My sister listens to you very regularly and she, I was gonna try and not tell her that I was gonna be on and just have her listening like she always doesn't have me come on but I couldn't wait.

Sorry, you made me laugh and I totem my tea.

Oh that's fun.

Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogall and this is What Should I Read Next Episode 109.

Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.

What Should I Read Next?

We don't get bossy on the show.

What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.

Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest.

Today I have the pleasure of chatting with guest Annie Spence, whose name you might recognize because in a very recent episode I recommended her book to another guest.

Annie is the author of Dear Fahrenheit 451 Love and Hate in the Stacks, a collection of breakup notes and love letters to book she encounters in her day to day as a public librarian.

If you are the kind of reader who always wanted to stick your nose in the back room where all the library magic happens, this episode is for you.

This week we're learning all about how one becomes a librarian in the first place.

We discuss the future of library finds, the difficulty of recommending books when you're in a huge reading slump yourself, bizarre nonfiction, seasonal reading patterns,

the indecision of Ray Bradbury and much much more.

Let's get to it.

Annie, welcome to the show.

Thank you.

Well, thanks so much for joining us today.

I'm really excited to talk about your book but also your reading life because you have a job that many What Should I Read Next listeners daydream about or lust over or ones do from birth or actually find themselves doing today.

And I can't wait to get into it.

So dear Fahrenheit 451 arrived in my inbox in the middle of a reading slump for me and it was just such a delight to read short, tidy, bite sized love letters to books.

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