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Hi all! I got a question behind the scene that is a good one! What about a book that is a nonfiction memoir/autobiography? Clearly the main character (the author) is a writer. Will that count?
Excellent question!
If the writer talks about their experience writing or the writing process, then yes it will count. (think On Writing by Stephen King).
If it is just a collection of stories about the persons life with no discussion of them as an author/writing, then no (think most celebrity memoirs).
If a library plays an integral part of the novel's plot but the majority of the pages are not set in a libary, does this count for "library?"
John wrote: "If a library plays an integral part of the novel's plot but the majority of the pages are not set in a libary, does this count for "library?""Yes, that should be fine.
Cindy - For library, how about The Giver of Stars and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, about the WPA (horse/mule)pack librarians during the Great Depression? I think they both had a small central location but most of the patrons received their books (or magazine, etc.) directly from the librarians who delivered them to their homes deep in the mountains. We're discussing them both at my next bookclub meeting.Harry's Trees seems to fit.
Anita- for collected works. would the "collected poems by Yeats" work?
NancyJ wrote: "For library, how about The Giver of Stars and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, about the WPA (horse/mule)pack librarians during the Great Depression?..."Yes, bookmobile-type libraries I am ok with, as well.
LibraryCin wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "For library, how about The Giver of Stars and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, about the WPA (horse/mule)pack librarians during the Great Depression?..."Yes, bookmobile-type li..."
Great. thanks! I recommend these books for everyone: The Giver of Stars, and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. I expect that the librarian will share additional information about the WPA program at our meeting. If so, I'll add it to my review. The group will read The Library Book in January.
Item: A Main Character is a WriterLocation: Jacqueline Woodson has authored several books. This is a memoir about her childhood.
Number of Items: 1/4
Book: Brown Girl Dreaming
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Holly R W wrote: "Item: A Main Character is a WriterLocation: Jacqueline Woodson has authored several books. This is a memoir about her childhood.
Number of Items: 1/4
Book: Brown Girl Dreaming
Revi..."
A note on memoirs: In Message 2 above I discuss that memoirs will not count simply because the author (who is the primary person in the story) is a writer, but the book must somehow address their experience as a writer or the writing process.
I have not read this book, will it fit this description?
Nicole R wrote: "Holly R W wrote: "Item: A Main Character is a WriterLocation: Jacqueline Woodson has authored several books. This is a memoir about her childhood.
Number of Items: 1/4
Book: [book:Brown Girl Dream..."
I do think it fits, because the author went into detail describing how she began writing at a young age, even giving examples of her early efforts. Woodson did write about how she set about imagining and writing stories.
Perfect! Thanks for confirming! All of that sounds spot on to me.
I am wondering of What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved works for Collected Works. The author discusses details from all of Austen's books, including her unfinished ones and her early unpublished writings. If not, I assume it could work for "main character is a writer", is that right?
Item: Collected Works (Situation)Location in Book: 95%, Kindle Edition
"Swede, whom you know reasonably well by now, quit school in frustration at seventeen to write a novel... Now- after four novels, a history of the Dakota Territories, and a collection of poetry- she gets adoring letters from strangers."
Book: Peace Like a River
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Number of Items: 2/4
Nicole R wrote: "Robin, that is fine."Thanks! Here it is.
Item collected: collected works (situation)
Number collected: 1/4
Location in book: Whole book, actually! It is a review of all of Austen's writing, including her earliest attempts and her unfinished works. GR blurb says, "John Mullan shows that we can best appreciate Austen's brilliance by looking at the intriguing quirks and intricacies of her fiction. Asking and answering some very specific questions about what goes on in her novels, he reveals the inner workings of their greatness."
Book: What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Item Collected: primarily set in or about a library (situational) -- CindyLocation in Book: Almost the entire book is set in a prison library
Number Collected: 1/4
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg 3 stars
This is the account of a writer who, unable to make ends meet writing freelance obits, takes a job as a librarian in Boston's prison. As with all books about prison, it's rather dark and depressing. It's not quite what I thought it would be. The writing is good, but I didn't care for the content--it's not what I thought it would be. You can read a summary on the book page--I didn't like or hate this enough to be motivated to write a lot about t his.
