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Mobile Library: A Novel | David Whitehouse
From the award-winning novelist David Whitehouse, hailed by The New York Times as a writer to watch, a tragicomic adventure about a troubled adolescent boy who escapes his small town in a stolen library-on-wheels. An archivist of his mother, Bobby Nusku spends his nights meticulously cataloging her hair, clothing, and other traces of the life she left behind. By day, Bobby and his best friend Sunny hatch a plan to transform Sunny, limb-by-limb, into a cyborg who could keep Bobby safe from schoolyard torment and from Bobbys abusive father and his bleach-blonde girlfriend. When Sunny is injured in a freak accident, Bobby is forced to face the world alone. Out in the neighborhood, Bobby encounters Rosa, a peculiar girl whose disability invites the scorn of bullies. When Bobby takes Rosa home, he meets her mother, Val, a lonely divorcee, whose job is cleaning a mobile library. Bobby and Val come to fill the emotional void in each others lives, but their bond also draws unwanted attention. After Val loses her job and Bobby is beaten by his father, they abscond in the sixteen-wheel bookmobile. On the road they are joined by Joe, a mysterious but kindhearted ex-soldier. This puzzle of people will travel across England, a picaresque adventure that comes to rival those in the classic books that fill their library-on-wheels. At once tender, provocative and darkly funny, Mobile Library is a fable about the intrinsic human desire to be loved and understoodand about one boys realization that the kinds of adventures found in books can happen in real life. It is the ingenious second novel by a writer whose prose has been hailed as outlandishly clever (The New York Times) and deceptively effortless (The Boston Globe).
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jlhammar
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Another from my shelves that I haven‘t yet read, but hope to get to soon. Sounds good!

#Bus #SavvySettings
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Cover Love❤️ 3y
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Helen19
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Well… this was not the ‘book about books‘ I was expecting when the title caught my eye at the library! Comes with a lot of trigger warnings, a really heartfelt story about found family.

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dariazeoli
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Two days left in 2019, and three books left to finish. I‘ve got this!

Let me take this opportunity to gush about the #Leio App for iOS. I‘ve used the paid version for the past two years and I love being able to track and plan my reading this way!

LiteraryinPA I‘ve never heard of Leio. I‘ll have to look into it! 5y
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SW-T
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“I was strongly worried about growing old in a country of non-readers.”

What a great story. Saw it in the Culture section of BBC.com.

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yourfavouritemixtape
Mobile Library: A Novel | David Whitehouse
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I‘m not quite sure about this. It‘s not really about books. And in some parts it‘s really tragic, but I felt like the language didn‘t fit the perspective of the little boy, from which this story is told.

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yourfavouritemixtape
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Sometimes I worry that life is just the journey between toilets.

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yourfavouritemixtape
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I‘m a sucker for #booksaboutbooks so I couldn‘t not take this with me when it was on display in my library. Excited!

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erzascarletbookgasm
Mobile Library: A Novel | David Whitehouse
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Some #booksaboutbooks that I‘ve enjoyed, except the tagged book still TBR.
#readingresolutions @Jess7

Mdargusch I loved 84, Charing Cross Road! 7y
sisilia I love Helene Hanff 😍 7y
Foragingfantasy I‘ve read the 3 on top and they are all wonderful!! 7y
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Rachael_reads
Mobile Library: A Novel | David Whitehouse
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Thank you so much @ValerieAndBooks
I love everything!!!! The Wonder Woman is so awesome and I can't wait to read all the great books!! (Not all the books are pictured)
Thank you so much! 📚 📚 📚 😀😀
#summersantagoespostal
@BookishMarginalia

BookishMarginalia Cuteness! 7y
Cinfhen That Wonder Woman is ADORABLE ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
ValerieAndBooks You're very welcome, I enjoyed doing this for you 😊. Hopefully the snacks I included are okay-- because it seems like you're vegan? Happy reading! 📚📚📚 7y
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Hollie That Wonder Woman is the cutest! 7y
Blaire Love that Wonder Woman! 7y
Rachael_reads @ValerieAndBooks The snacks are perfect!!! Thank you so much!!!! :) 7y
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Bookworm-Bobbie
Mobile Library: A Novel | David Whitehouse
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Both heartbreaking and heart warming. Bobby, a young friendless boy embarks on a journey both in real life and through the books he discovers. Expertly written to show the understanding of a young mind, Whitehorse captures the love and need of adventure perfectly.

EmmaPlum Did I pick a winner? 7y
Bookworm-Bobbie @EmmaPlum yeah, you should read it! 👍 7y
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Bookworm-Bobbie
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I am loving this book. ❤️

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Bookworm-Bobbie
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"He recognised loneliness when he saw it. Noisy crowds that swirl around the silence in the centre where you sit. An irrepressible ache made by the melody of other people's laughter"

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Bookworm-Bobbie
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Some more bookish birthday presents. Check out my globe bookends! ❤

DivineDiana They are spectacular! 8y
GypsyKat Love those! 8y
Dragon Nice bday presents 📚😀 8y
tpixie Awesome books and bookends ! 🌎 8y
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saholmes
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This book unsettled me. Like the characters in the story, I misunderstood the relationships between Bobby, Val and Rose. I appreciated how highly books were valued in their lives providing means of escape. I felt a sense of uncertainty while reading that did not disappear at the abrupt ending. As so many characters mentioned, "life has no ending:it just keeps going"; it felt like the story kept going beyond the last page.

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bookish_wookish
Mobile Library: A Novel | David Whitehouse
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Another awesome Dollar Tree find! This one looks really good! #eternalTBR

rubyslippersreads I would buy this just for the cover! 😄 8y
bookish_wookish i actually did lol @rubyslippersreads then before i took this pic i read the inside and was like "wow this actually looks good" ? 8y
Robothugs Now I need to go hunting at my dollar tree to see if they have it. I got lucky and got the tagged book there. 8y
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Amberthyme
Mobile Library: A Novel | David Whitehouse
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Bookmobile fiction. It's a thing.

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kristina_with_a_k
Mobile Library: A Novel | David Whitehouse
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I love being pleasantly surprised by a book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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kristina_with_a_k
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Today would be an excellent day to be at home snuggled up with my dogs and finishing Mobile Library and starting another book from this stack while it snows. However, my employer has other ideas. #denied #bookblock

minkyb Rats. 8y
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kristina_with_a_k
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As the saying goes, killing 2 birds with one stone. (Although I would never condone killing a bird, or two. I love all animals, except snakes. I digress.)
Anywho, this is my reading spot. As you can see, it is occupied. This is Munchkin - she is my reading buddy, and my general shadow. I have 3 other pets, but they requested no photographs, please.
This is also the next book I'm starting. That is all.
#riotgrams #day2 #whereiread

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scripturient
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This was such a great and heart-warming read that I'm even more than ready to overlook a few plotholes (like which icecream van is open at sunrise on a late autumn day?). 😊 It's a book about the power of imagination, the crippling effects of grief, the overwhelming feelings of parental love and the influence of books. I loved the characters, the different settings, the wonderful imagery. ❤️

tricours Lovely pic! 8y
Leelee.reads Great review! 8y
Leelee.reads Great review! 8y
Libby1 I have this! I picked it up at a Little Free Library a few months ago. 8y
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scripturient
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I'm really enjoying this book so far, especially the literary references to all kinds of other works. 🤓📚🚌

LeahBergen LOOK at that beauty! 8y
TheLondonBookworm Stunner!!! 8y
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scripturient
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Up next! :) Sounds promising.

Lacythebookworm Great cover! ❤️👍 8y
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