This week I picked up the latest Alexander McCall Smith mystery, #22 in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, entitled The Joy and Light Bus Company. McCall Smith is a writing machine, with three ongoing series, plus stand-alone titles. (Full disclosure: This is presently the only series of his I read.) In an article he said he writes all the time, even in trains, and I believe him.
The series is set, as you doubtless know, in contemporary Botswana, with a continuing cast of characters. He gives Precious Ramotswe wisdom I wish I had. “You had to feel your way through the complexities of this life and hope, just hope, that you got it right more often than you got it wrong.” The series is full of that kind of gentleness; the mysteries are very cozy. There’s a place for that kind of reading—not everything needs to be deep or riveting or heart-wrenching.
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What I’m ReadingI began working in libraries as a seventh grader, courtesy of scoliosis. My orthopedic surgeon wrote me a pass to miss gym class, so I began working in the school library to feed my love of reading. Even after my surgery to correct the curvature, I kept getting out of gym to work in my high school library and then in my college library (for pay, at last!).
So began my eventual career as a college reference librarian—after a detour into teaching high school English. Later I worked for an educational publisher before going back to libraries.
I have a reading and writing life now. I devour both fiction and nonfiction, and will tell you about some of my favorite reads, both old friends and new discoveries.
Here's some library-themed music to get you in the mood.
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