Anyone read….

Posted on June 17, 2008 by melanes

Quiet Please by Scott Douglas? I read this book in about 2 days, so definitely a fast read. I could relate to Douglas in many ways as I keep falling into library jobs. He relates his experiences of library school and working in a library. He relates many hilarious, sometimes touching, situations involving MySpace, looking busy, seniors, and the homeless. I had to read a few sections out loud to my husband who laughed like crazy. The book may not be for everyone as his language is a bit rough and he doesn’t always say complimentary things about the library profession. BTW, he also has a blog.

BTW, I started reading another library related blog called Citizen Reader - a librarian who writes book reviews and such.  There is a review of this book and another that has been released simultaneously.

If you’ve read it, what did you think?

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3 Responses to “Anyone read….”

  1. jhills, on June 18th, 2008 at 4:13 am Said:

    I’ve read “Free for All”, which I thought was interesting from a public servant point of view (of course, he was describing his experiences as a librarian in a metro LA library - very different from most of our experiences in Idaho). It wasn’t the funniest book I’ve read this year, but I enjoyed it.

    BTW — I love Citizen Reader! It’s run by Sarah Statz Cords who is an expert in nonfiction RA. Her previous blog was Nonfiction Readers Anonymous. She is funny and irreverent — my type of librarian!

  2. Citizen Reader, on June 23rd, 2008 at 4:02 pm Said:

    First off, thanks to both of you for the shout-out. jhills, I worry that “expert” in nonfiction might be overstating the case; how about “interested party” instead? :)

    You bring up another interesting point about these memoirs–both Quiet, Please and Free for All are set in Cali. Also both by men. I also concur with your “enjoyable, but not the funniest book I’ve read” review.

    So how’s about it? How about another viewpoint? Maybe a woman’s, from a non-CA library, that is the funniest thing we’ve read all year? That’s the book I’m still waiting for.

  3. sherrilynnbair, on July 29th, 2008 at 9:05 am Said:

    I’ve just added all 3 of the books above to my next order and am anxious to share them with my library cohorts.

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