I’m fortunate to still have a job..for now. So, I’m very grateful for that. I have learned a few interesting things while remaining at work during this tragedy, and I’d like to share. I work in a public library. Right now, we’re sanitizing EVERYTHING. The books, CD and DVD cases, shelves, computers, tables, chairs—everything. I’m in charge of sanitizing the fiction books, and let me tell you, there are A LOT OF THEM. But, this humble little activity has helped me discover a few things.

 

1. Many of the movies I love were based on books. Just Cause, starring Sean Connery and Blair Underwood was based on a book by the same name. Plus, I came across Forest Gump and Rosemary’s Baby. Both books have sequels, to my surprise.

2. I had no idea Amish Fiction was a genre. I have cleaned a ton of Beverly Lewis’s books. 

3. James Patterson basically needs his own private bookshelf in the library. His place in fiction takes up five shelves. 

4. Actors Hugh Laurie and Ethan Hawke have published fiction. Laurie’s book is The Gun Seller, released in 1996, while Hawke’s book is Ash Wednesday, 2002. 

5. Those 1980’s/1990’s Avon romance novels all seem to have similar, awful plots. 

6. Incest is the name of the game in most of V.C. Andrews’ books. 

7. David Lagercrantz continued Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, etc).  Because of their last names, their books aren’t too far away from one another on the shelves.

8. After Ian Fleming’s death, 6 other authors inherited James Bond as a character.

9. Spic and Span is good at cleaning the plastic that was used to preserve the covers of the books.

10. My “want to read” list may be getting out of control. 

 

I’m sure there will be more in the days to come.