readingstains 's review for:

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

3.75

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I grew up in a place that doesn't have public libraries. So to me, librarians were singled down into my high school librarian. And that meant a lot to me while I was in high school.

I think this book lets you in on the magic and fulfillment found in this industry. It allowed me to better reflect on the passion I have for reading, and the appreciation for those who fostered that in me.

I read this book with the intent of annotating it for my high school librarian as a very late Christmas gift. And what I found was a peek into the joys and challenges that our librarians and booksellers face in a time of questions. Some scary, some wondrous.

What is reading, if not the curiosity of the soul? What can I find in the fiction? What I can I learn in the non-fiction? What can I search in the poetry?

This book is a love letter to people that care about fostering such questions with answers and inquiries. James Patterson captures the spirit of love for freedom in the words from our pages.

If anything else, this book has let me appreciate what I had a lot more than I could've without it.