Litsy

The Personal Librarian | Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

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I had never heard of Belle and it was fascinating to read about her. Such a strong and brave woman! The way she built herself up to be one of the first successful career woman is truly inspiring. The book touches on a number of issues including racism and equality. Another main focus is art and manuscript collecting. There were sections it was slow but the writing made you want to read each word. It was refreshing to read a book in first person.

Jess861 #BookedInTime #BookedInTimeNovember2025 #Art #Manuscripts #Librarian @Cuilin 1d

Scochrane26 Since I read this book, the museum is on my list of places to visit if I get to NYC again. 1d

Cuilin Fabulous ✅ 🎉 23h

Jess861 @Scochrane26 It would be so neat to visit the museum! 22h

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Hooked_on_books

Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather | Jincy Willett

And the big day is here—here are the winners of the 2025 National Book Award! I thought A Guardian and a Thief would win for fiction (and it is so worthy), but Raja had my heart and I‘m thrilled to see it. El Akkad as the NF winner is spot on. But I am perplexed by the translated winner. I found this book impenetrable and Sad Tiger is just so good, I really feel it should have won.

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squirrelbrain I agree with everything you say! I haven‘t quite finished Sad Tiger yet, but can‘t understand why Green and Trembling has won. 🤔 3w

BarbaraBB Interesting! I loved the NF, have Raja waiting on my shelves and am sorry too Sad Tiger didn‘t win! 3w

TheKidUpstairs I am so so excited to see Raja win! It's easily one of my top reads this year. 2w

vivastory I DEFINITELY will read the fiction winner & am extremely happy, as An Unnecessary Woman is a favorite of all time. Also happy for the NF winner... I haven't read it, but I think about American War often
:As an aside, it has*always* been weird to me how overlooked this prize is (edited) 2w

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MaggieCarr

An Overdue Match | Sarah Monzon

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For an inspirational fiction romance, I was a bit surprised by the quick and passionate kissing scenes. Don't get me wrong I know it's fine to kiss just not used to it (and neck, and earlobe kissing) in this genre. 🙃

Anyway, very cute but hard hitting self confidence theme that had me recommending it to additional readers that can relate.

MaggieCarr Side note: as a library staff member, I absolutely would not endorse the deep dive she does into customers reading histories in effort to match-make. 100% not okay! 1mo

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Graciouswarriorlibrarian

The Wartime Book Club | Kate Thompson

Books 153-158 of the year.

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Daisey

The Wartime Book Club | Kate Thompson

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This was a great story of friendship, love, and resistance during the WWII occupation of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. I enjoyed the stories of this community focused around two best friends, Grace and Bea, as they work against the oppression of Nazi occupation. There were also wonderful historical notes at the end.

#LitsyBookClub #audiobook #WWII

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CrystalE02

Love at First Book | Jenn McKinlay

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This was a cute book. I enjoyed reading it. I loved that it took place in Ireland a place that I have always wanted to visit. The characters were good. I rated the book a 3 out of 5 stars.

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Mollyanna

The Spook in the Stacks: A Lighthouse Library Mystery | Eva Gates

It‘s the Halloween season in the Outer Banks, and there‘s an eerie feeling in the air in this fourth installment in the cozy mystery series, Lighthouse Library Mystery Series.

#SundayFunday

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mcctrish Ooo I like the sounds of this 2mo

Mollyanna @mcctrish It‘s a fun series. 2mo

BookmarkTavern That sounds delightful! Thanks for posting! 2mo

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Sharpeipup

The Next Best Fling | Gabriella Gamez

That‘s today. 🗓️

Aims42 Love when that happens!! It happened to me with the last book I read 🥰 2mo

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Graciouswarriorlibrarian

The Librarian | Salley Vickers

Major Announcement Here: I am moving as I have accepted a librarian position. Starting November third, I will be the county librarian at the Shepherd-Pruden Public Library in Edenton, NC. Edenton is a historic town located on the Edenton Bay in the Inner Banks area of North Carolina. You can see more about it here:

https://visitedenton.com

DGRachel Congratulations! 2mo

lil1inblue Congratulations! Librarians are like rock stars to me. 😍 😍 😍 2mo

AllDebooks Congratulations 🎊 2mo

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Aims42 THAT IS SO EXCITING!! 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations!!! 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau Congratulations!! 🎊🎉 2mo

mcipher Congrats!!!! 2mo

TheBookHippie Oh how wonderful!!! I‘m so excited for you!!!! 2mo

TEArificbooks Congrats! The outer banks are beautiful. You‘re so lucky. Eat at The Sanitary they have the best hush puppies 2mo

Daisey So excited for you!! 2mo

Librarybelle Congratulations! How exciting! 2mo

Lcsmcat Congratulations! That‘s great news. And Edenton is such a cute town! If you haven‘t already, you should read