On "Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks": A Book Review

Title: Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life
Author: Annie Spence
Genre: Non-Fiction, Humor

About the Book...
Broken into two sections, Dear Fahrenheit 451 is collection of letters written by librarian Annie Spence followed by book recommendations, many which appear in the letters. 

What I think...
Initially I was just going to skip around in this and read only the letters to titles I recognized, but I ended reading all the letters because they were so funny. Among my favorites were letters to the Frog and Toad Storybook Treasury, the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper", a popcorn recipe book on its way to the book sale. I also thoroughly enjoyed her letters the harlequin romance spinner rack (from a personal library standpoint, I could relate to her feelings about it) and to the library in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. I was also happy to find a letter written to Langton's The Fledgling (book 4 in The Hall Family Chronicles), since so few people ever talk about any of her books. While most of the letters were enjoyable, there were a few I'd probably skip in a re-read of this, but overall considering that the majority of letters are only two or three pages and the book is smaller in size, I didn't feel like I'd wasted any time reading them in the first place.    

The second part consisting of recommendations, I didn't care for all that much. Spence's tastes are a lot more modern and edgier than mine, so beyond maybe two or three classics she mentions and the book Little Big (which I'm always delighted to see mentioned because there so few complex and literary books that involve fairy lore out there) there was very little in this section that I cared about and I ended up just kind of skimming through. 

To Sum it All Up...
Truly a book lover's book that will have you laughing over Spence's opinionated and often relatable feelings about the books she loves and some books she'd rather not have met! ♥️