An Actual Library Visit

yes I wonder what is going to happen to books in this modern world we have. Your love of books is huge- a pleasure to read. xx

*wiping away tear* thanks for supporting the concept of libraries – those folk who claim it is all on the INternet, e-books etc are often not in favour of free access to informaton for others at all, and are using stelath to clamp down in any way possible.

I agree with you that E-readers will never be able to replace proper books. I love the smell and the feel of books, especially new books that still smell of the printing ink!

I love libraries. I can spend hours in there trying to pick out the perfect book.

ryn:when you see the same sign, or hear the same message three times by different people who do not know each other then it is the spoken word which means ‘spirit’ is giving you a message. Everyone comes with a message it is if we decide to hear it or not. My conclusion on the babies name speaks for itself. chuckles. She might want the name for a reason. Babies, are like that. hugs but as witheverything to do with babies, mum has the final or ultimate say. or would like to think we do. haha You are right I fought this for so long- but I think it is what is writing my book. xxx and I did not settle until I accepted its existence completely. I am glad I do not get the messages I was. I think they came to show me what was within. I understand where your friend was coming from, I truly do.

A very enjoyable read. My books are precious to me but, like you, I have to prune the bookcases from time to time. I even came across a load in a cupboard, obviously put in there because I had run out of room on the bookcases (I have at least one bookcase in each room and three in the sitting room!). And I have some wonderful memories of libraries – especially from childhood. Very best, A

I have an ereader and love it. However, real books are my favs because they all look different–sizes, typefaces, general layout, etc. And you cannot pass a beloved ebook on to someone else the way you can a book. I find that the size of an ereader is annoying at times because you cannot see a couple of pages of text at one time. They have their place, but not as replacements for real books.

I have collected a lot of coffee-table sized books at the library discard sale, and I wonder if those books are even available on e-readers. If not, they are lost forever, which makes me treasure them even more. I’m glad you re-discovered your library. 🙂

Gosh, I loved every word of this. Evoked countless memories of our neighborhood library (chief among them the stern reminders for quiet!). Does every kid want to read the books for the next age group? And did you try to find the sex books (all kept behind the counter in our library)? / Love how your shelf slowly became filled and then the milestone of letting go (something my husband has yet toacquire). All in all, revelatory and thought-provoking. Thanks.

The sad thing about my local library is it’s relocated into a much smaller building and therefore got rid of many of its books, so there’s not much to browse around. Mostly I just go there to order books in, which somewhat takes the fun out of it. 🙁 It’s great that you’ve rediscovered the library, though!! 😀

when i was a kid, my mother instilled reading in my sister and me..she read 7 books a week; her library allotment. she watched tv with a book on her lap and would read during the commercials. our first library in the new suburb was the Bookmobile that parked in the new shopping center lot. LOVED that bus!! every friday after grocery shopping we’d hit the bookmobile and get books to take home.thanks for making me remember those great times.

RYN: Thanks for the tip about making it private first. I shall do that henceforth.

I LOVED this entry. It seems so bizarre to me that I rarely go to the library now, when it was such a MAJOR part of my life for as long as I can remember. The community library, the school library, and then the university library. Some time after that I started buying more books than I checked out (thank you, used bookshops!) and gradually I got completely out of the habit of going to the library.And have also ended up with approximately fifteen million books that I HAVE to weed out. The library was always such a refuge and a second home, though. As much as I adore my Kindle, I do worry about what ebooks will do to libraries.

We didn’t have a limit on the number of books we could check out (I remember the overdue fine was five cents a day!) and I used to carry STACKS of books home. I also vividly remember when I started sneaking into the grown up section and the day it occurred to my mom to take a look at the books I’d brought home. She rushed about half of them right back to the library, and started keeping an eye onwhat I checked out after that.

I’m astonished how little I go to the library nowadays. So many other distractions. Still love books. Remember being only allowed two at a time! But have worked at a library where you were allowed 25!

Iffy stains…hopefully not body fluids. Yes, I loved going to the library when I was a teen. I’d walk over a mile to get there, then back again with my four allowed books. Quite often I would read those four books in a week. My mom would get quite impatient with all my book reading.

🙂 great entry Marg. I rediscovered the library bus on Thursday and got some really useful books and we went to Flemish Town library yesterday for CDs.

I liked this entry. It brought back happy memories of my hometown’s libraries and the books I chose. Ryn_ I saw your note and that reminded me I used to read your diary. Then, to my surprise I noticed that I am one of your bookmarked readers. Thank you!