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The Librarian of Burned Books
The Librarian of Burned Books: A Novel | Brianna Labuskes
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For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWII-era novel about the intertwined fates of three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of (…more)
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Deblovestoread
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#TuesdayGiveaway

How fun! The tagged book is one I‘m very interested in reading but any book from my Litsy TBR would be lovely.

Thanks for hosting a giveaway. 💜

See Lisa‘s original post for entry info. @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Good luck 🤞 6mo
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My birthday #bookhaul from the cutest #indiebookstore in Pflugerville, Texas.

LeahBergen Happy Birthday! 📚❤️📚 10mo
Dilara Happy birthday! 10mo
Enchanted_Bibliophile Happy birthday 🎈🎂 10mo
dabbe HB! 💚💙💚 10mo
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AnnCrystal 📚💕🤩💝📚. 11mo
oddandbookish ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo
kspenmoll 💜❤️🩷 11mo
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Received this book from a co-worker. Told across three different timeliness that meet at the end. This has many quotable lines that are meant to reference Nazi Germany but it's very apt to many things in the news today.

Crazeedi I haven't been reading ww2 books lately, but I love books with "library" in title!! 12mo
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Jen2
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Good story.

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TheLudicReader
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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1y
LeahBergen 😆😆 1y
ShelleyBooksie Is that your classroom? Those bookshelves ♡♡♡♡ 1y
TheLudicReader That is my classroom, @ShelleyBooksie but it‘s not all the shelves. 😂 1y
ShelleyBooksie Your students are so fortunate! Ps - litsy love mail went out to ya today ♡ 1y
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Wow! I am knocked over by this book. Set before and during WWII and including the Nazi book burning, this novel is a powerful statement about the importance of books and knowledge. Given the current climate of censorship, certainly in the state where I live, there were many parallels to be drawn.

There‘s more to the book; a compelling story of facing facts and how to forgive. Interesting characters, evocative settings. But the message of 👇

Lynnsoprano this book is going to stay with me for a long time. I never highlight in novels, but there were paragraphs that I feel I need to seer into my memory. Probably not to everyone‘s taste, but I loved it. 1y
Aims42 I agree with you 1000%! I took more pictures of passages from this book than any other book I‘ve read. The writing (and the very important message) is just *chef‘s kiss* 1y
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Lynnsoprano
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“The telegram regretfully informing Vivian Child‘s that her husband had died in battle arrived before his last letter.”

Just started this, but, given the efforts to ban books from schools and libraries here in Florida, it‘s already making some powerful statements.

#firstlineFridays

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Oh, help, I think I‘m in need of an intervention 😄 I have been on a book buying spree for my Kindle—as if it doesn‘t already contain enough unread books. I had another that I swore was going to be my next read, but this one pushed its way to the front of the pack.

Gabbymags123 Lol u r not the only one in this position…. Could have worse addictions!! 😍 1y
dabbe You are not alone. #kindlesolidarity 💙🖤🩵 1y
Lynnsoprano @Gabbymags123 @dabbe The advantage of Kindle books is that hubby has no idea how many there are🤣 1y
dabbe @Lynnsoprano You got it, sista! 🤣🤣🤣 1y
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kricheal
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Starting this next- this is a loan from a co-worker. Who has read it?

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MaggieCarr
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3:20am and I just finished this book. Coffee shall help me look alive in a few hours during my shift at work ...

Things I knew nothing about before reading this historical-fiction book...

-What The Armed Services Editions (ASEs) compact books shipped to military as moral boosters during WW2 were
-Who The Council On Books In Wartime and their role in fighting in for books, against censorship, and the losses and victories within the movement...

MaggieCarr ...
-How Governor Taft and Councilor Hitler and the degree in which censorship played in their rises to power

Packed full of mic-drop quotes, I'll be buying my own copy to mark up and denote very soon. Heck I'll likely make some into shirts out of some as censorship seems to continue.

Once I got my jaw off the ground from the shock of yet more I didn't know from history, I was engrossed in this book. Told from three perspectives...
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MaggieCarr ... in different places and times in history yet seamlessly woven together at the end it's what makes a wonderful time-slip. I'd be lying if I didn't own up to having a favorite in Vivian/Viv (New York 1944). 2y
jewright That sounds incredible. 2y
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I was today years old when I learned of Taft and censorship in his leadership.

MonicaLoves2Read I was too 2y
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Floofy wanted in on the book Pic but didn't want to commit to a full close-up. Anyhow this book was so incredibly good. Although another WWII set story this one follows three different women and their belief in the powers of books and reading. Truly an inspiring read.

ShelleyBooksie Oh Floofy ♡♡♡ 2y
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“The Librarian of Burned Books” by Brianna Labuskes is astonishing, eye-opening, fascinating and a definite page turner. I couldn‘t put it down and I had to keep post-its nearby for quotes because Brianna‘s writing was so spot on. Mark Twain hit the nail on the head when he said, “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” And sadly, I agree.

Aims42 @Aimeesue Hell yeah 👏🙌👍 2y
kspenmoll Stacked! 2y
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I had never heard of the Council of Books in Wartime. This was an organization that was founded in WWII by booksellers, publishers, librarians, and authors to use books as “weapons in the war of ideas.“ The Council was responsible for shipping millions of books each month to soldiers serving overseas. Many of what we know as our classics were reprinted as slim Armed Services Editions for the troops.

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