Also now that I’m apparently aiming to become a librarian I wish I knew of more books with librarian characters solving mysteries or saving the world or something.

Abridged? AAAAAAH Why do they do that? Why!

I’m not sure how this one is, but to make a generalization: I find that verse novels are a good gateway to poetry. They’re not (normally) more complex lines. The ones I’ve read (Sonya Sones, Ellen Hopkins, etc) are pretty straight forward with the narrative. They’re quick reads too 🙂

But I know the struggle of poetry. I’m a poet and even I struggle with a lot of it, haha. Many of the more modern poets are easier to digest than what’s shoved down our throats in school and all that.

Yes, do! I recommend A Candle for St. Jude, by Rumer Godden, which is superb. Or Listen to a Nightingale, which is about ballet and has a dog.

NOTED. SOUNDS GREAT.

Hmmmmm. Hm. Okay. I will think about this.

Ahahaha, yeah, there are zillions of them. I have very fond memories of them also — Ballet Shoes and Circus Shoes and Skating Shoes are my favorites, and I loved Movie Shoes but learned recentlyish that the American edition was EXTENSIVELY ABRIDGED. So now I am on a (slow but steady) mission to acquire the British unabridged version.