians, the latter being magical beings that not only know how to find the book you ask for but also how to know what book you actually need. I have met librarians like this in my life. I promise! They see you wandering the stacks, strike up a conversation and somehow end up handing you just what your heart was yearning for, but your tongue didn't know how to ask.
I have been a user of libraries my whole life. When I was a child we couldn't afford books, so not only did I spend as much time in the library as possible, but I looked forward to the Book Mobile coming to our hollow monthly. If it couldn't for some reason, weather, flat tire, sick call, I was bereft.
This little gem gives us the slant that there are librarians and then there are librarians, the latter being magical beings that not only know how to find the book you ask for but also how to know what book you actually need. I have met librarians like this in my life. I promise! They see you wandering the stacks, strike up a conversation and somehow end up handing you just what your heart was yearning for, but your tongue didn't know how to ask.
Merged review:
All the stars! There have been a few books, fewer short stories, that I really feel deserve every star in the sky and this was one of those.
I have been a user of libraries my whole life. When I was a child we couldn't afford books, so not only did I spend as much time in the library as possible, but I looked forward to the Book Mobile coming to our hollow monthly. If it couldn't for some reason, weather, flat tire, sick call, I was bereft.
This little gem gives us the slant that there are librarians and then there are librarians, the latter being magical beings that not only know how to find the book you ask for but also how to know what book you actually need. I have met librarians like this in my life. I promise! They see you wandering the stacks, strike up a conversation and somehow end up handing you just what your heart was yearning for, but your tongue didn't know how to ask.
dlsmall's review
4.0
After The Six Deaths of the Saint, I’m digging into Alix’s short works, and I guess starting with the Hugo winner is the way to go. Fascinating concept! Now to send a link to my friend who is a librarian of the second sort.
Merged review:
After The Six Deaths of the Saint, I’m digging into Alix’s short works, and I guess starting with the Hugo winner is the way to go. Fascinating concept! Now to send a link to my friend who is a librarian of the second sort.
Merged review:
After The Six Deaths of the Saint, I’m digging into Alix’s short works, and I guess starting with the Hugo winner is the way to go. Fascinating concept! Now to send a link to my friend who is a librarian of the second sort.