No dates are given as to when he was employed, but suffice it to say that it was before 2010, when this book was published, and, since he never mentions the Big Dig even though he talks about crossing over the Expressway by foot, probably after 2003. Plus his photo in the book makes that likely. (Since most of you probably have never heard of the Big Dig, it is a locally infamous project that ran years and millions of dollars overboard, had corrupt officials fired, leaks in a tunnel and more. I say a prayer every time I go through anything underground that was involved in that even to this day.)
Item: A Main Character is a WriterLocation: MC is a journalist
Number of Items: 1/4
Book: First Case - Kathi Daley
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Jillian Hanford, reporter, has come to Gull Island to manage her brother's resort after he has a stroke. She is renovating the cabins and running it as a writer's retreat. Currently a group of writers are staying in the main house while waiting for the cabins. As writers they decide to examine the recent death of a woman who was connected to a Friday the 13th Massacre that happened 11 years prior. Famed writer, Jackson Jones, who recently bought the failing local newspaper is also looking for a story and teams up with them. This was very linear procedural style investigation, logically presented. I thoroughly enjoyed and will look for more.
Item Collected: Main character is a writerNicole, I think you might have read this, but just in case, this is about a woman working on a novel through the book, includes how she got started, more or less, and also (view spoiler)
item collected 2/4
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
3.5 stars rounded up
It's 1997, and Casey, 31, is burdened with enormous debt, working as a waitress and trying to finish the novel she has been working on for the past six years. She is grieving for her mother and heartbroken after being dumped by a rather less-than-stellar man. She is estranged from her father, and the revelation of why is quite well done, as is the love triangle, which is a literary device that has been done to death, IMO, because this one makes a great deal of sense in the story.
There is a blurb and there are plenty of people who have done more with this, but I am in a rush and don't have time to do this justice. I didn't love it but I want to read more by Lily King now that I finally have. It's not because no one I know reads her, it's because there are just so many books out there that it can take time to get to an author.
This borders between contemporary and historical fiction, since it's set 23 years prior to publication, so I haven't shelved it either.
Item Collected: In or about a libraryLocation in Book: Entire book: Main characters work as agents for a powerful magical library that collects rare books from all the worlds in the metaverse. (quote from page 182: "I am Mr. Strongrock are agents of a library which exists between the alternate worlds. Our task is to collect books for the Library from all those worlds, to preserve them."
Number Collected 1/4
The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman
3 1/2 stars
The Invisible Library is a book about Irene, an agent of a powerful, magical, library that exists between all of the worlds in the metaverse. Irene's mission is to collect books from the different worlds so that the library can add them to its vast collection. Often, these missions are easy, but sometimes they involve grand adventures. In this book, Irene and her student are tasked with retrieving a collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales from one such world. What at first seems like a straightforward mission becomes very complicated when it turns out that many different factions are after the same book.
This was a fun book to read. The world building was interesting and well done. The characters were fun to route for, each with their own share of secrets to discover. There were a lot of action/battle scenes in this book, which are not really my cup of tea. But if you do like fun battles with interesting creatures and weapons, this could be the book for you. Overall it is a promising start to a series with some good characters with the potential to develop as the series continues.
Item Collected: BibliophileLocation in Book: Page 140: "And he was always so good about making books available to other experts in the field. Not like some bibliophiles who hoard everything and then just gloat about it privately."
Number Collected: 2/4
Book: The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman: See review in previous post (Message #19).
Item: A Main Character is a WriterLocation: entire book, the MC Rachel is a bestselling novelist of Christmas romance
Number of Items: 1/4
Book: The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer - 3 stars
Review:
Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt lives a life of secrets. Only a few people know that she suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which affects all aspects of her life. She is also, despite being the daughter of a very well know Rabbi, obsessed with Christmas. She loves Santa, the lights and the magic of the holiday so much so that she is a secret bestseller of Christmas romance novels. Being able to work from home as a novelist allows her a good living while manage her illness. However she is completely surprised when her publisher insists that she write a Hanukkah romance instead. She MUST find the magic in Hanukkah. Similarly her first kiss from summer camp, Jacob Greenberg, MUST also find the Hanukkah magic to pull off his super event, the Matzah Ball and keep his investors happy. Hallmark-like hijinks ensue as expected.
