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A review by kandicez
Apex Magazine Issue 105 by Jason Sizemore
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.
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.
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.