thereadingredhead_'s review against another edition
4.0
I've harbored a dream of becoming a Librarian my entire life, and Warren's stories only solidified my dream. I was laughing the whole way through!
eserafina42's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars. A quick read. Cute, but not all that funny. Like another reviewer, I had an issue with her only choosing "guy"-type books to send troops overseas, not because I think that many men like romance or "chick lit" (though I would bet there are some out there who do) but because she seems to have missed that fact that women do serve in the military and that not even every man just likes "guy" books.
sarahfett's review against another edition
3.0
The chapters about funny things that happen in the author's library are good, though not as funny as I expected them to be, but I'm not particularly interested in the chapters about her life. I'm bothered that a book by and about librarians doesn't use the Oxford comma! It also lists titles of books in quotations, when grammar rules say they should be underlined or (preferably) italicized, and I've found several typos. Also, the unprofessional layout is distracting.
ubalstecha's review against another edition
1.0
Maybe because I am not a librarian, but I found this to be a bit ho-hum. Did even really smile.
Skip it.
Skip it.
annsantori's review against another edition
4.0
Only wish it had been MUCH longer (seriously, I would have read a textbook size book of these essays) and that Ms. Warren's work would have been given a nicer publication treatment so the book would be more attractive on the shelf . . . matching its wonderful contents!
psalmcat's review against another edition
2.0
I read this in about an hour while sitting in the hospital waiting. It's quite funny and I totally identify with every word of every story she tells about working in a library.
One quibble: not everyone who works at a circulation desk in a library is a librarian.
And...I read it in an hour. I'm a fast reader, but...damn.
One quibble: not everyone who works at a circulation desk in a library is a librarian.
And...I read it in an hour. I'm a fast reader, but...damn.
redbirdwings's review against another edition
3.0
While I can understand some of get frustrations with library patrons, she does come off a little mean in a few stories. Although, all librarians are different under various circumstances.
dlauron's review
3.0
I really wanted to like this book. I follow the authors blog, and many of the blog postings were just chapters from this book. I had read many of them before. I find it interesting that the book was published before the blog postings.
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