![]() ![]() “Just looking at you makes me feel as if I’m squandering my life,” she writes to The Leisure Alternatives Catalog, 1979. “I’m going to hate you forever for that!” Valedictions to obscure nonfiction works-e.g., Better Homes and Gardens Dieting for One-signal shifting societal mores and remind us of the never-ending nature of a librarian’s job curating a collection. James’ Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian. “You made me say ‘erotica’ to an old lady, Grey,” Spence admonishes E.L. ![]() Unafraid to take shots at publishing’s most lucrative franchises, her letters to Nicholas Sparks and the Twilight series convey the exasperation of a woman who has seen these books checked out constantly while worthier books remain on the shelf. Covering selections from across a vast range of subjects and genres, the author delivers flirty essays and cruel-to-be-kind rejection letters to books as she “weeds” her library’s collection. ![]() In her debut book, Spence celebrates some of modern literature’s darlings while scathingly reducing other works to pulp. A librarian delivers a charming epistolary volume that begs to be read with pencil in hand. ![]()
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