There's More to Your Local Librarian than Meets the Eye... (Reviewing the mystery book, The Librarians)
Some jobs just lend themselves to stereotypes. Take librarians. Say the word, and almost everyone envisions something . For most people, that probably looks like an older female—matronly, with grey hair, a cardigan over her buttoned-up dress, high-Rx glasses, sensible shoes, and a stern expression. (Lots of “shushing” with this one.) The rest go straight into fantasyland, with the “Sexy Librarian” trope—beautiful younger woman, long hair in a messy bun, buxom chest straining at the buttons of her shirt, snug pencil skirt, not-really-necessary glasses, and impractical high heels. (The secret dominatrix just waiting to get her freak on.) So it’s like a breath of fresh air, that Sherry Thomas offers up not one, but four , stereotype-busting librarians in her latest mystery novel, The Librarians ... and tosses in a murder or two for them to solve, as well. A cozy, suburban branch of the Austin, Texas public library system....