{"id":8585,"date":"2018-11-28T01:26:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T06:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8585"},"modified":"2018-11-28T05:27:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T10:27:41","slug":"library-holds-list-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8585","title":{"rendered":"library holds list explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My holds list at the library tends to get out of control in December and January as best-of lists begin to appear, but this year stress has moved the needle to near-full earlier than usual. I haven&#8217;t hit the 25-item request limit yet, but will soon if I&#8217;m not careful, particularly because three of the items are still on order.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve requested from the library:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tana French&#8217;s <em>The Witch Elm<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Friend<\/em>, by Sigrid Nunez<\/li>\n<li><em>The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke<\/em>, by Jeffrey C. Stewart<\/li>\n<li><em>Flights<\/em>, by Olga Tokarczuk<\/li>\n<li><em>The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge<\/em>, by M.T. Anderson<\/li>\n<li><em>A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories<\/em>, edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas<\/li>\n<li>Kate Milford&#8217;s <em>Ghosts of Greenglass House<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Donald Hall&#8217;s <em>Christmas at Eagle Pond<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>All Summer Long<\/em>, By Hope Larson<\/li>\n<li>T. E. McMorrow&#8217;s <em>The Nutcracker in Harlem<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Emissary<\/em>, by Y\u00c5\u008dko Tawada<\/li>\n<li>A.J. 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