Lower East Side Librarian

Sookie has long since lost her innocence, but in each book of the Southern Vampire Mysteries, she becomes more resigned and sometimes in harmony with the the motivations and mores of the supernatural company she keeps. Vamps are hot, but they’re also a little...bloodthirsty, not to mention unfeeling. Sookie is neither of those things, but she’s getting more accustomed to vamp justice.

I tried to read this at ALA and then on zine tour, but my concentrate sucked, and I gave up. I’d pick it up again, but honestly, while the book is full of colorful quotations, it’s chaotic and hard to read. I’ve got enough chaos in my life right now, so I’m not going to force my way through. I do want to share the awesome quotations, though...

I’ve read this book a bunch of times, the first of which was when I was 9. I needed a book to read and asked my dad for a suggestion. Vonnegut is what he gave me. I reread BoC in order to write about the experience of reading it at such a young age for Celia’s comp zine Atlas of Childhood about children’s books.

I read Katie's galley in order to blurb it. I'm not supposed to review it yet, but here's the blurb:

"As someone who hates to spend time or money acquiring stuff, I am the last person you would expect to love a book about shopping. But this rummage sale-focused book is interesting even to an unenthusiastic consumer because Katie's expression of her inner life while she finds her treasures is highly compelling. She shares her joy over finding weird textbooks to repurpose into stationery, knickknacks with the previous owners' history attached (or imagined), and vintage clothing whose worth can be ferreted out only by artisan shoppers such as herself. In the process she reveals just enough about herself to make you fall in love with her."