The Librarian of Burned Books: A Novel | 
My birthday #bookhaul from the cutest #indiebookstore in Pflugerville, Texas.
pickReceived this book from a co-worker. Told across three different timeliness that meet at the end. This has many quotable lines that are meant to reference Nazi Germany but it's very apt to many things in the news today.
pickWow! I am knocked over by this book. Set before and during WWII and including the Nazi book burning, this novel is a powerful statement about the importance of books and knowledge. Given the current climate of censorship, certainly in the state where I live, there were many parallels to be drawn.
There‘s more to the book; a compelling story of facing facts and how to forgive. Interesting characters, evocative settings. But the message of 👇
“The telegram regretfully informing Vivian Child‘s that her husband had died in battle arrived before his last letter.”
Just started this, but, given the efforts to ban books from schools and libraries here in Florida, it‘s already making some powerful statements.
#firstlineFridays
Oh, help, I think I‘m in need of an intervention 😄 I have been on a book buying spree for my Kindle—as if it doesn‘t already contain enough unread books. I had another that I swore was going to be my next read, but this one pushed its way to the front of the pack.
Starting this next- this is a loan from a co-worker. Who has read it?
pick3:20am and I just finished this book. Coffee shall help me look alive in a few hours during my shift at work ...
Things I knew nothing about before reading this historical-fiction book...
-What The Armed Services Editions (ASEs) compact books shipped to military as moral boosters during WW2 were
-Who The Council On Books In Wartime and their role in fighting in for books, against censorship, and the losses and victories within the movement...
I was today years old when I learned of Taft and censorship in his leadership.
pickFloofy wanted in on the book Pic but didn't want to commit to a full close-up. Anyhow this book was so incredibly good. Although another WWII set story this one follows three different women and their belief in the powers of books and reading. Truly an inspiring read.
pick“The Librarian of Burned Books” by Brianna Labuskes is astonishing, eye-opening, fascinating and a definite page turner. I couldn‘t put it down and I had to keep post-its nearby for quotes because Brianna‘s writing was so spot on. Mark Twain hit the nail on the head when he said, “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” And sadly, I agree.
pickI had never heard of the Council of Books in Wartime. This was an organization that was founded in WWII by booksellers, publishers, librarians, and authors to use books as “weapons in the war of ideas.“ The Council was responsible for shipping millions of books each month to soldiers serving overseas. Many of what we know as our classics were reprinted as slim Armed Services Editions for the troops.
