Library Love, Part II

A few years back, I wrote a post about Library Love, which included some novels set in or related to libraries. Since then, similar books have been published, and as it's National Library Week, I thought I'd share newer titles that feature libraries in some way:

• The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson (Libby)  On the Nazi-occupied Isle of Jersey, a librarian hides her library's books that threaten the regime and starts a book club offering escapism to the island's residents.
• The Boxcar Librarian by Brianna Labuskes (Libby)  A WPA editor is sent to Montana where she learns about a woman who, more than a decade earlier, turned a boxcar into a traveling library reaching isolated mining towns.
• Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller (Libby)  A hysterical read about what happens in a small Georgia town when someone replaces the books of a prudish woman's little library with banned books.
• The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson (BT 028.9 PAT)  The interesting stories of real life librarians and booksellers in the U.S. are presented.
• The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (Libby, F QUI)  A great magical realism read in which a young woman finds a literal escape in a special library that allows its users to live in their favorite books. Complete with book dragon.
• The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (F RIC)  A "blue" woman is part of the Pack Horse Library Project, delivering books to people in the remote areas of Appalachia on horseback during the Great Depression.

Don't forget that this week, our library is offering free T-shirts and book bags while supplies last. So stop by, pick up some goodies, and say hello!

Wishing you a Happy National Library Week from the perch.

Image Source: American Library Association