Both a valuable reference and a vastly enjoyable read, More Book Lust offers a wealth of enthusiastic, quirky reading recommendations. In 2017, she published her first novel, George & Lizzie. Nancy Pearl is an American librarian, best-selling author, literary critic and the former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book at Seattle Public Library. Nancy Pearl (born January 12, 1945) is an American librarian, bestselling author, literary critic and was, until August 2004, the Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book at Seattle Public Library. She is the only living librarian (to date) to have an action figure made in her honour. Read 95 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers.

Once again organized by topic, this sprightly follow up includes an array of titles in nearly 150 eclectic categories, including Plots for Plotzing highly unusual storylines, Animal Love in which humans fall in love with animals, The Autobiographical Gesture memoirs about complex lives, Child Prodigies child characters who are called on to perform great and sometimes heroic acts, Nagging Mothers, Crying Children true tales from the frontlines of parenting, and Libraries and Librarians. Building on this with her bestselling books: Book Lust, More Book Lust, and Book Crush, Nancy was named 2011 Librarian of the Year by Library Journal. Readers everywhere welcomed Pearl’s encyclopedic but discerning filter on books worth reading, and her Rule of 50 give a book 50 pages before deciding whether to continue but readers over 50 must read the same number of pages as their age became a standard MO. Shes the author of Book Crush: For Kids and Teens: Recommended Reading for Every Mood. The response to Nancy Pearl’s surprise bestseller Book Lust was astounding: the Seattle librarian and winner of the 2004 Women’s National Book Award even became the model for the now famous Librarian Action Figure. Nancy Pearl speaks about the pleasures of reading to library.

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