The Library by Sarah Stewart
My rating: 5/5 cats
sorry, balmer, this book is charm city.
everything about this book is wonderful. usually, i am not a fan of books in rhyme, but this one is not cloying at all, and i love love love the illustrations. especially this one:
i am someone with plenty of injuries from multi-tasking.
this is a story about a woman who has “too many” books, but honestly, if you can still vacuum, you do not have too many books. the crazyperson in me looks at all the unused space in that drawing and thinks – “nahhh, you’re fine.”
of course, there’s not that much difference between:
and:
so i might have a little blind spot when it comes to “acceptable ratios of book-to-human in living conditions.”
but it is great—i am totally cool with perpetuating the stereotype of bookish women with too many cats and a close female live-in companion, but i am not cool with the teapot/cup-resting-on stack of books drawings. get a coaster, booky!
very sweet book, and probably a nice gift idea if you know any ladies who like to read. but not me, i already have it. you can buy me rubies instead.
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