start using the library

The library use continues and I really have not been buying books since I created this goal (yay!). Mostly I reserve the book online then stop by to pick up or drop off. It is super convenient.

However – books that are on my waiting list sometimes arrive simultaneously. For instance, today I picked up the following:

*Big Machine
*In The Woods
*The Lost Art of Gratitude
*The Elegance of the Hedgehog

HOW am I going to finish all of these by next week. Gotta start reading now!

It is hard to admit but I feel like a small child again at the library – tentative, unsure and very tiny in comparison to the stacks and columns yet very excited at the prospect of free books and unlimited reading and exploration. I’m also on brand new ground so I find myself having to timidly ask questions that are obvious to seasoned users like “Where do I go to pick up a book I reserved?” (um – try over there next to the huge sign) or “How do I return books after hours?” (um – what do you think those immense metal repositories outside labeled RETURN are for?).

Having said that – I’ve been in 3 times in the past week – once to get a card for the first time since college, the second time to pick up book #1 (Pardonable Lies from the excellent Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear) and the third today to return book #1 and pick up #2 (book 4 from the above mentioned series titled Messenger of Truth).

On my way to being a semi-regular.

Today I stopped by and got a library card. They did not have any of the 4 books I would like to read next so I sat and read something else for a while. I have always loved libraries and book stores. There is something comforting yet exciting about them to me. The Manchester City Library is a little worn down. There was a ton of activity, lots of people and the librarians were nice and hepful.

I finally got my act together, went to the library and registered for my card. Then, I was lucky enough to find Michael Pollan’s “In Defense of Food” in the stacks; I’ve been checking the online catalog for months and it’s always been out or on reserve, but not yesterday. I’m so excited to read that book. Of course, just browsing the stacks to find it caused me to find 50 more books that looked really interesting! I’d forgotten how much fun that kind of browsing is.

Yay, libraries! Why in the world have I been ignoring you for 15 years? What a dummy.

I have done it. Libraries rule!

I remember getting a card in elementary school. They must have helped us get one. That was 49-50 years ago! As I got older I realized how the library really added to my life.

I watch dozens and dozens of DVD and Videos. I found I could work and listen to lectures etc. I get lost hearing the taped books tee hee. I found that using the Lending Libray is the BEST! Get THE book you want from anywhere in the World..and they find and get it mailed for your use for free! Love it! The free computers. Large tables to work on. All the magazines choices. All the free meetings on all kinds of topics. Writers giving reviews. OH…and we have in all of our libraries the Friends of the Library store to buy cheap books!!!!!! The library is a huge part of my life, and it’s value to me would be hard to add up: money & enjoyment. Wait until the Bookworm really Bites ya! ........................BE A USER!

I want to take my kids about once a week all summer inshallah.

I love the library. You can find so much in there without having to pay for it! Besides books, of course, they have movies, magazines, art, music. and the people who go there really want to be there.

I need to read books a lot to Improve my knowledge

in the goals i had given up!

:)

of Course i use the library. I can’t help but use the library. On an almost daily basis now!

:)

the previous entry reminds me of how many changes my life has gone thru in the last two years!