Comments | elethe: Libraries

elethe

Libraries

Feb 09, 2011 01:27

Someone just pointed out I can get free entertainment in libraries. Well - that depends on your library. My local library is not good. It has an air of misery and grime, many of the non-fiction books are falling apart and/or out-of-date. There are not that many anyway ( Read more... )

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pionie February 9 2011, 10:20:51 UTC

How funny, I was just saying last night how much I love our library! Admittedly it is pretty poor for good fiction, but you can order just about any book and they will get it from another library. I've had quite a few like that. I love the fact that it is always busy, especially the reference/computer room upstairs. And yeah, the kids section is particularly good. However, now they are slashing Children's Centres, of which the library is one, I expect that part will go downhill rapidly.

elethe February 9 2011, 11:16:28 UTC

Yes I suppose I could order books. It was just massively frustrating how few there were actually there. The upstairs was amazingly busy though.

edparnell February 13 2011, 10:59:11 UTC

I love books. My library is well stocked on a lot of subjects. It's often worth while finding when they have an 'old stock' sale. You can get some gude reedin'

quantumdriven February 14 2011, 16:34:36 UTC

I'm lucky that there's a Carnegie library just a short par 4 golf hole north of me. They were doing a house cleaning and putting the basement books out on the sidewalk for giveaway back in '92. I found a first edition 1933 hardback of "Lost Horizon," and awkwardly walked off with it feeling that I'd just stole it. But forgot to hide it in my stash. So it ended up sold for 10 cents in my mom's next garage sale, damn her ( ... )