The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
OPTION 1:
Book 1 – read a book featuring a library or librarian. If the connection is not apparent in the Goodreads description, explain the connection in your post.

AND

Book 2 – read a book with its author's initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. All initials must be used. If there is more than one author, only one author's initials must be found in the target phrase.

OR

OPTION 2: – read one book that meets both criteria for option 1.

Reserved

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This thread is now open.

Does this book work for the one book option?
The Burglar in the Library by Lawrence Block
Thanks,
Andy

Andy wrote: "Does this book work for the one book option?
The Burglar in the Library by Lawrence Block
Thanks,
Andy"

if the library is featured, then it would work - does the plot revolve around the library? If it's just there - the location of the body - then it's hard to see how the library is featured in the book.

Sandy wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does this book work for the one book option?
The Burglar in the Library by Lawrence Block
Thanks,
Andy"

if the library is featured, then it would work - d..."

Because of this sentence in the description Besides, there's a very valuable first edition shelved in the Cuttleford's library that Bernie's just itching to get his hands on. Did we neglect to mention that Bernie's a burglar? I think Bernie's planning to steal a book from the library, but I will read it and use it for Book 2 of two and find something else for book 1 if it is only the location as you suggest. I've read other books in this series and Bernie is a bookseller who can't make enough money selling books to make ends meet so he steals things, not just books.
Thanks,
Andy

Andy wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does this book work for the one book option?
The Burglar in the Library by Lawrence Block
Thanks,
Andy"

if the library is featured, then it ..."

sounds good. I haven't read the book, so I really have no idea whether the library itself is a feature of the book, as opposed to just the location of the book/body.

I was planning to read two different books for this task, because I was finding it hard to discover a book about a librarian or library where the author's initials were in National Library Week. BUT, I think I did it!

The Librarian by Larry Beinhart

On my Wishlist TBR since 9/24/11!

Bea wrote: "I was planning to read two different books for this task, because I was finding it hard to discover a book about a librarian or library where the author's initials were in National Library Week. BU..."

fun when you find the book has been lurking on your TBR all along!

Sandy wrote: "fun when you find the book has been lurking on your TBR all along! "

Sure is!

Will this work for the one book option?

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Thank you.

Kim wrote: "Will this work for the one book option?

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Thank you."

yes

Would The Magical Christmas Cat work for the one book option? Lora Leigh covers the needed initials and her short story, Christmas Heat, features a librarian named Haley. Does this work even though it's one story out of four? (I would obviously read the whole book.)

Kait wrote: "Would The Magical Christmas Cat work for the one book option? Lora Leigh covers the needed initials and her short story, Christmas Heat, features a librarian named Haley. Does this w..."

sorry, no. If a librarian only appears in one short story out of four, she isn't "featured" in the book.

Sandy wrote: "Kait wrote: "Would The Magical Christmas Cat work for the one book option? Lora Leigh covers the needed initials and her short story, Christmas Heat, features a librarian named Haley..."

Okay, thanks! I thought that might be the case. Back to searching...

Does this one work for the one book option?
The Silver Bough by Lisa Tuttle It is a fantasy novel but the main character appears to be a librarian

Andy wrote: "Does this one work for the one book option?
The Silver Bough by Lisa Tuttle It is a fantasy novel but the main character appears to be a librarian"

sure, sounds as if one of the main characters is a librarian.

Sandy wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does this one work for the one book option?
The Silver Bough by Lisa Tuttle It is a fantasy novel but the main character appears to be a librarian"

sure, ..."

Thank you. This one took some hunting .

Would The Librarians and the Lost Lamp work for Book 1? The Librarians don't appear to be traditional librarians and I've never seen the show it's based on.

Julia wrote: "Would The Librarians and the Lost Lamp work for Book 1? The Librarians don't appear to be traditional librarians and I've never seen the show it's based on."

I know nothing about the book or the show, but the reviews suggest that these are librarians of some sort, as they talk about their being armed with knowledge of books, etc. So, sounds as if it would work.

