Biblio Tech :why libraries matter more than ever in the age of google by John Palfrey. Basic Books, 2015.

I read it.

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein. Random House, 2013.

BookClub loved this one-- highest score so far. A cross between Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Hunger Games (minus the hunger and the brutality), Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library is full of book title puns and clues and games. 12 twelve year olds win a contest that lets them spend the night at the branch new library before it opens, but they must solve a series of clues to win the Exit game. Fun with lots of  character "types", and Justice prevails! I am recommending it to eveyone.

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman. GP Putnam's Sons, 2010. 325 pages.

Lonely teenager and avid Grimm Fairy Tale enthusiast, Elizabeth, finds herself working at a special object repository-- library-- along with several other teens, including one of the coolest kids at school. The library has a mysterious and magical collection of Grimm Fairy Tale items that are being stolen and may be used for dark purposes. For me, the book started well and Schulman definitely paints a great physical setting -- NYC, the library and the different rooms, the gothic feel, etc. but the characters are the usual teen things-- and the story does not have enough to do with Grimm fairy tales to hold my interest-- while i thought Elizabeth had promise, the others were typical teen types-- and as for elizabeth, i found my self wondering how she went from hating to loving one teen and why she was attracted to him in the first place. started with promise but i lost intersest-- still, i am an adult and i will see if i have a 5th grader who might like it-- and , perhaps, give me a better perspective of what is appealing about it. Althought the premise was clever and the beginning had promise, i found myself disappointed and fought to finish it. Ah well -- you can't llike everything.

NIght Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger. Abrams. 2010

While walking alone, late one night, Alexandra comes across a bookmobile, manned by a weird little librarian and full of all the books and ephemera that she, herself, has ever read. She is fascinated and forgets the time as she revisits her past-- books and journals, magazines and cereal boxes. When the sun rises the librarian tells her she must leave. She is now fascinated, even consumed with the bookmobile--it changes her life. She seeks and finds the bookmoble several more times in her life-- her life forever changed, as she reads to build her collection. Night Bookmobile, which always has a Twilight Zonish quality to it, takes a very dark- though not unanticipated-turn that is still very disturbing. A thought provoking story.