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Friday Fiction Fun: Let the swooning begin
Dangerous Fabio and Staub 1996 Submitter: Remember Fabio? The supposed epitome of male beauty? (Yeah, I remember him too and from my male perspective, definitely not the epitome of male beauty, that would be me! (yeah right!) 🙂 The story seems to be typical paperback romance faire, but what is interesting…
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(Good?) Housekeeping
The Good Housekeeping Complete Guide to Traditional American Decorating Good Housekeeping 1979 Submitter: This book came in on a hold. Published in 1979, our records show that it’s been out 14 times since 2002 and it’s one of two copies in our system. I think it should be weeded. Lol. Holly: They…
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All the World’s a Stage
Make-Up, Costumes, and Masks for the Stage Bruun-Rasmussen and Petersen 1976 Not only is this book old, but it’s downright offensive too! We have different standards of political correctness these days (thank goodness…), and some of the old books you find in libraries do not reflect that. One more reason…
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Canadian Garbage Collectors
Canadian Garbage Collectors Bourgeois and LaFave 1991 Submitter: While weeding the nonfiction section at my daughter’s elementary school, which is not in Canada, I came across this never-circulated gem. The back cover promises that the content is “totally Canadian.” Really. Holly: Was the school near Canada?? It’s fine to have…
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Drugs Are Evil
I Can Say No A child’s book about drug abuse Sanford 1987 There I am, casually wandering through the catalog and this book rings a bell. I am sure I have heard of the author and illustrator. I take a closer look at the book and get a creepy vibe…
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Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!
The Brady Bunch “The Treasure of Mystery Island” Matcha 1972 Okay, we don’t usually do fiction, but frankly I was starting to just get annoyed with old career books and a few humorless librarians that have told me I am hurting America, libraries and civilization as we know it. Yeah.…
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