Gag me with a Librarian

[elfs]

I read a review of a fairly interesting book entitled How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran, a collection of post-feminist essays that sounds actually quite delightful. Reviewer Zoe Williams described it:

What makes this book important is something unique to Caitlin Moran; she and Greer have both attacked the elemental shame attached to being a woman, but where Greer was furious, Moran sloughs it off with exuberance. There is a courage in this book that is born, not made, and not borrowed, either. It is vital in both senses.

That sounds like a hell of a read, and I wanted to get a copy of it.

So I went to the King County Library System, and asked if they had one. They didn't, and the first "close match" they offered me was How To Be a Super Hot Woman : 339 Tips To Make Every Man Fall In Love With You and Every Woman Envy You. Gag me.

Even worse, the fifth book on the list was 101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. That might also be an interesting book, if it weren't written by Focus On The Family's ex-gay ministry chairman Mike Healy. Fortunately, it's filed under Dewey 261, "Christian Theology and Society," but still. Gross.

Comments

[zhuk242.livejournal.com]

Советую лучше прочитать книгу Маркеса -Сто лет одиночества. После неё всякую гадость читать не захочется.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

What makes you think I haven't read Hundred Years of Solitude already?

[zhuk242.livejournal.com]

Мне кажется после этой книги всякое дерьмо читать не захочется. А "The Good Soldier Švejk" вы читали? Рекомендую. Правда там очень тонкий юмор.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_candide_/]

So, Elf, do you know Russian, or are you just using Google Translate?

[elfs.livejournal.com]

I studied it briefly but no, I just use Google Translate these days.