This Book Is Overdue!

I'm behind with blog entries as there are a few books I've read that I haven't yet written about. Here's my first catch-up one-- Marilyn Johnson's This Book is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All. This book was actually the first Playaway I ever listened to. (I've kind of lost interest in the whole Playaway thing recently, by the way. The last book I listened to (which I still need to write about!) may be my last for a long time.)

I "reread" this book because I remembered it being a nice tribute to librarians and libraries, a book I walked away from with a new appreciation for a profession and institution of which I've always thought fondly. My library is actually in pretty big trouble, which as of right now, is not public knowledge yet. I'm preparing for the news to hit and thought I'd get a lot of "ammo" from this book. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. It's an enjoyable book if you *love* librarians (or are one) but most of the book is her stories and personal anecdotes rather than a defense for libraries, which was what I was looking for.



Marilyn Johnson



I still enjoyed the book. I probably would've put it down right now were it not for the fact that I'd contacted the author and told her about the pending issue with the library and had her reply so quickly and kindly offer her support. (Not because I wasn't into it but because it hadn't been that long since my listen and I've got a zillion other books to read...) The stories are often quirky, sometimes funny, usually interesting. (There's a chapter about librarians on Second Life that gets a bit long.) But again, I'd only say you'd love this book if you're a library enthusiast like myself.