Super cute holiday romantic comedy. It is fun to read outside of Christmas for the holiday season. Having never had the opportunity to join in a Shabbat celebration, I enjoyed learning more about the culture. It is also great to have a heroine with a chronic illness. However the representation was a bit heavy handed. The characters were cute and quirky enough to enjoy and it was fun to see the Matzah Ball unfold. Parts of course required some suspension of disbelief for the normal holiday magic/ implausibility but glad I was able to include in the seasonal reads.
Item collected: primarily set in or about a libraryNumber collected: 2/4
Location in book: recurring multiple times, between "lives" of the main character
**It is not the case that most of the time of the book takes place in the library, but the library is the context for all the other scenes (after the beginning), as they are all supposedly coming from books in this library**
Book: The Midnight Library
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Item Collected: primarily set in or about a library (situational)Location in Book: The entire book was about a pack horse library in Kentucky during the great depression, funded by the WPA as a part of Roosevelt’s New Deal. The librarians delivered books to people in the mountains using mules or horses.
Number Collected: 1/4
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes, 4.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Item Collected: a main character is a writer (situational)Location in Book: The entire book is about writing and the lives of writers. The main character is working to finish her novel, and most of her friends are also writers.
Number Collected: 2/4
Writers & Lovers by Lily King, 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Item Collected: primarily set in or about a library (situation)Number Collected: 1/4
Location in Book: Protagonist is a librarian for a small Virginia town library where the murder occurs.
Book: A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Item Collected: bibliophile (exact)Number Collected: 2/4
Location in Book: Chapter 3, page 44, 14% into the book: "Finally, he reluctantly agreed, and I began the journey that eventually made me the bibliophile expert I was today."
Book: The Book Stops Here by Kate Carlisle
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
1/4Item collected: Main character is a writer
"Location": She is a true crime writer who has come to the farmhouse to better concentrate on her current book and research. The start of the book explains some of her research, and the end of the book has her touring and reading from the book to promote it.
The Overnight Guest / Heather Gudenkauf
4.5 stars
Current day: Wylie is a true crime writer who has left her son with her ex-husband to head to an isolated rural area where she has rented an old farmhouse to be able to better concentrate on her writing. On a cold, blizzardy, freezing-rain/snow-filled night, she finds a little boy curled up in the snow outside the house. She brings him in to warm him up, but he’s not talking as to how or why he was there.
2020: 12-year olds Josie and Becky are best friends, but tragedy strikes when Becky stays overnight one night. The farmhouse then houses two murdered people and two people have disappeared. Josie is the only one who managed to get away.
Timeline unclear initially: a mother and daughter are kept locked in a basement, with an abusive man/father coming to visit occasionally.
Wow, this pulled me in right away and I wanted to keep reading! Unfortunately, for me, I was reading before bed (twice) and especially the first night, I had a hard time getting to sleep! (Which, really, in a thriller or horror book, is a good thing!). All three storylines were appealing to me, and the author brought them together very well.
Item Collected: collected worksNumber Collected: 3/4
Location: Page 58: "The shelves of Mimi Harrison’s living room in the small bungalow perched high in the canyon were full of old leatherbound books (the one called Emma looked particularly beat-up) and the collected works of writers he had never even heard of: Burney, Richardson, and some poet called Cowper."
The Jane Austen Society - Natalie Jenner
4 stars
This book is about a group of people in the small village where Jane Austen wrote some of her most famous books. It takes place in the late 1930s and early 1940s. A diverse group of people that have a love for Jane Austen in common come together to form a society to preserve some historical artifacts related to the author and create a museum in her honor.
