It's also time for another mini-challenge, this time from The Curious Reader on the topic of libraries.
- What is the name of your local library? What city is it located in? I live in Norwich and pass my library on my walk to work. Our city library burnt down when I was at University and The Forum was built on its former site. A substantial part of the building is now the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library and (amongst other things) the building also contains a heritage centre and the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library which houses a collection of unique materials about American culture and the Second World War. Here's a picture of The Forum building:
- How often do you go to the library? If you're a regular, do the staff know you? It's the busiest lending library in the United Kingdom (for the last two years in a row!) so sadly you don't get personal relationships with the staff. It's also self-service loans/returns so not much chance to get to know them either!
- Do you browse while you're there or just pick up items you have placed on reserve? I think I've only ever reserved one item and that was the audio version of The Graveyard Book. This could be because I am cheap and don't like paying the reserving fee though! It's got a fairly large collection of books so I can treat it like a bookshop and browse for something new or consult the catalogue to see if any of my wishlist are on the shelves.
- What is your favourite thing about your local library? It's filled with (free) books!
10 comments:
That looks gorgeous, can't believe they charge a reserve fee, they don't in Essex - what a scandal lol
A fee? I've seen that here in the US.
Good luck with the rest of the read-a-thon and have fun!
Sorry, I meant to say I have *not* seen a reserve fee in the US. brain is becoming mush...
A reserving fee? Yikes, I would be paying so much if my library had that! I love big libraries though - I can never decide which I like better - the really big ones or the really small ones.
Thanks for sharing!
I would get distracted by Twitter too. My husband laughs at me as the only one who probably has to pay to return my books (they are always late because I check too many out)!
Seriously? That's the building you see when you get your books?! That's amazing.
Happy reading.
I am in love with your library!! Glad you are having fun - keep it up!
Twitter is very addictive! Happy reading!
Wow that is a beautiful library! I would be ticked about the reservation fee. Someone else who lives in Australia mentioned that. I would be annoyed, as I reserve a lot of books.
Best of luck with the reading :-)
hey there - how's it going? Hope you're having an awesome R-A-T! CHEERS!
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