Now this is my kind of lady:
It’s super-librarian Nancy Pearl, of course. She writes the popular series “Book Lust� and “Now Read This� as well as commentary on literary matters for magazines, newspapers, broadcasting and the internet (www.nancypearl.com). Nancy Pearl appears at 7 p.m. on April 10, in a special evening at the Fairview Park Public Library.
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Pearl’s prominence in the field led to her winning the Women’s National Book Association Award in 2004 and regular timeslots on National Public Radio and Seattle-area cable television. The “Book Lustâ€? franchise, with its recommendations on volumes in different genres and specialties – from Walter Mosely to Robert Heinlein to railroad history to Sri Lanka – is now spun off into diaries and wall calendars.
Heinlein took special care to keep librarians happy. He knew their recomendations, especially to young readers, can mean future loyal readers.
Myself, I discovered Heinlein in junior high school thanks to the cover to the paperback edition of “Friday.”
Talk about book lust.
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