This was one of the most unique books I've ever read. I found it very tough to rate though.Firstly, I hate math and I hate baseball and this story was woven around both. The funny thing is, I really enjoyed this book despite that!The book is about a housekeeper who works for a Professor of Mathemati...
After a while, this book pretty much boils down to the following: reader's advisory today is bad because it pretty much mirrors commercial interests and follows the bookstore model. RA pre-1980 and earlier good because it had an educational goal. Dilevko simply leaves no room for a middle ground pre...
I read this first in 2004; it was one of the first books I read when I was in library school. I reread it again in April of 2007. See my blog note about it: [http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/04/booknote-reading-and-reference.html]
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