t_morrow 's review for:

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

4.0

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This was a fun listen, especially as a librarian. I will forever have Orlean's analogy of a library preparing for opening as an opera or musical about to go on and take center stage. That part literally gave me chills. I also thoroughly enjoyed every chapter beginning with a few titles and their Dewey, it was a very nice touch. I think the story itself is enrapturing because it is still a mystery as to who or what started the fire at the Los Angeles Central Library in 1986. I even asked my mom if she remembered any mention in the local papers about it and she couldn't recall, but like Orlean states it did get overshadowed by Chernobyl. I would recommend this book to library lovers, people that like reading true crime and mysteries, and non-fiction lovers.