This was a sweet read about a group of people that have all suffered some sort of trauma in their lives coming together as a community. The author writes a story that is very much in the style of some of Jane Austen's books. While the outcome is a little predictable, I did enjoy the journey it took to get there. Sometimes I felt like I was missing a deeper knowledge of the ensemble characters, however, overall there was a lot of character growth that was nice to read.
Item Collected: Main Character is a WriterNumber Collected 4/4
Location: (entire book): The book is told from the point of view of the actual author of the book who is following around a detective who consults with the police in order to write a book about him.
The Word Is Murder - Anthony Horowitz
4 stars
The unique thing about Anthony Horowitz's novel "The Word is Murder" is that Anthony Horowitz is one of the main characters in his own book. The premise is that a consulting dectective asks him to write a book about his latest case. Horowitz follows him around as he investigates the murder of the mother of a famous actor.
I thought it was an interesting way to tell a story and I especially liked the insight into the process of writing and researching. The mystery was interesting with plenty of twists and turns and red herrings. The one thing that held back the last star for me was the relationship between Hawthorne, the detective, and Anthony. Horowitz never really gets to know Hawthorne that well and in fact he barely likes him. This makes it hard for the reader to get to know and appreciate Hawthorne. Perhaps this will change as more books are added to the series.
Item Collected: a main character is a writer (situation)Number Collected: 3/4
Location in Book: This series features the author himself as a character in the books, acting as a sidekick to his fictional detective.
Book: A Line To Kill by Anthony Horowitz
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Item Collected: <.b>Main character is a writerNumber Collected: 1/4
Location in Book Told by the author/writer in first person, so throughout book.
Book: Hell of a Book
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2/4Item collected: primarily set in or about a library (situational)
Location in book: entire book is about the Central Public Library in Los Angeles.
The Library Book / Susan Orlean
3.5 stars
In 1986 there was a big fire at the central public library in Los Angeles. I don’t remember how many books were lost, but I believe over 700,000 were damaged. It was an old building with lots of fire violations and was soon going to be upgraded. Investigators determined the fire was arson and everything seemed to point to compulsive liar Harry Peak. The book flips between the fire and investigation to the overall history of the library and the librarians in charge.
The book is a mix of disaster, biography, and history. It was good. I particularly found the information about arson interesting. It’s not that easy to tell if a fire is arson. There is lots of interesting info about the inner workings of a library and its services, but I’m a librarian, so that wasn’t really new to me. There were some photos included in the book, mostly of the previous librarians (and one of Harry Peak).
Item Collected: a main character is a writer (situation)Location in Book: whole book
The main character, Amir, becomes a writer during the course of the book.Number Collected: 1/4
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
My review
Item Collected: collected works (exact)Location in Book: Chapter Ten
The safe was behind the collected works of Shakespeare.Number Collected:2/4
Sweet Revenge by Nora Roberts
My review
Item Collected: primarily set in or about a library (situation)Location in Book: Libraries were referenced twice in this book. One involved Anna, a young teenager in 15th Constantinople who purloins a ancient tome from a collection of books from an abandoned abbey. Although the word libary is never used, it is implied. The second incidence is clear. On page 15, [Zeno] escorts five fifth graders from the elementary school to the public library through curtains of falling snow.
Number Collected: 1/4
Book title and review: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4352799617)
Item: Primarily Set in a Library (Situational - cleared in advance)Location in Book: Entire story is set in and involves libraries, though not always referred to as libraries. Mr. Penumbra's Bookstore is also a library where most of the books are borrowed and returned by a small group of select individuals who all have a special code. Page 49 - He’s quiet for a moment, and then he lifts his eyes to meet mine. “This is more than a bookstore, as you have no doubt surmised. It is also a kind of library, one of many around the world. There is another in London, another in Paris—a dozen, altogether. No two are alike, but their function is the same, and Corvina oversees them all.” However, there is also a private club's library in NYC that is central to the plot and where much action occurs - p. 181 There are no free stories in the secret library of the Unbroken Spine.