Would the book Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson be suitable for Book 1?

In the book, both of the main characters Y.T and Hiro Protagonist gather information for CIC, which is described as what used to be the Library of Congress before everything became privatized.

There is also a computer program in the book, called the Librarian (who looks, acts and functions like a male librarian) who helps Hiro piece together all of the information that he needs to defeat the villains; at one point the Librarian accompanies Hiro on a mission to do so.

just wanted to check that The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett would work for the one book option.

AB clearly works for part 2, but want to check that the Queen's use of the (mobile) library (key launch of the story, and I think, from reviews, she goes there often) is OK for part 1.

Thanks!

Nikki wrote: "Would the book Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson be suitable for Book 1?

In the book, both of the main characters Y.T and Hiro Protagonist gather information for CIC, which is ..."

There's nothing in the description or in the reviews I read that suggests that a librarian/library is the focus of the book.

Catherine wrote: "just wanted to check that The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett would work for the one book option.

AB clearly works for part 2, but want to check that the Queen's use ..."

from the description, it sounds as if this "mobile library" is the focus of the book, so that would work.

Does this need to be fiction?

Nicole wrote: "Does this need to be fiction?"

Please see the FAQs:

"N. Can I read either fiction or nonfiction for a task?
Either fiction or nonfiction is fine, unless the task specifies that one or the other must be used."

I'm planning on By Your Side about a girl who gets locked in a library for a weekend. Just hoping to get it approved. Thanks.

Katie wrote: "I'm planning on By Your Side about a girl who gets locked in a library for a weekend. Just hoping to get it approved. Thanks."

Is this really focused on the library, or is the library just the setting for a romance? The library has to be the focus of the book, and, at least from the description, it sounds as if it's merely incidental to the romance.

Hi, just to confirm, will this book work for the one book option: Breathe by Kristen Ashley? Faye is a librarian in Carnal, Colorado - it's noted in the GR description.

Thanks!

Melanie wrote: "Hi, just to confirm, will this book work for the one book option: Breathe by Kristen Ashley? Faye is a librarian in Carnal, Colorado - it's noted in the GR description.

Thanks!"

sure

Sandy wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Hi, just to confirm, will this book work for the one book option: Breathe by Kristen Ashley? Faye is a librarian in Carnal, Colorado - it's noted in the GR descripti..."

Great, thank you!

I'm reading a book where the main character is a high school student who works in her school library. Would that count or would it need to be a librarian as a profession?

Katie wrote: "I'm reading a book where the main character is a high school student who works in her school library. Would that count or would it need to be a librarian as a profession?"

It needs to be a real librarian.

Unless the book is focused around the school library, then it would work for the library as featured.

Would The Library Book work for Option 2? It's a collection by 20 authors. Would it count for contributing author Alan Bennett whose initials are in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK?

Katie wrote: "Would The Library Book work for Option 2? It's a collection by 20 authors. Would it count for contributing author Alan Bennett whose initials are in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK?"

yes

for option 2: Strange the Dreamer

The description noted that MC is 'war orphan and junior librarian' but not sure that the book has a focus on library/librarian at all... Is it enough that the MC is described as such?

Tien wrote: "for option 2: Strange the Dreamer

The description noted that MC is 'war orphan and junior librarian' but not sure that the book has a focus on library/librarian at all... Is it eno..."

If he's a librarian, then it works.

Terrific! Thanks, Sandy :)

Can I get The Historian verified for a book features library/librarian. According to wikipedia the antagonist of the plot is a librarian. It also is listed in the following list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5....

Nicola wrote: "Can I get The Historian verified for a book features library/librarian. According to wikipedia the antagonist of the plot is a librarian. It also is listed in the following list: https..."

that works

Looking to verify The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance for Option 2. It's not about one particular library, but many libraries.

Peg wrote: "Looking to verify The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance for Option 2. It's not about one particular library, but man..."

that'll work.