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superwritermom 's review for:
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
by Matt Eversmann, James Patterson
While there were a few harrowing tales of librarians who've been harassed--fired even--over people who want to ban books, this book is primarily a love letter to librarians and booksellers. At least one bookseller is a fellow Borders alum.
It's definitely a quick read, but I do have one quibble: often the present tense is used in places I don't think present tense should be used. For heaven's sake, it's a nonfiction book about book lovers; it's not a domestic suspense book. Using the present tense to talk about past events was utterly jarring and sometimes confusing. No clue why that choice was made.
But, hey, it's a bunch of stories about folks who are out here doing the Lord's work: getting books in the hands of people who need them.
It's definitely a quick read, but I do have one quibble: often the present tense is used in places I don't think present tense should be used. For heaven's sake, it's a nonfiction book about book lovers; it's not a domestic suspense book. Using the present tense to talk about past events was utterly jarring and sometimes confusing. No clue why that choice was made.
But, hey, it's a bunch of stories about folks who are out here doing the Lord's work: getting books in the hands of people who need them.