Have you seen it? Do the purists amongst us feel that they have done a reasonable job communicating the spirit of the story?
Aside from the love story and the movie tie-in, we library people love to read about other library people. We applaud when the profession is portrayed realistically and groan when they haul out the buns and the sensible shoes.
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The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers - Librarian Jan O'Deigh works with a computer programmer and a geneticist to unlock the secrets of DNA.
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The Witch's Grave by Shirley Damsgaard - Ophillia Jensen, librarian, begins to let her hair down (!) with a well-known crime writer and finds herself in danger of her life.
this. Recently fired children's librarian Jane Jameson goes on a bender, finds herself shot and wakes up a vampire.
The Incident Report by Martha Baille - Bizarre public behavior in chronicled in incident reports in a Toronto Public Library.
The Incident Report by Martha Baille - Bizarre public behavior in chronicled in incident reports in a Toronto Public Library.
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Now, I have read none of these books. I think I have a hold on The Incident Report. OK, library folks. Which ones have you read, and which are most realistic. My money is on the vampire one.
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