This just didn't grab me the way I wanted it to. Maybe it was the audio, but there wasn't anything wrong with the narration; I think it's just that I wanted something different out of this book and didn't get it. I already know how awesome librarians are; I am one. The people who need to read thi...
I watched them stream in, drawn to slides of artifacts and talk of ruins: snowy-haired, with canes and sensible shoes. They listened with hunger. It is a common by-product of aging, to find yourself reaching for the unreachable past, longing for the residue of bygone civilizations. The man next t...