Number of items: 1/4
Book: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
4 stars
my review here
Item: bibliophile - exactLocation in Book: I had multiple choices! p. 132 In the stack, there are copies of Moby-Dick, Ulysses, The Invisible Man—this is a bar for bibliophiles.
Number of items: 2/4
Book: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
4 stars
my review here
Item: collected works - exact or situational Location in Book: p. 15 I’ll usually cajole them into buying something: a Steinbeck novel, some Borges stories, a thick Tolkien tome—all of those authors evidently of interest to Penumbra, because he stocks the complete works of each.
Number of items: 3/4
Book: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
4 stars
my review here
Item: a main character is a writer - exact or situational - cleared in advanceLocation in Book: Several characters in the book write a Book of Life and in fact this is a main part of the plot: members of the Unbroken Spine Club all at some point write a Book of Life which reflects their life journey, philosophy, expectations. Each book has its own title and they are privately published. Mr. Penumbra's book is a key plot point. Plus the narrator discloses at the end in an epilogue written in future tense that he will write a book and it's clear it is the book we just read. One of many references is at p. 145 And this is the other treasure. Following in the Founder’s footsteps, every member of this fellowship produces his or her own codex vitae, or book of life. It is the task of the unbound. Fedorov, for example, who you know”—he nods to me—“is one of these. When he is finished, he will have poured everything he has learned, all his knowledge, into a book like these.” I think of Fedorov and his snowy-white beard. Yeah, he’s probably learned some things. “We use our logbook,” he says to me, “to be sure that Fedorov has earned his knowledge.” Also p. 281 - And finally, I will write down everything that happened. I’ll copy some of it from the logbook, find more in old emails and text messages, and reconstitute the rest from memory. I’ll get Penumbra to look it over, then find a publisher and set it out for sale in all the places you find books these days: big Barnes & Nobles, bright Pygmalion, the quiet little store built into the Kindle."
Number of items: 4/4
Book: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
4 stars
my review here
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan gave me a winning poker hand in December! It fit:Monthly theme - books about books
Fly the Skies -- brought me home to NYC AND tagged more than 5 times books about books
Pursue it: it contained all 4 clues!
It was also a book in my TBR and that I already owned - although I have no idea how it ended up there. It was a 4 star read too!
At no other time during the year did that happen!
The only challenge it did not meet: December Flurries.
Item Collected: Collected works (situation)Location in Book: Page 54 - "…sections of the bookshop were devoted to the complete works of the Albanian Communist leader Enver Hoxha: volume after volume with gilded bindings…"
Number Collected: 1/4
Book title and review:
Balzac And the Little Chinese Seamstress – Dai Sijie – 5*****
During China's Cultural Revolution, three young men are sent to a mountain villages for re-education. One of them has a secret horde of books. The other two are captivated by the books and also by the little seamstress, daughter of the district’s tailor. Sijie gives us descriptions of the harshness of the terrain and of their forced labor. The scenes in the coal mine were particularly harrowing. But there are many humorous scenes, as well. I have read this little gem of a novel several times. It is luminously written. For me, it answers the question, "Why do you read so much?"
My full review HERE
Item Collected: Main character is a writer (situation)Location in Book: Page 98 - Carmen had not known this, but she was more than aware of who Blair Pfenning was: the huge bestselling writer who wrote about the power of the spirit to create love." The rest of the book Blair and Carmen carry on a flirtation.
Number Collected: 2 / 4
Book title and review:
The Christmas Bookshop – Jenny Colgan – 3***
This was a delightful rom-com. The city of Edinburgh is described as a virtual living Christmas card during this season, with fairy lights and snow and decorations, and all the shopkeepers on the street hosting parties. Our down-on-her-luck heroine will meet two promising romantic leads: a famous bestselling author and a bedraggled college professor. Of course, there’s a hugely successful attorney sister Carmen feels inferior to, and the additional drama of the “mean-girl” nanny. But never fear, this holiday romance will deliver on the promise of an HEA ending.
My full review HERE
3/4 Bibliophilepg. 2
"Untroubled by the odious necessity of working but possessed by humanitarian instincts, they decided to open their doors to the public as a refuge, a retreat, a haven for bibliophiles."
