{"id":64685,"date":"2013-04-09T15:06:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T19:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=64685"},"modified":"2017-02-22T17:09:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T22:09:05","slug":"bangor-daily-news-profiles-whitten-94-romance-writers-librarian-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/09\/bangor-daily-news-profiles-whitten-94-romance-writers-librarian-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangor Daily News profiles Whitten &#8217;94, romance writers&#8217; Librarian of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_64723\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/362-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64723\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64723\" alt=\"When Whitten's blog post recommended Slave to Sensation, there was a run on the book at Maine libraries.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/362-1-185x300.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/362-1-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/362-1-370x600.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/362-1.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After Whitten&#8217;s blog post recommended <em>Slave to Sensation<\/em>, there was a run on the romance novel at Maine libraries.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In its profile of Sarah Whitten &#8217;94, recently named Librarian of the Year by the country&#8217;s romance writers, the <em>Bangor Daily News<\/em> explains the influence Whitten wields over Maine&#8217;s romance readers.<\/p>\n<p>An active blogger for the Bangor Public Library blog <a href=\"http:\/\/notyourordinarybookbanter.blogspot.com\/\">Not Your Ordinary Book Banter<\/a> \u2014 &#8220;for readers who love popular fiction, edgy and uncensored&#8221; \u2014 Whitten announced in February 2011 that Nalini Singh\u2019s <em>Slave to Sensation<\/em> was the blog&#8217;s top vote-getter for book of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Within 24 hours of her post, every copy in the state library system had been borrowed.<\/p>\n<p>The organization Romance Writers of America recognized Whitten as Librarian of the Year for &#8220;making a significant online library presence supporting the romance genre.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whitten, a circulation assistant at Bangor Public Library who several years ago co-founded the library&#8217;s Not Your Ordinary Book Club, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2013\/04\/03\/living\/romance-writers-name-old-town-woman-librarian-of-the-year\/\">tells reporter Ardeana Hamlin<\/a><\/strong> that her interest in romance novels was &#8220;kept that under wraps&#8221; at Bates, when the literary genre was anything but appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople would be surprised by how much romance novels have changed,\u201d Whitten says. \u201cNo longer does a woe-is-me heroine need to be rescued by the hero. 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