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What are five books that changed your life?
Inspired by Ms. Genevieve.
Silly Vox. Books don't change lives, LIBRARIES change lives. Seriously, read our slogan. :)
That said, books tend not to change my life, but there are a few, over the years, that stand out:
I taught myself to read on this book. Well, this and "Go, dog, go," which has slightly less plot than a doggy vocabulary worksheet.
Okay, I've never read this one, but yes, it arguably did change my life. Back in 1980 or so, this is the book Mom read that convinced her homeschooling was the thing to do. The rest is fairly recent history.
I picked this one up on a whim a few years back. If I got all fanboy about authors, he'd be the one.
Once in a while, you need a book that forcibly reminds you that there are some books out there which frankly suck. This? Is one of those. Yes, I can sort of buy into the "frat hazing that's a little sinister and abusive and eventually goes horribly wrong, leading to investigations, cover-ups, and soul-searching before the protagonist decides to Do The Right Thing," but not in a Middle School. No. Just no.
For the non-initiated, this would be the "Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Edition, Revised." This book, and the attending course that I had read and pretend to understand this book (plus two cataloging texts, the LoC Classification Guide, the DDC 4-volume cataloging set, and the Cutter-Sandborn Tables) convinced me that, while I love working in libraries, I have literally zero interest in being a cataloger. I also totally lack the temperament for it.
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