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast / Bill Richardson
3 stars
50-something year old twins, Virgil and Hector, run a bed & breakfast on a small island between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia. There really isn’t much to do there beyond relax and read. Yet, the B&B has plenty of guests and the brothers are kept busy. This book includes anecdotes from both brothers, as well as some of the people who have stayed with them. Also included are a few “top 10” books (and authors) with various themes.
This is a bit of Canadian humour, parts made me smile and a few even made me laugh. I was ready to rate it “good” and I (mostly) did like it, but more so in the first half. The second half felt like it got a bit too philosophical for my liking. I liked that so many of the top 10 lists included Canadian authors.
4/4 Collected workspg. 25
"Once a month or every six weeks, Mother would find in the mail another gift of books. [...] There were anthologies of poetry and various collected works: Tennyson, Browning, Yeats."
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast / Bill Richardson
3 stars
50-something year old twins, Virgil and Hector, run a bed & breakfast on a small island between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia. There really isn’t much to do there beyond relax and read. Yet, the B&B has plenty of guests and the brothers are kept busy. This book includes anecdotes from both brothers, as well as some of the people who have stayed with them. Also included are a few “top 10” books (and authors) with various themes.
This is a bit of Canadian humour, parts made me smile and a few even made me laugh. I was ready to rate it “good” and I (mostly) did like it, but more so in the first half. The second half felt like it got a bit too philosophical for my liking. I liked that so many of the top 10 lists included Canadian authors.
Item Collected: collected worksNumber Collected: 3/4
Location: Page 58: "The shelves of Mimi Harrison’s living room in the small bungalow perched high in the canyon were full of old leatherbound books (the one called Emma looked particularly beat-up) and the collected works of writers he had never even heard of: Burney, Richardson, and some poet called Cowper."
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
3 stars
Jane Austen spinoffs and retellings are not my cup of tea in general. This one is a bit different since rather than retell a book, various characters represent characters from all of Austen's books, and many of them unite to form the Jane Austen Society. This is not a bad novel in any way, but I didn't find it great, either, but of course it's a debut novel so that doesn't mean Jenner won't write a great novel in the future. Plus three stars from me means I liked it. Although I have read each of Austen's novels once, the only one I really love and know well is Pride and Prejudice, although I have read Northanger about three times. I can't abide Emma (much like at least one character in this book) and can't remember how I felt about some of the books.
I have had this on my want to read shelf for some time, but finally got around to reading it for a book challenge and am glad I did.
Item Collected: Collected worksLocation in Book: Granny's campaign to organize every element of the shop rigorously has now reached the Shakespeare section, which she has decided to sub-categorise into biography, criticism, collected works and single plays, page 188.
Number Collected: 2/4
Book title and review (or link to review): Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4352798200#_=_.
Item Collected: The main character is a writerLocation in Book: The entire nonfiction book is one man's experiences as recorded through journal entries of being a owner of a independent bookstore. This is the second of three books written by him.
Number Collected: 3/4
Book title and review (or link to review): Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4352798200#_=_.
Item Collected: bibliophile (exact)Location in Book: Chapter 2
While my stepfather was a club man and serious bibliophile whose vast Merrywood library had introduced me to stories of America's founders, Lee and I had snickered and called him a magnum of chloroform behind his back.Number Collected:3/4
And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Marie Thornton
My review
Item: primarily set in or about a library (situational)Location: Most of the book, the MC is a library assistant and most of the book is set at her library, there is even a sit in where they patrons and MC refuse to leave the library for days.
Number of Items: 2/4
Book: The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Item: bibliophileLocation: Page 31, "At the very least, it would be great to sit down with a fellow bibliophile. "
Number of Items: 3/4
Book: Confessions of a Curious Bookseller by Elizabeth Green
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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primarily set in or about a library (situational) -- Cindy
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Item Collected: name the item that you found
Location in Book: describe where you found the item. Either a page/location/etc number for exact words, or a really brief description if it is a situation.
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