The Camel Bookmobile
Format: hardcover
ASIN: B00A1AERUS
Publish date: 2007-03-22
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Travel,
Writing,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
Books About Books,
Adult,
Kenya
A librarian takes on a volunteer project in Kenya, working with the camel bookmobile. The premise is more interesting than the actual story. I couldn't quite figure out what made it so pedestrian. Was it the lack of character background? The people and places never quite came alive for me. Oh we...
Certain books are allowed to be less than perfect. For example, any book about librarians or book collecting or even writing is such a welcome publishing event that I give it some slack; just the mere fact that someone decided to choose these as subjects is enough to allow the author some latitude. ...